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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
MAY
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/npsd/data/dashboard/index.html
September 01, 2024 - NPSD Dashboards
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) presents the dashboards of patient safety data received for analysis and publication in the Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD). The NPSD dashboards were initially published in June 2019 and were based on more than 1.1 million records …
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool A.1c
Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators
What Are the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)?
The Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) are a set of 16 measures (15 st…
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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/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/handouts.html
September 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Facilitator Training—Handouts: Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Implementation
Implementation of Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Reports
Self-Assessment Scripted Exercise
Menu of Implementation…
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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/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/redtoolkitforms.docx
September 01, 2012 - Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit
Samples and Forms
6
Sample After Hospital Care Plan (AHCP)
**Bring This Plan to ALL Appointments**
After Hospital Care Plan for:
Oscar Sanchez
Discharge Date: August 1, 2012
TRY TO QUIT SMOKING: Call Jon Doe at (555) 555-3344 at ABC Medical Center.
Question or Problem with this …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
June 30, 2025 - categorized from
most to least frequently suggested: improve clarity of information in plan of care
documents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-0082-fullreport.pdf
March 01, 2016 - (The following study documents are available as PDF files from the Childbirth Connection
Web site at
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-8.html
July 01, 2019 - Medication reconciliation
LVN performs medication reconciliation and documents in EHR.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spreadnotes.docx
June 02, 2025 - SAY:
The Spread module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit helps all or part of an organization share, tailor, and use the components of a process that have worked well at the unit level. The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture i…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/publications/search.html
January 01, 2021 - All Publications
The following list presents materials published as a result of the AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP).
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Provider Specialty and R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-slides-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Teach-Back
Teach-Back
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in
Primary Care Settings by Engaging
Patients and Families
Presenter
Presentation Notes
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, funded the development of a Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/safe-electronic/e-fetal-monitoring_facguide.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Monitoring for Perinatal Safety—Electronic Fetal Monitoring
SAY:
The Monitoring for Perinatal Safety bundle provides information on the use of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). This bundle offers an approach to the us…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/safe-electronic-fac-guide.html
July 01, 2023 - Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Slide 1: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Say:
The Monitoring for Perinatal Safety bundle provides information on the use of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM…