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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1-4.html
June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors
Directions for Future Research
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Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors
Executive S…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions for Use
Purpose
Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure that residents are protected through application of nationally …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/cholesterol.html
March 01, 2021 - Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources
People with elevated levels of cholesterol are at increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Substantial evidence shows that taking a statin medication each day to manage blood cholesterol can reduce the chance of having a heart attack for people at increase…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/team-antibiotic-review-form-completion-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Completion Guide for the
Team Antibiotic Review Form
Questions 1–6 should be answered for all patients on antibiotics that you evaluate.
Question 1. Day of antibiotic therapy:
For the antibiotic or an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-p.pptx
January 01, 2015 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Timothy Landers, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CIC
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Evaluating and Selec…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/marin-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - MHS Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Patient centered
outcomes research
Erik Hess, MD, MSc Mayo Clinic
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight05.html
November 01, 2013 - How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States encouraging health care providers to put quality measures to work?
Evaluation Highlight No. 5
Author: Leslie Foster
Contents
Key Messages
Background
Findings
Conclusions
Implications
Learn More
Endnotes
The CHIPRA Quality Demonstration …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/managing-urinary-incontinence-slides.pdf
October 14, 2022 - Improving Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women
Improving Nonsurgical
Management of Urinary
Incontinence in Women
Friday, October 14, 2022
2:30pm – 4:00 pm ET /
11:30am – 1:00pm PT
2
Webinar Agenda
• Welcome
• The Challenge & Opportunity: Patient & Provider Perspect…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/index.html
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
Research Initiatives
AHRQ initiatives to improve primary care research and care delivery
Tools and Resources
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201602.html
April 01, 2016 - Novant Health Uses AHRQ Tool to Assess and Improve Patient Communications
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2016
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, the nation's fifth largest medical group, used AHRQ's Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) to rework its patient education materials a…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201523.html
August 01, 2015 - Stony Brook University Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Tools for Physician Assistant Program
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August 2015
Stony Brook University's Health Sciences Center in New York uses three of AHRQ's evidence-based products and data resources to train graduate-level physician assistants…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/index.html
July 01, 2023 - AHRQ's Strategic Framework for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
Next Page
AHRQ has developed a strategic framework for the Agency's Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF) investments through fiscal year 2029. Reauthorization of the PCORTF for ten years provided an oppo…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201513.html
June 01, 2015 - Wisconsin Dialysis Centers Use AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Infections
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June 2015
The Purity Dialysis Center in Watertown, Wisconsin, achieved a 75 percent decline in healthcare-associated infections among dialysis patients after participating in an AHRQ-funded project that promotes …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare1.html
October 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence
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Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence
Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-test-result-communication2.html
July 01, 2024 - Electronic Test Result Communication in the Era of the 21st Century Cures Act
Introduction
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Table of Contents
Electronic Test Result Communication in the Era of the 21st Century Cures Act
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
References
Appendix A. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/talking-points-mupirocin.docx
March 01, 2022 - Talking Points (Patients) on Nasal Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-9 – Talking Points for Nasal Mupirocin
Patients may have questions or comments regarding nasal mupirocin. Below are some suggested responses to common patient questions.
REMEMBER: Your enthusiasm and encouragemen…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship4.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process
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Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Introduction
Background
Diagnostic Error in the …
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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
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Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/cerner-q-a-final-deck.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Cerner Q&A Session
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G u r u P a t e l
Chat Function
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HOW TO ASK
QUESTIONS
To ask a question or make a comment
open the chat box
Set the TO: field to Everyone so
that we can all see your question
Try the chat function now by
sending a short g…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-8x11-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents
For Residents With a
Urinary Catheter or if
Nonverbal
One or more of the following
without another recognized cause:
� Fever (>100°F or a…