Plan – Decide on your goals, strategies, and actions. Do – Move forward in implementing your plans. Study – Test and monitor your progress. Act – Expand the improvements to more areas within your ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was created when Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999. AHRQ's predecessor agency, the ...

A new interactive tool from AHRQ allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore trends in hospital care for sepsis, a life-threatening condition that is among the most expensive to treat in ...

Many organizations have reported a decline in survey response rates. A low response rate is a concern because a survey with a low response rate may provide data that is less representative of the ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to healthcare ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health equity as “the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.” 39 Back in 2001, ...

December 2024 New File Announcement: Group Practice Linkage File for 2022 has been added. August 2024 New File Announcement: Outpatient Site, Nursing Home, and Home Health Organization Linkage files ...

Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020 (PDF, 759 KB) ...

The EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) program produced an environmental scan that includes existing evidence and tools to inform nonsurgical treatment of urinary incontinence of women ...

Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the skin. It is often used in healthcare facilities when patients carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or ...

The Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety bundle provides information establishing a unitwide approach, also referred to as a rapid response system, for responding to urgent maternity care issues. Rapid ...

The change management process must be carefully and strategically organized to attain widespread acceptance. To achieve an environment truly committed to patient safety, a successful TeamSTEPPS ...