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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter1.html
August 01, 2022 - Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Chapter 1. Background
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Table of Contents
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Background
Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and Design
Chapter 3. Descript…
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Clinical-Community Relationships Measures Expert Panel
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
Potential Measure Development Methodology
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_3_Application_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 3)
Patient and Family Advisor Application Form
Name (First and Last):
Street Address:
City: State: ZIP Code:
Home phone: Cell phone: Email address:
Preferred contact (circle one): Home phone Cell phone Email
The following questions will help u…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_3_Application_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 3)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Patient and Family Advisor Application Form
Name (First and Last): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Street Address: __…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2021/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Awareness Week
AHRQ and colleagues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the entire patient safety community are collaborating to observe Patient Safety Awareness Week. While AHRQ's …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201802.html
August 01, 2018 - Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2018
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a 617-bed hospital in Hartford, CT, reduced hospital-acquired pressure injuries by more than 60 percent using an AHRQ toolkit. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in H…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/candor/demo-program/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program
Select for:
Planning Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 715 KB)
Demonstration Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 928 KB)
On September 9, 2009, President Obama directed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of H…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201506.html
April 01, 2015 - Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Readmissions
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April 2015
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, a 257-bed complex in West Chester, Pennsylvania, part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, was one of 10 hospitals involved in AHR…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/archive.html
July 01, 2018 - Clinical Practice Guidelines Archive
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ taken down on July 16, 2018, because federal funding though AHRQ was no longer available to support them. Please visit AHRQ's Guidelines and Measures (GAM) microsite to find information about its legacy guidelines and measures cleari…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Set-the-Stage-for-Conducting-the-Survey.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey.
Step…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Define-Your-Project-Goals.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 3: Define Your Project Goals
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals.
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop an…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/index.html
April 11, 2025 - Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
CAHPS Virtual Research Meeting – September 18
Register now to learn how meaningful patient and family involvement can enhance care experi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d1_combo_improvementmethodsoverview.pptx
June 02, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Use these PowerPoint slides for any presentations for which they may be useful.
These slides may be useful earlier on in the process than during implementation; feel free to use them at any point in your QI process.
Modify as needed to suit your hospital – you may wish to delete sections of sl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/jones-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We are developing a business plan with the National Rural Health
Association to create a Rural Safety … Developing the consensus definition.
http://www.frontierus.org/defining.htm
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April 01, 2009 - Developing a dependency on the
because of: medication is uncommon. … The use of these medications
for up to 6 months does not present a known
health risk and developing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/smucker-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Patient Safety in Hospice Care
AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report
Title of Project: Patient Safety in Hospice Care
Principal Investigator: Douglas R. Smucker, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor, University
of Cincinnati Department of Family and Community Medicine
Team Members:
• Nancy Elder, MD, Ass…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/pliego-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Close-Out Report: Improving Resuscitation Team Response to Inpatient Critical Events by Simulation
Grant Number: U18 HS16634-01
Grant Period: 9-30-2006 to 10-1-2008
No-cost extension: 10-1-2008 to 9-30-2009
Reporting Period: Close-Out Report
Title of Project: Improving Resuscitation Team Response to Inpatient Cri…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teachback-module-accessible.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Static Teach-back Interactive Module
Teach-back
1. Title
Teach-Back
Improving Patient Safety by Engaging Patients and Families in Effective Clinician-
Patient Communication
1 Teach-back Interactive Module
2. AHRQ
Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ), this tea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
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The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Commun…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
June 01, 2025 - Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports
The tables below compare all editions of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Making Health Care Safer report . The first edition , published in 2001, was developed following the 1999 publication of To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health Sys…