Registration is open for a webinar on July 25 at 1 p.m. ET on using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital Survey and TeamSTEPPS resources to improve #PatientSafety culture and surgical team communication. The SOPS Program helps healthcare organizations understand, measure, and improve patient safety culture in healthcare settings. TeamSTEPPS provides evidence-based tools to optimize patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare teams, patients and family caregivers. The webinar will highlight how the University of North Carolina Department of Surgery used the AHRQ resources to improve patient safety culture and team communication. https://bit.ly/3zbWMUu
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Hospitals and Health Care
Rockville, MD 49,315 followers
About us
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. For further information go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/
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http://www.ahrq.gov
External link for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Rockville, MD
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- Government Agency
- Specialties
- Health Care Quality Improvement, Health IT, Evidence-Based Medicine, Prevention, Health Care Data, Patient-Centered Care, and Patient Safety
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5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857, US
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Join us on July 11, 4 to 5 p.m. ET, for a webinar on “Highlighting and Promoting the Value of Practice-based Research Networks.” Presenters from a variety of Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) will share examples from their own experience on ways that PBRNs contribute to improving the delivery of #PrimaryCare. This is the second webinar in the PBRN Learning Series, sponsored by AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research, which highlights the work of a variety of PBRNs and includes information on managing and growing PBRNs, building new PBRNs, and demonstrating the value and impact of their work. https://bit.ly/4cDnzrc
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AHRQ-funded projects on care coordination have focused on improving coordination for patients transitioning from one care setting (often a hospital) to another, such as during hospital discharge or handoffs between care providers. Work related to care coordination has influenced patient safety research and quality improvement by generating new knowledge; developing, implementing, and evaluating care coordination tools, toolkits, and programs; and disseminating research findings to new audiences. Check out this new research summary to learn more about improving #PatientSafety by enhancing care coordination.https://bit.ly/3xINUFo
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New #AHRQ PSNet WebM&M Case discusses a case of missed unstable angina that led to a patient death. #patientsafety https://lnkd.in/epKWr2Gm
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A Request for Information (RFI) from AHRQ solicits potential collaborators to develop a new model for enhancing CDS Connect, the agency's web-based platform that allows for authoring, sharing, and reusing clinical decision support (CDS) so healthcare systems and developers can build upon what has already been developed. A recent AHRQ challenge competition invited proposals on enhancing business models and platform enhancements for CDS Connect to evolve as a national CDS hub. Based on competition results, AHRQ has issued the RFI to identify possible collaborators to ensure CDS Connect's future operations. #research https://bit.ly/3Rj2kTk
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New #AHRQ PSNet WebM&M Case highlights complications due to lack of equipment and appropriate staffing. #patientsafety https://lnkd.in/ewjAKyPu
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Join us on July 11, 4 to 5 p.m. ET, for a webinar on “Highlighting and Promoting the Value of Practice-based Research Networks.” Presenters from a variety of Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) will share examples from their own experience on ways that PBRNs contribute to improving the delivery of #PrimaryCare. This is the second webinar in the PBRN Learning Series, sponsored by AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research, which highlights the work of a variety of PBRNs and includes information on managing and growing PBRNs, building new PBRNs, and demonstrating the value and impact of their work. https://bit.ly/4cDnzrc
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It's National #MinorityMentalHealthMonth. At AHRQ, we're committed to addressing mental health disparities. This study on "Do Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Treatment Vary with Underlying Mental Health?" sheds light on crucial issues in mental health care access and outcomes. Learn more about our efforts to promote health equity. https://lnkd.in/egzCzjRg
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Care coordination is defined as the process of organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all individuals concerned with a patient’s care to achieve safe and effective care. Since 2000, AHRQ has supported 47 #PatientSafety projects related to enhancing care coordination. This research summary outlines AHRQ’s investments in this pathway toward safer care, including examples of project findings, output, and impact of this work. Details about each AHRQ-supported project are available in the Appendix. https://bit.ly/3xINUFo
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AHRQ Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., cites examples of how AHRQ’s ongoing work in data and analytics, health systems research, and practice improvement continue to resonate with patients, health system leaders, clinicians, researchers, caregivers, and others in the third and final installment in a series of blog posts commemorating AHRQ’s 35th anniversary. The blog post also highlights AHRQ’s participation in AcademyHealth’s recent Annual Research Meeting, and Dr. Valdez expresses his enthusiasm to work with new AcademyHealth president and CEO Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S. Access the full blog post. #PatientCare https://bit.ly/4bzCbH0
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