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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201809.html
January 01, 2019 - AHRQ Toolkit Helped NorthShore Health Track Data to Keep Infection Rates Low
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January 2019
Chicago’s NorthShore University Health System was on a mission to maintain low rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). Then NorthShore infection preventionist Mona …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/auerbach-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE)
1. Title Page
Title: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE)
Principal Investigator and Team Members
Research Team
UCSF
Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH (PI)
Tiffany Lee, BA
Gilmer Valdes, PhD, DABR
Colin Hubbard, Ph…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh14.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibit 14. Schematic showing the sampling process for chart review and the assignment of true and false positives and negatives
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-tables-5-8.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 212 Tables 5 to 8
Table 5. Mean (Standard Deviation) Proportion in Racial Groups Within Zip Codes of Residence*
American
Indian or
Alaska
Native
Asian
Black or
African
American
Native
Hawaiian or
Other Pacific
Islander
White
Two or
More
Races
Other
Children meeting
denominator c…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-results.html
November 01, 2017 - Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Results
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Table of Contents
Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Discussion
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/fuzzysets_slides.html
July 01, 2013 - Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis (Slide Presentation)
Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research - Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement
Presenter: Marcus Thygeson, MD Discussant: Jodi Holtrop, PhD Moderator: Michael I. Harrison, PhD Sponsored by AHRQ's Delivery…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/sl_fuzzyset.ppt
May 14, 2013 - AHRQ Slide Template 2004
Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research –
Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and
Reporting Research on
Delivery System Improvement
Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis
Presenter: Marcus Thygeson, MD
Discussant: Jodi Holtrop, PhD,
Moderator: Michael I. Harrison, PhD
Sponsored by AHRQ’s Deliv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Deis_82.pdf
June 03, 2008 - Transforming the Morbidity and Mortality Conference into an Instrument for Systemwide Improvement
Transforming the Morbidity and Mortality Conference
into an Instrument for Systemwide Improvement
Jamie N. Deis, MD; Keegan M. Smith, MD; Michael D. Warren, MD;
Patricia G. Throop, BSN, CPHQ; Gerald B. Hickson, MD; …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-chicago-medicine.html
February 01, 2024 - UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit
UChicago Medicine (UCM) reduced venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence by 30% in the perioperative patient population with the use of AHRQ’s Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Toolkit . Using the toolkit’s Fra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data.pptx
December 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation; Deep-Root Your Data
Deep-Rooting Your Data
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Sustainability
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(18)-0004-15-EF
December 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery – Sustainability
SAY:
This module focuses on the concept of deep-rooting and set up sustainable interaction with your qual…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/calibrate-dx-guide.pdf
October 01, 2022 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions
e PATIENT
SAFETY
Calibrate Dx:
A Resource To Improve
Diagnostic Decisions
1
Calibrate Dx: A
Resource To Improve
Diagnostic Decisions
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
5600 …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/france-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: The Role of Collective Mindfulness in Delivering Reliable and Safe Perioperative Care to Neonates
TITLE PAGE
Title: The Role of Collective Mindfulness in Delivering Reliable and Safe Perioperative
Care to Neonates
Principal Investigator: Daniel Joseph France, PhD, MPH
Team Members:
Key Pe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/multiple/Calibrate-Dx-AppendixA.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions - Appendix A
1
Appendix A.
Diagnostic Calibration Debrief Tool (1 of 2)
This tool can help you plan and summarize your efforts to calibrate your diagnostic performance and includes space
for your self-assessment, peer feedback, and ideas fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-201-asthma-section-7-table-4-7.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 201: Section 7, Tables 4-7
Table 4. Mean (Standard Deviation) Proportion in Racial Groups within ZIP Codes of Residence*
American
Indian or
Alaska
Native
Asian
Black or
African
American
Native
Hawaiian or
Other
Pacific
Islander
White
Two or
More
Races
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/fraser-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Building the Evidence Base for Vomit Clean-Up Procedures in Long-Term Care Facilities
PROJECT TITLE: Building the Evidence Base for Vomit Clean-Up Procedures in Long-term Care
Facilities
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND TEAM MEMBERS:
Angela M. Fraser, Ph.D. (PI)1
Xiuping Jiang, Ph.D.1 (coPI)
Jan…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - Demonstration Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
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Table of Contents
Demonstration Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Detailed Findings
Evaluation Issues
Contributions to Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Lessons Learned From Implement…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/mello-thoms-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: MammoTutor: An Internet-Based Computer Tutoring System to Teach General Radiologists the Early Signs of Breast Cancer
Title of Project:
MammoTutor: An Internet-Based Computer Tutoring System to Teach General
Radiologists the Early Signs of Breast Cancer
Principal Investigator and Team Member…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4n
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
IQI: Mortality Review of Select Procedures and Conditions
Why Focus on Mortality Review? …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/standalone_psi_casestudy.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety Measures Prioritized by Medicare
Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety
Measures Prioritized by Medicare
Abstract
Hospital
Harborview Medical Center (HMC),
a large, level I trauma center in
Seattle, Washington
L…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Williams_115.pdf
June 19, 2008 - The Rural Physician Peer Review Model©: A Virtual Solution
The Rural Physician Peer Review Model©:
A Virtual Solution
Josie R. Williams, MD; Kathy K Mechler, MS, RN, CPHQ; R.B. Akins; John R. Holcomb, MD;
Laura K. Gelderd, RN, BSN; R. Kim Clay; Tracy L. Adams; Janine C. Edwards, PhD
Abstract
Evaluating …