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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/index.html
March 01, 2019 - Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Health Care
Implementation Guide Number 1
This Implementation Guide includes suggested steps and tips for implementing initiatives for improving child health care quality from the CMS-funded national evaluation of the Children’s Health Insurance Progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight01.html
March 01, 2019 - Four States' Approaches to Practice-Level Quality Measurement and Reporting
Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 1
The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 1 : How are CHIPRA demonstration States approaching practice-level quality me…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/partners/index.html
May 01, 2019 - Who Could Partner in a Health Care Quality Reporting Project?
In many cases, a quality reporting project is more effective when multiple organizations come together to make decisions, tackle the logistics, and combine money, talent, and other resources. This page discusses the benefits and challenges of collabo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/navigating-hierarchy-121013.pptx
January 01, 2006 - Slide 1
Navigating Hierarchy in the Clinical Setting: Working and Communicating with Others
Susan M. Hohenhaus, LPD, RN, CEN, FAEN
Executive Director
Emergency Nurses Association
1
Learning Objectives
2
Describe the relationship between hierarchy and patient safety
Explain communication strategies that empower …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man6.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 6. Environment and Equipment Safety
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Over…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Spotlight on Vermont
National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from Vermont’s experience during the first 5 years of the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-planning.html
May 01, 2017 - Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Planning for Sustainability
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Table of Contents
Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Overview
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/staff-survey-6mon-post-intervention-sw.pdf
April 03, 2017 - ENSW_Practice_Member_Survey
Information Sheet
Date: 08-21-2015 Valid for Use Through:
COMIRB
APPROVED
09-Mar-2016
Study Title: EvidenceNOW Southwest
Principal Investigator: W. Perry Dickinson, MD
COMIRB No: 15-0403
Version Date: 08-21-2015
Version No: 2
You are being asked to be in this research study becaus…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide2.html
February 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
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Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/953.html
April 01, 2025 - Two New Issue Briefs Examine Diagnosis Improvement and Healthcare Excellence
Issue Number
953
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
April 15, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Trends in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Hospital Type Overall, the rate of ventilator…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/945.html
February 01, 2025 - Better Nurse Staffing Levels Associated With Lower Rates of Cesarean Section
Issue Number
945
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
February 11, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Rates of Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections by Hospital Type The rate of ce…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/advice.html
December 01, 2022 - Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report
This page summarizes input from several report sponsors and web designers who shared the lessons they learned as well as advice for report card sponsors. 1
What Type of Design Team Do You Need?
To produce a report, you will need a design team with a …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-id-success-story.pdf
April 01, 2015 - North Carolina IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care Transformation in Idaho
North Carolina IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care
Transformation in Idaho
A key goal of AHRQ’s IMPaCT grants is to learn
strategies for spreading successful primary care
transformation programs from State to State. Each IMPaCT
grantee State w…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/fuzzysetsq-a.html
July 01, 2013 - Fuzzy Set Analysis
Presenters' Responses to Questions
The following are written responses by Dr. Marcus Thygeson, Dr. Jodi Holtrop, and Dr. Michael Harrison to questions that were sent in during the webinar but could not be answered within the one-hour time frame. These responses were edited by the Moderator,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.docx
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital, Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see how you are doing, and see if …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
1
Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital,
Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide2.html
February 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6c-opennotes.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6C: OpenNotes
Contents
6.C.1. The Problem
6.C.2. The Intervention
6.C.3. Benefits
6.C.4. Implementation
6.C.5. Challenges
References
Download Strategy 6C:
OpenNotes
(PDF, 273 KB)
6.C.1. The Problem
For a long time, patients have been deliberately excluded f…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/introducing-cahps-child-hospital-survey-transcript.pdf
January 01, 2015 - And there were some great discussion following our final report of what’s really working in our
clinical
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/en-bsc-interim-report-2.pdf
July 01, 2024 - anyone, as well as organize a clinician implementation
meeting space by hosting a password-protected discussion