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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/item-sets/index.html
October 01, 2024 - CAHPS Supplemental Items
Supplemental items are optional questions that survey users can add to their standardized CAHPS instruments to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audiences. For example, a user of the Clinician & Group Survey may want to ask patients to comment on their experie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/pocketguide.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Pocket Guide: TeamSTEPPS: Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
Pocket Guide
Team Strategies & Tools
to Enhance Performance
and Patient Safety
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Table of Contents
TeamSTEPPS®
• Framework and Competencies ....4
• Key Principles ...............................5
Team Structure
• Multi-T…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/type-harm.html
April 01, 2025 - to help patients understand how blood thinner medications work and why it is important to take them correctly
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/becker-bix-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - In the overall analysis, the percentage of trials in which participants correctly rated the drug
as … For appropriate medications, the likelihood of
correctly identifying the medication as appropriate was
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module
Slide 1: Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module
Slide 2:
Image: The objectives are listed as a series of ascending steps:
Describe teamwork and communication issues in the surgical environment,
Ap…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/multiple/Calibrate-Dx-AppendixB.pdf
April 07, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions - Appendix B
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Appendix B.
Revised Safer Dx Instrument
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ITEM SCORE
The documented history was suggestive of an alternate diagnosis, which was not cons…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-checklist.docx
April 02, 2025 - Appendix I. Checklist Observation Tool and FAQs
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Why Should We Use This Tool?
Monitoring checklist use is an extremely important part of this project. Performing observations can often reveal weaknesses in checklist performance that may otherwise go …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-i.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix I. Checklist Observation Tool and FAQs - Implementation Guide
Why Should We Use This Tool?
Monitoring checklist use is an extremely important part of this project. Performing observations can often reveal weaknesses in checklist performance that may otherwise go unnoticed. This tool allows you to col…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips80.html
October 01, 2014 - Four Missouri Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation
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 calls focusin…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool-safe-mgso4.html
July 01, 2023 - the magnesium bag is clearly labeled, contains the correct dose, and that tubing and pump are set up correctly
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B
Appendix B: Clinical Materials to Share
With Primary Care Providers
Diagnoses and Conditions
■ Anemia of Prematurity
■ Apnea of Prematurity
■ Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
■ Gastroesophageal Reflux
■ Nephrocalcinosis
■ Patent D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apa_medsafety.pdf
April 02, 2025 - NICU Toolkit, Appendix A, Medication Safety
Medication Safety
■ Keep a list of your baby’s medications with your baby
at all times.
■ Speak to your baby’s health care professional, and ask
specific questions about your baby’s medicines.
■ When picking up refills, check the label carefully for
correct medici…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool3a.html
March 01, 2025 - Do this until the patient is able to correctly describe your directions in his or her own words.
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/update/index.html
April 01, 2013 - Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Contents
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update—Clinical Practice Guideline ( PDF Version [ - 2.04 MB] )
En español: Guía de tratamiento del tabaquismo ( PDF version [ - 2.26 MB] )
Supplement: Corrections and Additions to the 2008 Guideline Update …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - results” could identify any of the following steps in
the testing process:
� Results that were not correctly … Applications
Several e-triggers detect potential diagnostic events
retrospectively and, if implemented correctly … Care escalation (e.g., hospitalization at subsequent visit) was related to worsening of an original correctly … please specify:
3) Diagnostic Tests � Ordered test not performed at all
� Ordered tests not performed correctly … � Performed tests not interpreted correctly
� Misidentification
� Other, please specify:
4) Follow-Up
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - results” could identify any of the following steps in
the testing process:
� Results that were not correctly … Applications
Several e-triggers detect potential diagnostic events
retrospectively and, if implemented correctly … Care escalation (e.g., hospitalization at subsequent visit) was related to worsening of an original correctly … please specify:
3) Diagnostic Tests � Ordered test not performed at all
� Ordered tests not performed correctly … � Performed tests not interpreted correctly
� Misidentification
� Other, please specify:
4) Follow-Up
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter5.html
August 01, 2022 - A caveat discussed by the TEP is the limited number of individuals trained to correctly perform RCAs,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/findings.html
August 01, 2022 - “Common human error” and “not taking time to do the task correctly” were the two most commonly identified
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/care-transitions-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - medical unit
Large hospital in
South London;
acute medical unit
with 58 beds
Use of BOOST Tool
correctly … The
BOOST Tool correctly
predicted 90% of
readmissions using two
or more risk factors and
99.1%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/competency-check-vs-observational-audit.pdf
March 01, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Validate Nursing Home Staff Performance To Improve
Infection Prevention Processes for COVID-19
This document explains the difference between the competency check you complete to me…