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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/platt-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - -9 diagnosis codes for colon
surgery and six ICD-9 diagnosis codes for abdominal hysterectomy that captured … Reviewing records without an SSI diagnosis code captured some
additional cases, but the number of SSIs
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/practice-improvement.html
August 01, 2023 - SDOH & Practice Improvement
Tools to help healthcare organizations address SDOH
Tools To Help Healthcare Organizations Address SDOH
AHRQ is actively engaged in assisting health systems and clinicians to improve healthcare through a better understanding of SDOH in communities and the social needs of patients…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Seger.pdf
January 01, 2003 - If an event was captured through
multiple triggers, the event was counted only once in the overall PPV … anticoagulation service), different local treatment guidelines
required by insurers, or how data is captured
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/111-cusp-program-sustainability.docx
October 01, 2024 - Unit-specific data can also be qualitative and captured at unit huddles.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/success-transcript.html
June 01, 2017 - Recognizing and Celebrating Success: Transcript - Sustainability Module
Stephanie Ziesing, R.N.
Providence Medical Center, SC
Stephanie: Well, we had some great success stories, and during our meetings we would ask if anyone had some success stories with using the checklist. And it seemed like …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/asthma-ed-kdd.pdf
March 10, 2021 - PQMP Asthma ED Visit Quality Metric Key Driver Diagram
PQMP Asthma ED Visit Quality Metric Key Driver Diagram
Authors: Keith Robinson, MD, FAAP; Christine Pellegrino, MS; Judy Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN, FAAP Updated 3/10/2021
SMART Aim:
Key Drivers Secondary Drivers Examples of Interventions
Reduce the # of ED
visits/…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-3.html
September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error
Specific Barriers and Challenges to Reporting and Learning From Diagnostic Errors
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and D…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202504.html
June 01, 2025 - Harborview Medical Center Uses AHRQ’s Quality Indicators To Improve Patient Safety
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June 2025
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, has improved patient safety across its facilities using AHRQ’s Quality Indicators (QIs) — standardized measures used to assess and m…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/shaping-the-future-through-dhr.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Shaping the Future of Patient Empowerment and Care Delivery Through Digital Healthcare Research
SEP
24
2024
By
Chris
Dymek,
Ed.D.
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.
Providing healthcare consumers with evidence-based insights and p…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/4.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Functional Specifications
3. Specifications for Each Pressure Ulcer Prevention Report (continued)
3.4. Trigger Summary Report: Resident Level
3.4.1. Report Description
There are two Trigger Summary Reports. Each report uses the s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ppe-covid19-audit-tracking-tool-userguide.pdf
April 01, 2021 - USER GUIDE: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) COVID-19 Observational Audit Data Tracking Tool for Use in Skilled Nursing Facilities
USER GUIDE: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
COVID-19 Observational Audit Data Tracking Tool for Use in
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Introduction
This user guide p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Introduction-2023Dec.pdf
December 01, 2023 - To reduce the number of unique
codes captured in a claim and, by extension, processing time and resources
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/dxsafety-issuebriefs.html
July 01, 2025 - AHRQ Papers on Diagnostic Safety Topics
Diagnostic errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths, and are the primary reason for medical liability claims. As the lead Federal agency investing in research to improve diagnostic safety and reduce diagnostic error, AHRQ is c…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-7-slides.pdf
November 18, 2021 - Review your workflow process documents to
ensure you’ve captured the processes accurately.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/recognizing-success-transcript.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Sustainability Module
Recognizing and Celebrating Success: Transcript
Stephanie Ziesing, R.N.
Providence Medical Center, SC
Stephanie: Well, we had some great success stories, and during our meetings we would ask if anyone had some success stories with using the checklis…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0606.html
October 01, 2014 - HealthSouth Rehabilitation Facilities Use AHRQ Survey to Identify Top Performers
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April 2006
HealthSouth, one of the nation's largest health care providers, implemented AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in June 2005. Over 11,000 questionnaires were mailed to em…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/index.html
November 01, 2021 - CAHPS Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Item Set
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Item Set is a set of supplemental questions that can be added to the adult and child versions of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) to gather more information on patient experience with the domains of prim…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2024-virtual-research-meeting-summary-prems-proms.pdf
January 01, 2024 - CAHPS 2024 Research Meeting Summary
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
(CAHPS®)
2024 Research Meeting Summary
Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome
Measures (PREMs and PROMs) in
Research and Clinical Practice
November 2024
2
Table of Contents
Introduction ......................…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/chsp-brief6-bundled-payments.pdf
January 01, 2019 - but none of their hospitals
participated in the contract, the system’s participation would not be
captured
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/evaluation-design.html
March 01, 2021 - Evaluation Design and Methods
Evaluation Design
Each of the EvidenceNOW Cooperatives’ evaluation teams set out to determine the effectiveness of their external support interventions, using a range of mixed-methods designs. The cooperatives were asked to capture a core set of measures of A spirin use, B loo…