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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/study.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide
Study Elements
Element
Definition
Things To Keep in Mind
The Purpose
Define the problem and why it is important.
Avoid suggesting causes in the purpose statement. Cause determination will come later afte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/learning-from-antibiotic-adverse.docx
June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events
An antibiotic-associated adverse event is any event or situation that you would not want to happen again because it either caused your patient harm or had the potential to cause harm. The purpose of this tool is to provi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Description
This measure describes the extent to which high risk pregnant women have outpatient visits … The first sub-measure is a summary measure that
describes the extent to which high risk pregnant women … The last sub-measure
describes the extent to which high risk pregnant women lack prenatal care. … The first sub-measure is a summary measure
that describes the extent to which high risk pregnant women … The last sub-measure describes the extent to which high risk pregnant women lack
prenatal care.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/915.html
June 01, 2024 - A new article published in the journal School Mental Health describes the work.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/906.html
March 01, 2024 - Healthcare’s Potential to Improve Health Outcomes of Minority Patients
AHRQ’s newest grantee profile describes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight06.pdf
June 02, 2025 - It describes the strategies that States are using to create and maintain cross-State relationships,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/safer-guides-webinar-chat.pdf
February 18, 2025 - There is a new article coming out in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association that describes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/publications/pubcomguide/Audio-Video-Concept-Review-Form.docx
July 01, 2024 - Purpose
Provide a brief summary (<200 words) that describes your anticipated project.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/program-part1.html
November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 1)
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
List the key personnel involved in developing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program
Describe how to work with a senior executive to further program goals
Describe the importance of a…
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=11
Disparities Reports (QDRs) and National Quality Strategy Update are integrated into a single document that describes
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/privacy.html
November 01, 2017 - includes links to AHRQ’s privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and systems of record notices (SORNs), and describes
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/explain-score.html
March 01, 2016 - Explain Whether a High or Low Health Care Quality Score Is Better
Ideally, all the measures in a given report would be structured so that people were consistently looking for a high score or a low score as an indicator of good performance. Switching directions can be confusing and create a cognitive burden on u…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/explain.html
January 01, 2019 - Explain Why a Health Care Quality Measure Matters
In some cases, report users will not know why a particular measure is important as an aspect of quality. When people don’t realize the importance of a measure, they are unlikely to look at or use the data. 1 In the case of clinical process measures, for example…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-134-fullreport.pdf
November 01, 2019 - We developed a measure set in close collaboration with our
Expert Panel that describes the availability … measure may be said to specify current professional
knowledge in a way that produces an index that describes … This measure describes the extent to which high-
risk pregnant women are seen by at least three types
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/interview-protocol-provider-ny.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Staff PCIP Qualitative Interview Guide
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/q66-oh-aim-statement-worksheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Aim Statement Worksheet
Aim Statement Worksheet
Write a Theme for Improvement: _________________________________________________________
Global Aim Statement
Create an aim statement that will help keep your focus clear and your work productive:
We aim to improve: ________________________________________…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/teach/half-day.html
May 01, 2023 - Half-Day Training Content
Components you can include in Module 2 for a half-day training include the following:
Teams and Team Structure
Introduction: 2 minutes
Defining teams: 2 minutes
Integrating patients and families into teams: 5 minutes
Multi-team systems: 5 minutes
Team structure video disc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-narrative-martino.pdf
June 01, 2021 - An Update on the CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets - Martino
UPDATED NARRATIVE ITEM SETS FOR THE
CAHPS CLINICIAN & GROUP SURVEY
Steven Martino, PhD
Overview of Narrative Item Set Development Process
• Literature review and environmental scan
• Drafting of narrative items
• Pretesting to assess readability and …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/DESC-technique.pdf
June 01, 2021 - DESC Technique for Conflict With Residents and Families
DESC Script. Johns Hopkins Medicine, Armstrong Institute. Kentucky
Hospital Improvement Innovation Network. KY. July 2012.
http://www.k-
hen.com/Portals/16/Documents/PSCTCommunicationsLab.pdf.
Accessed Jun 19, 2017.
Describe the specific situation.
Expre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-118-fullreport.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Describes the distribution of temperatures of live-born neonates less than 2500 grams that arrive
to … Otherwise, put location of birth as birthing room/delivery room
Measure describes a distribution … This measure describes the distribution of temperatures among low birth weight infants. … important for
the review process but has not been addressed above, include it here.
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This measure describes