Health care delivery systems that are working to improve patient experience can face daunting challenges, reflecting the need to align changes in behavior and practices across multiple levels and ...

Because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure ulcer prevention require a system approach that will involve organizational change. Bringing about organizational change of any type ...

After the Institute of Medicine released its sentinel report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with its Federal ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced nine grant awards of $1 million each for up to 5 years to support ...

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

Many researchers study the feasibility and value of using CAHPS surveys to support efforts to improve patient experience in various healthcare settings. This page summarizes current and recent ...

Stakeholder support, beginning with program design and continuing through the evaluation, is critical to a successful Medicaid care management program. Stakeholders should be involved during each ...

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HRSA Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health AHRQ developed and tested the Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety in response to a call from the field. The toolkit provides training related to ...

In total, we screened nearly 4,000 articles for possible inclusion in meta-analysis—the majority of which were screened out based on a title and abstract review (3,038 of 3,979, or 76.4 percent, were ...

The Role of the Nurse Manager module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit addresses the role of nursing leaders for your quality improvement initiative. This module ...

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