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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/learning-from-defects.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Learning From Defects
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Tools & Resourc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/directions/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Maps and Directions
Map and Directions to AHRQ in Rockville, MD.
AHRQ is located at 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857.
Transportation | Security
Transportation
Nearest Metro: Twinbrook Station (Red Line)
Select for Walking Directions from Twinbrook Metro to 5600 Fishers Lane .
Take th…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool3.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Tool 3. Clinical Care Observation Guide
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Table of Contents
Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Acknowledgements
Support
Foreword
Oregon Rur…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/098-ss-hair-removal-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Preoperative Hair Removal
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Preoperative hair removal is an evidence-based infection prevention strategy to target methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical site infections (SSIs). The information below revi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/098-hair-removal-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Preoperative Hair Removal
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Preoperative hair removal is an evidence-based infection prevention strategy to target methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical site infections (SSIs). The information below revi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/095-mrsa-surveillance.docx
April 01, 2025 - Preoperative MRSA Surveillance Strategies
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Comparison of Surveillance Approaches
This document defines the types of MRSA surveillance strategies and what is needed to implement either approach. This tool can be a resource to help…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/096-ss-glycemic-control-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Glycemic Control
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Why is glycemic control important?1,2
Surgical patients, even without diabetes, are at risk for hyperglycemia
Hyperglycemia is associated with increased risk for surgical site infections (SSIs), mortality, and h…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/interim-reports.html
January 01, 2025 - Building State Capacity Findings
In 2021, AHRQ funded four grantees to develop State-level cooperatives to improve primary care practice, focusing initially on improving heart health. You can access the two final reports and two interim evaluation reports of the project’s preliminary findings on this page. Fina…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-datasources.pdf
December 31, 2021 - National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2018 NAMCS Micro-data File Documentation. … refer to https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/about_nhis.htm (accessed November 5,
2021) and the datasets and documentation … Data file documentation, National Health Interview Survey,
2006 (machine-readable data file and documentation … NIS-TEEN survey documentations: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/nis/datasets-
teen.html. … References
For more details, refer to the UDS description documents available in the datasets and
documentation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-medication-safety.pdf
April 30, 2025 - Prescribing practices improved over time, as did documentation of pain
assessments. … grade schools) and evaluate the
usability and effectiveness of eSMAR on medication administration and documentation … quality of patient
interactions, resulted in longer patient visits, and increased time spent on medical
documentation … Report
Purpose: Develop and test an interdisciplinary medication reconciliation process to
improve documentation … Key Findings/Impact: Preliminary data analyses showed that EMRs helped prevent
certain MEs (e.g., documentation
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiig.html
June 01, 2010 - Items range from frequency of case manager monitoring and presence of required documentation to timeliness
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-126-fullreport.pdf
May 01, 2018 - Clinical or Other Rationale Supporting the Focus of the Measure
(optional)
Provide documentation of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/nance-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: NPSF Joint Medical-Legal Conference at SMU
Final Progress Report
NPSF Joint Medical-Legal Conference at SMU
October 27 – 29, 2003
Principal Investigator: John J. Nance, JD
Team members: Thomas Wm. Mayo, JD
Robert Krawisz
Deborah Cummins, PhD
Organization: National Patient Safety Found…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-resource-list-2.0.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A Resource List
SOPS Nursing Home 2.0 Survey Resource List 1
Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A
Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Nursing Home
Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0
I. Purpose
This document provides a list of publicly available resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/delia-kutzin-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Bridging the Gap between EMS and Health Services Research: A Conference for Researchers and Practitioners
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
Bridging the Gap between EMS and Health Services Research:
A Conference for Researchers an d Practitioners
Project Team Members*
Derek DeLia, PhD, Principal …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/lofland-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Patient Focused Outcomes: Quality of Life and Lost Productivity
PATIENT FOCUSED OUTCOMES: QUALITY OF LIFE AND LOST PRODUCTIVITY
Jennifer H. Lofland, PharmD, MPH, PhD Principal Investigator1, David B. Nash, MD,
MBA Co-Mentor1, Donald Steinwachs, PhD Co-Mentor2, Kevin D. Frick, PhD Thesis
Advi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/weekes-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Short-term Clinical Deterioration After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Short-term Clinical Deterioration After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Anthony J. Weekes, MD, MSc (Principal Investigator), Jason T. Nomura, MD, Dasia Esener,
MD, Jeremy S. Boyd, MD, Patrick M. Ockerse, MD, Stephen Leech, MD,
H. J…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams.pdf
July 07, 2023 - Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
PATIENT
SAFETY
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Issue Brief 13
Reimagining Healthcare Teams:
Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI
Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
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Issue Brief 13
Reimagining Hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hougland_26.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in Patient Safety Surveillance
Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data
to Detect Adverse Events in Patient
Safety Surveillance
Paul Hougland, MD; Jonathan Nebeker, MS, MD; Steve Pickard, MBA; Mark Van Tuinen, PhD;
Carol Masheter, PhD; Su…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/karsh-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Proactive Risk Assessment of Primary Care of the Elderly
Title:
Proactive Risk Assessment of Primary Care of the Elderly
Principal Investigator and Team Members:
Ben-Tzion Karsh, PhD (PI)
Brian Arndt, MD
John Beasley, MD
Vicki Bier, PhD
Roger Brown, PhD
Pascale Carayon, PhD
Sue Dovey, P…