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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/helpful-resources/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Using CAHPS Surveys
CAHPS Survey Design and Administration Review general guidance on CAHPS survey design and administration to learn how to prepare a survey instrument that meets your needs, prepare a sample, and collect and track the data. Formatting CAHPS questionnaires for mail, web, and phone administrat…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/highlight.html
September 01, 2019 - Highlight Consumer Rights, Protections, and Ways To Complain
A report on healthcare quality is an ideal place to remind consumers and patients of their rights and protections. In addition to having direct practical value, it reinforces two key messages inherent in public reporting:
Consumers and patients ha…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policy/foia/foiamemo0309.pdf
March 19, 2009 - The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Memoradum
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOlA), 5 U.S.c…
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/appendix-b.html
June 01, 2020 - Appendix B. Detailed Research Domain Framework Definitions and Classification Rules
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
This appendix provides the following supplementary information on the research domain framework and environmental scan and portfolio analysis results:
D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/advisors.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Quality improvement and safety initiatives
Facility design
Patient and family participation in care and decision … making
Patient and family information and education
Health information technology
Clinician and staff
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospitalresourcelist.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List
for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient
Safety Culture
I. Purpose
This document provides a list of references to websites and othe…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/calibrate-dx.html
July 01, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions – Enrollment open through September 2025
As part of the Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) project, RAND is recruiting sites with at least four to six clinicians who can commit to using a resource to improve diagnostic safety. (Ru…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-5.8.pdf
January 01, 2014 - For example,
family involvement in care and decision-
making was felt by 92% of parents of
children … expectations about the care they
received, including being treated with
respect, being involved in decision … -
making, being supported by health care
providers, being informed and given
unbiased information about … respectful
of and responsive to individual patient
preferences, needs, and values, as well
as clinical decision … making that is guided
by patient values.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_5_Comm_Comp_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 2: Communicating for Improve Quality (Tool 5)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Overview of Communication Competencies
Effective communication between clinicians, patients, and families can lead to better health care outcomes and improved
quality and safety. The following list identifies be…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Drews_15.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit
Error Producing Conditions in the
Intensive Care Unit
Frank A. Drews, PhD; Adrian Musters, BS; Matthew H. Samore, MD
Abstract
Up to 98,000 patients die because of human error in U.S. hospitals each year. Among the areas
where errors occur frequently is t…
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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-Donaldson_87.pdf
April 23, 2008 - Role of the External Coach in Advancing Research Translation in Hospital-Based Performance Improvement
Role of the External Coach in Advancing Research
Translation in Hospital-Based
Performance Improvement
Nancy Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN; Dana Rutledge, RN, PhD; Kristin Geiser, PhD
Abstract
The Califo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/gallbladder-booklet.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Recovering After Emergency Gallbladder Surgery
Recovering After
Emergency Gallbladder
Surgery
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Recovering After Emergency
Gallbladder Surgery
Patient Name __________________________________________________________________
Surgeon Name _________________________________________________________________
…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/963.html
June 01, 2025 - July 17 Webinar: Empower Patients Through Digital Healthcare Tools
Issue Number
963
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
June 24, 2025
Today’s Headlines: July 17 Webinar: Empower Patients Through Digital Healthcare Tools . New Toolkit Helps Primar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-1416-p006-2-ef.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Measure: Thermal Condition of Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries in the First 24 Hours of Life
Measure: Thermal Condition of Low Birth
Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher
Nurseries in the First 24 Hours of Life
Measure Developer: Collaboration for Advancing Pediatric Qualit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/035-ss-pre-launch-activities.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Surgical Decolonization Prelaunch Activities
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Develop a CUSP Team
In the AHRQ Safety Program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/health-plans.html
December 01, 2022 - Comparative Reports on Health Plans
The following reports are examples of comparative information on the quality of health plans. These examples include reports sponsored by Federal agencies, State agencies, private organizations, and purchasing coalitions.
Report Title: Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Care Opti…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/welcome-guides/experienced-trainers.html
July 01, 2023 - Patient Focus: How to involve patients and family caregivers in care processes and decision making is
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_9_AdvisorTrain_508.docx
March 06, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Patient and Family Advisor
Orientation Manual
Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
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Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagem…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/eval4.html
May 01, 2016 - Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
IV. Evaluation Aims, Methods, and Results
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/McNeill.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Beyond the Dusty Shelf: Shifting Paradigms and Effecting Change
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Beyond the Dusty Shelf: Shifting
Paradigms and Effecting Change
Dwight McNeill, Howard Holland, Kerm Henriksen
Abstract
This paper addresses how to make happen the improvements in the quality of
health care that have been identified from si…