Many existing EHR systems are not tailored to capture or process health information about children. The new format allows for child-specific data elements.
Central line associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a year in hospital neonatal intensive care units participating in an AHRQ patient safety program.
When hospital operating room staff follow a written safety checklist to respond to a medical crisis during surgery, they are nearly 75 percent less likely to miss a critical clinical step.
A unique nationwide patient safety project reduced by 40 percent the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units. The project used the CUSP toolkit.
A new Spanish-language videonovela, Aprende a vivir, features messages to help diabetes patients compare their treatment options to find a regimen that works best for them. It's entertaining and can be used as an education tool.
The latest National Healthcare Disparities Report shows that access to health care was not improving for most racial and ethnic groups in the years 2002 through 2008 leading up to enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
A new comparative effectiveness report confirms that pelvic floor muscle training is effective for treating adult women with urinary incontinence without risk of side effects.
A new study shows that when consumers are shown the right mix of cost and quality information, they are better able to choose high-value health care providers.
Physician practices and pharmacies generally view electronic prescribing as an important tool, but both groups face barriers to realizing the technology’s full benefit.
The “Toma las riendas” (“Take the reins”) campaign is a nationwide effort to encourage Hispanics to take control of their health and explore treatment options.
AHRQ announced recently that it has awarded $34 million in fiscal year 2011 for grants and contracts to expand the fight against healthcare-associated infections.
Women and men ages 45 to 64 were 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for knee replacement surgery in 2009 than in 1997.
The cost of treating men for heart disease topped $47 billion in 2008, leading a list of the 10 most expensive conditions for men age 18 and older.
AHRQ awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to support research that will focus on improving clinical preventive services such as screening, counseling and use of preventive medications for patients.
Formal training in parenting strategies is a low-risk, effective method for improving behavior of preschool-age children at risk for developing ADHD.
An estimated 12.1 million women age 18 and older reported suffering from chronic pain in 2008 as a result of underlying medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, fibromyalgia and vulvodynia.
Women who take ACE inhibitors to treat high blood pressure in the first trimester of their pregnancies are at no greater risk of having babies with birth defects than are women who take other or no types of high blood pressure medication.
The proportion of children who used a prescribed controller drug to treat their asthma doubled from 29 percent in 1997–1998 to 58 percent in 2007–2008.
Septicemia, an illness caused by blood infections with bacteria such as E. coli and MRSA, was the single most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals in 2009.
One in four American adults (55.1 million) was treated in 2008 for hypertension, also known as high blood pressure.
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