Review the following list of meetings in which falls risk and prevention is potentially discussed by the interdisciplinary team. For every meeting that occurs at your facility, indicate the type of ...

Final estimates for 2013 show a further 9 percent decline in the rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) from 2012 to 2013, and a 17 percent decline, from 145 to 121 HACs per 1,000 discharges, ...

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The purpose of the Best Practices in Public Reporting series is to provide practical approaches to designing public reports that make health care performance information clear, meaningful, and usable ...

The lack of reliable and useful quality measures for mental and behavioral health services has been frequently cited by State policymakers. This section tries to address these concerns through a ...

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 ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality of healthcare for all Americans. Providing high-quality care means providing safe, ...

The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide is a comprehensive resource for health plans, medical groups, and other providers seeking to improve their performance in the domains of patient experience ...

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 ...

Thomas E. Kottke, M.D., M.S.P.H. Harry A. Lando, Ph.D. Robert E. Mecklenburg, D.D.S., M.P.H. Robin J. Mermelstein, PhD Patricia Dolan Mullen, Dr.P.H. .C. Tracy ...

The "Spread Module" module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit introduces Just Culture principles, which emphasize shared accountability and attitudes toward risk. This ...

The CAHPS Health Plan Survey is a tool for collecting standardized information on enrollees' experiences with health plans and their services. Since its launch in 1997, this survey has become the ...