The message is clear: women who are equipped with up-to-date information and empowered to speak about their health needs and ...

Has your organization used an AHRQ tool to improve patient care, make a culture change or save costs?

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 ...

In acknowledgement that the U.S. healthcare system can be excessively complex, health literate organizations take responsibility to ensure that everyone, especially the vulnerable, is able to find, ...

This section of the toolkit offers some strategies for those who seek to serve as change agents in their organizations to improve the informed consent and authorization process. Post AHRQ sample ...

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 ...

This toolkit, developed through an AHRQ Patient Safety Learning Lab, consists of a formal risk assessment and tailored plan of care for each patient. The toolkit has reduced falls by 25 percent in ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care ...

Director of Surgical Critical Care and the Medical Director of the Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit Project Dispatch is focused on patient-centered outcomes research and aims to provide clinicians ...

Let’s continue our discussion around briefings and debriefings. The previous module, Optimizing Your Briefings and Debriefings, focused on defining them. We also discussed key elements of a successful ...

The matrix directly below indicates which scenarios are appropriate for use by: (a) staff role, and (b) specific tools for each TeamSTEPPS team skill. Use this matrix as a roadmap to identify which ...