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The ´óÏóÊÓÆµ (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
This guide discusses therapies for children with Autism Specturm Disorder. This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: Publication Number: A14-EHC036-A
Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions
´óÏóÊÓÆµcommissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions can be adapted or expanded to better address the transitional care needs of the adult Medicaid population. The guide has been field tested by individual hospitals and groups of hospital quality improvement collaboratives.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 16-0047-EF
Case Studies of Exemplary Primary Care Practice Facilitation Training Programs
These case studies describe the formation, operation, and curriculum of three exemplary Primary Care Practice Facilitation (PCPF) training programs. The case studies were selected based on results of an environmental scan of existing PCPF training programs and nominations from leaders in the field.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0054-EF

Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities helps long-term care facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection and improve practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 16(17)-0003
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2014
The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical recommendations for each topic. Current recommendations are available on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force website.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-05158

Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture - 2014 User Comparative Database Report
Comparative results for 2014 are provided for the items and patient safety culture dimensions on the ´óÏóÊÓÆµMedical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture to allow medical offices to compare their survey results against the results from 935 medical offices and 27,103 staff respondents.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0032-EF
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
The Care Coordination Measures Atlas includes measures of patient and caregiver experiences with care coordination, as well as experiences of healthcare professionals and health system managers.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0037-EF

Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity: A Bridge-building Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Practices
This toolkit is intended for primary care practices to manage obesity. It provides tools and concepts that have been informed by the real world of six primary care practices in three rural Oregon communities.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0043-EF
This user’s guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 1314-EHC111

Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
This toolkit helps primary care practices determine and evaluate what accessible and affordable resources exist in the community for patients struggling with obesity and/or prediabetes; helps primary care practices establish a productive relationship with community partners so that each party benefits, as well as the patients; helps primary care practices work with community partners to develop a bidirectional referral process that integrates directly into your existing patient flow; and helps primary care practices enhance engagement strategies with patients so that the referral process becomes a meaningful conversation with increased potential for patient activation.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0030-EF