The EvidenceNOW Model for supporting primary care practice improvement originated from a multiyear AHRQ grant initiative designed to advance the adoption of clinical and organizational evidence in ...

Each of the two tiers is arranged around 10 teamwork tools and strategies, including content related to the following strategies and tools from AHRQ's evidence-informed Team Strategies and Tools to ...

AHRQ's tools and research to ensure safe and seamless transitions of patients from one care setting to another, reducing preventable adverse events, drug-related errors, and other problems.

This section provides an overview of the key concepts in the Introduction. More extensive explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2; methods for teaching the introduction's concepts are ...

Monika Haugstetter, M.H.A., M.S.N., R.N. It has been 17 years since AHRQ launched TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety training program that supports AHRQ’s mission and its central role in the Nation’s ...

The EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) program produced an environmental scan that includes existing evidence and tools to inform nonsurgical treatment of urinary incontinence of women ...

"A lot of times patients come in and say, "I take a white pill or I take a purple pill or a green pill" and I have no idea what it is or how much they are taking. This strategy helps to improve ...

Resource: Care Management – An Implementation Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 5.5 MB, 111 page) This guide, based upon research on successful strategies used in practices with documented ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health equity as “the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.” 39 Back in 2001, ...

Before initiating antibiotics it is important to pause and review all relevant clinical and laboratory data and then weigh the potential benefit versus harm of initiating antibiotic therapy. Moment 2: ...

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

Explore resources on improving patient safety and healthcare quality with tools, tips, and data from the Agency for Healthcare Research.