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  1. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - Use each of the six wipes for bathing skin areas as instructed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … CHG is safe to use on perineal areas, including the female labia and genital surface. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.
  2. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - • Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.
  3. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - · Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.
  4. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Slide 12 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 14 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 15 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 22 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 23 Where Are the Areas for Improvement?
  5. www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/hospital/databases/submission.html
    August 01, 2024 - The core does not include staff positions, units/work areas, and background questions at the end of … Changes can only be made to:  Staff positions, Units/work areas, and Background questions at the end … If staff positions, units/work areas, and/or background questions are changed, they need to be cross-walked
  6. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-action-planning-tool-template.pdf
    July 31, 2024 - Identifying Areas to Improve 1a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? 1b.
  7. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/learning-health-systems/harrison-borsky-lhs-research-progams.pdf
    October 13, 2021 - New CEO renames, reorganizes program -- ► MDs replace researchers as leads of program’s focal areas … QI group. collaborate with QI unit Operations: ~ 35 FTEs;, PhD leaders for 3 Operations: project areas … : evidence review; focal areas (population health, community- analytics; implementation design, support … Areas: substantial leadership; support for residents’ research (training) studies; Testing, implementing … Some notable areas: modeling care demand & supply; rapid evidence reviews; analysis & feedback of available
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - the suburbs of large cities), people in urban cores, medium and small cities, and nonmetropolitan areas … An exception is a narrowing disparity between large fringe metro and large central metro areas in terms … Key lessons from the 2021 NHQDR include: • Several areas in which the nation has invested in quality … vs. 213.4 visits per 100,000 population in non-low-income areas in 2018 … ) had significantly lower rates of dental insurance: 49.2% and 48.2% in micropolitan and noncore areas
  9. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar4_pu_skinassesst_final.pdf
    April 01, 2011 - any devices or compression stockings • Bony prominences (heels, sacrum, occiput) • Skin to skin areas … , such as the penis, back of knees, inner thighs, and buttocks • All areas where the patient— – Lacks … Skin integrity – Skin intact – Open areas, rashes, etc. 14 Parameter 1: Skin Temperature • Palpate … original shape in older or dehydrated patients. 16 Parameter 3: Skin Color • Compare adjacent areas … versus nonblanchable erythema • Purple or bruised looking skin • Paper-thin skin • Dark or reddened areas
  10. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2_tool2.pdf
    January 22, 2016 - Primary Care Health Literacy Assessment will help you examine how your practice is performing in key areas … Care Health Literacy Assessment to identify the tools that will best facilitate improvement in the areas … Here are some typical comments: ■ “The assessment increased our attention to areas not previously … Doing so will help you confirm areas of improvement and identify new goals and objectives to update
  11. www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-prevention.html
    March 01, 2017 - tests of change through the use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle that can lead to improvement in areas … and Action Plan ( Excel , 161.2 KB) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas
  12. www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html
    January 01, 2025 - three actionable strategies to overcome barriers to delivering high-quality diagnostic care in these areas … A number of recent expert workgroups have identified key areas of focus for diagnostic safety research … scoping review, we sought to characterize and chart the available evidence, identify gaps, and identify areas
  13. www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=0
    January 01, 2025 - three actionable strategies to overcome barriers to delivering high-quality diagnostic care in these areas … A number of recent expert workgroups have identified key areas of focus for diagnostic safety research … scoping review, we sought to characterize and chart the available evidence, identify gaps, and identify areas
  14. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find5.html
    December 01, 2012 - Finally, rates are almost all lower in urban areas (MSAs) than in nonurban areas. … The exceptions are Pressure Ulcer, which is effectively equal in urban and nonurban areas, and Infection … These areas can potentially be targeted with policies aimed at reducing hospital admissions among HCBS … This phenomenon may also be explained by the sickness of the population, because areas with more need … Unsurprisingly, the results for the overall HCBS population show consistently that areas with higher
  15. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/CMS-Aug-23-board-session.pdf
    August 22, 2023 - Four Pillars of the National Action Plan The Action Alliance will build upon the four foundational areas … Our board proactively adds to the agenda areas of quality oversight or concern 2. … Our board is very hospital-centric and does not ev aluate quality in all the areas we provide care … Board reviews trends or drivers of effective and appropriate care as defined for the different areas … to create deeper discussion on quality and eliminate low ROI areas off board agenda • Ensure that
  16. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-unc-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
    January 08, 2020 - and evaluate progress of the US health care system. 7 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas … Raise staff awareness about patient safety • Assess patient safety culture to identify strengths and areas
  17. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/qipcfactsheet.pdf
    June 01, 2014 - This QI orientation guides practices to set priorities for areas to improve and the work needed to achieve … The specific areas that practices choose to address through ongoing QI efforts, and the methods they … Some examples of specific areas that might be priorities for practices include improving the identification … These skills include identifying areas for improvement, understanding and using data, planning and making … • Helps identify gaps in services or overuse of services and potential areas for improvement.
  18. www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/index.html
    October 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas … support implementation of the Four Moments and improve antibiotic prescribing, focusing on three critical areas
  19. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/816.html
    May 01, 2022 - Researchers examined the socioeconomic status of areas within states that expanded Medicaid and gained … new physicians compared with areas of states that did not expand Medicaid and lost new physicians. … states between 2014 and 2019, about 63 percent of physicians lost by nonexpansion states were from areas … not expanding Medicaid may have compromised access to care for residents of the most disadvantaged areas … in nonexpansion states, especially of small towns and rural areas.
  20. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/er208-overview-figure2.html
    October 01, 2014 - Figure 2: CQG Series Analytic Framework to Summarize Applicable Areas for Each Topic Closing

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