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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-9.html
March 01, 2018 - Appendix 9: Back to Basics
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI). When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-gabbay.pdf
April 01, 2015 - A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania
A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in
Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator: Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD
Institution: Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019150
Overview…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/infectionprevchcklst.doc
June 02, 2025 - Infection Preventionist Checklist
Who should use this tool? Infection preventionists.
Checklist Items
Leader Responsible
Date
Started
1. Meet with the CEO and hospital project leader to learn about the initiative and understand the infection prevention (IP) roles.
2. Introduce the project to all IP s…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-35th-anniversary.html
March 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ Commemorates 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency
MAR
7
2024
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
I am thrilled to announce that 2024 represents a momentous milestone: the 35th anniversary of the Agency for Healthcare …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/mcneil-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum Fall Policy Conference 2008
The National Quality Forum
Fall Policy Conference 2008
Principal Investigator: Dwight McNeil
Team Members: S. Callahan, L. Gorban,
D. McNeill, and B. Yelin
9/30/08-9/29/09
Federal Project Official: Karen Ho
Supported by: Agen…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology5.html
April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence
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Table of Contents
Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Introduction
Perspectives on Di…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-coordination/index.html
September 01, 2022 - Care Coordination
Care coordination, a key element for delivery of quality primary care, involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care. This means that the patient's needs an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/King.pdf
January 01, 2002 - caregivers to implement that vision.5 Information
exchange engenders caregiver commitment to the concrete achievable
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/infection-checklist.html
December 01, 2012 - Infection Checklist
CUSP Toolkit
Who should use this tool? Infection preventionists.
Checklist items
Leader Responsible
Date Started
1. Meet with the CEO and hospital project leader to learn about the initiative and understand the infection prevention (IP) roles.
2. Introduce …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/lessons_from_top-performing_medical_practices_CG-CAHPS_transcript.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices
Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-
Performing Medical Practices
October 2014 Webcast
Speakers
Mon L. Yee, MD, Family Medicine, Meriter DeForest-Windsor Clinic, DeForest, …
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/mission.html
July 01, 2023 - The PCORTF Mission, Vision, and Goal
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Mission: Dissemination and implementation of evidence into practice and train the next generation of patient-centered outcomes researchers.
AHRQ's PCORTF mission reflects activities mandated by Congress in the PCORTF authorizing lan…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - contributing factors will need to be addressed, so use this prioritization grid to help your team develop an achievable … plans and solicit their feedback; they may surprise you and make the intervention far stronger and achievable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/147-cusp-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Core CUSP Team Member
Roles & Responsibilities
How To Use This Tool
This tool identifies core Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) team members and describes individual roles and responsibilities.
For best results, each team member should:
· Review expectations associa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/127-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Core Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Team Member
Roles & Responsibilities
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
How To Use This Tool
This tool identifies core CUSP team members and describes indi…
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/about-chsp/centers/rand.html
July 01, 2019 - Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: RAND Center of Excellence
Principal Investigators
Cheryl L. Damberg, Ph. D., and M. Susan Ridgely, J.D.
Partners
Pennsylvania State University.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Stanford University.
Harvard University.
Integrated Hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool10.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Tool 10. Sample Brochure
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Table of Contents
Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Acknowledgements
Support
Foreword
Oregon Rural Practice-bas…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8a.html
October 01, 2014 - The investigators concluded that improvements in psychosocial outcomes are achievable with this particular
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nqsfactsheet_2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - National Quality Strategy Fact Sheet
The National Quality Strategy is a national effort to
align public- and private-sector stakeholders to achieve
better health and health care for all Americans.
About the National Quality Strategy
The National Quality Strategy (NQS) was first published in March 2011 as the Na…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide6.html
October 01, 2014 - An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Step 6: Planning for Sustainability
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Table of Contents
An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing Your Organization's Needs and Capabilities
St…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section6.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Sustainability
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Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of P…