When wheezing episodes are no longer present and, in RA, taper and discontinue. Usually can discontinue between 34 and 35 weeks postmenstrual age, or after 5-7 days free of apnea. Home ...

Patient experience encompasses the range of interactions that patients have with the healthcare system, including their care from health plans, and from doctors, nurses, and staff in hospitals, ...

After the Institute of Medicine released its sentinel report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with its Federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced nine grant awards of $1 million each for up to 5 years to support ...

The AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI was developed and refined over a 3-year period through a national quality improvement collaborative designed to reduce CAUTIs and enhance LTC ...

Patient health status or quality of life. Patient, provider, and population attitudes and behavior. New evidence, research, prevention strategies, treatments, and care models. For example, ...

The Institute of Medicine defines health care quality as "the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent ...

In 2016, AHRQ awarded a contract to develop methods and estimate the incremental inpatient financial costs and additional inpatient mortality associated with 10 selected hospital-acquired conditions ...

Many organizations are interested in assessing and improving patient experience with behavioral health, mental health, and/or substance use disorder services. Three CAHPS products are available to ...

Because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure ulcer prevention require a system approach that will involve organizational change. Bringing about organizational change of any type ...