What Is an Antibiogram and Why Should a Nursing Home Use It? A nursing home-specific antibiogram may be an effective and inexpensive tool for improving appropriate antibiotic prescribing. An ...

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

This section provides an overview of the key concepts and tools in the Communication Module.

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 ...

Updated June 2014 Prepared by: Kathryn M. Updated June 2014 Prepared by: Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M. 1; Ellen Schultz, M.S. 1; Lauren Albin, B.A. 1; Noelle Pineda, B.A ...

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 ...

The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit helps hospitals re-design their discharge processes to reduce readmissions and post-hospital emergency department visits. Geared particularly hospitals that ...

AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Medical Office Survey Database as a central repository for survey data from medical offices that have administered the AHRQ patient ...

As we celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) also marks its 35th anniversary. This milestone, under the banner "Today's Research, ...

Explore AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) surveys and supplemental items designed to capture provider and staff perceptions of patient safety culture in their organization.

Each year, more than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers. These skin lesions bring pain, associated risk for serious infection, and increased health care utilization. The ...

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