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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep1.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Introduction and Scan Methodology
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Executive Summary
Introduction and Scan Meth…
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June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Appendix V (continued)
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/user-network/index.html
May 01, 2016 - The CAHPS User Network
The CAHPS User Network is the principal source of CAHPS survey products, information about CAHPS-related products and services, technical assistance for survey users, and networking opportunities for users and researchers. The User Network is funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Resea…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/teachback.html
June 01, 2023 - Teach-Back: Intervention
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care
Teach-back is a technique for health care providers to ensure that they have explained medical information clearly so that patients and their families understand what is communicated to them. This intervention includes several materials to…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/patient-family-engagement/sl-pat-fam.html
September 01, 2013 - Patient and Family Engagement
CUSP Toolkit
The Patient and Family Engagement module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular approach to patient safety, and modules presented in this toolkit are interconnected and are aimed at improving patient safety.
Con…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/ambulatory-care-and-surgery.html
Topic: Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Ambulatory care settings include medical offices and clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient departments, outpatient care, and dialysis centers.
Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
CAHPS Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/attention/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Capturing Consumers' Attention
Health care consumers are often unaware of public reporting efforts or uninterested in using the information that survey sponsors provide. Research conducted by the CAHPS team suggests some strategies to capture the attention of consumers.
To learn more, go to Promote Your Repo…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/tools/ipass.html
July 01, 2023 - Tool: I-PASS
I-PASS has become the preferred handoff tool for patient transitions in many organizations. It is an example of an evidence-based option for conducting a structured handoff. Your facility should determine a standard protocol for delivering handoffs and make it known to everyone.
Standard scrip…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-desalvo.html
October 01, 2016 - Improving Health Outcomes
"The AHRQ award allowed me to develop the expertise I needed to serve the New Orleans community when it was most critical."
Karen B. DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., Acting Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a phy…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/contents/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Contents of a CAHPS Report
One of the first steps in producing a CAHPS report is to decide what information to include. This page offers a brief overview of the kinds of information you may want to share with your audience.
To learn more about the topics to cover in a quality report, go to Explain and Motiva…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6c-opennotes.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6C: OpenNotes
Contents
6.C.1. The Problem
6.C.2. The Intervention
6.C.3. Benefits
6.C.4. Implementation
6.C.5. Challenges
References
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OpenNotes
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6.C.1. The Problem
For a long time, patients have been deliberately excluded f…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webcasts.html
October 01, 2024 - Archived CAHPS Webcasts
CAHPS webcasts inform survey users about products and related resources, offer updates on the status of products in development, and support in the use of CAHPS survey and data results. View recent and upcoming webcasts and events. Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/evaluation/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Evaluating a CAHPS Report
An evaluation of your CAHPS report after it has been released or distributed can help sponsors and their vendors assess how effectively they achieved their goals. This step is related to but separate from the testing that the CAHPS team encourages survey users to do during the report d…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/distribution/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Distributing a CAHPS Report
The purpose of a distribution strategy is to ensure that your audience has easy access to information with CAHPS survey results at the time that they are most likely to pay attention to it and use it. The success of a CAHPS project often rides on the effectiveness of the distribution…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/design/index.html
October 01, 2018 - Designing a CAHPS Report
Based on testing with consumers and research into effective communications, the CAHPS Team offers the following recommendations to reporters of survey results:
Group survey questions on a similar topic to simplify and condense the reporting of survey results.
Offer summary compari…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/about.html
February 01, 2020 - About SDOH in Healthcare
SDOH in Communities
SDOH, although experienced by individuals, exist at the community level. Healthcare systems that learn about the communities their patients live in, and the community-level barriers members can face to becoming and staying healthy, can better adapt their recommenda…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/healthcare.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
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Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/data-analytics.html
July 01, 2022 - SDOH Data and Analytics
Datasets and analytic tools that can power understanding of SDOH
Datasets | Analytic Tools
AHRQ Datasets
AHRQ has extensive data resources that can be used today by researchers to study the relationships between health, SDOH, and healthcare.
Social Determinants of Health Data…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure3.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Care Coordination
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations
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Chartbook on Care Coordination
Acknowledgments
Care Coordination
Trends in Care Coordination Measures
Transitions of Care
Preventable Emergency Department Visits
Potentially Av…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/access.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Access to Health Care
Access to Health Care
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Chartbook on Access to Health Care
Acknowledgments
Access to Health Care
Elements of Access to Health Care
Elements of Access to Health Care: Services
Elements of Access to Health Care: Timel…