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61. For Tobacco Users | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

62. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - The information below describes how each strategy may help your practice achieve its improvement goals … This strategy can help make office visits more efficient and reduce followup calls. … This strategy can help you conduct medication reconciliation based on a complete and accurate list of … This strategy can help make sure your patients leave your office knowing what they need to know and do … This strategy can help improve communication between team members and with the patient and family.

63. SDOH & Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

64. The EvidenceNOW Model: Providing External Support for Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

65. Quitting Helps You Heal Faster | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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. U.S.

66. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - dialogue between nurses and prescribing clinicians and residents and their family members, and (2) help … Having the talking points (tools 1 and 2) in hand will help nurses remember all the information that … (tool 5) to help answer questions Communicate with residents and families about antibiotic-resistant … For help with the accessibility of any of the documents linked from this page, please contact Debbie … Anticipated feedback from the field will help evaluate the effectiveness of this toolkit.

67. 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

68. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2017 - Toolkit Modules The toolkit consists of four modules and other resources that will help ICUs … The CUSP principles can help you facilitate implementation of the technical bundles to improve care for … Ventilation Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module This module has materials to help

69. Gulf Breeze Hospital in Florida Shows Consistent Improvement in Hospital Survey of Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2015 - Systems (HCAHPS ® ) , a standardized survey measuring the perceptions of recently discharged patients to help … M.S.N., vice president of operations at GBH, said the HCAHPS scores provide patients' perspectives and help … The hospital uses a numeric scale to help patients communicate their pain level. … "The physical therapists help address expectation of pain with patients prior to their surgery and therapy … To help doctors improve in the area of doctor-patient communication, the HCAHPS questions related to

70. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

71. 17. Pro-Active Quitlines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for quitline counseling compared to minimal interventions, self-help … Minimal or no counseling or self-help 11 1.0 8.5 Quitline counseling 11 1.6 (1.4,

72. 210. Specific Populations and Other Topics - Pregnant Smokers (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness of and estimated pre-parturition abstinence rates for self-help interventions … Usual care 2 1.0 8.6 Self-help materials (preparturition) 2 1.9 (1.2, 2.9) 15.0 (10.1

73. 103. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for quitline counseling compared to minimal interventions, self-help … Minimal or no counseling or self-help 11 1.0 8.5 Quitline counseling 11 1.6 (1.4,

74. Module 3: Preparing for Implementation: Gap Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - The module also includes tools and resources that can help hospitals analyze gaps that may impact implementation … We will discuss each of these steps in greater detail and provide additional tools to help prepare your … Leaders can use personal stories to help staff understand the background and reason for change. … Small wins help the team and staff see that progress and change are possible. … process and will help sustain the effort in the future.

75. 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

76. Incorporate Decision Aids Into a Healthcare Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - An alternative strategy is to provide intermediaries to help consumers use quality information . … A Worksheet or Checklist To help people make a decision, you can provide them with: A list of things … Read about telling people what to consider in Help People Make Decisions . … worksheets may be too complex for some audiences, but they are useful to include if consumers may get help

77. Toolkit 1. Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Overview of the Toolkit How can a lab help … Because antibiograms provide information on local susceptibility patterns, they may help to improve the … to communicate with clinicians or staff (tool 5) ( PDF  |  Word ) Distribution planning guide to help … Updating the antibiogram annually will help maintain its value. … Anticipated feedback from the field will help evaluate the effectiveness of this toolkit.

78. Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users Quit Smoking This booklet tells you about ways you … Get Ready Get Help + Get Medicine Stay Quit! Get Ready Set a quit date. … Ask your doctor about other medicines that can help you. … Get Help Tell your family, friends, and people you work with that you are going to quit. … They can help you quit.

79. How to Implement Self-Management Support in your Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2016 - The resources on this page can help individual clinicians and practices learn more about self-management … primary care Providing self-management support includes a portfolio of techniques and tools that help … support (CHCF) Partnering in Self-Management Support: A Toolkit for Clinicians (IHI) Helping Patients Help

80. PCMH FAQ and Contact Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - research and health quality improvement agency, AHRQ does not provide guidance or direct support to help … I am seeking help with obtaining appropriate medical care for myself or a family member, or I’m having … Can you help me find a PCMH? Can you help me find a way to pay for care? … Administration for Community Living , or organizations in your local community, as a starting place to find help