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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-lipid-algorithm.pdf
December 14, 2015 - Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Adapted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Lipid Algorithm
Men aged >35 y, women aged
> 45 y, and all patients with
ASCVD
Does the patient have CHF
(EF <0.35 and NYHA class >1)
and ESRD, and has the patient
been on dialysis or …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-kho.html
April 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery
Abel Kho, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Abel Kho, M.D., M.S.
“With AHRQ funding, I have built infrastructure to provide primary care practices with effective …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gonzales.html
October 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice
Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Policy University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine Chief Innovation Officer, UCSF Health Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/strengthen-primary-care.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ Intensifies its Efforts to Strengthen Primary Care
OCT
9
2024
By
Aimee Eden, Ph.D., M.P.H., and
Tess Miller, Dr.PH.
Primary care is foundational to good health and well-being, providing services that span preventive care to diag…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/arm-in-arm-with-academyhealth.html
June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Arm in Arm with AcademyHealth, AHRQ is Poised to Build on Successes in Health Services Research
JUN
27
2024
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
We are halfway through AHRQ’s 35 th an…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-anger.html
January 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile
Improving the Quality of Care for Women With Urinary Incontinence
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology University of California San Diego Health
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H.
“Even when patients were very bothered by incontinence, ne…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g1_pdi_availablecomprehensiveqiguides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool G.1
Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides information on other quality improvement
gui…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
Diagnosis
• Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture in a patient with no signs or
symptoms of a urinary tract infection (e.g., dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever, flank pain).
• ASB is common and often assocated with pyuria (urine containing ≥10 white blood cells …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather-a-Team-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 1. Gather a Team
Choose members to serve on the antimicrobial stewardship program team. Depending on the size of the nursing home, the team may be very small (two or three me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/casalino/casalino.ppt
February 16, 2011 - Enhancing Performance Via Integrated Health Systems
IDENTIFYING KEY AREAS FOR DELIVERY SYSTEM RESEARCH
The Challenge and Promise of Delivery System Research: A Meeting of AHRQ Grantees, Experts and Stakeholders
Lawrence Casalino M.D., Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Sterling, VA
February 16, 2011
*
2/16/…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-improving-scores.pdf
October 01, 2020 - Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience webcast-Franchetti
Lessons on Improving CAHPS® Scores
CAHPS® is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Agenda
• How does CAHPS fit into Neighborhood’s quality
improvement (QI) efforts?
• Common challen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160413/graham-bouldin.pdf
April 13, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores
Health Share of Oregon
CAHPS Improvement Story
“Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores”
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
April 13, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
Context
• Health Share of Oregon was created in 2012
• 24…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimicrobial stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or corporate office to help develop, review, edit, and approve all policies …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Nursing Home Infection Control
Guidelines for C. Difficile
When to Perform Toxin Assay on Stool:
• Resident symptomatic with diarrhea ( >3 loose/watery
stools a day).
• Especially consider in residents who received…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-rice.pdf
June 02, 2025 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - East Alabama Health
Workplace
Safety
ACUTE CARE
East Alabama Medical Center
East Alabama Medical Center- Lanier
LONG TERM CARE
E A M C S k i l l e d N u rs i n g Fa c i l i t y
E A M C - L a n i e r N u rs i n g H o m e
18
System
Ov…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/valuewebcast-persily.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for Hospitals and Medical Offices - PERSILY
43
First Hand Experience:
The AHRQ Hospital Value and
Efficiency Item Set
Cynthia Persily, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Highland Hospital
Charleston, West Virginia
cpersily@highlandhosp.com
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mailto:cpersily@highlandhosp.com
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/affinity-group-innovations-improve-cr.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TAKEheart Affinity Group:
Innovations that Can Improve
Your Cardiac Rehabilitation
Program
H i c h a m S k a l i , M D , M S c
M a y 2 0 , 2 0 2 1
Welcome and Background
Welcome and greetings from TAKEheart, AHRQ and CDC
Update on status of TAKEheart:
…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/data-resources/index.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ’s Primary-Care Related Data Resources
AHRQ's Compendium of U.S. Health Systems The Compendium is the foremost public resource for data on characteristics of healthcare organizations over time. Enumerating each organization and detailing its key features, the annual files enable users to see the changing la…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/index.html
February 01, 2021 - CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments
The CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments ask patients who have mobility impairments about their experiences with care and services from health plans and doctors’ offices. Over 11.5 million American adults age 18-64 have a mobility impairment, …