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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/cus-sbar-rural-clinic.html
August 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Video: Using CUS and SBAR in Rural Community Clinic
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Gg05ho-Xrf8
TeamSTEPPS: Using CUS and SBAR in Rural Community Clinic (2:25)
This video, created by the University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center, demonstrates the use of th…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mahler.html
June 01, 2024 - Maximizing Safety, Value, and Patient Preferences for Treating Chest Pain
Simon A. Mahler, M.D. Professor and Vice chair of Research Wake Forest University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Simon A. Mahler, M.D. “We need to attend to… patients in a way that is both safe and patient-centered.”…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/index.html
February 01, 2018 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Falls Prevention to help nursing homes with electronic medical records identify residents at risk for falls. The tools are designed to help a multidisciplinary nursing home tea…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html
October 01, 2020 - Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit
Patient and staff safety in a hospital or other health care facility can be protected by a properly designed built environment. Assessing safety risks and incorporating preventive measures into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safe…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx.html
March 01, 2023 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
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The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview
Chapter 2. Fall Response
Chapter 3. Data Collection…
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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/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool5.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 5: How To Conduct a Postdischarge Followup Phone Call
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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/decolonization-first-steps.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Tools & Resources for Decolonization: First Steps, Readiness, and Pre-Launch
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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/pbrn-conference/index.html
November 01, 2024 - Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Conference
Since 2013, AHRQ has funded an annual NAPCRG PBRN Conference. PBRN researchers from the US, Canada, and many other nations come together to share strategies, methods, and research results at the annual PBRN Conference. Visit the NAPCRG archive fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide4.html
October 01, 2022 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 4. Choose the Model To Assess VTE and Bleeding Risk
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Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Anal…
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www.ahrq.gov/informacion-en-espanol/antiobiotic-resources.html
November 01, 2022 - Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use Tools for Consumers
These Spanish-language resources can educate patients about healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use. They are located in the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care . The original tools were designed for medic…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/cap-toolkit/index.html
January 01, 2018 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit
The Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Patient Safety Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit is a resource to help clinicians and clinical informaticians in primary care and other ambulatory settings implement and adopt the …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/noi-menopause-symptoms.html
December 01, 2024 - AHRQ Announces Interest in Funding Research on Diagnosis and Treatment of Menopause
A new Special Emphasis Notice from AHRQ signals the agency’s interest in receiving grant applications for health services research on improving the diagnosis, treatment, and management of perimenopause and menopausal symptoms.…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-digital-healthcare.html
February 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program: 20 Years of Innovation
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Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.;
and Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
A few decades ago, a ban…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2st-century-ai.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence
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Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.; and
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the ent…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/children-chronic/screener.html
April 01, 2022 - Screener Items for the CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
The CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions includes a five-item screener that is used during the analysis of the data to determine which responses to the questionnaire reflect the experiences of children with chronic conditi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/measures.html
April 01, 2020 - Measures From the CAHPS Health Information Technology Item Set
Getting Timely Appointments Through Email or Website
C-HIT3. Patient got an appointment using email or website as soon as needed
Getting Timely Answers to Medical Questions by Email
C-HIT5. Patient got an answer to an emailed medical question …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/ccc/measures.html
April 01, 2022 - Measures From the CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
Parents' Experiences with Getting Needed Information about Their Child's Care
CC1 Had questions answered by child's doctors or health providers
Parents' Experiences with Shared Decision-making
CC2 More than one choice for chil…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-091019.html
November 01, 2019 - Developing Invitation Messages That Increase CAHPS Survey Response Rates
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This AHRQ webcast examined how wording changes in emailed and mailed survey invitations can increase participation in CAHPS patient experi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
October 01, 2023 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Adult Survey: Health Literacy
Population version: Adult
These supplemental items address various issues related to patients' health literacy in hospital settings. For more information about these items and the measures they produce, read About the CAHPS Health Lite…