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The ´óÏóÊÓƵ (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.
Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief #1:
This issue brief discusses the state of the science of operational measurement of diagnostic safety, informed by recent peer-reviewed scientific publications, innovations in real-world healthcare settings, and initiatives to spur further development of diagnostic safety measures. The aim is to provide knowledge and recommendations to encourage HCOs to begin to identify and learn from diagnostic errors.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 20-0040-1-EF
Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices
Making Healthcare Safer III reviews 47 practices that target patient safety improvement in hospitals, primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 20-0029-EF
2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Each year since 2003, ´óÏóÊÓƵhas produced the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. This report to Congress is mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129).
Publication Date: Publication Number: 19-0070-EF
´óÏóÊÓƵPublishing and Communications Guidelines
The ´óÏóÊÓƵPublishing and Communications Guidelines provide the standards for ´óÏóÊÓƵproducts developed in-house and by contractors and provide an overview of communication support.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 17-0015-EF
Chartbook on Patient Safety
This Patient Safety chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of patient safety from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of patient safety. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 18(19)-0033-4-EF
2017 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Each year since 2003, ´óÏóÊÓƵ has produced the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129).
Publication Date: Publication Number: 18-0033-1-EF
Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
This report presents findings from a literature review of empirical research on additional cost and excess mortality for 10 healthcare-acquired conditions (HACs). Estimated added costs across all HACs ranged from $600 to $48,000 per case, while excess mortality estimates ranged from 5 deaths per 1,000 cases to 150 deaths per 1,000 cases. These values will assist Federal efforts to track progress on improving patient safety and eliminating HACs.AHRQ.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 18-0011-EF
Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery helps perioperative and surgical units in hospitals identify opportunities to improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections. For a toolkit that focuses on ambulatory surgery centers, access the ´óÏóÊÓƵToolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 16(18)-0004
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: A1518-EHC027-B
Tal vez haya oÃdo que los ácidos grasos omega-3 (de ciertos alimentos y suplementos dietéticos) son buenos para su corazón. Este resumen le explicará lo que han encontrado los investigadores acerca de los ácidos grasos omega-3 y la enfermedad cardiovascular (enfermedad que afecta al corazón y los vasos sanguÃneos).
Publication Date: Publication Number: A1718-EHC010-B
