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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
June 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
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June 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/index.html
February 01, 2024 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
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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 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practi…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety4.html
September 01, 2022 - Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Leaders and Educators
Using Patient Cases for Learning
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Table of Contents
Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Lea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-donahue.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina
Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina
Principal Investigator: Katrina E. Donahue, MD, MPH
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019131
Overview of Transformation Efforts
The North Carolina Area…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolA21.html
April 01, 2018 - Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
A.2-1 Key Informant Interview Guide (Postintervention)
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Table of Contents
Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
I. Introduction
II. Background
III. Intervention Steps and To…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/data-resources/index.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ’s Primary-Care Related Data Resources
AHRQ's Compendium of U.S. Health Systems The Compendium is the foremost public resource for data on characteristics of healthcare organizations over time. Enumerating each organization and detailing its key features, the annual files enable users to see the changing la…
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/index.html
July 01, 2021 - Health Services and Primary Care Research Study
In 2018, Congress directed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to commission an independent assessment of federally funded health services research (HSR) and primary care research (PCR) conducted between 2012 and 2018 to increase the impact of re…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/transforming-healthcare-older-americans.html
May 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Transforming Healthcare to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Older Americans
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30
2024
By
Arlene S. Bierman, M.D., M.S.; Vonetta Dotson, Ph.D.;
Martina Azar, Ph.D.; and Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Arlene Bierman, M.D.…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/about/index.html
November 01, 2024 - About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
What Is the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide? The Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide (the Guide) provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics. This page provides information about antimicrobial stewardshi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/distribution/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Distributing a CAHPS Report
The purpose of a distribution strategy is to ensure that your audience has easy access to information with CAHPS survey results at the time that they are most likely to pay attention to it and use it. The success of a CAHPS project often rides on the effectiveness of the distribution…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/nac-charter.html
April 01, 2014 - Charter
National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation
Purpose
The Council shall provide advice to the Secretary and the Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, on matters related to the actions of the Agency to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effect…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/100-skin-prep-prior-incision-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Skin preparation prior to incision is important for targeting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical site infections (SSIs). Of the four key strategies—nasal decolonization, preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) skin antisepsis, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and evidence-based infection preve…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/premortem-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustainability and the Premortem Tool: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Sustainability and the Premortem Tool
Say:
This module will cover Sustainability and the Premortem Tool.
Projects can fail for many reasons, and the safe surgery project is no exception to this possibilit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-1-tables-1-3.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 1, Tables 1 to 3
Table 1: Definition of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Term Definition
Severe sepsis Sepsis plus one of the following: cardiovascular organ dysfunction OR acute respiratory
distress syndrome OR two or more other organ dysfunctions.
Sepsis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospvaluepilotreport.pdf
November 01, 2017 - AHRQ Hospital Pilot Study Final Report
Results From the 2014 Pilot Study of the AHRQ
SOPS™ Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for
the Hospital SOPS Survey
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. HHSA 290201300003C
Manag…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospitalvaluepilotreport.pdf
November 01, 2017 - AHRQ CVE Pilot Study_Hospital Final Report_11-2-2017
Results From the 2014 Pilot Study of the AHRQ
SOPS™ Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for
the Hospital SOPS Survey
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. HHSA 2902013…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/dudley-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: California Intensive Care Outcomes (CALICO) Project Final Report
California Intensive Care Outcomes (CALICO) Project
Final Report
Project Officer: Denise Burgess
Project Organization: Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of
California, San Francisco
Project…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-136-fullreport.pdf
July 01, 2018 - Clinical or Other Rationale Supporting the Focus of the Measure
(optional)
Provide documentation of … Claims data
are more accurate for identifying services with a high likelihood of documentation due to
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
September 01, 2013 - Pharmacy and supply chain staff will need to confirm the best way for documentation and re-stocking to
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
September 01, 2013 - Pharmacy and supply chain staff will need to confirm the best way for documentation and re-stocking to