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5201. FAQs About Collection of REL - For Patients (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/ca5.pdf
      June 16, 2014 - FAQs About Collection of REL - For Patients FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PATIENT RACE, ETHNICITY, & LANGUAGE (FOR PATIENTS) 1 Target Audience: Patients Purpose: This document provides answers to questions that are frequently asked by patients during the admission/registration pr…

5202. A hazard of impatient medicine. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hazard-impatient-medicine
      June 26, 2013 - Newspaper/Magazine Article A hazard of impatient medicine. Citation Text: A hazard of impatient medicine. Gunderman R, Lynch J, Harrell H. The Atlantic. September 3, 2013. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Download PDF Share Fa…

5203. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50434/psn-pdf
      September 04, 2019 - Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units of 2 integrated health care systems. September 4, 2019 Adelman JS, Applebaum JR, Southern WN, et al. Risk of Wrong-Patient Orders Among Multiple vs Singleton Births in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of 2 Integra…

5204. Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-k.html
      October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation G…

5205. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.docx
      October 01, 2016 - Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram What is an antibiogram? · Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics for suspected bacterial infections. These tools utilize microbiologic data from resident specimens from a nursing facility to estima…

5206. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (doc file)
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      October 01, 2016 - Tool 3. Readiness Assessment This tool can be used to assess readiness for an antimicrobial stewardship program in general as well as to assess readiness for specific interventions. Use this tool to— · Determine whether the nursing home has the right staff · Determine whether the nursing home has the necessary resource…

5207. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Tool 3. Readiness Assessment This tool can be used to assess readiness for an antimicrobial stewardship program in general as well as to assess readiness for specific…

5208. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram What is an antibiogram? • Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved …

5209. Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apa.html
      August 01, 2022 - Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix A Five Whys In this example, there is only one path shown, but answers can create multiple paths and more questions. Event Summary:   The wrong concentration of potassium (K+) was used in the compounding of TPN. This was discovered almost 2 months later. 1s…

5210. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp1.html
      January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Preface Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric …

5211. Key Findings of the 2014 QDR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-key.html
      September 01, 2015 - Chartbook on Women's Health Care Key Findings of the 2014 QDR Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Women's Health Care Acknowledgments Women's Health Care Key Findings of the 2014 QDR 2014 Chartbooks Access to Health Care Affordability Communication and Care Coordin…

5212. Six Domains of Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/six-domains.html
      March 01, 2025 - Six Domains of Healthcare Quality A handful of analytic frameworks for quality assessment have guided measure development initiatives in the public and private sectors. One of the most influential is the framework put forth by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which includes the following six aims for the health…

5213. Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/index.html
      July 01, 2025 - Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) Take part in a national study to evaluate the impact of resources intended to help prevent diagnostic safety events. Diagnostic safety events are common and pervasive across all healthcare settings, contributing to preventable harm in one in 20 outpatien…

5214. Build Trust in the Sponsor of a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/trust.html
      December 01, 2022 - Build Trust in the Sponsor of a Health Care Quality Report Focus group research consistently indicates that the public is wary, and legitimately so, about the sources of data on the performance of health care plans and providers. [1] They are fully aware that some of the health care information available to t…

5215. Modifying and Naming Your CAHPS Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/modifying/index.html
      May 01, 2020 - Modifying and Naming Your CAHPS Survey To maintain comparability and consistency across CAHPS ® surveys, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers the following guidelines regarding what changes you can make to a CAHPS survey and how to give proper attribution to the CAHPS program. If you …

5216. Improving EHR Design Increases Patient Safety—Especially for Children | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights/improving-ehr-design-increases-patient-safety-especially-children
      January 01, 2018 - Improving EHR Design Increases Patient Safety—Especially for Children Poor EHR design can harm patients. Dr. Raj Ratwani and his research team identified pervasive problems with EHR systems that regularly lead to patient safety errors and other issues, regardless of vendor. “If we don’t focus on EHR technolog…

5217. Sample Adherence Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/sample-adherence-report.pdf
      March 01, 2022 - Sample Adherence Report Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 12-5 – Sample Adherence Report Use this document to build a useful report that allows for tracking of daily adherence and for drilling down as needed to identify shifts or personnel who have the lowest adherence and theref…

5218. Sample Adherence Report (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/sample-adherence-report.docx
      March 01, 2022 - Sample Adherence Report Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 12-5 – Sample Adherence Report Use this document to build a useful report that allows for tracking of daily adherence and for drilling down as needed to identify shifts or personnel who have the lowest adherence and therefore may need re…

5219. Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Plan-a-Communications-Strategy.html
      December 01, 2019 - Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy 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: Devel…

5220. Slide 1 (ppt file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/opportunity_estimator-slides/Using-the-Opportunity-Estimator.ppt
      July 20, 2010 - Slide 1 Using the CLABSI Opportunity Estimator to Educate, Engage, and Evaluate Driving Your CLABSI Rate to Zero Presented by: Jordan Duval-Arnould, MPH July 20, 2010 Overview The Opportunity Estimator (O/E) Integrating O/E into CUSP activities Science of safety Educate your staff Senior executive partnersh…