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, ...

Being ready for change is a necessary, but not sufficient, prerequisite to changing your organization's approach to fall prevention. Even when a health care organization is armed with the best ...

How do we manage the change process at the front line? How do we pilot test the new practices? How do we get staff engaged and excited about pressure ulcer prevention? How can we help staff learn new ...

The "Implement Teamwork and Communication" module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit will help you understand the importance of effective communication and transparency, ...

Search or browse for answers to questions about the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program, surveys, supplemental item sets, and the SOPS Databases. Send additional questions to ...

A basic principle of quality measurement is: If you can't measure it, you can't improve it. Therefore, fall rates and fall prevention practices must be counted and tracked as one component of a ...

R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. What does healthcare in the United States look like? The answer, of course, is complicated. It depends on one's perspective. But regardless of how one attempts to address ...

After this session, you will be able to identify the importance of staff and physician engagement, apply the principles of motivation to engage staff and physicians, and identify activities that ...

This document addresses the growing need for translating CAHPS surveys from English into a variety of languages in a cost-effective, yet culturally competent manner. It provides the Agency for ...

In 2016, AHRQ awarded a contract to develop methods and estimate the incremental inpatient financial costs and additional inpatient mortality associated with 10 selected hospital-acquired conditions ...

Evidence is always evolving, so practices have to change if they are to stay current. Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. QI starts with the ...

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 ...