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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CAP-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia
DiagnosisCommunity-Acquired Pneumonia
· Most patients have fever, cough, and increased sputum production; many will also have chills (50%), tachypnea (45%), or pleuritic chest pain (30%)
· If symptoms are present, a chest x ray (CXR) should be obtained; the absence of an infitr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/learning_pt_narratives_053123-shaller.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Learning from Patient Narratives Through Innovative Feedback Reporting Methods Webcast - Overview of NYP Patient Narrative Reporting Project
Overview of NYP Patient Narrative
Reporting Project
Dale Shaller, MPA
Principal, Shaller Consulting Group
Acknowledgements
• NYP Team Members:
► Dan DiCello, Director, Pati…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/mosurv14chap1.html
June 01, 2014 - Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Chapter 1. Introduction
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Table of Contents
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Survey Administration Statistics
Chapter 3. Medical Office Characteristics
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim2.html
July 01, 2013 - Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Introduction and Objectives
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Executive Summary
Introduction and Objectives
Methods
Results
Outcome and Process Measures
Culture Measures
Conclusions
He…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataaph.html
May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
H. Contra Costa Health Plan Language Assistance Database and Ethnicity Categories
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Table of Contents
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy
Ask about the associated antibiotic, timing, and outcome of the reaction
o What antibiotic was the resident taking when he or she had the reaction?_________________
o What year was it or how old was the resident when the reaction happened? ______________…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/composite-measures-english.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and
Items
In this document, the items in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to
the safety culture composites the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/Final-DX-Safety-items-12-15-2022.docx
January 01, 2022 - SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey
SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey
Language: English
Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Medical Office Survey to help medical offices assess the exte…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/getting-started/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Getting Started
This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.
CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/Final-DX-Safety-items-2022-1215-ENGLISH-508.pdf
January 01, 2022 - SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey
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SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental
Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office
Survey
Language: English
Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Medical Office Survey to help
medical offices asse…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide4.html
October 01, 2014 - An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Step 4: Communicating and Reporting
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Table of Contents
An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing Your Organization's Needs and Capabilities
St…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-ginsburg.pdf
January 01, 1995 - AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-GINSBERG
Introduction to CAHPS VI
Caren Ginsberg, PhD
Director, CAHPS & SOPS Programs, AHRQ
AHRQ’s CAHPS® Program
• AHRQ is a research and development agency in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Servic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-sops-hospital-survey-workplace-item-set-webcast-bakdash.pdf
December 01, 2024 - SOPS State Hospital Association Webcast - Bakdash Presentation
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture®
(SOPS®) Program
Jonathan Bakdash, Ph.D.
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AHRQ is:
► A research and science-based agency of
the US Depart…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimicrobial stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or corporate office to help develop, review, edit, and approve all policies …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather-a-Team-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 1. Gather a Team
Choose members to serve on the antimicrobial stewardship program team. Depending on the size of the nursing home, the team may be very small (two or three me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 4 Monitoring
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 4 Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_2a_IDEAL_Checklist_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 2a)
(Brochure Back)
I know about other help I need at home.
Ask:
When I get home, what kind of help or care will I need? Should someone be with me all the time?
Will I need home nursing care? For how long? Who pays for it?
Will I need physical or occupational therapy for help …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Influenza
Diagnosis
• Influenza should be suspected during influenza season in patients with new fever, sore throat, cough,
myalgias, or rhinorrhea.1
o The current prevalence of influenza can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
local health department websites.
• If there is a high p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sustaining-antibiotic-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Ambulatory Care
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0030
September 2022
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AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory…