AHRQ-Related Articles, March 6, 2015

Annals of Internal Medicine
Mdodo R, Frazier EL, Dube SR, et al. Cigarette smoking prevalence among adults with HIV compared with the general adult population in the United States: cross-sectional surveys. Ann Intern Med 2015 Mar 3; 162(5):335-44. Cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

DesRoches C. Progress and challenges in electronic health record adoption: findings from a national survey of physicians. Ann Intern Med 2015 Mar 3; 162(5):396. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Furukawa et al. (Health Aff, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Austin JM, Jha AK, Romano PS, et al. National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity. Health Aff 2015 Mar; 34(3):423-30. [Mentions the inclusion of AHRQ's Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey results in Consumer Reports ratings.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Surgery
Reames BN, Krell RW, Campbell DA Jr, Dimick JB. A checklist-based intervention to improve surgical outcomes in Michigan: evaluation of the Keystone Surgery program. JAMA Surg 2015 Mar 1; 150(3):208-15. [Cites AHRQ fact sheet, Ending Health Care-Associated Infections, 2010, and AHRQ-funded article by Pronovost et al. (N Engl J Med, 2006.] Select to access the abstract.

Urbach DR. The challenge of quality improvement in surgical care. JAMA Surg 2015 Mar 1; 150(3):215. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Pronovost et al. (N Engl J Med, 2006.]

Utter GH, Vermoch KL, Rogers S. Clinical documentation improvement and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality accidental puncture or laceration Patient Safety Indicator. JAMA Surg 2015 May; 150(5):388-9. [Discusses use of AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicator 15, citing Guide to Patient Safety Indicators, 2007, and Patient Safety Indicators Overview, both published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

New England Journal of Medicine
Burwell SM. Setting value-based payment goals—HHS efforts to improve U.S. health care. N Engl J Med 2015 Mar 5; 372(10):897-9. [Mentions AHRQ's work to disseminate findings from research funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.] Select to access the abstract.

Nursing Clinics of North America
Owens LD, Koch RW. Understanding quality patient care and the role of the practicing nurse. Nurs Clin North Am 2015 Mar; 50(1):33-43. [Summarizes AHRQ's mission related to supporting and disseminating research to enhance consumer healthcare decision making and improve healthcare quality and describes AHRQ Quality Indicators.] Select to access the abstract.