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  1. How can I access clinical practice guidelines online? Updated
    Available guideline resources are listed in the Clinical Practice Guidelines subdirectory at: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/archive.html . This...
    Date Updated: 11/29/2016
  2. How can I obtain 3M APR-DRG software software for Inpatient Quality Indicators?
    A limited license 3M APR-DRG grouper software is available for download along with the SAS and Windows versions of the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators. Go to...
    Date Updated: 02/16/2012
  3. What is the purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act? Updated
    The Patient Safety Act or PSQIA establishes a framework by which hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers may voluntarily report information to Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), on a...
    Date Updated: 11/30/2016
  4. Why should a health care organization conduct a safety culture survey?
    Safety culture surveys are useful for measuring organizational conditions that can lead to adverse events and patient harm in health care organizations. Organizations that want to assess their...
    Date Updated: 11/01/2016
  5. How often should an organization administer the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture?
    On average, hospitals that have submitted to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database more than once readminister the survey every 16 months. Although we do not provide any...
    Date Updated: 11/01/2016
  6. How do we transfer a grant to a principal investigator's new institution? Updated
    AHRQ prior approval is required for the transfer of the legal and administrative responsibility for a grant-supported project from one legal entity to another before expiration of the approved...
    Date Updated: 12/02/2016
  7. How do I request a no-cost extension for my grant? Updated
    If your grant is under expanded authorities, the grantee institution has the authority to automatically extend the final budget period and project period one time for a period of up to 12 months. The...
    Date Updated: 12/02/2016
  8. What are the Quality Indicators (QIs)? Updated
    The QIs of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality are a set of quality indicators organized into four "modules," each of which measure quality associated with processes of care that occurred...
    Date Updated: 11/29/2016
  9. What is TeamSTEPPS and how can it improve patient safety in organizations?
    TeamSTEPPS ™ (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) is a teamwork system for health care professionals to improve communication and teamwork skills that was developed...
    Date Updated: 11/01/2016
  10. What areas of patient safety culture do the survey questions cover?
    The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture measures staff perceptions of patient safety culture in their work area/unit, as well as perceptions about patient safety culture in the hospital as a...
    Date Updated: 11/01/2016