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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/subject.html
December 01, 2022 - What Will Be the Subject of Your Health Care Quality Report?
The subject of a quality report could be any level of the health care system, including:
Health plans and insurance carriers.
Hospitals.
Medical groups or clinics.
Individual clinicians.
Nursing homes.
Home health agencies.
Behavioral …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/fed-IWG-dxsafety-Nov19mtg.pdf
November 15, 2019 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care November Meeting Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health Car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-l.pdf
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/md.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: Maryland
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in Maryland.
Maryland is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No . 4: How the CHIPRA quality demonstration elevated children on State health policy agend…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/checklist5.html
August 01, 2022 - Disclosure Checklist
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose: To provide guidance to individuals who are conducting initial or followup disclosure conversations, including key disclosure communication skills.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead and any staff who will be engaged in …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module5/mod5-disclosure-checklist.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Purpose: To provide guidance to individuals who are conducting initial or followup disclosure conversations,
including key disclosure communication skills.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead and any staff who will be engaged in disclosure conversations.
How to use this tool: Use Part I of the checklist to pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/fl.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: Florida
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in Florida.
Florida is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 2 : How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonst…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
· What are antibiotics?
Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiotics work by targeting and killing harmful bacteria.
· How do people get bacterial infections?
Normally, your immune system helps control the bacteria…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
What are antibiotics?
• Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiot…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit2-communications-and-decisionmaking.html
November 01, 2016 - Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections
Toolkit Effectiveness
When tested in six nursing homes in an intervention group and six in a comparison group, this toolkit demonstrated a small reduction in prescribing in the intervention group relative to the compa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/twomorees-slides/Two-More-Es-and-How-to-Spread-Dec-13-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Two More E’s and How to Spread
Learning Objectives
To think ahead about ways to make your investment of time and improvements in BSI rates last forever
To make sure all patients in your institution have access to the same level of safety in their care
Implementation Framework
Al…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/phys-engagement/slides.html
June 01, 2013 - Physician Engagement (Slide Presentation)
On the CUSP: Stop BSI
This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on September 13, 2011.
Contents
Slide 1. Physician Engagement
Slide 2. Image
Slide 3. Learning Objectives
Slide 4. What Do We Mean by Engagement?
Slide 5. Where Does Engagement Fit?
Slide…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-practice-assessments.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys
Overview
Practice assessments and surveys are simple and non-threatening ways for a practice to gather
information, generate ideas for improvements, and test and…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/promoting-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents
Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being
in Nursing Home Residents
Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes have left many residents socially isolated. Isolation can contribute to anxiety,
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/sopstipsheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Tip Sheet: Improving Response Rates on the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Tip Sheet: Improving Response Rates
on the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
This Tip Sheet will help you understand the importance of high survey response rates and provide suggestions for
improving your response rates.…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ai-wave3.html
July 01, 2025 - Understanding the AI Wave: Foundational Knowledge for Improving Diagnosis and Beyond
Understanding AI’s Potential: Healthcare Applications of Deep Learning
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Table of Contents
Understanding the AI Wave: Foundational Knowledge for Improving Diagnosis and Beyond
Introduction
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-111921.pdf
March 11, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/diagnostic-safety-workgroup-march-2022-meeting-notes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety
and Quality in Healthcare
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested “AHRQ to convene a cross agency working …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/VAP-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Diagnosis
· Defined as pneumonia occurring more than 48 hours after endotracheal intubation
· Clinical symptoms include purulent tracheal secretions, new infiltrate on chest imaging, worsening oxygenation (usually in association with leukocytos…