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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod4.html
February 01, 2023 - Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Facilitator’s Guide
Module 4: Summary and Next Steps
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Table of Contents
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Facilitator’s Guide
Introduction
Module 1: Overview
Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance
Module 3: Conversations Around D…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/basic-page/ucd-cmeceu-trainee-certification
November 01, 2019 - University of California, Davis, Health CME/CEU Information
WebM&M Spotlight cases on AHRQ’s PSNet offer CME/CEU and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit. Effective November 2019, each Spotlight Case and Commentary is certified for the AMA PRA Category 1 ™and maintenance of certification (MOC) through the Amer…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/meenan.html
October 01, 2015 - Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home in CareOregon Clinics
Principal Investigator: Richard T. Meenan, PhD, MPH, MBA
Institution: Center for Health Research–Kaiser Permanente
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019146
Number and Type of Practices
This project included Medicaid …
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/health-systems-research.html
December 01, 2022 - SDOH and Health Systems Research
SDOH studies and researcher resources
Current AHRQ Research Initiatives
SDOH Data Integration and Analytics Grants
In 2019, AHRQ awarded $6 million in grants for an initiative that uses data and analytics to support primary care and community interventions to improve chron…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip6.html
May 01, 2015 - Tip 6. Use Caution With Readability Formulas for Quality Reports
There are several dozen readability formulas, including the Fry formula, SMOG, and Flesch tests (Flesch-Kincaid and Flesch Reading Ease). You can use the formulas to score text by hand or use computerized versions that are built into word proces…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-meenan.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home in CareOregon Clinics
Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home in CareOregon
Clinics
Principal Investigator: Richard T. Meenan, PhD, MPH, MBA
Institution: Center for Health Research–Kaiser Permanente
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019146
Overview o…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb3.html
February 01, 2023 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B5: Falls Assessment Cue Sheet
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/145-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet:
Promoting SSI and MRSA Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Recognizing success, large and small, both early on and long term is important to sustainability. Communicating success can he…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/premortem-tool.html
January 01, 2017 - Premortem Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Problem Statement
Projects often fail due to many circumstances. Quality improvement programs, like the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) are no exception. Understanding potential barriers and complications to…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-4.html
September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science
Research Agenda
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Table of Contents
The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Chi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - How To Manage Change
How To Manage Change
ADD Hospital Name
Module 2
QI Change Process
Change process strategies can be applied to other quality improvement (QI) efforts:
Hospital falls
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism after knee and hip replacement
Blood inco…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 3. Resident Information Sheet: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
One of your tests showed that you have a type of bacteria that cannot be treated with the
antibiotics you h…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201411.html
August 01, 2014 - Mercy Health Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS® to Enhance Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
August 2014
Mercy Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, has used AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and team training tools since 2005 to …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/create-care-teams.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Driver 4: Create and Support High Functioning Care Teams to Deliver High-Quality Evidence-Based Care
Print this page to PDF
Given the demands of primary care practice, no clinician can single-handedly incorporate new evidence into all aspects of practice. Care teams blend a complementary set of skills and…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/evaluation/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Evaluating a CAHPS Report
An evaluation of your CAHPS report after it has been released or distributed can help sponsors and their vendors assess how effectively they achieved their goals. This step is related to but separate from the testing that the CAHPS team encourages survey users to do during the report d…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit1-working-with-a-lab.html
October 01, 2016 - Toolkit 1. Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
Overview of the Toolkit
How can a lab help improve antibiotic prescribing at your nursing home?
Laboratories can use culture results from the nursing home to create a specialized annual report called an antibiogram. The antibiogram report sh…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-checklist.docx
June 02, 2025 - Appendix I. Checklist Observation Tool and FAQs
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
Why Should We Use This Tool?
Monitoring checklist use is an extremely important part of this project. Performing observations can often reveal weaknesses in checklist performance that may otherwise go …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_premortem_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Sustainability and the Premortem
Sustainability and the Premortem Tool – Facilitator Notes
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Title Slide
Sustainability and the Premortem Tool
SAY:
This module will cover Sustainability and the Premortem Tool.
Projects can fail for many reasons,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ipe-large-org-webcast-fishkin.pdf
March 24, 2020 - Improving Patient Experience in Large Organizations webcast - Fishkin
Effective Implementation of Patient
Experience Improvement
Stephanie Fishkin, PhD
Principal Consultant, Center for Healthcare Analytics, Kaiser Permanente
AHRQ-CAHPS: Improving Patient Experience in Large Organizations
March 24, 2020
13 | Cop…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/optimizing-safety-long-desc.html
June 01, 2020 - Optimizing Safety of Mother and Neonate in a Mixed Methods Learning Laboratory
Long Description
Principal Investigator: Louis Halamek, M.D., Stanford University, Stanford, CA
AHRQ Grant No.: HS023506
Project Period: 09/30/14–09/29/19
Description: The goal of this project was to establish a PSLL to a…