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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/leadingage.html
May 01, 2021 - LeadingAge Pandemic Playbook
Resource: LeadingAge Pandemic Playbook
This Pandemic Playbook covers hundreds of topics and issues that have affected nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as management and crisis intervention, clinical impact and infection control, and internal and external communica…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Ambulatory Procedure/Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety
SOPS
TM
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection
methods, establishing data collection…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.docx
June 02, 2025 - Ambulatory Procedure/Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety
SOPS™ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a Web-based survey,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/learndefects.doc
June 02, 2025 - Learn From Defects Tool
Problem statement: Health care organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that a future patient will be harmed. Most often clinicians recover from mistakes by reducing risks to the patient who suffered a defect.
Wh…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/947.html
February 01, 2025 - Study Identifies Strategies To Improve Patient Experience
Issue Number
947
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
February 25, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Conditions Associated With Lack of Reliable Transportation In 2021, 15.5 percent of current smokers report…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking5.html
September 01, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Introduction
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
Probability and the Diagnostic Pathway
Future Vision …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/science-of-safety-fac-guide.html
February 01, 2017 - Science of Safety and Identifying Defects in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: Science of Safety and Identifying Defects in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Say:
Today, we will give you an overview of the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/epic-tipsheets-ui-screening.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Urinary Incontinence EHR Screening Tools Tip Sheets
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Urinary Incontinence
EHR Screening Tools
Tip Sheets
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Ag…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/learn-defects.html
December 01, 2012 - Learn from Defects Tool
CUSP Toolkit
Health care organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects.
Problem statement: Health care organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that a future patient will be h…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-5-table-4.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Table 4. Evidence for Prompt Antimicrobial Therapy for Treatment of Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock
Table 4: Evidence for Prompt Antimicrobial Therapy for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops2-database-report-appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital 2.0 Survey: 2022 User Database Report Part II
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®)
Hospital Survey 2.0:
2022 User Database Report
Part II: Appendix A—Results by Hospital Characteristics
Appendix B—Results by Respondent Characteristics
Prepared for:
Agen…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide51.html
October 01, 2014 - 51. 10 Key Guideline Recommendations (Numbers 9 and 10)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Overview
Text version of slide presentation.
9. If a tobacco user is currently unwilling to make a quit attempt, clinicians should use the motivational treatments shown in this Guideline to be effectiv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/nagykald-mold-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Using Health Risk Appraisal To Prioritize Primary Care Interventions
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
(K08HS016470-01A2)
Title:
Using Health Risk Appraisal to Prioritize Primary Care
Interventions
K08 Recipient and Principal Investigator:
Zsolt J. Nagykaldi, PhD
Associate Professor & Networ…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste
Transdisciplinary Learning Lab to Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Principal Investigator: Adam Sapirstein, MD
Project Team Members:
Ravi Aron, PhD
Noah Barasch, MS
Howard Carolan, MBA,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar5_pu_riskassesst-tools.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Using Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Tools in Care Planning
Using Pressure Ulcer
Risk Assessment Tools
in Care Planning
Presented by Elizabeth A. Ayello
Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN
Excelsior College School of Nursing
Welcome!
Thank you for joining this webinar about how
to use pressure ulcer…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/workplace-safety/Workplace-Safety-for-Hospitals-12-15-22.docx
December 01, 2022 - SOPS Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals
SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Hospital Survey
Language: English
Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Hospital Survey Version 2.0 to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization’s …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/interview-protocol-baseline-sw.pdf
April 04, 2016 - ENSW Baseline Semi-Structured Interview Guide
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/index.html
February 01, 2020 - Section 2: Why Improve Patient Experience?
Contents
2.A. Forces Driving the Need To Improve
2.B. The Clinical Case for Improving Patient Experience
2.C. The Business Case for Improving Patient Experience
References
Download Section 2: Why Improve Patient Experience? (PDF, 300 KB)
In the face …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/feldman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions Through Technology
Improving Medication Management Practices and
Care Transitions through Technology
Penny H. Feldman, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Liliana E. Pezzin, Ph.D. – Co-Investigator
Timothy R. Peng, Ph.D. – Co-Inv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/chaudhry-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Yale Center for Healthcare Innovation, Redesign, and Learning (CHIRAL)
Final Progress Report
Project Title: Yale Center for Healthcare Innovation, Redesign, and Learning (CHIRAL)
PI: Sarwat I. Chaudhry
Yale University
Inclusive Dates: 9/30/2014-9/29/2019
Agency for Healthcare Research and Qua…