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121. AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - "RED provided the necessary evidence-based framework to help us develop a more comprehensive and appropriate … RED, developed by AHRQ-funded researchers, provides evidence-based tools to help hospitals re-engineer … By designating discharge advocates who help patients reconcile their medicines and schedule follow-up … This team prompts other team members to educate patients, help them manage medications, set up doctors

122. EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - The initiative builds on AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Model of external support to help primary care practices … The initiative will help close the gap between evidence and primary care practice in care for UI in women … Goals This project aims to use the EvidenceNOW Model of external support to primary care practices to help … What's New Tool and Resources to Help Improve Urinary Incontinence Care for Women A range of resources

123. Blood Pressure Control Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Target: BP Technique Quick-check This checklist is designed for practices to help evaluate whether … High Blood Pressure: Medicines to Help You This guide for patients offers information about the different … A Journal to Help You Manage High Blood Pressure This booklet helps patients managing high blood pressure … record their blood pressure readings and medications, and provides information to help patients work … DASH) eating plan, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, and other steps to help

124. Supporting Consumers in Using Information on Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2016 - Sharing Additional Information Supporting Consumers How To Use Quality Information Help … People Make Decisions Incorporate Decision Aids Provide Intermediaries Help People … All of the recommendations in this Web site are intended to help you plan, design, and disseminate your … to support consumers in using quality information: Explain How Quality Information Can Be Used Help … In addition to needing help in understanding individual measures or measure sets, people need help synthesizing

125. AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Area-level QIs can be used as a "screening tool" to help flag potential healthcare access problems or … addition, they provide a quick check on primary care access or outpatient services in a community and help … Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) help hospitals assess the incidence of adverse events and in-hospital … Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) help detect issues in pediatric hospital care that may need further … Software: AHRQ’s free software ( SAS QI and WinQI ) can be used to calculate AHRQ QI rates and to help

126. Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Some tips to help make this happen: Create a realistic timeline that allows ample time for creativity … Help keep the project on track by holding regular meetings with your design team. … To help avoid expensive surprises, you and your design team must share a common vision of the report. … Collect examples of quality reports to help decide how you want your design to look and to use as tools … Using a mockup can help you get the benefit of your design team’s advice at an early stage and can save

127. Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity : This program uses practice facilitation to help practices develop … EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use : This program uses practice facilitation to help primary … EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence in Women : This program uses practice facilitation to help … Highlighted Resources EvidenceNOW Tools for Change : Tools to help primary care practices and practice

128. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2020 - All health care providers, especially those with direct patient contact, have a unique opportunity to help … This Systems Change material will help advance that endeavor. … Systems Change For Tobacco Users Consumer materials to help tobacco users become tobacco-free … Department of Health and Human Services to help support people who are trying to quit smoking: You

129. AHRQ COVID-19 Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2019 - COVID infection COVID-19 Vaccines Designed to help … Practice Improvement AHRQ has tools and resources that can help hospitals, ambulatory care practices … Health Systems Research AHRQ invests in research to generate new evidence and evidence synthesis to help … Data and Analytics AHRQ data resources and data analyses help decisionmakers understand healthcare

130. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit  is a resource to help … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd Edition can help primary care practices reduce the … Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care How-To-Implement Toolkit   help … Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety   is designed to help patients, families, … Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings is designed to help

131. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers practical, research-based tools and other resources to help … Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs This customizable, educational toolkit aims to help … , the toolkit helps ICUs assess their current CLABSI and CAUTI prevention efforts, has resources to help … Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings provides strategies, tools, and education to help … Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections These tools help

132. Helping Healthcare Systems Reduce Carbon Pollution: A New Primer from AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - Taking on carbon emissions can even help with recruitment and retention, with nearly seven in 10 workers

133. Protecting the Most Vulnerable Through Partnership: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - The Network provides free training and mentorship to help nursing homes increase the implementation of

134. SHARE Approach Workshop Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - Patient-centered outcomes research can help. … How do you help your patients compare options? (Image of a white board.) … Allows you to help your patients come to a decision that works for their lives. … Help clarify patients' preferences for risks and benefits of options. … Help patients assess what is important to him or her.

135. 2024 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Staff were not available to help with medications* 1 11. … Of those who asked for help in getting a job, 26 percent paid someone to help them get a job. … Of those who did not ask for help in getting a job, 58 percent knew they could get help to find a job … and 10 is the best help from {homemakers} possible, what number would you use to rate the help you get … the best help from {case manager} possible, what number would you use to rate the help you get from

136. Channels: Reaching the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - They have resources available to help you (e.g., volunteers, funding, time). … They can co-sponsor events that would help to reach your audience. … that employers can use to educate their employees, and provides educational sessions for employers to help … To help these organizations support use of the report, be sure to provide adequate training so that they … can answer questions, guide their constituencies through the material, and even help them use the information

137. AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2021 - information about the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use, including a toolkit that can help

138. Care Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - to Reducing Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records   is an online resource designed to help … This toolkit and companion implementation guide help adult and pediatric practices reduce the complexity … Also available is a crosswalk showing how implementing health literacy tools can help meet standards … A Decisionmaker's Guide to Adopting Innovations   can help you determine if an innovation would be a … Toolkit for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement  provides information and resources to help

139. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - My Questions for This Visit 20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors Next Steps After Your … Patients and families who engage with health care providers to ask good questions can help reduce the … The resources below will help you prepare for medical appointments, ask questions, and talk with members … My Questions for This Visit Prioritize questions while in the waiting room.  20 Tips to Help Prevent

140. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Practice Summaries Best Practice Summaries These resources are designed to help … Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes Best Practices to Help … Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation … (PDF, 387 KB) This document highlights ways nursing home staff can help residents and their families