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  1. www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
    March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: 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 practices improve the heart health of their patie…
  2. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 4. Antibiogram Formats and Instructions Formats The medical director must become familiar with the format of the antibiogram provided by the lab a…
  3. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-learning-guide-leadership.pdf
    June 30, 2021 - COVID-19 Vaccine Learning Guide for Leadership Learning Guide for Leadership Take Your Best Shot! Strategies To Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine Nursing home staff are at the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccinations are critical tools in protecting nursing home staff and…
  4. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/workplace-safety-items-english.docx
    September 01, 2024 - SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Nursing Home Survey Language: English Purpose: These supplemental items were designed for use with the core Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) …
  5. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/spanish-hospital-ve-supp-item-set-2022.docx
    January 01, 2022 - SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey - Spanish SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Language: Spanish Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Hospital Survey Version 2.0 to help hospitals assess th…
  6. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-alternatives.pptx
    April 01, 2022 - Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives Indwelling Urinary Catheter Alternatives Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019 April 2022 1 Avoid Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Placement1,2 Patel…
  7. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-RTI-slides.pptx
    June 01, 2021 - Presentation: Program Overview Assessment of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection Long-Term Care AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029 June 2021 Assessment of RTI 1 Objectives Recognize the signs and symptoms of a suspected respiratory tract infection Ident…
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/system/pfhandbook/Mod17App.pptx
    June 20, 2013 - it is very important that it is a multidisciplinary team, meaning that staff who work in different areas … This type of flowchart is useful for examining areas of the process in detail and for looking for problems … or areas of inefficiency.
  9. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth.pptx
    October 01, 2015 - racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups Assesses the performance of our health system and identifies areas … Based on the findings, the report outlined recommendations in areas of urgent need, including health … Geographic Variation: Border States vary in the quality of care delivered in different priority areas … Medical Surgical Mental Injury Maternal Neonatal 37.1 15.8 4 3.4 20.8 18.899999999999999 Priority Areas … Those in bold are areas for which we provide data on subsequent slides. 133 Access to Health Care:
  10. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides.html
    March 01, 2020 - Residents of rural areas. … Located in small metropolitan or micropolitan areas. … Slide 133 Priority Areas Identified by the U.S. … Note: Priority areas identified by Healthy Border 2010/2020. … Those in bold are areas for which we provide data on subsequent slides.
  11. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - These partners served both rural and urban areas and a diverse patient population.
  12. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/pridx-framework.pdf
    July 05, 2023 - The value of level 1 lies in identifying potential high-risk focus areas for health care organizations
  13. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Devine_83.pdf
    April 06, 2008 - The differing, yet complementary, areas of expertise of both clinicians and IT professionals are necessary
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Nosek.pdf
    March 01, 2004 - Weaknesses in any one of these areas may compromise data quality within the individual facility, the
  15. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Ehringer_17.pdf
    February 08, 2008 - All preprinted orders should use the same template, which includes specified areas for: • Date.
  16. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/umoren-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Setting: This region features large urban centers and wide expanses of rural and remote areas. 4.
  17. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=211
    January 01, 2024 - More major and minor FDs occur in the anesthesia area than in all other OR areas.
  18. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=236
    January 01, 2024 - churches (Latino Catholic, Latino Pentecostal, and African American Baptist) in high HIV prevalence areas
  19. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=213
    January 01, 2024 - of 1256 WLHIV enrolled in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) from 10 sites in US metropolitan areas
  20. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/Meta-Larc.pdf
    February 01, 2016 - This summary is an invitation to learn about the Center’s research areas of interest, experts, and strategies

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