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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/patient-education/pemat9.html
November 01, 2020 - Item 23: The material provides a tangible tool (e.g., menu planners, checklists) whenever it could help … If you can think of a tool that would help users take action and the material does not provide that tool … Examples
The following is an example of a tool that could help a user take action. … This will give you the number of days your inhaler should last to help you know when to refill it. … This will give you the number of days your inhaler should last to help you know when to refill it.
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/strategy1/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety, a tested, evidence-based resource to help … Tools for this strategy include—
Become a Patient and Family Advisor: Working Together to Help Improve … Our Hospital—Brochure that provides information on who patient and family advisors are, how they help … [ Microsoft Word version - 1.19 MB ; PDF version - 156.29 KB ]
Do you have ideas to help … presentation that gives information on who patient and family advisors are, what they do, and how they help
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/users/index.html
August 01, 2020 - iADAPT
Resources
For Tobacco Users
Consumer materials to help … Materials for Clinical Practices
Easy-to-Read Consumer Booklet: Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco
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www.cpsi.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
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/questions/videos/index.html
August 01, 2021 - Patients and families who engage with healthcare providers help lower risks and improve their care. … Patient and Clinician Videos
In these short videos, patients talk about how simple questions can help … Doctors and nurses talk about how your questions help them take better care of you and give advice on
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4.html
August 01, 2022 - To help achieve these goals, this document provides the following guidance and tools:
A name change … try to hide adverse events, unsafe conditions, and near misses rather than reporting the hazards to help … Draw a diagram of the physical layout, and add any important findings that you notice as this may help … Two possible ways to start the interview:
"Thank you for your willingness to help us learn. … Appendix H and I will help define the categories and solutions in Figure 1.
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/practice-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - What's New
Practice Improvement
AHRQ has tools and resources that can help … in New York State
VA Provides Specialty Care in Local Offices Across the Country
AHRQ Resources Help … AHRQ's Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care has a growing list of resources to help … Systems Guide
TeamSTEPPS for Long-Term Care
Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
CUSP can help
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/modules/index.html
April 01, 2022 - Opportunities
AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules
Practice facilitators help … create a process map and swimlane diagram, facilitate a process mapping session for a practice, and help … Learn how to use the 5 Whys and fishbone diagramming to identify factors affecting performance and help … conduct a “last 10 patients” chart audit, summarize findings to present to a practice, and use results to help
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/tool/resource-6.html
September 01, 2020 - Approach is a 1-day training program developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help … Please tell me, in your own words, about the options we discussed that could help lower your chance of … Help your patients to understand
Teach-back allows you to see how well you explained or taught health … These aids help your patients learn about and evaluate their options so they can make informed choices
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/index.html
April 01, 2022 - Implementing CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention
The implementation guide will help … infection (CAUTI) in the hospital setting, and introduces a new, tiered interventional approach designed to help … It will take a deeper dive into various resources that will help you navigate through the adaptive and
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool11.html
February 01, 2024 - Sample of Simple Map
Encourage Questions: Tool 14
Make Action Plans: Tool 15
My Action Plan
Help … Patients Remember How and When to Take Their Medicine: Tool 16
Medicine Reminder Form
Help With … Social Needs: Tool 18
Community Referral Form
Additional Resources for Attending to Social Needs
Help … Assessing, selecting, and creating simple forms and easy-to-use educational materials can help your patient … The Department of Health and Human Services has several guides to help you design or revise materials
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202201.html
January 01, 2022 - learned about improving patient safety based on PSO data analysis, then customized tools and training to help … Primary Care Association (MePCA) PSO and ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO to help … what factors influenced patients with IDD to seek care outside of primary care practices in order to help
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/earth-day-ahrq.html
April 01, 2022 - an evolving HHS-wide Climate Action Plan (PDF, 1 MB) to identify departmental-specific actions to help … realities in mind, the Agency is actively seeking ways to integrate climate thinking into our work and help … Most supported AHRQ’s efforts to help tackle climate change. … AHRQ also launched a cross-agency climate change workgroup to help guide the Agency’s activities.
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/engage-patients-families.html
November 01, 2018 - Some patients will need support in the community to help them follow through on their plans. … Involve patients and families in moving evidence into practice
Practices can benefit from enlisting the help … them in implementing evidence-based care plans and meeting their health goals
Patients may need help … Clinicians may also need to help patients who come to the office with “evidence” printed from the Internet
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources.html
February 01, 2024 - Resources
Webinars
Tools for Change
Tool and Resources to Help … practice opportunities for continuing quality improvement efforts and additional patient resources to help … 2024
Page originally created October 2023
Internet Citation: Tool and Resources to Help
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/data-analytics.html
August 01, 2023 - What's New
Data and Analytics
AHRQ data resources and data analyses help … These data can help inform the COVID-19 strategies developed by researchers, policymakers, and decision … Data from MEPS can help provide insights for understanding the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/clinical-decision-support/index.html
September 01, 2023 - Support
Clinical decision support provides timely information, usually at the point of care, to help … Clinical decision support (CDS) provides timely information, usually at the point of care, to help inform … CDS tools and systems help clinical teams by taking over some routine tasks, warning of potential problems
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program
Presentations and tools to help … These six presentations can help you develop a program from scratch or improve the effectiveness of your … Assuring good specimen collection techniques can help improve antibiotic use, as can fostering effective
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/offer-info.html
June 01, 2019 - In many cases, the kind of information that could actually help consumers make decisions based on costs … To Educate
While you may not be able to provide useful cost information to your audience, you can help … This can help people avoid interpreting a high price as an indicator of high quality.
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www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/assessments/health-ap10.html
December 01, 2020 - assessments are usually structured screening and assessment tools used in primary care practices to help … Health assessment information can also help the health care team understand the needs of its overall … Network Consortium, the toolkit guides clinicians and staff in reducing complexity of medical care to help