This section provides an overview of the key concepts and tools in the Communication Module.

Welcome to the TeamSTEPPS ® curriculum. The TeamSTEPPS 3.0 curriculum addresses the needs of the 21st century healthcare workforce. This document highlights the key aspects of the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 ...

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 classification ...

Updated June 2014 Prepared by: Kathryn M. Updated June 2014 Prepared by: Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M. 1; Ellen Schultz, M.S. 1; Lauren Albin, B.A. 1; Noelle Pineda, B.A ...

AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Medical Office Survey Database as a central repository for survey data from medical offices that have administered the AHRQ patient ...

The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit helps hospitals re-design their discharge processes to reduce readmissions and post-hospital emergency department visits. Geared particularly hospitals that ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to healthcare ...

As we celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) also marks its 35th anniversary. This milestone, under the banner "Today's Research, ...

An integral part of delivering high-quality healthcare is understanding the social determinants of health (SDOH) of patients and of communities in which healthcare is provided. The World Health ...

Each year, Federal agencies must develop and present to Congress their budget requests for the coming fiscal year. All requests are in the President's budget, which is presented to Congress. At the ...

The purpose of the Best Practices in Public Reporting series is to provide practical approaches to designing public reports that make health care performance information clear, meaningful, and usable ...

Funding will help implement and evaluate models for delivering comprehensive, coordinated, person-centered care to people with Long COVID. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...