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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/culture-checkup-tool.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Culture Check-Up Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Culture Checkup Tool
Culture Checkup Tool
Problem statement: Improving safety culture in a patient care area takes time.
What is culture? Attitudes reflect the norms, values, and beliefs in the unit and, in turn, cre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/rev-preventablereadm-primcare-es.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Executive Summary
Potentially Preventable Readmissions:
Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of
Primary Care
Executive Summary
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of H…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-section-5-table-3.pdf
June 17, 2014 - CHIPRA 235: Section 5, Table 3. Evidence Supporting the Importance of Access to Outpatient Specialty Care
Table 3. Evidence Supporting the Importance of Access to Outpatient Specialty Care for Children
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citation(s)
Clinical
Guideline
The …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab2.html
March 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Table 2: Availability of Selected Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver Home and Community-Based Services, by State, 2005
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Table of Contents
Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Introduction
HCBS Population
Ava…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving/problem-solving.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Module 3: PowerPoint Presentation
Management Practices for Sustainability
Module 3: Problem Solving
and Escalation
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0019-4-EF
May 2017
Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation | ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Management Practices for…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/team-roster.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix A. Team Roster
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
This template provides suggestions about roles, characteristics, and responsibilities for members of your improvement team. Develop your team and document influential and respected leaders, clinicians, frontline staff, and …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/state-based-health-extension-cooperatives.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Announces Historic Funding Opportunities to Establish State-based Solutions to Accelerate Health Care Improvement
Press Release Date: September 9, 2024
Today, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Notice of Funding Opportu…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/results.html
November 01, 2018 - Evaluating the Results of a Quality Reporting Project
The purpose of results- or outcome-oriented evaluation goes beyond answering the “did it work” question. To evaluate results, however, you have to be clear about what you wanted to achieve.
What consumer audience were you trying to reach?
What changes …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/confid-report/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Next Page
Table of Contents
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: Physician Feedback Report Fundamentals
Part Two: Design of Physi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/about/Development-CAHPS-HP-Survey.html
May 01, 2022 - Development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey
AHRQ launched the development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey in 1995 and released the first version for public use in 1997. Since that time, the CAHPS team has clarified and updated the survey instrument several times to reflect changes in healthcare delivery, survey…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/057-patient-instructions-mupirocin.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Patient Instructions: Preoperative Nasal Decolonization With Mupirocin
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
What Is Nasal Decolonization?
Some bacteria can live inside your nostrils for long periods of time. N…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/055-patient-instructions-chg-cloths.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Patient Instructions: Cleaning With CHG Cloths
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
What Is Decolonization?
Preoperative Decolonization =
Preemptive treatment to kill bacteria on your body BEFORE surgery,
to r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-privacy-factSheet.pdf
October 01, 2021 - Privacy, Security, Confidentiality, and
Privilege Considerations for Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Activities
Before you begin, check with the appropriate point of contact
in your organization to:
Confirm that all participants in the improvement activity are
authorized to access and use patient informa…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-an-Advisory-Group.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 2: Form an Advisory Group
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 Ev…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool10.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Tool 10. Sample Brochure
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Table of Contents
Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Acknowledgements
Support
Foreword
Oregon Rural Practice-bas…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/index.html
August 01, 2024 - Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care Quality Improvement
Next Page
Table of Contents
Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care Quality Improvement
Using This Guide
1. Background and Introduction
2. Developing and Running …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar7_pu_measuringrates.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Measuring Pressure Ulcer Rates and Prevention Practices
Measuring Pressure Ulcer
Rates and Prevention
Practices
Presented by
Karen Zulkowski, D.N.S., RN
Montana State University
2
Welcome!
Thank you for joining this webinar about how to
measure pressure ulcer rates and prevention
practices.
A Little…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-discuss.html
November 01, 2017 - Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Discussion
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Table of Contents
Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Discussio…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/foiafy09.html
October 01, 2014 - HHS AHRQ Freedom of Information Annual Report - FY 2009
Freedom of Information Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009.
I. Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Report Prepared By: Nancy Comfort (no longer at AHRQ)
Title: Freedom of Information Officer
Address: 5600 Fishers Lane…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-ve-supp-item-set-08-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey - English
SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental
Item Set for the SOPS Hospital Survey
Language: English
• Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Hospital Survey Version 2.0
to help hospitals assess…