Fulfilling the promise of detecting electronically how well care is coordinated requires an understanding of current challenges that our health system needs to address. Panelists identified a number ...

Access more data on this topic in the associated statistical brief, plus additional AHRQ data infographics. The reviews are part of the agency’s Making Healthcare Safer IV report, a continuous ...

The EvidenceNOW model, initially developed to improve primary care patients’ heart health via practice facilitation and ...

In 2020, out of every 100,000 maternity admissions, an average of 12.2 Black women died—more than double the average of 5.6 deaths for every 100,000 maternity admissions among White women. Hispanic ...

In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the average emergency department cost of treating traumatic dental conditions for patients aged 65 and older was $916, 3.6 times as high as the $250 ...

1. Why a Daily Huddle? What is a huddle? It’s a short, standup meeting, 10 minutes or less, that is typically used ONCE at the start of each workday. In inpatient settings using huddles, there is a ...

Individuals in the top 1 percent of healthcare expenditure tier accounted for an average of $166,980 in expenditures in 2021, nearly $30,000 more than in 2019 or 2018. (Source: AHRQ Medical ...

Sponsored by the Public Health Service, the 2008 Update to the Clinical Practice Guideline presents evidenced-based guidelines for clinicians to use when treating their patients who use tobacco. The ...

The shift process has three phases. Phase 1: Assessment. Pretraining assessment includes site assessment, culture survey and data/measures. Are these ready? If no, pass through climate improvement and ...

Ensure that unit teams and care providers are knowledgeable in the seven appropriate indications for urinary catheters and the four inappropriate indications outlined below. Educational tools are ...

The Patient and Family Engagement module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit focuses on an important topic: Making sure patients and their family members understand what ...

As one of the 10 grantees, Maryland is working with Georgia and Wyoming in an innovative multi-State learning collaborative, facilitated by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), to implement a ...