National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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- CANDOR Toolkit (3)
- CAUTI Toolkit (1)
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) (2)
- Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (1)
- Patient Safety Organization (PSO) (2)
- Preventing Hospital-Related VTE Guide (1)
- QI Toolkit (1)
- Questions Are the Answer Public Service Campaign (1)
- Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) (2)
- Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (1)
- TeamSTEPPS® (1)
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- Adverse Drug Events (ADE) (2)
- Behavioral Health (1)
- Blood Clots (2)
- Care Coordination (1)
- Children/Adolescents (1)
- Emergency Department (1)
- Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) (4)
- Healthcare Costs (5)
- Health Literacy (1)
- Hospital Discharge (1)
- Hospital Readmissions (4)
- Long-Term Care (1)
- Medical Errors (4)
- Medical Liability (3)
- Medication: Safety (1)
- Outcomes (7)
- Patient Experience (4)
- Patient Safety (12)
- Patient Safety Organizations (2)
- Policy (3)
- Pressure Ulcers (2)
- Prevention (1)
- Quality Indicators (QIs) (1)
- (-) Quality of Care (13)
Impact Case Studies
AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded tools by State and Federal policy makers, health systems, clinicians, academicians, and other professionals.
Tell us how you're using our research or tools using these AHRQ Impact Case Studies criteria or contact us at ImpactCaseStudies@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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1-10 of 13 Case Studies Found
Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-13
AHRQ Product(s): CANDOR Toolkit
Topic(s): Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Quality of Care, Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Policy, Medical Liability
Geographic Location: California
Country: United States of America
Implementer: BETA Healthcare Group
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-12
AHRQ Product(s): CANDOR Toolkit
Topic(s): Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Quality of Care, Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Policy, Medical Liability
Geographic Location: District of Columbia, Maryland
Country: United States of America
Implementer: MedStar Health
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-11
AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Hospital-Related VTE Guide
Topic(s): Blood Clots, Hospital Readmissions, Patient Safety, Outcomes, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: Arizona, California, Nevada
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Dignity Health
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-09
AHRQ Product(s): Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Topic(s): Patient Safety, Children/Adolescents, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: Tennessee
Country: United States of America
Implementer: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-10
AHRQ Product(s): Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
Topic(s): Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Healthcare Costs, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hospital Readmissions, Medical Errors, Medication: Safety, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: Tennessee
Country: United States of America
Implementer: NorthCrest Medical Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-06
AHRQ Product(s): Re-Engineered Discharge (RED)
Topic(s): Care Coordination, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmissions, Behavioral Health, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: Pennsylvania
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-07
AHRQ Product(s): TeamSTEPPS®
Topic(s): Emergency Department, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: Arizona
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Banner Payson Regional Medical Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-04
AHRQ Product(s): Questions Are the Answer Public Service Campaign
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Quality of Care, Outcomes, Patient Experience
Geographic Location: Pennsylvania
Country: United States of America
Implementer: The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Library Association; National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-05
AHRQ Product(s): Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
Topic(s): Blood Clots, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Long-Term Care, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, Quality of Care, Patient Safety Organizations
Geographic Location: National
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Carolinas Rehabilitation Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-01
AHRQ Product(s): CAUTI Toolkit
Topic(s): Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: New Jersey
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Meadowlands Hospital and iCareQuality
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