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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Claims-Level-Variables-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - SyH-DR Data Dictionary: Claims-Level Variables
SyH-DR Data Dictionary: Claims-Level Variables
Variable Label Variable Name Medicare
Files
Medicaid
Files
Commercial
Files
Variable
Type
Variable
Length
Synthesized,
Masked,
Suppressed
Note /
Rule**
Admission Type ADMSN_TYPE X X X CHAR 1
Full…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4h_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4h
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 10: Postoperative Sepsis
Why focus on postoperative sepsis in children?
• Posto…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-southwest.pdf
November 01, 2017 - EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Southwest Cooperative
Southwest Cooperative
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure
to help smaller primary care pract…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/04-nh_webcast-famolaro.pdf
September 21, 2022 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
The SOPS Nursing Home Survey and
Database
Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director and Database Manager
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
Survey User’s Guide
• On the AHRQ SOPS W…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-hare.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Understanding SOPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Hare
The SOPS Databases
Ryan Hare, M.P.P.
Lead Research Associate
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
SOPS Databases
Hospital
Year: 2022
Sites: 400
N: 206,410
Medical
Office
Year: 2022
Sites: 1,100
N: 13,277
Nursin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/new-sops-workplace-safety-zebrak.pdf
July 22, 2022 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - Zebrak
Workplace Safety Supplemental Items
for the SOPS Hospital Survey
Katarzyna Zebrak, PhD
Senior Study Director
Westat
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Workplace Safety Supplemental Items
• Designed as a supplemental item set that can be added toward
the end of th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/resources/hospscanform.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
SOPS
TM
Hospital Survey
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods,
establishing data collection procedures, conducting a Web-based survey, and preparing and
analyz…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.docx
January 01, 2012 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
How Patient and Family Engagement
Benefits Your Hospital
Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
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Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Patien…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Schyve.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue—Volume 2—Systems Thinking and Patient Safety
1
Prologue
Systems Thinking and Patient Safety
Paul M. Schyve
Patient safety is a prominent theme in health care delivery today. This should
come as no surprise, given that “first, do no harm” has been the ethical watchword
throughout the history of medi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-i.pdf
July 01, 2017 - Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Shared Decision-Making
The CAHPS Ambulatory Care
Improvement Guide
Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience
Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with
Ambulatory Care
6.I. Shared Decision-Making
Visit the AHRQ We…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4i_combo_psi12-dvt-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool D.4i 1
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 12: Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism (PE) or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Why Focus on DVT/PE…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/The_Case_for_Improving_Patient_Experience_-2011_10_01_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2011 - CAHPS QI The Case for Improving Patient Experience
The Case for Improving Patient Experience
October 2011 Podcast
Speaker
Larry Morrissey, MD, Medical Director of Quality Improvement, Stillwater Medical Group
Moderator
Carla Zema, PhD, Consultant, CAHPS User Network; Assistant Professor of Economics an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4v
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 10: Postoperative Sepsis
Why focus on postoperative sepsis in children?
• Postoperative s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/DiagnosticSafety-flier.pdf
November 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Safety Research
1
Diagnostic Safety Research
at the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
Diagnostic Error
Diagnostic error is a significant and underrecognized threat to patient safety.
Diagnostic errors are common, consequential, and costly and contribute to avoidable suffering and
prevent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/ptmgmt.pdf
November 01, 2007 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Final Contract Report
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Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An
Evaluation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025_nursing_home_wps_ptI.pdf
January 01, 2025 - SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results Part I
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®)
Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for
Nursing Homes: 2025 Updated Results
Part I
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Se…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/wilson-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Labor and Delivery Nurse Staffing: A Patient Safety Intervention
Labor and Delivery Nurse Staffing: A Patient Safety Intervention
Team members:
Barbara L. Wilson, PhD, RN
Principal Investigator (PI)
Associate Professor
University of Utah College of Nursing
Barbara.wilson@nurs.utah.edu
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mccarthy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use
Title Page
EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use
Principal Investigator: Danielle M. McCarthy, MD, MS
Co-Investigators: Mike S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MP…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Medical Failure-to-Rescue Final Report
Medical Failure-to-Rescue
Final Report
November 13, 2018
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD1,2,3,4,5
Co-investigators: Paul R. Rosenbaum, Ph.D5,6
Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH7
Project Manager: Bijan A. Niknam, BS1
Orit Even-Shoshan, MS1,5
Senior Statis…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Stock_113.pdf
June 15, 2005 - Developing a Community-Wide Electronic Shared Medication List
Developing a Community-Wide Electronic
Shared Medication List
Ron Stock, MD; Eldon R. Mahoney, PhD; Dawn Gauthier, MIS; Linda Center;
Mary Minniti, CPHQ; James Scott, MD; Marc Pierson, MD; Lori Nichols
Abstract
This study demonstrates the feasib…