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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p011-1-ef_0.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Measures: Safe and Judicious Antipsychotic Use in Children and Adolescents
Measures: Safe and Judicious Antipsychotic
Use in Children and Adolescents
Measure Developer: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement
As part of the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP), the Agency for Healthcare R…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-overview.html
May 01, 2017 - Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Overview
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Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Overview
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
Measu…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/nhqdr.html
July 01, 2024 - National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Tools
The NHQDR Data Tools provide State-specific healthcare quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/significant-patient-safety-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement
Press Release Date: July 12, 2022
A study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) and funded and carried out by Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that rates…
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works.html
February 01, 2024 - Implementing What Works
Tools and strategies to implement what works for practice improvement and patient safety.
Once effective interventions have been identified, AHRQ projects and grants develop and test tools and strategies to implement what works for practice improvement and patient safety.
Opioid Use …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-7.html
September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
References
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Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Introduction
Rationale for Use
Content-Specific Versus Process-Focused Checklists
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/meeting-summary-cooperatives/building-state1.html
October 01, 2024 - Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement: Meeting Summary
Introduction
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Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement: Meeting Summary
Introduction
Meeting Sessions and Takeaways
Appendix A: Meeting Agenda
Appendix B: Meeting At…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions3.html
June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
ICU-to-Ward Transitions
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Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/fetters.html
October 01, 2015 - Multimethod Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Programs for Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
Principal Investigator: Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA
Institution: The University of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019147
Number…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/tai-seale.html
April 01, 2015 - Primary Care Transformation in a National Committee for Quality Assurance Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home
Principal Investigator: Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH
Institution: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019167
Number and Type of Practic…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool2a3.html
April 01, 2018 - Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
2.a-3 Key Informant Interview Guide (Preintervention)
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Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
I. Introduction
II. Background
III. Intervention Steps and Too…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.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 2 Development
Developing an antibiogram can appear initially to be a complex task beyond the scope of the avera…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_2_Development.doc
February 05, 2009 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 2 Development
Developing an antibiogram can appear initially to be a complex task beyond the scope of the average nursing home, but experience shows that such development can be accomplished by a nursing home using existing data and resources. The antibiogram development group sh…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/index.html
January 01, 2025 - CAHPS Survey Design and Administration
Since the CAHPS program's inception in the mid-1990s, AHRQ has provided guidance on survey design, sampling, and data collection strategies to ensure that survey users have the information they need to collect the most accurate data possible. Review this page for general…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/calibrate-dx.html
July 01, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions – Enrollment open through September 2025
As part of the Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) project, RAND is recruiting sites with at least four to six clinicians who can commit to using a resource to improve diagnostic safety. (Ru…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/clas/index.html
July 01, 2023 - Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and needs of diverse patients. AHRQ has tools , training , and reports to help health systems deliver CLAS so that all patients rec…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/combine-measures.html
September 01, 2019 - Combining Healthcare Quality Measures Into Composites or Summary Scores
The more data you provide on individual measures, the more likely it is that users will be faced with information overload. Combining measures is one way to quickly reduce the number of data points included in your report. This page discuss…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact4.html
July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/ambulatory-pediatric-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Ambulatory Pediatric Patient Safety Learning Lab: Pursuing Safe Healthcare at Home
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Elizabeth Walsh, M.D., M.S., Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Co-PI: Eric Kirkendall, M.B.I., M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC AHRQ Grant No.: HS26644 Project Per…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/predictive-model.html
April 01, 2025 - An EHR-based Predictive Model to Identify Higher Likelihood of Social Needs Among Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions
AHRQ Impact: Researchers examined how to best identify health-related social needs and then provide support to patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). The systematic …