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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage.html
June 01, 2023 - Medication Management Strategy: Intervention
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care
Medication management is a strategy for engaging with patients and caregivers to create a complete and accurate medication list using the brown bag method. A complete and accurate medication list is the foundation for a…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/observing-rounds.html
December 01, 2012 - Observing Patient Care Rounds
CUSP Toolkit
Communication among disciplines can be improved if viewed through the eyes of an objective observer.
Problem statement: Interdisciplinary rounds are in the best interest of patients. Poor communication among staff is a root cause of many patient adverse and sentin…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/about/learning-collaborative.html
September 01, 2021 - PQMP Learning Collaborative
In late 2017, AHRQ—in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—launched the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Learning Collaborative as a central component of the PQMP strategy to support the dissemination, implementation, performance monitoring, an…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-references.html
August 01, 2024 - Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study
References
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Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study
Introduction
Initial Approach…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/healthplan-key-drive-diagram.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Transcranial Doppler Screening for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia: Health Plan - Key Driver Diagram
Transcranial Doppler Screening for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
Health Plan - Key Driver Diagram
Key Drivers
Strateg…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/engagemt-checklist.docx
March 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Resident and Family Engagement Checklist
Purpose: To provide leaders and staff a checklist to help plan, implement, and evaluate resident and family en…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/administration.html
March 01, 2021 - Research Administration
Research involves not only design, data collection, and analysis, but also addressing the administrative aspects of research. For the EvidenceNOW initiative, the key administrative aspects that were particularly challenging included recruiting and then retaining practices in the study. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-patient-flyer-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Be Prepared. Be Engaged. (Patient Flyer)
Be Prepared. Be Engaged.
Be ready
Write down the most
important things you
want to talk about
during your visit.
Ask questions
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questions. You can find
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/ptsafetyuptp.html
July 01, 2023 - Making Health Care Safer II
An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices
This evidence report updates the 2001 report, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices.
Select for a list of 22 patient safety strategies discussed in the new report that a…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/about.html
August 01, 2021 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit
About Measure Specifications and Reporting
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Table of Contents
CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About Measure Specifications and Reporting
Key Driver Diagram
Quality Improvement…
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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/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/science-of-safety.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Science of Safety: Principles in Practice
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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/index.html
March 01, 2025 - SOPS Hospital Survey
In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey for providers and other staff to assess patient safety culture in their hospitals. Since then, hundreds of hospitals across the United States and internat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
April 01, 2025 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey
AHRQ released the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey to assess staff perceptions about patient safety culture in their nursing home in 2008. In 2025, AHRQ released a new version, the SOPS Nursing Home Survey 2.0 . This new version removed all negatively wo…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/research/index.html
November 01, 2024 - Research on Diagnostic Safety and Quality
Since 2007, AHRQ has invested in research to discover findings that advance the knowledge of diagnostic safety and to develop practical tools and resources to improve diagnostic safety. AHRQ funds research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and what can b…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/end-of-life/index.html
May 01, 2025 - CAHPS End-of-Life Care Survey
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) End-of-Life Care Survey assesses healthcare experiences in the last month of life, including care experiences across a range of care providers and settings, such as at a doctor’s office or clinic, in a hospital or…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31103.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Missouri Uses AHRQ's Health Literacy Toolkit to Train and Coach Physicians
Search All Impact Case Studies
September 2011
The University of Missouri Center for Health Policy, through funding from Health Literacy Missouri, a nonprofit organization based in St. Louis, incorporated AHRQ's "Health …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.doc
September 09, 2014 - problem of the patients and they’re obviously going to choose the medical problem and possibly divert the discussion
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.html
November 01, 2015 - problem of the patients and they're obviously going to choose the medical problem and possibly divert the discussion
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/hospwebinar/just-culture-webcast-transcript-508-compliant.pdf
June 01, 2017 - The last 15 minutes or so of this Webcast are reserved for a discussion based on questions that you submit