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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/impguide1step4.html
March 01, 2019 - Step 4: Convene and Disseminate
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 Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-pa.html
April 01, 2015 - PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
Principal Investigator: Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, and Alan Adelman, MD, MS
Institution: Pennsylvania State University Hershey College of Medicine
AHRQ Grant Number: U18HS020988
Overview of Primary Care Extension…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-pa.pdf
April 01, 2015 - PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery
Infrastructure
Principal Investigator: Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, and Alan Adelman, MD, MS
Institution: Pennsylvania State University Hershey College of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/improvement-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Identifying Targets for Improving Antibiotic Use
Identifying Targets for Improvement in Antibiotic Decision Making
Acute Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
Identifying Targets
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
1
Objectives
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/calibrate-dx.html
March 01, 2023 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions
Delayed, wrong, and missed diagnoses are major contributors to patient harm. Lifelong learning is essential for achieving and maintaining diagnostic excellence. Diagnostic excellence involves not just making a correct and timely diagnosis but …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201603.html
May 01, 2016 - AHRQ Tool Helps Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Improve Patient Education Materials
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2016
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center in New York City uses AHRQ's Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) to help ensure that health information is present…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Project Evaluation and Debriefing
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.8
Project Evaluation and Debriefing
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project evaluation is to:
• Identify factors that contributed to the team’s s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/recommendedinfectionprev-components.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Recommended Infection Prevention Components of Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement
Recommended Infection Prevention Components of Quality Assessment
and Performance Improvement
The facility quality assessment and performance improvement program should implement ongoing and effective
processes to …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/antimicrobial-prophylaxis.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/pso.ahrq.gov/index.html
November 01, 2024 - Patient Safety Organizations Program
Sign up: Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) Email updates
Purpose Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) conduct activities to improve the safety and quality of patient care. PSOs create a legally secure environment (conferring privilege and confidentiality) where clinician…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/helpful-resources/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Using CAHPS Surveys
CAHPS Survey Design and Administration Review general guidance on CAHPS survey design and administration to learn how to prepare a survey instrument that meets your needs, prepare a sample, and collect and track the data. Formatting CAHPS questionnaires for mail, web, and phone administrat…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201804.html
July 01, 2018 - AHRQ Toolkit Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent
Search All Impact Case Studies
July 2018
Patient falls resulting in injury were reduced by 21 percent at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital after the Lincoln, NE, facility implemented AHRQ’s Preventing Falls in Hospitals To…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/depression/depsumfig2txt.html
April 01, 2013 - Figure 2. Meta-analysis of the effect of screening and feedback on the proportion of patients with persistent depression, excluding the Katzelnick trial(12) (Text Description)
Screening for Depression in Adults: Summary of the Evidence
A
Study: Zung
Screening n/N: 7/21
Usual Care n/N: 13/20
Weight …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d8_combo_projectevaluation.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Project Evaluation and Debriefing
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.8
Project Evaluation and Debriefing
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project evaluation is to:
• Identify factors that contributed to the team’s success.
•…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/od/david-meyers-memoriam.html
August 01, 2023 - Remembering David Meyers, M.D.
With admiration and fondness, AHRQ recognizes the legacy of former Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D., a family physician who for nearly 20 years helped lead Agency initiatives to ensure that Americans received the safest and most effective healthcare possible. Dr. Meyers died J…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/findref.html
March 01, 2017 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
References
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Table of Contents
Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Introduction
HCBS Population
Availability and Use of State Medicaid HCBS
Outcome Indicators for the HCBS Population
Outcomes …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/measurement-sets.html
December 01, 2022 - Major Health Plan Quality Measurement Sets
You can use two well-established health plan measurement sets as the basis for collecting data and preparing comparative information for your audience:
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
CAHPS Health Plan Survey (CAHPS stands for Consumer A…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/methodology-options.html
February 01, 2017 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care
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Table of Contents
Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Syn…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/physician/examples.html
September 01, 2019 - Examples of Physician Quality Measures for Consumers
Following are a few examples of physician quality measures that research evidence and practical experience suggest are appropriate for reporting to consumers. The list is categorized by the Institute of Medicine’s domains for a quality health care system; for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-FEC-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: FEC-5
Completed by:
Page 1 1/4/2011
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: FEC-5
B. Measure Name: HEDIS CAHPS 4.0 – Subset of Composite Measures for Children with Chronic
Conditions
C. Measure Definition
a. …