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Two AHRQ Websites Relaunched
(Matching tags: NQMC,NGC,healthcare technology,AHRQ) Two U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality websites — the National Guideline Clearinghouse and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse — have been relaunched, according to a news release by ... -
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AHRQ to Add Hospital Quality Ratings Based on Health Insurance Type
(Matching tags: State Snapshots,healthcare quality,AHRQ) ... Medicare, Medicaid and those without insurance, according to a news release by AHRQ. ... -
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AHRQ Launches Free Software to Help Organizations Compile and Publish Hospital Quality Data
(Matching tags: HHS,AHRQ,quality data,free software,hospital quality website) ... compile, analyze and post data on quality of hospital care, its cost and how that care is used, according to an AHRQ news release. ... -
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One-Quarter of Hospital Patients Readmitted Within Two Years
(Matching tags: Medicaid,Medicare,AHRQ,readmissions) One-quarter of all hospital patients were readmitted one or more times for the same condition within a two-year period, according to a release by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. -
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AHRQ: Bar-Code Technology Can Help Reduce Medication Administration Errors, Adverse Events
(Matching tags: AHRQ,medication errors,bar codes) Bar-code technology that includes an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) significantly reduces potential drug-related adverse events and transcription and medication administration errors, ... -
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Hospitals Readmit 10% of Medicaid Patients Within 30 Days
(Matching tags: hospitals,Medicaid,AHRQ,readmissions) One of every 10 adult Medicaid patients hospitalized in 2007 for any condition other than childbirth had to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, according to a release from the Agency for Healthcare ... -
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Amount Hospitals Charged Uninsured Patients Rose 88% From 1998-2007
(Matching tags: uninsured,AHRQ,inpatient care) The amount that hospitals charged the uninsured for inpatient care grew by 88 percent between 1998 and 2007, according to a News and Numbers report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ... -
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AHRQ Study Finds Weekend Hospital Care Not as Prompt as Weekday Care
(Matching tags: AHRQ,weekend,weekday,hospital stay) ... on the weekends, according to an AHRQ statistical brief. ... -
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AHRQ Finds More Than Half of All Hospital Procedures Are Done Outpatient
(Matching tags: hospital,AHRQ,outpatient surgical procedures) Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals during 2007 were done as outpatient procedures, according to a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. -
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New Report Shows Significant Differences Between Rural, Urban Hospitals
(Matching tags: rural hospitals,urban hospitals,AHRQ,patients) The nation's 2,000 rural hospitals have more Medicare patients, fewer private-pay patients and a significantly different mix of illnesses than urban hospitals, according to a report by the Agency for Healthcare ... -
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Uninsured Have More Trouble Accessing Specialists, AHRQ Report Says
(Matching tags: AHRQ,uninsured patients,specialists,access to care) Citing federal statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says uninsured adults were more likely in 2007 to have problems accessing a physician specialist than people who had insurance ... -
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Recently Released Data Shows Patients Deaths in U.S. Hospitals Cost Nearly $20B in 2007
(Matching tags: AHRQ,hospitalizations,septicemia) One of every three people who died in 2007 in the United States was in the hospital for treatment at the time of death, and the cost of their hospital stays totaled nearly $20 billion, according to the ... -
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Top 12 Body System Categories With the Highest Average Annual Inpatient Stay Cost Growth From 1997-2007
(Matching tags: hospitals,AHRQ,inpatient stays,average cost,HCUP) Here are the 12 principal CCS body system and condition categories with the highest average annual growth in costs for inpatient stays, according to the HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based ... -
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New AHRQ Report Shows Hospital Discharges Up, Length of Stay Down
(Matching tags: hospitals,costs,AHRQ,trends,hospital stays,discharges,payors) ... care from 1997-2007, according to an AHRQ news release. ... -
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Baby Boomers Rack Up $59B in Hospital Costs During 2007
(Matching tags: AHRQ,baby boomers,hospitalizations) In 2007, baby boomers (adults age 55-64) had more than 4.7 million hospital stays totaling $59 billion, or 16 percent of total hospital costs in the United States, according to a recently released Agency ... -
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Hospital Average Length of Stay, Charges and Costs by Patient Type
(Matching tags: HCUPnet,AHRQ,average length of stay) Here is the average length of stay, charges and costs per patient for hospitals by patient type, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 ... -
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Hospital Average Length of Stay, Charges and Costs by Payor
(Matching tags: inpatient stays,AHRQ,length of stay) Here is a list of the average length of stay, charges and costs per patient for U.S. hospitals by payor type, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization ... -
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Top 10 Most Expensive Conditions by Hospital Costs
(Matching tags: hospital,AHRQ,medical condition,most expensive) Here is a list of the 10 most expensive medical conditions treated in U.S. hospitals by average hospital costs, with average hospital charges, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's ...
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