Background: The purpose of this tool is to determine if your facility has a process to screen patients for pressure ulcer risk. The tool is one of a series of Facility Assessment Checklists developed ...

A study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and funded and carried out by Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows ...

Note: Resources on this page were used in testing the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families. The materials were ...

Summary Speakers and Presentation Slides Recording Summary This webcast provided a tutorial on the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Data Entry and Analysis Tool. Speakers demonstrated ...

A new paper addresses the use of algorithms in healthcare, their impact on racial/ethnic disparities in care, and approaches to identify and mitigate biases. The use of algorithms is expanding in many ...

Today, the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety (NAA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard, an online ...

An AHRQ-funded study published in Physiological Measurement concluded that a predictive analytics tool called CoMET, developed five years before the COVID-19 pandemic, was very accurate in predicting ...

The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased from 1.8 million in 2016 to 2.5 million in 2021, with a faster rate of increase ...

In 2021, 15.5 percent of current smokers reported transportation issues that resulted in difficulties accessing daily living needs. People with chronic conditions reported similar reliability ...

New research examines evidence-based practice to improve clinical decision making for patients with alcohol use disorder. An updated systematic review published today in The Journal of the American ...

Among all federal health insurance providers, Medicare was the highest spender for major diet-related conditions during 2021 and 2022, with an average of $153 billion per year in expenditures. The ...

In 2021, AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) asked adults in rural and nonrural areas to describe medical care availability in their neighborhoods. About 17.7 percent of those in ...