Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit This toolkit assists hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care.

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

PurposePatient Safety Organizations (PSOs) conduct activities to improve the safety and quality of patient care. PSOs create a legally secure environment (conferring privilege and confidentiality) ...

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

Welcome to the Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care, developed in the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. Effective infection prevention interventions in ...

Background: The purpose of this tool is to determine if your facility has a process to screen patients for pressure ulcer risk. The tool is one of a series of Facility Assessment Checklists developed ...

Note: Resources on this page were used in testing the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families. The materials were ...

Funding will help implement and evaluate models for delivering comprehensive, coordinated, person-centered care to people with Long COVID. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

A study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and funded and carried out by Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows ...

A new paper addresses the use of algorithms in healthcare, their impact on racial/ethnic disparities in care, and approaches to identify and mitigate biases. The use of algorithms is expanding in many ...

Today, the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety (NAA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard, an online ...

The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased from 1.8 million in 2016 to 2.5 million in 2021, with a faster rate of increase ...