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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips85.html
October 01, 2014 - Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce Adverse Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-asymptomatic-bacteriuria.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Asymptomatic Bacteriuria One Pager
Diagnosis
• Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture from a person with NO symptoms of a urinary
tract infection (UTI) such as dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever, or flank pain.
• ASB is common and often associated with pyuria (urine containing ≥10 white…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cauti-learning-from-defects-revised.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Diagnosis1,2
• Relatively sudden onset of redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin
o Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon
Most cases caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, or G) that are
suceptible to penicillin (P…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-scholle.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Understanding the Transformation Experiences of Small Practices With NCQA Medical Home Recognition
Understanding the Transformation Experiences of Small Practices With
National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical Home Recognition
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH
Institution: National Com…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/placement/channels.html
January 01, 2023 - Channels: Reaching the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report
Sponsors of quality information projects need to think broadly and creatively about potential distribution channels for their reports. Within any given setting, there may be many possible approaches to reaching your audience.
This page reviews s…
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/about-chsp/centers/index.html
July 01, 2019 - Centers of Excellence and Coordinating Center
Contents
Centers of Excellence
Coordinating Center
Reports
Centers of Excellence
Dartmouth College Center of Excellence
The Dartmouth College Center of Excellence is studying the use of evidence-based innovations in health systems and their impact on…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/combine-measures.html
September 01, 2019 - Combining Healthcare Quality Measures Into Composites or Summary Scores
The more data you provide on individual measures, the more likely it is that users will be faced with information overload. Combining measures is one way to quickly reduce the number of data points included in your report. This page discuss…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/impactiful-telehealthcare-research.html
August 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
20 Years of Impactful Telehealthcare Research from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program
AUG
22
2024
By
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S., and
Sanjeev Arora, M.D., F.A.C.G.
AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program , which this year commemo…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/mechanisms/index.html
December 01, 2020 - Grant Mechanisms and Descriptions
Grant codes, application types and descriptions.
Code
Type of Application
Description
Research Career Development Program
K01
Research Career Programs
For support of a scientist, committed to research, in need of both advanced research training and a…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research
Slide Presentation by Lawrence Casalino
On February 16, Lawrence Casalino made this slide presentation at the AHRQ Expert Meeting on the Challenge and Promise of Delivery System Research.
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Slide 1
Identif…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-detailed_measure-specs.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Sepsis in the ED Detailed Measure, Technical Specifications
Q-METRIC Sepsis Measure 1, ED Protocol for Children with Sepsis Syndrome
U18HS020516
Page 41
Submitted August 2014
Sepsis
Measure 1: Protocol for Identifying and Treating Children with Sepsis
Syndrome in the Emergency Department
Desc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/145-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet:
Promoting SSI and MRSA Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Recognizing success, large and small, both early on and long term is important to sustainability. Communicating success can he…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clabsi.html
November 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/scott-cawiezell-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Technology To Improve Medication Safety in Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Medication Safety 1
Technology to Improve Medication Safety in Nursing Homes
Jill Scott-Cawiezell, PhD
Principal Investigator
Marilyn Rantz, PhD, Lanis Hicks, PhD, Richard Madsen, PhD, & Greg Petroski, PhD
Investigators
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Quan_52.pdf
March 10, 2008 - postadmission (diagnosis type 2).30 Naessens, et al.,31 analyzed 2005 hospital
discharge data from Mayo Clinic
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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-Borowitz_4.pdf
January 22, 2008 - Resident Sign-Out: A Precarious Exchange of Critical Information in a Fast-Paced World
Resident Sign-Out: A Precarious Exchange of Critical
Information in a Fast-Paced World
Stephen M. Borowitz, MD, Linda A. Waggoner-Fountain, MD, Ellen J. Bass, PhD,
and Justin M. DeVoge, MS
Abstract
Background: Sign-out is a …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/business-case.html
April 01, 2013 - what we want to do is we want to build a new entry portal for Oncology, and we want to spruce up the clinic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/navigating-hierarchy-transcript.doc
December 10, 2013 - Paul Tedrick
AHA – Chicago
December 10, 2013
11:00AM CT
Operator:
This is a recording for the Paul Tedrick teleconference with American Hospital Association Chicago, Tuesday, December 10th, 2013, scheduled for 11:00AM Central Time. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience in holding; we now have our speake…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/primary-care-research-conference-proceedings.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Relationship between PC
and specialty care
• Segmentation of care
(urgent care)
• Provider-based clinic