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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Keller.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Best Practices for Medical Technology Management: A U.S. Air Force–ECRI Collaboration
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Best Practices for Medical
Technology Management: A U.S. Air
Force–ECRI Collaboration
James P. Keller, Jr., Stephen Walker
Abstract
For more than 25 years, the U.S. Air Force has contracted ECRI, an independent
and n…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-West_102.pdf
March 31, 2008 - Relationship Between Patient Harm and Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
Relationship Between Patient Harm and
Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care:
A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative
David R. West, PhD; Wilson D. Pace, MD; L. Miriam Dickinson, PhD;
Daniel M. H…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Meliones_40.pdf
January 01, 2006 - 10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive in a Single Hospital?
10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance
Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard,
Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_4_PPT_508.pptx
April 01, 2011 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
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Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: IDEAL Discharge Planning Training
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 4: IDEAL Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
Guide to Patient & Family Engagement
If you have condu…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/intro.html
June 01, 2018 - Introduction and Methods
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
This document describes the contents of the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and the methods used to compile and analyze data.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Methods
Background on …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/kizer-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report:: The National Quality Forum – Annual Meeting 2003
THE NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM
ANNUAL MEETING 2003
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: KENNETH W. KIZER, MD, MPH
TEAM MEMBERS: C. BOCK, L. GORBAN, J. LEWIS, R. NISHIMI, E. POWER,
M. STEGUN, L. THOMPSON
9/20/2003 – 9/19/2004
FEDERAL PROJECT OFFICE…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/middleton-wald-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Shared Online Health Records for Patient Safety and Care
FINAL REPORT: December, 18th 2007
Shared Online Health Records for Patient Safety and Care
Principal Investigator: Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc; bmiddleton1@partners.org
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH,…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen6.html
April 01, 2018 - Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
6. Conclusions
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Description of the Intervention
2. Description of the Interventi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/valuewebcast-persily.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for Hospitals and Medical Offices - PERSILY
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First Hand Experience:
The AHRQ Hospital Value and
Efficiency Item Set
Cynthia Persily, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Highland Hospital
Charleston, West Virginia
cpersily@highlandhosp.com
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mailto:cpersily@highlandhosp.com
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/mowebinar_2014/stroud-0914slides.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
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Carolinas HealthCare System
AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey
Juanita Stroud
Patient Safety Director
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Carolinas HealthCare System
• One of the nation’s largest public, not-for-profit
healthcare systems
• Prov…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2024-instructions-requesting-deidentified-sops-data.pdf
January 01, 2024 - SOPS® Database Information and Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS Database Data
Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS data– April 2024 1
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
SOPS® Database
Information and Instructions for Requesting De-identified SOPS Database Data
Thi…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/getting-started/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Getting Started
This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.
CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/mental-health-and-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and
Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Nursing home staff routinely face stressful and emotionally draining working co…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimicrobial stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or corporate office to help develop, review, edit, and approve all policies …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/workflow-analysis-qi.pdf
February 01, 2005 - Workflow
Workflow
Ann Lefebvre MSW, CPHQ
Associate Director, NC AHEC
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the
results that it gets.”
Paul Batalden, MD
North Carolina Area Health Education CentersNorth Carolina…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
October 01, 2024 - Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is the bath, not a top coat.1,2
CHG is the bath itself. Do not bathe the patient with regular soap and water and then follow up with CHG.
CHG is better than regular soap and water and binds to skin proteins, killing germs for 24 hours.
Ensure cleaning of the face and hair.3
CHG is safe to…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/152-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-physicians.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Engaging Physicians in MRSA Prevention
ICU & Non-ICU
Issue1-5
Physicians play crucial roles in quality and safety, as leaders, champions, committee members, and participants in planning and executing change. Each role is vital in the success of any undertaking to…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/about/index.html
November 01, 2024 - About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
What Is the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide? The Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide (the Guide) provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics. This page provides information about antimicrobial stewardshi…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-halamek.html
August 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
“AHRQ is a unique funding agency, one that is incr…