Prevent Device/Procedure Infections. Central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSIs, are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and increased length and cost of hospital stay.

4 . Your Pain and Mood. To help your care team better manage your transition to buprenorphine, please answer the following questions about both your pain and mood before making any …

Measures used to assess and compare the quality of health care organizations are classified as either a structure, process, or outcome measure. Known as the Donabedian model, this …

AHRQ’s SHARE Approach is a clinician-led shared decision-making model with five essential elements for meaningful dialogue with patients exploring benefits, harms, and risks of options …

The medical home model holds promise as a way to improve health care in America by transforming how primary care is organized and delivered. Building on the work of a large and …

Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital. A fall may result in fractures, lacerations, or internal bleeding, leading to increased …

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work …

Stage III. Definition • Full thickness . tissue loss. Subcutaneous fat may be visible but . bone, tendon, or muscle are . not. exposed. Some slough may be

Resource: Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit This toolkit consists of 10 tools and templates—with instructions and examples—for primary care practices to use for quality …

Framework and Competencies Page 3. Key Skills. Communication. A verbal and nonverbal process by which information can be clearly and accurately exchanged among team members.