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41. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/impmaterials.html
    December 01, 2017 - Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer Prevention Three implementation documents are used to help … Self-Assessment Worksheet Overview Purpose This self- assessment worksheet is designed to help nursing … as a team, they need to summarize the gaps in current practices and think about ways the reports can help … The On-Time facilitator will help guide the change team through this process.

42. Appendix, MATCH Resources for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-12.html
    July 01, 2022 - As part of its effort to help consumers become better informed and participate as partners in their own … health care, AHRQ has developed materials that will help patients get safer, higher quality care. … Prevent Medication Mistakes —Questions to ask at the clinic, hospital, doctor's office, or pharmacy to help … The mission of ASHP is to support pharmacists to help people use medications safely and effectively. … ASHP's consumer Web site (http://www.safemedication.com/) provides safety tips on medications, forms to help

43. Appendix, MATCH Resources for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-12.html
    July 01, 2022 - As part of its effort to help consumers become better informed and participate as partners in their own … health care, AHRQ has developed materials that will help patients get safer, higher quality care. … Prevent Medication Mistakes —Questions to ask at the clinic, hospital, doctor's office, or pharmacy to help … The mission of ASHP is to support pharmacists to help people use medications safely and effectively. … ASHP's consumer Web site (http://www.safemedication.com/) provides safety tips on medications, forms to help

44. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/index.html
    June 01, 2025 - These evidence-based tools, toolkits, and training resources can help clinicians address challenging … Improving Quality  Tools Toolkit Training Prevention Task Force Application to help primary care clinicians … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit Steps practices can take to help patients comprehend health … Improving Safety  Tools Toolkit Training QuestionBuilder App App to help patients and caregivers prepare … Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Guide to help patients, families, and health professionals work

45. Functional Status Preservation and Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/functional-status.html
    April 01, 2016 - Disparities Report Interventions To Maintain and Improve Functional Status Some interventions can help … Other interventions can help patients regain lost function or minimize the rate of decline in function … Nursing home residents needing more help with daily activities. … Nursing Home Residents Needing More Help With Daily Activities Independence in activities of daily … 64, 75-84, and 85 and over, Asian residents were less likely than White residents to need increased help

46. Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/index.html
    June 01, 2025 - This resource provides structured exercises and tools to help clinicians learn from reviewing their clinical … supplemental items are designed to be used in conjunction with the core SOPS Medical Office Survey to help … The tools help examine how tests are managed in the office, from the moment tests are ordered until the … Measure Dx : A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events is a resource to help … to promote enhanced communication and information sharing within the patient-provider encounter to help

47. 5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Organizational Support for Staff series This series of three learning modules features strategies to help … Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health This learning module will help you recognize when … Leading by Example This learning module offers ideas to help boost morale, build trust, create a positive … Post-Vaccination Practices series This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing … MODULES IN OTHER LANGUAGES Haitian Creole   Spanish Tagalog LEADER RESOURCES Tools to help

48. About the CUSP Method  | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - About the CUSP Method  The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help … How To Use the CUSP Method A number of toolkits are available to help clinical teams adopt the CUSP method … Once you’ve learned the basics, additional toolkits can help you target certain safety issues in specific

49. Engaging Patients and Families in Their Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/patient-family-engagement/index.html
    April 01, 2018 - To help you and your patients get the most out of your time together, AHRQ offers these free resources … Use this module to help patients and family members understand what's happening during the patient's … Use this toolkit to help re-engineer your discharge process to reduce readmissions and post-hospital … And it has tips to help you learn more about your specific problem and how it can be treated. … Doctors and nurses talk about how your questions help them take better care of you and give advice on

50. Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/references/clinhlpsmkqt/clinhlpsmksqt.pdf
    May 01, 2008 - If unwilling to quit at this time, help motivate the patient: • Identify reasons to quit in a supportive

51. Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/guide.html
    December 01, 2017 - Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety, a tested, evidence-based resource to help … Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety is a tested, evidence-based resource to help … Helps hospitals engage patients and families, which in turn can help improve quality and safety, respond … Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety is a tested, evidence-based resource to help … The Guide’s sections include— Information to Help Hospitals Get Started addresses: How to select

52. 2. Developing and Running a State-Based Extension Program To Support QI in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/guide2.html
    August 01, 2024 - Bringing together a wide range of partners to support primary care quality improvement (QI) can help … A landscape review will help you to assess the state’s current QI activities, identify related ongoing … A needs assessment will help ensure the program fills an existing gap and that its services and offerings … To help states evaluate their alignment with federal primary care initiatives, the Virginia Center for … For example: The Tennessee Heart Health Network created patient advisory councils to help inform its

53. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/impmenu.html
    January 01, 2015 - Implementation Materials: Menu of Implementation Strategies Three implementation documents are used to help … The menu can help the change team identify ways to integrate the reports into current care planning discussions … during existing team meetings/huddles or help determine if new meetings/huddles may be needed to improve … In addition, the menu suggests other uses for the reports that may help staff monitor residents’ well-being

54. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/implmatls.html
    November 01, 2017 - Prevention Self-Assessment Worksheet Purpose The Self-Assessment Worksheet is a worksheet designed to help … The self-assessment tool is intended to help identify the current processes and structures the nursing … It is intended to help staff think about ways to transform these processes and how to begin to use the … The team is expected to use the Self-Assessment Worksheet to help understand current fall prevention … An On-Time Facilitator will help guide the Change Team through this process.

55. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/about/choosing-the-right-toolkit.html
    October 01, 2016 - To help decide which tools may be most appropriate for a particular nursing home, it may be helpful to … In that case, a nursing home may want to select one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians … This may help the antimicrobial stewardship team identify a problem on which to focus.   … Stewardship Program Goals Level of Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help … Prescribing Clinicians Identify an Infection Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right

56. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/about/index.html
    November 01, 2024 - The Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide (the Guide) provides toolkits to help nursing homes … section describes the toolkits, and the " Choosing the Right Toolkit " section provides some ideas to help … How Does the Guide Help Nursing Homes? … These interventions have been shown to help prescribing clinicians follow the best guidelines for making … Using the tools can help nursing homes establish many of the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship

57. How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/npsd-patient-safety-culture-brief.pdf
    September 01, 2016 - How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations … Suggested Citation: Understanding How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture … Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Partnership (CUSP) program at the beginning of PSO membership, to help … No. 16-0026-EF April 2016 5 Program Brief Network of Patient Safety Databases How PSOs Help Health

58. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/index.html
    November 01, 2017 - develop weekly reports that identify residents at risk of common adverse events in nursing homes to help … On-Time uses a facilitator to help the nursing home's change team integrate these reports into clinical … On-Time also provides implementation tools to help the team use the reports on a weekly basis.

59. Supporting Consumers in Using Information on Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/support/index.html
    July 01, 2016 - 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 … People Make Decisions Incorporate Decisionmaking Aids Provide Access to Information Intermediaries Help … In addition to needing help in understanding individual measures or measure sets, people need help synthesizing

60. Resources for Women’s Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/womens-health.html
    July 01, 2018 - Resources for Women’s Health Research updates and information to help women manage diseases and … AHRQ offers information to help enhance our understanding of women’s unique health needs and empower … Manage Type 1 Diabetes Behavioral Programs To Help Manage Type 2 Diabetes Top of Page Genitourinary … when to get them, which medicines may prevent diseases, and daily steps to take for good health can help … The Program’s resources for health professionals and patients can help them compare and discuss treatment