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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/alt-text.html
March 01, 2013 - Assemble Module Slides Text Description
Slide Number and Title
Slide Content
Content for Alternative Text (Illustration)
Slide 1
Cover Slide
(CUSP Toolkit logo)
The "Assemble the Team" module of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular app…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/nm-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Spotlight on New Mexico
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from New Mexico's experience in the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPR…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/talkingquality/resources/checklist/checklist-explain-and-motivate.pdf
December 26, 2018 - Explain and Motivate Complete Checklist
1
TalkingQuality
Your Project Checklist:
Explain and Motivate Use of Health Care Quality Reports
This document contains checklists for the following sections of Explain and Motivate Use of Health
Care Quality Reports:
• Communicating Key Information
• Providing Deta…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-maintenance-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes
CAUTI Module:
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance
Facilitator Guide
Slide Number and Image
This module, titled “Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance,” is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program for Intensive Care Un…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-243-fullreport.pdf
August 01, 2019 - • Association of measure topic with children’s future health – for example, a measure
addressing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-transcript.pdf
September 01, 2019 - We got a follow up question or a related question that I'd like to ask just so that we're
addressing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/malone-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - refinement
of ideas leading to proposals that incorporated the best elements of members’ ideas while
addressing
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Research Training and Education
Sign up: Research Training and Education Email updates
AHRQ's Research Training Opportunities
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a variety of funding opportunities designed to support and enhance the education and career development of health…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/cahps-webcast.html
August 01, 2025 - September 18: Strengthening Partnerships with Patients and Families to Assess and Improve the Experience of Care
Date: September 18, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT This free virtual research meeting from AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program will focus on the integ…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/comprehensive-unit-based-safety-program-cusp.html
Topic: Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety. The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and to…
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/whats-new.html
December 01, 2024 - COVID-19 What's New
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety, quality, and value of patient care delivered by America's healthcare system. The AHRQ Views blog posts and press releases listed below offer insights and updates about how AHRQ…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-delirium.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Identifying Delirium: ABCs of Identification_4x6
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
IDENTIFYING DELIRIUM
ABCs OF IDENTIFICATION
Acute/subacute
• Altered mental status from baseline
Behavioral disturbance
• Restless, agitated, combative
Changes in consciousness
• Jittery, drowsy, difficult to aro…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/bckgrnd-qi-team.html
December 01, 2012 - Background Quality Improvement Team Information Form
CUSP Toolkit
Health care provider roles
Who should use this tool? Health care providers.
Please indicate people designated as Quality Improvement Team Members. Your team may not have people who serve in all of these roles.
These in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html
December 01, 2023 - Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions
High rates of readmissions are a major patient safety problem associated with adverse events such as prescribing errors and misdiagnoses of conditions in the hospital and ambulatory care settings. Building on the Agency's previous investm…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/childhealth/index.html
March 01, 2019 - Using the Core Set of Quality Measures
Ten demonstration States are using the core set of quality measures for children to improve children’s health care.
The National Evaluation reports provide useful insights into their strategies and lessons learned:
Evaluation Highlight No. 1: How are CHIPRA demonstr…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hp_survey.html
March 01, 2025 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) assesses the experiences of pediatric patients (17 and younger) and their parents or guardians with inpatient care. It complements the Adult Hospital Survey, which asks adult inpatients about their experiences. Child HCAHPS covers most o…
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works.html
February 01, 2024 - Implementing What Works
Tools and strategies to implement what works for practice improvement and patient safety.
Once effective interventions have been identified, AHRQ projects and grants develop and test tools and strategies to implement what works for practice improvement and patient safety.
Opioid Use …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p011-1-ef_0.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Measures: Safe and Judicious Antipsychotic Use in Children and Adolescents
Measures: Safe and Judicious Antipsychotic
Use in Children and Adolescents
Measure Developer: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement
As part of the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP), the Agency for Healthcare R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/3-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-famolaro.pdf
September 01, 2020 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Famolaro Slides
Web-based SOPS Surveys
Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director and SOPS Database Manager
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
12
Use of Web in SOPS Surveys
25%
45%
76%
83%
2007 2010 2014 2018
% o…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/premortem-tool.html
January 01, 2017 - Premortem Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Problem Statement
Projects often fail due to many circumstances. Quality improvement programs, like the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) are no exception. Understanding potential barriers and complications to…