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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/antimicrobial-prophylaxis.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=27
June 12, 2025 - Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/planning.html
June 01, 2023 - Planning for Sustainability
Tools and Resources To Help Hospitals Sustain an ISCR Program
You have reached sustainability when the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) pathway components are part of daily practice and little to no effort is needed to change behavior. The tools included in this section …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/contact-precautions.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Contact Precautions
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MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/supplemental-oxygen.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Supplemental Oxygen
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MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/glycemic-control.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Glycemic Control
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MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/4-es.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
What Are the 4Es?
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MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/share-approach/index.html
October 01, 2024 - The SHARE Approach
AHRQ’s SHARE Approach is a clinician-led shared decision-making model with five essential elements for meaningful dialogue with patients exploring benefits, harms, and risks of options and what matters most to them. AHRQ offers a free workshop curriculum to train clinicians in skills and tech…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-readmissions.html
January 01, 2012 - Hospital Readmissions
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began reducing Medicare payments for certain hospitals with excess 3…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-care.html
Quality of Care
AHRQ has information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, details on quality measurement projects, and AHRQ resources on quality.
National Quality Strategy The National Quality Strategy is a national effort to align public- and private-se…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/transitions-care.html
Transitions of Care
AHRQ's tools and research to ensure safe and seamless transitions of patients from one care setting to another, reducing preventable adverse events, drug-related errors, and other problems.
Tools TeamSTEPPS Module on Communication
Toolkit to Engage High-Risk P…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/clinician/ahrq-works/burnout/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Physician Burnout
The health care environment—with its packed work days, demanding pace, time pressures, and emotional intensity—can put physicians and other clinicians at high risk for burnout. Burnout is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/index.html
January 01, 2021 - Curriculum Tools
AHRQ offers several curriculum tools that health care professionals can use to make care safer and improve their communication and teamwork skills. Information on these tools is provided here.
Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/index.html
October 01, 2018 - Prevention Resources
AHRQ’s mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Im…
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www.ahrq.gov/gam/index.html
Guidelines and Measures
Information about the National Clearinghouse
Funding for the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) has ended. Learn more about the status of the site.
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/whats-new/index.html
February 01, 2024 - What's New
Updates From the CHSP Initiative
2024
AHRQ has released new versions of the Compendium of U.S. Health systems, updating data files for 2022, 2021, and 2020. The Compendium provides data on the characteristics and organization of all 640 health systems in the United States as of 2022. Additions …
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/data-resources/highlights.html
April 01, 2022 - Data Briefs
Data Brief 1: Snapshot of U.S. Health Systems, 2016 (PDF, 446 KB)
Data Brief 2: U.S. Health System Characteristics, 2016 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Data Brief 3: Variation in Health System Characteristics Across States, 2016 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
Data Brief 4: Health System Participation in Accountable Ca…
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/data-resources/index.html
May 01, 2019 - Data Resources
Compendium of U.S. Health Systems
The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems is composed of 626 U.S. health systems, defined in this analysis to include at least one hospital and at least one group of physicians providing comprehensive care, and who are connected with each other and with the hospi…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/index.html
September 01, 2019 - CUSP Videos
The following videos give examples of CUSP practices.
Introduction
About CUSP—A Doctor's Perspective
About CUSP: A Nurse's Perspective
About CUSP: Overview
Assemble the Team
The 4 E's
Building Your CUSP Team
Psychological Safety
Physician Engagement
Engage the Senior Executive
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Assemble the Team
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
This module presents five concepts that address—
The importance of teamwork and team composition to the CUSP initiative.
How to develop a strategy to build an eff…