GlobeNewswire: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Contains the last 10 of 15 releaseshttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=42024-03-29T04:39:33ZGlobeNewswirehttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=4newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/03/12/1751990/0/en/AHRQ-s-New-Question-Builder-App-Helps-Patients-Prepare-for-Medical-Visits.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870AHRQ’s New Question Builder App Helps Patients Prepare for Medical Visits2019-03-12T15:39:48Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., March 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today launched a new mobile app to help patients be more engaged in their own healthcare. The Question Builder app, available at no charge for smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers on iTunes and Google Play, helps patients prepare and organize questions and other helpful information prior to medical visits.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/03/05/1748356/0/en/New-App-Designed-to-Help-Patients-Report-Health-Outcomes-Wins-Top-Prize-from-AHRQ.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870New App Designed to Help Patients Report Health Outcomes Wins Top Prize from AHRQ2019-03-05T18:56:14Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., March 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced that an app called PRISM won the AHRQ Step Up App Challenge, a multi-phase competition to address the need for greater use of standardized patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data in clinical care and research.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/14/1725750/0/en/Post-Hospital-MRSA-Infections-Reduced-By-30-Percent-Through-Use-of-Antiseptic-Soap-Mouthwash-and-Antibiotic-Nasal-Ointment.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870Post-Hospital MRSA Infections Reduced By 30 Percent Through Use of Antiseptic Soap, Mouthwash, and Antibiotic Nasal Ointment2019-02-14T18:31:04Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., Feb. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and hospitalizations after hospital discharge were reduced by 30 percent in patients known to carry the bacteria on their body by a treatment that cleansed the bacteria from their skin or in their noses, according to new research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Patients were treated with a combination of an over-the-counter antiseptic for bathing or showering, plus prescription antiseptic mouthwash and antibiotic nasal ointment.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/29/1707177/0/en/AHRQ-Analysis-Finds-Hospital-Acquired-Conditions-Declined-By-Nearly-1-Million-from-2014-2017.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870AHRQ Analysis Finds Hospital-Acquired Conditions Declined By Nearly 1 Million from 2014-20172019-01-29T19:47:35Z<![CDATA[HHS Initiatives Continue to Improve Patient Safety HHS Initiatives Continue to Improve Patient Safety]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/17/1701473/0/en/Nearly-One-in-Four-Antibiotic-Prescriptions-Were-Unnecessary-in-Study-of-Privately-Insured-Patients-in-2016.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions Were Unnecessary in Study of Privately Insured Patients in 20162019-01-17T16:05:49Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., Jan. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Of the 15.5 million antibiotic prescriptions filled in 2016 by a population of 19.2 million privately insured children and adults under age 65, nearly one quarter were unnecessary, according to a new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/11/05/1645522/0/en/AHRQ-Funded-Patient-Safety-Research-on-Reducing-Medication-Diagnostic-Errors-Featured-in-November-Issue-of-Health-Affairs.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Research on Reducing Medication, Diagnostic Errors Featured in November Issue of Health Affairs2018-11-05T21:10:19Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., Nov. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research studies funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and published today in Health Affairs highlight challenges and potential strategies for making health care safer in the United States.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/25/1575891/0/en/AHRQ-and-PCORI-Announce-Awards-to-Support-The-Next-Generation-of-Learning-Health-System-Researchers.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870AHRQ and PCORI Announce Awards to Support The Next Generation of Learning-Health-System Researchers2018-09-25T14:17:11Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2018]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/18/1572669/0/en/New-AHRQ-Reports-Highlight-Seniors-Struggles-with-Opioids.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870New AHRQ Reports Highlight Seniors’ Struggles with Opioids2018-09-18T16:39:46Z<![CDATA[Updated statistics quantify opioid use, hospitalizations and emergency department visits among older adults Updated statistics quantify opioid use, hospitalizations and emergency department visits among older adults]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/04/1565194/0/en/Severe-Complications-Rise-Sharply-Among-Women-Giving-Birth-in-Hospitals.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870Severe Complications Rise Sharply Among Women Giving Birth in Hospitals2018-09-04T18:51:57Z<![CDATA[Rockville, Md., Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The proportion of women who experienced serious complications while giving birth in U.S. hospitals rose 45 percent between 2006 and 2015, according to a report released today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The analysis, based on data from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), explored overall trends in severe maternal morbidity and mortality while identifying areas of particular concern. The new report indicates, for example, that rates of acute renal failure, shock, mechanical ventilation use and sepsis at delivery all more than doubled during the 10-year period.“This report provides an essential update to our understanding of an urgent public health issue,” said AHRQ Director Gopal Khanna, M.B.A. “With these data in hand, State and Federal agencies, patient safety experts and health systems can evaluate maternal morbidity trends in greater depth, a vital step before addressing the challenge.”]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/09/1499696/0/en/Some-Mobile-Phone-Apps-Help-Diabetes-Patients-Improve-Health-But-Hundreds-Remain-Unstudied-AHRQ-Report-Finds.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33870Some Mobile Phone Apps Help Diabetes Patients Improve Health But Hundreds Remain Unstudied, AHRQ Report Finds2018-05-09T15:38:58Z<![CDATA[Rockville, MD, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on mobile phone applications for diabetes patients found that out of hundreds of commercially available apps, only 11 had been researched, and of these, only five were associated with clinically significant improvements in levels of blood sugar control as measured by hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) tests.]]>