AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

AHRQ Impact Case Studies

AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded tools by State and Federal policy makers, health systems, clinicians, academicians, and other professionals.

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All AHRQ Impact Case Studies, Starting With Most Recent.

Dignity Health Expands Use of AHRQ’s CANDOR Toolkit

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-20

AHRQ Product(s): CANDOR Toolkit

Topic(s): Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Health Care Quality, Costs, Outcomes, Policy

Geographic Location: California

Implementer: Dignity Health

Date: February 2017

Seattle Hospital Improves Patient Safety with AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-19

AHRQ Product(s): CAUTI Toolkit, QI Toolkit, Toolkit to Improve Safety in Mechanically Ventilated Patients, Long-term Care Toolkit

Topic(s): Quality Indicator (QI), Patient Safety, Health Care Quality

Geographic Location: Washington

Implementer: Harborview Medical Center

Date: February 2017

Intermountain Healthcare Uses AHRQ-funded "OpenInfobutton" for Prompt Medical Information

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-18

AHRQ Product(s): Research

Topic(s): Patient Safety, Health IT, Health Care Quality, Prevention and Care Management

Geographic Location: Idaho, Utah

Implementer: Intermountain Healthcare

Date: December 2016

AHRQ’s Toolkit Helped Vanderbilt University Hospital Substantially Reduce Patient Falls

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-16

AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit

Topic(s): Patient Safety, Prevention

Geographic Location: Tennessee

Implementer: Vanderbilt University Hospital

Date: November 2016

University of Southern Maine Grad Students Train for Public Health Careers Using AHRQ Resources

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-17

AHRQ Product(s): Patient Safety Network (PSNet), WebM&M

Topic(s): Patient Safety, Prevention, Academic Curricula

Geographic Location: Maine

Implementer: University of Southern Maine

Date: November 2016

AHRQ’s CUSP Helps Sinai Health System Reduce Infections and Medication Errors

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-14

AHRQ Product(s): Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program

Topic(s): Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Patient Safety

Geographic Location: Illinois

Implementer: Sinai Health System

Date: October 2016

New Zealand Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Nationwide Health Literacy Initiative

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-15

AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Topic(s): Health Literacy, Patient Safety

Geographic Location: International, New Zealand

Implementer: New Zealand Ministry of Health; Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand

Date: October 2016

Harvard Used AHRQ Data to Develop Tool to Analyze Utilization, Costs in Primary Care

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-12

AHRQ Product(s): Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Topic(s): Data, Costs, Primary Care

Geographic Location: Massachusetts

Implementer: Harvard Medical School

Date: September 2016

Sudan Teaching Hospitals Use AHRQ’s Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-13

AHRQ Product(s): Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, TeamSTEPPS®

Topic(s): Patient Safety, Health Care Quality

Geographic Location: International, Sudan

Implementer: Omdurman Teaching Hospital; National Ribat University Hospital

Date: September 2016

AHRQ Health Literacy Toolkit Supports Better Health Communication in Tasmania

Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-08

AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Topic(s): Health Literacy, Prevention and Care Management

Geographic Location: Australia

Implementer: Tasmania Department of Health and Human Services

Date: August 2016