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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/participating-2024-hcbs-survey-database-slides.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Participating in the 2024 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to Know
Participating in the 2024 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based
Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database: What You Need to
Know
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User
Network
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
1:00 – 2:0…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/pittman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Four Safety Strategies: A Symposium on Implementation
Four Safety Strategies: A Symposium on Implementation
Principal Investigator: Mary A. Pittman, Dr.P.H.
Project Team: Allan Frankel, M.D., Partners HealthCare System
Tejal Gandhi, M.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sarah Grillo
Peter…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Contents
Overview
How To Use This Guide
LTC Safety Toolkit Modules
Sustainability Essentials
Leadership Commitment
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module7/module7-resolution-facilitator.pptx
August 24, 2015 - PowerPoint Presentation
Communication and Optimal Resolution
(CANDOR)
Toolkit
Module 7: Resolution
Module 7 of the CANDOR Toolkit describes the resolution phase of the CANDOR process.
1
Objectives
Define the CANDOR Resolution component and its importance in the CANDOR process.
List the steps of the resolution pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/antibiotic-audit.html
December 01, 2017 - Antibiotic Audit Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
Perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is an important strategy to prevent surgical site infection. Appropriate selection, dosing, and redosing ensure that the antibiotic concentration in surgical site tis…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-apr2025.pdf
August 01, 2025 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare, April 18, 2025
Federal Interagency Workgroup:
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
April 18, 2025, 10 AM–Noon
1
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriation…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/planningtool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Dissemination Planning Tool
Development of a Planning
Tool to Guide Dissemination
of Research Results
Advances in Patient Safety:
From Research to Implementation.
Vol. 4, Programs, Tools, and Products.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare and
Research Quality; 2005.
Article Exhibit
Westat Authors:
Debora…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/communication.html
September 01, 2022 - Improving Communication Between Members of the Practice Around Antibiotic Decisions
After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Explain how to improve teamwork in the practice.
Identify members of the practice who should be involved in developing management strategies for pa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/barnett-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - emergency department use, visits with and without interpreter services,
and visits with an ASL-skilled clinician
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
January 01, 2017 - Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for de…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - Tool: SSA
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Since the guidelines were written in 2007, a groundbreaking article by Girard in 20081 showed that SA…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship-references.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Introduction
Background
Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process
Diagnostic Stewards…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/pines-mccarthy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Conference Proceedings: Interventions to Improve Quality in the Crowded Emergency Department
1. TITLEPAGE
Title: Conference Proceedings: Interventions to Improve Quality in the Crowded
Emergency Department
Co-Principal Investigators:
Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, George Washington Un…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_1-introduction-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - • Notice where clinician interactions
crucial to keeping patients saf
• We will use this scenario
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2017-11-nac/nacmtg1117-minutes.html
February 01, 2018 - Meeting Minutes, November 2017
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the November 3, 2017, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of July 26, 2017, Summary Report
Director's Update
The Healthcare Cost and Ut…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Rundall.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care: Physician Perspectives
161
Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care:
Physician Perspectives
Thomas G. Rundall, John Hsu, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Vicki Fung,
Kathryn A. Paez, Jan Simpkins, Steven R. Simon, Scott B. Robinson,
Connie Uratsu, Margaret J. Gunter, Stephen B. Sou…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flack.pdf
January 01, 2005 - Identifying, Understanding, and Communicating Medical Device Use Errors: Observations from an FDA Pilot Program
223
Identifying, Understanding, and
Communicating Medical Device Use Errors:
Observations from an FDA Pilot Program
Marilyn Flack, Terrie Reed, Jay Crowley, Susan Gardner
Abstract
The U.S. Food an…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/prescribing.html
September 01, 2022 - Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing?
After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Explain why optimizing antibiotic prescribing is necessary for patient safety.
Understand how antibiotic stewardship teams can improve antibiotic prescribing practi…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/implementing-stewardship.html
September 01, 2022 - Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice
After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Describe the role of senior leadership in promoting antibiotic stewardship activities in ambulatory practices.
Establish an Antibiotic Stewardship Team.
Garner support from othe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-webcast-transcript-ad.pdf
June 01, 2020 - SOPS™ 101 Webcast Transcript
November 2018 https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/index.html 1
Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users
October 23, 2018 – Webcast Transcript
Speakers:
Laura Gray, M.P.H.
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety C…