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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=22
Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization
How To Implement the
Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization
ADD Hospital Name here
Module 4
What We Have Done Thus Far
Up to this point, you have:
Looked at your organization’s readiness to improve pressure injury preventi…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/intro.html
October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
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Table of Contents
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Key Subject Area Index
1. Are we ready for this change?
2. How will we manage change?
3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-3.html
June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety?
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Table of Contents
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnosti…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/sampselle-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Health Care Policy and Practice: Promoting Environments for Quality Care
Title of Project: Health Care Policy and Practice: Promoting Environments
for Quality Care
Principal Investigator: Carolyn M. Sampselle
Organization: University of Michigan School of Nursing
Inclusive Dates of Project:…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals/slides.html
October 01, 2014 - Small and Rural Critical Access Hospitals (Slide Presentation)
On the CUSP: Stop BSI
This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on July 19, 2011.
Contents
Slide 1. Small and Rural Critical Access Hospitals
Slide 2. Agenda
Slide 3. Applying CUSP in the Small and Rural Critical Access Hospital
Sli…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/team-slides.html
December 01, 2012 - Assemble the Team
CUSP Toolkit
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
Note : Slide content is presented below each of the images.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
Slide 3. The Unit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-survey-english-2.0.docx
June 05, 2025 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0
SOPS® Nursing Home Survey
Version: 2.0
Language: English
For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a web-based survey, and preparing and analyzing data, and producing report…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap2.doc
January 01, 2011 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Fact Sheet
Bottom line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result annually in:
· 84,551 to 203,916 preventable infections
· 10,426 to 25,145 preventable deaths
· $1.7 to $21.4 billion avoidable costs
The following interventions decrease the risk …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_factsheet.docx
December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control Factsheet
Glucose Control Factsheet
Facts About Glucose Control and the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
Definition of Tight Glucose Control
Tight glucose control refers to getting as close to a normal (nondiabetic) blood glucose level as you safely can. Ideally, this means levels between 70 an…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-2.html
March 01, 2018 - Appendix 2. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI). When used with the CUSP (Comprehen…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/pubs/background-2012/backgrndapb.html
December 01, 2012 - Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures
Background Report on the 2012 Process
This background report describes the process used to identify, evaluate, and select children's health care quality measures to be recommended for addition to the initial core set of 24 measures released by…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.pdf
July 01, 2015 - July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned,
and outcomes from Vermont’s experience during the first 5
years of the quality demonstration funded by the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA). For…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-19-kickoff-meetings.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-pa.html
April 01, 2015 - PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
Principal Investigator: Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, and Alan Adelman, MD, MS
Institution: Pennsylvania State University Hershey College of Medicine
AHRQ Grant Number: U18HS020988
Overview of Primary Care Extension…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-pa.pdf
April 01, 2015 - PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery
Infrastructure
Principal Investigator: Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, and Alan Adelman, MD, MS
Institution: Pennsylvania State University Hershey College of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/rrpodtrans.pdf
August 01, 2013 - Improving Your Response Rates on the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Podcast Transcript
Improving Your Response Rates on the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
August 2013 Podcast
Speaker
Joe Hughes, Director of Quality Care Management at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital
Rebecca C…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim5.html
July 01, 2013 - Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Conclusions
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Executive Summary
Introduction and Objectives
Methods
Results
Outcome and Process Measures
Culture Measures
Conclusions
The national project team …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi6.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-schiff.pdf
January 01, 2020 - New AHRQ SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Items for Medical Offices - Schiff
Background and importance of diagnostic safety:
Culture of diagnostic safety in medical offices
Gordon (Gordy) Schiff, MD
Associate Director Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice
Brigham and Women's Hospital Div. General Medi…