AHRQ's IMPaCT grants were designed to support State-level primary care improvement efforts using extension agents (i.e., practice coaches)—and to learn how these programs could serve as models for ...

Among hospital inpatient stays without COVID-19 in 2021, the median length of stay with a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) was up to six times as long as stays without an HAI. Patients with ...

Problem Statement: Health care delivery is a multidisciplinary practice that requires coordination of care among different professions and provider types. However, health care providers often do not ...

Review the following list of meetings in which falls risk and prevention is potentially discussed by the interdisciplinary team. For every meeting that occurs at your facility, indicate the type of ...

The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety. The Core ...

The phrase "motivational interviewing" (MI) is a phrase that has recently gained familiarity in the vernacular of health care professionals, particularly in regards to patient activation and patient ...

AHRQ is actively engaged in assisting health systems and clinicians to improve healthcare through a better understanding of SDOH in communities and the social needs of patients. Health systems can ...

The Role of the Nurse Manager module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit addresses the role of nursing leaders for your quality improvement initiative. This module ...

Search or browse for answers to questions about the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program, surveys, supplemental item sets, and the SOPS Databases. Send additional questions to ...

R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. What does healthcare in the United States look like? The answer, of course, is complicated. It depends on one's perspective. But regardless of how one attempts to address ...

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 ...

This module will cover the Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) framework. The TRIP framework lets us dig deeper into implementing the evidence-based interventions. We will also discuss gap ...