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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/assess.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.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/support.html
December 01, 2022 - Organizational Support for Staff series
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help … This brief video will help you identify when you are feeling overwhelmed and how to address it. … is a Team Effort
When you recognize the signs and symptoms of stress in yourself, you can get the help … This brief video will help you know what to do if you recognize these symptoms in yourself, a coworker … This brief video will help you learn simple ways to support each other.
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/practice-improvement.html
August 01, 2023 - SDOH & Practice Improvement
Tools to help healthcare organizations address SDOH
Tools To Help … Assessing Patient Social Risks and Needs
There are numerous tools to help identify social needs patients … AHRQ Resources to Address SDOH and Social Needs
Clinical-community linkages help to connect healthcare … Learn about a tool to help primary care practices screen and refer patients for social needs such as
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/hospital.html
October 01, 2014 - Ask for help right away. … Your doctor may give you medicine to help you handle withdrawal while in the hospital and beyond. … For help in quitting smoking, call the National Quitline toll free: 1-800-QUIT NOW.
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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
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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.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/index.html
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
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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
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/model/index.html
April 01, 2025 - It also is designed to help primary care practices increase their capacity for quality improvement with … initially implemented in 2015 as part of AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health initiative to help … Practice facilitators also help provide or connect practices with the other quality improvement supports … Programs can also use practice facilitators to help determine whether a practice is ready to engage in … AHRQ's practice facilitation training modules can help practice facilitators accomplish this.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/assessments/health-1.html
September 01, 2013 - Answer the questions below to help identify areas where more preparation is needed. … If the barriers are relatively minor, some education may help. … Help clinicians identify and prioritize patient health issues and health goals. … Help pinpoint focused messages when talking with patients about what matters to their health. … Help patients understand their current health status and act to improve their health.
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/users/index.html
August 01, 2020 - For Tobacco Users
Consumer materials to help tobacco users become tobacco-free. … Materials for Clinical Practices
Easy-to-Read Consumer Booklet: Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco
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www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool17e.html
March 01, 2024 - Sample of Simple Map
Encourage Questions: Tool 14
Make Action Plans: Tool 15
My Action Plan
Help … Patients Take Medicine Correctly: Tool 16
Medicine Reminder Form
Help With Medicines Poster
Get … Social Needs: Tool 18
Community Referral Form
Additional Resources for Attending to Social Needs
Help … ADDRESS (IF ANY)
CITY, STATE ZIP
Dear [FIRST AND LAST NAME],
We at [NAME OF PRACTICE] need your help … If you are willing to help us, please answer these questions about the care you have received from our
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/support/provide-access.html
January 01, 2023 - Provide Intermediaries To Help Consumers Use Quality Information
Many Americans do not like to … Can your staff help them with anything in return? … Can you help connect them to people or information that are important to them? … Training is needed to help people see know these "triggers." … how they can use the information to help their constituents.
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www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool4c.html
March 01, 2024 - Sample of Simple Map
Encourage Questions: Tool 14
Make Action Plans: Tool 15
My Action Plan
Help … Patients Take Medicine Correctly: Tool 16
Medicine Reminder Form
Help With Medicines Poster
Get … Social Needs: Tool 18
Community Referral Form
Additional Resources for Attending to Social Needs
Help … Feel free to write notes that can help the clinician improve their communication in the future. … This clinician used graphics such as a picture, diagram, or model to help explain something (if applicable
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www.ahrq.gov/questions/resources/20-tips.html
November 01, 2020 - 20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet
Medical errors can occur … It can also help your doctor keep your records up to date and help you get better quality care. … This can help you to avoid getting a medicine that could harm you. … Special devices, like marked syringes, help people measure the right dose. … Even if you do not need help now, you might need it later.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/best-practices/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Best Practice Summaries
These resources are designed to help nursing homes consider best practices … 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
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/index.html
October 01, 2016 - Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool17c.html
May 01, 2024 - Sample of Simple Map
Encourage Questions: Tool 14
Make Action Plans: Tool 15
My Action Plan
Help … Patients Take Medicine Correctly: Tool 16
Medicine Reminder Form
Help With Medicines Poster
Get … Social Needs: Tool 18
Community Referral Form
Additional Resources for Attending to Social Needs
Help … Are you getting the help you need? How can we do better? All comments are appreciated.