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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers practical, research-based tools and other resources to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research Tools and Resources
AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research provides tools and resources to improve the quality and safety of primary care. These resources, developed in collaboration with primary care experts, help to inform the design and evaluations of primary care research; assist decisionmakers implement strategies for primary care transformation; and support clinicians’ efforts to enhance delivery by improving teamwork and care processes.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Hospital
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
This guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Long-term Care
On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits to help nursing homes with electronic medical records identify residents at risk for events that could lead to a hospital visit.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Long-term Care
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
This toolkit was developed to provide nursing homes that have an electronic medical records system with tools to effectively monitor and manage pressure ulcers. Clinical reports provide information about the number and types of pressure ulcers that residents have developed.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Long-term Care
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention to help nursing homes with electronic medical records reduce the occurrence of in-house pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nursing homes despite regulatory and market approaches to encourage prevention and treatment.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Long-term Care
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
This stand-alone pediatric version of the Quality Indicators Toolkit helps meet the needs of hospitals that serve children and includes a concise set of tools to facilitate efforts to improve clinical quality.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Falls in Hospitals
This toolkit focuses on overcoming the challenges associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining a fall prevention program in hospitals.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Falls in Nursing Facilities
This toolkit assists nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered care and improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational and quality improvement tools.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Long-term Care
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
This updated guide, which is based on the latest scientific evidence, includes tools and resources for hospital staff to prevent hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
These materials assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care.
Date Published: Setting of Care: Hospital
