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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
This report identifies and examines the factors that purchasers and builders of patient self-management support programs should consider when they are deciding on program components. It is based on a literature review and interviews with self-management support experts to identify and evaluate a range of program models and their features. Key findings and recommendations for developing a self-management support program are discussed.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 08-0011
Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide
This pharmacy health literacy tool was designed to capture perspectives of three critical audiences-objective auditors, pharmacy staff, and patients. The three parts of the assessment are complementary and designed to form a comprehensive assessment.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 07-0051
Strategies To Improve Communication Between Pharmacy Staff and Patients: Training Program for Pharmacy Staff
This training program is designed to introduce pharmacists to the problem of low health literacy in patient populations and to identify the implications of this problem for the delivery of healthcare services. The program also explains techniques that pharmacy staff members can use to improve communication with patients who may have limited health literacy skills.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 07(08)-0051-1-EF
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask Card
This publication gives a list of sample questions to ask during a medical encounter.
Publication Date: Publication Number: AHRQ0910-M026-C
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis
This guide offers general advice for people with almost any disease or condition.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 05-0049
Cinco recomendaciones para recibir una mejor atención médica
La seguridad de pacientes es uno de los desafÃos de sanidad más grande de los Estados Unidos. Un informe del Instituto de Medicina (Institute of Medicine) declara que aproximadamente entre 44,000 a 98,000 personas mueren anualmente en hospitales a causa de lapsos en seguridad de los pacientes.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 04-M006 (Spanish)
Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks
Primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) involve practicing clinicians in asking and answering clinical and organizational questions central to primary health care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed its PBRN initiative in recognition of this work and its ability to improve the health of all Americans, and the potential of these networks to engage clinicians in quality improvement activities.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 01-P020