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3241. Tool: STEP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/step.html
      June 01, 2023 - Tool: STEP STEP is a mnemonic tool that can help individuals monitor critical elements of a situation and the overall environment. It is suitable for use by teams supporting acutely ill patients in a hospital (e.g., an ICU patient the team hopes to wean off a ventilator as quickly as possible), for teams in lon…

3242. 013-Strategies-Prevent-Bcc (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - ICU & Non-ICU Optimize Patient Selection for Blood Cultures.1 Use a Blood Culture Decision Support Tool to guide ordering of blood cultures to limit inappropriate cultures. Optimizing patient selection for testing reduces false positives, facilitates accurate diagnosis, promotes antimicrobial stewardship, and reduces a…

3243. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/ccre-roadmap-summary.html
      July 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap Executive Summary Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap Executive Summary 1. Introduction and Purpose 2. Priority Questions and Recommendations 3. Conclusion References Appendices:…

3244. A-21. Measure 18: Rate of patients that were ready to improve a targeted behavior | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-21. Measure 18: Rate of patients that were ready to improve a targeted behavior Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Potentia…

3245. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/healthcare-team.docx
      March 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Long-Term Care Safety Modules Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-03-EF …

3246. AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine JUN 6 2024 By Edwin Lomotan, M.D., James Swiger, M.B.E., and Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D. Clinical decision support (CDS) has emerged as an important tool …

3247. Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence OCT 24 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.; Chris Dymek, Ed.D.; and Kevin Chaney, M.G.S. In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the ent…

3248. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - The CAHPS Program The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Its purpose is to support investigator-led research to better understand patient experience with healthcare and develop scientific…

3249. Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All MAY 10 2022 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. Hello, friends. After many decades of admiring AHRQ—its mission, work, and people—I am deeply honored to lead this organization. I…

3250. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/executive-summary.html
      December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…

3251. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2016 - Choosing the Right Toolkit The Guide is intended to allow nursing homes to pick and choose among toolkits, and even choose among individual tools. Each nursing home will have different needs and resources resulting in different choices. To help decide which tools may be most appropriate for a particular nursing…

3252. Introduction to the Pediatric Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4_pdi_bestpracticescover.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Introduction to the Pediatric Best Practices Tool Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety i Tool D.4 Introduction to the Pediatric Best Practices Tool What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of this tool is to provide: • Detailed description of…

3253. CHIPRA Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2015 - CHIPRA Publications The following Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) measure-related articles have been published. New Academic Pediatrics Journal Supplement, September-October 2014 http://www.academicpedsjnl.net/issue/S1876-2859(14)X0008-2   All articles are freely p…

3254. Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/vchip-strategies-for-kdd.pdf
      February 01, 2015 - Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices* The following are strategies that healthcare professionals and primary care practices used to improve office systems to address and promote optimal asthma treatment as…

3255. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/index.html
      March 01, 2024 - Advancing Heart Health An AHRQ Initiative The Problem The Nation's primary care practices have been challenged in recent decades by fragmentation of the healthcare system, a lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement (QI). As a result, m…

3256. The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp.html
      October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention The Importance of MRSA Prevention Decolonization Tools…

3257. Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group Background The AHRQ National Action Alliance Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group provided a forum for identifying and exploring the patient and workforce safety competencies needed by our healthcare workforce to support the safety of healthcare delivery.  …

3258. The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/cusp-mrsa-prevention.html
      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases Importance of …

3259. Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in New Report from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in New Report from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program SEP 29 2022 By Chris Dymek, Ed.D.       Chris Dymek, Ed.D. The goal of patient-centered care supported by digital health…

3260. Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2025 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 Next Page Table of Contents Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 Acknowledgments and Authors Message from the Acting Director of AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research About This Report 1. Backgrou…