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Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020 (PDF, 759 KB) ...

The AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (PDF, 787 KB) is a report that shows progress toward the goal of reducing hospital-acquired conditions ...

Welcome to the Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care, developed in the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. Effective infection prevention interventions in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., internationally recognized expert in health services research, the U.S. healthcare system, and health policy analysis, has been ...

A new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that nursing homes using a chlorhexidine bathing routine to clean the skin and nose with over-the-counter antiseptic ...

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 ...