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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/index.html
February 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital
Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit enables health care organizations to implement an AHRQ-developed process. Like similar programs in place in other organizations, CANDOR gives hospitals and health systems the tools to respond imm…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances-new-directions/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches
Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches represents years of study by AHRQ-funded patient safety researchers and others. It includes articles on reporting systems, risk assessment, safety culture, m…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/index.html
Talking Quality: Reporting to Consumers on Health Care Quality
Health Care Quality Report Objectives
Be clear on the aims of your report, whether consumer choice, education, or improvement.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/how.html
February 01, 2016 - How to Implement Self-Management Support in your Practice
Self-Management Support
Incorporating self-management support into the daily routine of clinical practice can be challenging, but there are many helpful programs and resources available to assist you. The resources on this page can help individual cli…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/guide.html
December 01, 2017 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient and Fa…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/timely-antibiotics.html
August 01, 2021 - Timely antibiotics for children with severe sepsis or septic shock
Measure Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Pediatric Sepsis Syndrome
PQMP COE: Q-METRIC
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Full Report (PDF, 258.4 KB)
Measure Technical Specifications and Other Sup…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-062525.html
July 01, 2025 - New CAHPS Tools for Patient Experience Measurement (Webcast)
June 25, 2025
Contents Summary Speakers Slides and Recording Summary This free webcast from AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program detailed new innovative tools to enhance patient experience measurement. Lear…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-051222.html
June 01, 2022 - The Power of Patient Stories for Improving the Patient Experience (Webcast)
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Contents
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Summary
This AHRQ webcast provided an overview of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) Narrative Item…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/perinatal-care/modules/posthemorrhage-video.html
May 01, 2017 - Video: Postpartum Hemorrhage—Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
This video, which is related to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety, presents a hypothetical case of postpartum hemorrhage in a fictional labor and de…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc.html
November 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities
Training Modules
Detecting and promptly reporting changes in a nursing home resident's condition are critical for ensuring the resident's well-being and safety. Such changes may represent a patient safety problem, and they can be a signal tha…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/root-cause-analysis.html
February 01, 2025 - Using Root Cause Analysis to Improve Quality and Performance
Resource: Using Root Cause Analysis to Help Practices Understand and Improve Their Performance and Outcomes (PDF, 908 KB, 18 pages) Part of an AHRQ curriculum used to train practice facilitators, this resource describes how practices can use a roo…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/postdischarge-phone.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Postdischarge Followup Phone Call Script (Patient Version)
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital
How CMS Measures th…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/vap.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/quality-domain.html
December 01, 2022 - Organizing Quality Measures by Domains of Health Care Quality
Quality information is easier to understand if users have a framework, or mental model, for thinking about health care quality. (Learn more about quality frameworks .) One of the most commonly used frameworks comes from the Institute of Medicine (IO…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 6: How To Monitor RED Implementation and Outcomes
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital
How CMS Measures the "3…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clabsi.html
November 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide3.html
February 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices
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Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Anal…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/ahcp-template-sp.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Template for Manual Creation of the AHCP: Spanish-Speaking Patients
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital
How CMS Me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/data-analytics/sdoh-beta-database.html
July 01, 2022 - Social Determinants of Health Database (Beta Version) - Archived
This archived SDOH Database (beta version) is available for reference. The most recent version of the SDOH Database replaces the beta version and is available on the main page . To ensure consistency in variable names and construction, analyses s…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 7. Layering Interventions and Moving Toward Excellence
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Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. A…