Student Workbook This student workbook was prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by RAND Corporation under contract 290-06-00017-7. It is one component of a four-part set of ...

Executive Summary. Health care delivery systems throughout the United States are employing the triple aim (improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per ...

Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Contents 1. Why a Daily Huddle? 2. “Know What, Know How, Know Why” for Daily Huddle 3. Plan-Do-Study-Act “Ramp”: Learn To Use a Daily Huddle 4. Standard Huddle Agenda (Adapt to Your Needs and ...

AHRQ's Unique Role. AHRQ's unique role in the U.S. health enterprise is threefold: Making 21st century care a reality for all. AHRQ produces evidence and supporting tools that help spread the reach of ...

The CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets ask about providers' efforts to foster and improve the health literacy of patients. Health literacy is commonly defined as patients' ability to obtain, process, and ...

Millions of patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) each year for a variety of injuries and ailments. A sizable minority of ED patients returns to the ED frequently and account for a ...

Top of Page . 2F: Assessing Pressure Ulcer Care Planning. Background: This tool can be used to determine if your facility has a process for developing and implementing a pressure ulcer care plan for ...

Many organizations are uncertain about how to proceed with designing a workable solution for medication reconciliation. This chapter provides helpful information and tools for designing or redesigning ...

In 1999, the CAHPS research team began work on a survey that would assess patients' experiences with medical groups and clinicians. Working in collaboration with the Pacific Business Group on Health, ...

Slide 1: Teach-Back. Improving Patient Safety by Engaging Patients and Families in Effective Clinician-Patient Communication. Slide 2: AHRQ. Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ...

SBAR, which stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (or Request), is a structured communication framework that can help teams share information about the condition of a ...