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.
There is little evidence to support the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs for some treatments other than their officially approved purposes.
Medications known as disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, or DMARDs, appear to be more effective than other treatments for children with arthritis.
New plain-language publications compare the benefits and risks of treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD.
New initiative encourages clinicians and patients to engage in effective two-way communication to ensure safer care and better health outcomes.
For patients age 40 and over with COPD, hospital readmissions within 30 days of initial treatment were much higher among blacks than Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders or whites.
Eating disorders as the primary reason for entering the hospital have declined, but from 1999 to 2009, hospitalizations jumped 93 percent for patients with an eating disorder called pica.
Hospital emergency departments saw over 20,000 injuries due to air and paintball guns in 2008. This is a 20 percent decrease in ER visits for these injuries from 2006.
The death rate of hospital patients who were admitted primarily for heart failure fell roughly by half between 2000 and 2007.
Six new Spanish-language consumer guides compare treatment options for common illnesses, to help patients work with their doctors to find the best treatments for them.
Flu and skin infections increased dramatically as major causes of hospitalizations for children age 17 and under between 2000 and 2009.
New guide that compares treatments for sleep apnea found strong evidence that a "CPAP" machine is highly effective.
Deaths of Americans age 18 and over hospitalized for pneumonia plummeted by 45 percent between 2000 and 2007 regardless of who paid for their care.
The percentage of American children treated for asthma increased while their annual drug expenses more than doubled over a 10-year period.
The cost of treating women for heart disease in 2008 was $43.6 billion, leading a list of the top 10 most expensive conditions for women.
New data analyses provide insight into how much employer-based health insurance premiums vary across the country.
Black children were four times more likely than white children to be hospitalized for a severe asthma attack in 2007.
A new campaign encourages patients to become more informed about their options before choosing a treatment for a health condition or illness.
Roughly 1 of every 6 Americans age 18 to 64 reported using more than 10 percent of their total family income to pay for health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses in 2007.
Low-income adults ages 18 to 64 accounted for 56 percent of the 8 million visits made to rural hospital emergency departments in 2008.
Employees of private-sector companies contributed up to 121 percent more in 2009 for their health insurance coverage than they did in 2001.
Technology helped ensure that patients treated for Hepatitis C in local communities did as well as patients treated at a university-based medical center.
States are seeing improvements in health care quality, but disparities for their minority and low- income residents persist, according to the 2010 State Snapshots.
In 2008 nearly 12 percent of hospital stays were readmissions within 30 days of a previous stay.
About 39,000 school-age children were treated for sports-related concussions at hospital emergency departments in 2008.
"Conoce las Preguntas" is a new, Spanish-language campaign that encourages Hispanics to get more involved in their health care and to talk with their doctors about their medical concerns.
Over 9 out of every 10 women giving birth in the United States had some complication in 2008.
Rural Americans were five times more likely than urban residents to be treated in emergency departments for eye injuries in 2008.
ICUs in both large and small hospitals stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to 2 years after using a targeted quality improvement initiative.
More than 3 million Americans went to hospital emergency rooms seeking relief from headaches in 2008; 81,000 people were admitted.
Between 1997 and 2008, use of episiotomy fell by 60 percent while use of Cesarean section increased by 72 percent.
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