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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/implementing-automatic-referral/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Implementing Automatic Referral
This focus area will walk you through the necessary steps for implementing an automatic referral system in your hospital.
Automatic referral is a proven, evidence-based strategy to increase participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Automatic referral is the systematic, au…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheteruse/catheter-care/catheter-care-quiz-key.docx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Catheter Care and Maintenance Quiz Key
1. During catheter care, gloves only need to be worn if you are emptying the urine drainage bag.
☐ True ☒ False
ANSWER: False. Gloves should always be worn when handling an indwelling urinary catheter, accessing the drainage syst…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/quiz-key.html
March 01, 2017 - Catheter Care and Maintenance Quiz Key
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
1. During catheter care, gloves only need to be worn if you are emptying the urine drainage bag.
☐ True ☒ False
ANSWER: False. Gloves should always be worn when handling an indwelling urinary ca…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-166-fecc-tables-11-12.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 7.A, Tables 11 and 12
Indicator Indicator White Hispanic Black Other
ID (n=585) (n=308) (n=94) (n=222)
Care Coordination Services
Has care coordinator FECC-1 70.3 82.1** 61.0 70.3
Access to care coordinator FECC-2 97.0 93.5 100 95.2
Care coordinator helped to obtain …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/maintaining-activity-and-nutrition-through-technology-assisted-innovation/citation/promoting
January 01, 2023 - Promoting weight maintenance with electronic health record tools in a primary care setting: Baseline results from the MAINTAIN-pc trial.
Citation
Conroy MB, Bryce CL, McTigue KM, et al. Promoting weight maintenance with electronic health record tools in a primary care setting: Baseline results from th…
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-il-champaign
January 01, 2023 - USA, IL, Champaign
A Longitudinal Machine Learning Approach Providing Clinicians Timely Detection to Prevent Military Suicide
Description
This research will develop and validate a clinician-facing longitudinal risk-prediction tool using self-reported data from US military serv…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/surgical-risk-preoperative-assessment-system/final-report
January 01, 2023 - Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System - Final Report
Citation
Meguid, R. Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System - Final Report. (Prepared by the University of Colorado, Denver under Grant No. R21 HS024124). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2018.
PDF
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-clinical-decision-support-tool-facilitating-naturalistic-decision/citation/survey
January 01, 2023 - Survey-based work system assessment to facilitate large-scale dissemination of healthcare quality improvement programs.
Citation
Xie A, Koontz DW, Voskertchian A, Fackler JC, Milstone AM, Woods-Hill CZ. Survey-based work system assessment to facilitate large-scale dissemination of healthcare quality …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42904/psn-pdf
February 11, 2025 - Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience: SAFER
Guides.
February 11, 2025
Washington, DC: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-assurance-factors-ehr-resilience-safer-guides
Health information technologies are seen to both contribute to and detract from health care safet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854638/psn-pdf
October 18, 2023 - Early identification and evaluation of severe pressure
injuries.
October 18, 2023
Quick Safety. October 2023;70:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/early-identification-and-evaluation-severe-pressure-injuries
Pressure injuries are a significant and preventable patient safety threat. This article summarizes
recommen…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73897/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - Peer Support Toolkit.
September 29, 2021
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety. September 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-support-toolkit
Clinicians involved in adverse events that harm patients can struggle to come to terms with error. This
toolkit is designed to assist organizations in the development o…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/university-illinois-urbana-champaign
January 01, 2023 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A Longitudinal Machine Learning Approach Providing Clinicians Timely Detection to Prevent Military Suicide
Description
This research will develop and validate a clinician-facing longitudinal risk-prediction tool using self-reported data …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-perioperative-medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events-through-use/citation/preventing
January 01, 2023 - Preventing adverse events in cataract surgery: recommendations from a Massachusetts expert panel.
Citation
Nanji KC, Roberto SA, Morley MG, et al. Preventing adverse events in cataract surgery: recommendations from a Massachusetts expert panel. Anesth Analg 2017 Oct 4. doi: 10.1213/ANE.00000000000025…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-center-education-and-research-therapeutics/citation/provider
January 01, 2023 - Provider variation in responses to warnings: do the same providers run stop signs repeatedly?
Citation
Beeler PE, Orav EJ, Seger DL, et al. Provider variation in responses to warnings: do the same providers run stop signs repeatedly? J Am Med Inform Assoc 2016 Apr;23(e1):e93-8. PMID: 26499104.
L…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-health-record-use-and-care-coordination/citation/next
January 01, 2023 - The next step towards making use meaningful: electronic information exchange and care coordination across clinicians and delivery sites.
Citation
Graetz I, Reed M, Shortell SM, et al. The next step towards making use meaningful: electronic information exchange and care coordination across clinicians a…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide105.html
October 01, 2014 - 105. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Follow-up Assessment and Procedures
Recommendation: All patients who receive a tobacco dependence intervention should be assessed for abstinence at the completion …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide214.html
October 01, 2014 - 214. Specific Populations and Other Topics (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Suggested interventions for hospitalized patients
For every hospitalized patient, the following steps should be taken:
Ask each patient on admission if he or sh…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/chronic-conditions.html
Topic: Chronic Conditions
A chronic condition is defined as a condition that lasts 12 months or longer and meets one or both of the following tests: (a) it places limitations on self-care, independent living, and social interactions; (b) it results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products, services,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-f.docx
June 02, 2025 - PROMPTLY REMOVE
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix F. Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm
Is there a urinary catheter in place?
Does the patient meet criteria for catheter placement?
Avoid catheter placement.
Accepted Urinary Catheter
Placement Indications
1. Acute urinary retentio…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/healthcare-extension-services/technical-resources/logic-model.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ's Healthcare Extension Service Logic Model
This Logic Model (PDF, 423 KB) shows how AHRQ's Healthcare Extension Service is intended to provide state-based solutions for healthcare improvement, and is a guide for planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. The Logic Model identifies the initiatives'…