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) ...

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 ...

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

Before you decide which quality measures to report, it is helpful to know what kinds of data you will need to produce the scores for the measure. Sometimes, the data you want to report already exist ...

Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your ...

MissionAHRQ’s Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (“AHRQ’s Integration Academy”) is a national resource and coordinating center for providers, practices, policymakers, and ...

The CAHPS Hospice Survey asks primary informal caregivers (i.e., family members or friends) of patients who died while receiving hospice care about experiences with hospice care. The purpose of the ...

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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 ...