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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/index.html
July 01, 2024 - About the SOPS Program
Since 2001, the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program has supported AHRQ's mission by advancing the scientific understanding of patient safety culture in healthcare settings. What Is Patient Safety Culture? Patient safety culture is an aspect of an organization's cultu…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/safe-electronic-slides.html
July 01, 2023 - Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Slide 1: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability.pptx
December 01, 2015 - Recognize that change takes time
Lessons Learned = Sustaining the Gain
Ensure administration is aware
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/resources/vision3.html
October 01, 2002 - Chapter 3
Vision Rehabilitation: Care and Benefit Plan Models: Literature Review
Behavioral Modification and Social Support
The psychosocial aspects of low vision are increasingly recognized as important to the rehabilitation process. The American Academy of Ophthalmology 21 notes that many individuals wit…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/overview/index.html
May 01, 2023 - Section 1: Overview of Key Communication Concepts and Tools
This section provides an overview of the key concepts and tools in the Team Leadership Module. More explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2 of this module ; section 3 includes methods for teaching the concepts and tools for this modu…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary7.html
September 01, 2015 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Using Federal grants to build intellectual capital at the State level
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Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Define-Your-Project-Goals.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 3: Define Your Project Goals
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals.
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop an…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201802.html
August 01, 2018 - Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2018
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a 617-bed hospital in Hartford, CT, reduced hospital-acquired pressure injuries by more than 60 percent using an AHRQ toolkit. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in H…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit2-concise-antibiogram-toolkit.html
October 01, 2016 - Toolkit 2. Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic (Concise Antibiogram Toolkit)
Toolkit Effectiveness
When an antibiogram was implemented in nursing homes, results suggested that it had an effect on antibiotic prescribing. For example, Ciprofloxacin was prescribed 15% of the time versu…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/perioperative-asst.html
December 01, 2017 - Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
One of the strongest determinants of safety culture is whether local and hospital leadership respond to staff patient safety concerns. Frontline providers understand patient safety risks in the…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module4-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 4: Summary and Next Steps Facilitator Notes
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You’ve now seen three modules on how to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, in your intensive care unit, or ICU. In Module 1, you learned th…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1302.html
December 01, 2012 - Main Line Health System Uses Patient Safety Culture Survey in Suburban Philadelphia Facilities
Search All Impact Case Studies
December 2012
Main Line Health System (MLH) in suburban Philadelphia has used AHRQ's "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" since 2009 in an ongoing effort to embed a reliable c…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/health-share-of-oregon-case-study.pdf
September 01, 2016 - the
organization
Health Share makes a concerted effort to
ensure that the entire organization is aware
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide 9
Lessons Learned = Sustaining the Gain
Ensure administration is aware of your efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/priority-populations/aging-well-strategic-plan.pdf
August 01, 2024 - AHRQ Strategic Plan for Health System Transformation To Optimize Health, Functional Status, and Well-Being Among Older Adults
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Vision: All people receive high-quality, person-centered care based in primary care that optimizes health, functional
status, and well-being as they age, and advances health equity.
The P…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/competencies-affinity-group/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group
Background The AHRQ National Action Alliance Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group provided a forum for identifying and exploring the patient and workforce safety competencies needed by our healthcare workforce to support the safety of healthcare delivery. …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/engaging-patients-improve.html
April 01, 2025 - Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety
Diagnostic errors occur in all care settings and one in three patients will experience a diagnostic error firsthand. Research suggests that communication breakdowns during the patient-provider encounter are a leading contributor to diagnostic errors.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-sops-hospital-survey-workplace-item-set-webcast-wilson-gerdt.pdf
January 01, 2022 - SOPS State Hospital Association Webcast - Wilson-Gerdt Presentation
Indiana Hospital Association
AHRQ Surveys on Patient
Safety Culture and
Workplace Safety
Madeline Wilson, MSN, RN, CLSSBB
Laurie Gerdt, LMHC
IHA Overview
The Indiana Hospital Association serves
as the professional trade association for more t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/1_preventablehospitaledvisits-overview-ig.pdf
April 02, 2025 - It uses the
electronic medical record, or EMR, data to make staff aware of
residents at risk of adverse … Nursing homes should be
aware of any software updates that may affect availability of
reports.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new-sops-workplace-safety-mcgaffigan.pdf
December 01, 2020 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - McGaffigan
Workforce
Safety
Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS
pmcgaffigan@ihi.org; @Pmcgaffigan_IHI
mailto:pmcgaffigan@ihi.org
Why Workforce Safety Matters
Workforce safety is
essential for safe, high-
quality care and is
preconditional to …