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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/insertion-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions for Use
Purpose
Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) insertion checklist can ensure that residents are protected through application of nationally reco…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/competency-check-vs-observational-audit.pdf
March 01, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Validate Nursing Home Staff Performance To Improve
Infection Prevention Processes for COVID-19
This document explains the difference between the competency check you complete to me…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-hernandez-boussard.html
April 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean of Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
“Large clinical datasets contain a goldmine of information on healthcar…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/nrsa.html
January 01, 2025 - AHRQ National Research Service Award (NRSA) Program
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Research Training
AHRQ provides support for predoctoral and postdoctoral research education of scholars through the National Research Service Award (NRSA) grant program. These grants are administered through institutional and ind…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1-4.html
June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors
Directions for Future Research
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Table of Contents
Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors
Executive S…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/UTI-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Diagnosis
· First, ask about SYMPTOMS
· Acute cystitis: dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain
· Pyelonephritis: fever, flank pain
· Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI): subrapubic pain and fever; patients with catheters may not report dysuria, frequenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/gilmerstudysnapshot.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness
AHRQ DELIVERY SYSTEM RESEARCH: STUDY SNAPSHOT
Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-
Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness
Todd P. Gilmer, Marian L. Katz, Ana Stefa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-narrative-schlesinger.pdf
June 02, 2025 - An Update on the CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets - Schlesinger
PREVIEW OF NEW NARRATIVE ITEM
SETS IN DEVELOPMENT
Mark Schlesinger, PhD
A Growing Family of Narrative Item Sets
CG-CAHPS Narrative Item Set
Health Plan
Narrative Item Set
Inpatient Narrative Items:
For Child HCAHPS
19
The Health Plan Narr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/5_Francis_Fullam_slide_45-52.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Using the CAHPS Database to Compare, Report, and Improve Organizational Performance
®
Lessons Learned from 2010 Pilot
45
®
46
UHC Results Compared to National
When comparing UHC hospitals to national averages for primary care:
• Doctor Communications, Overall “9 and 10” rat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Tool 2. Clinician Letter
[PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY]
[Date]
[Prescribing Clinician Name]
Recipient Address
City, State Zip]
Re: Change in protocol regarding u…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/diabetesnetwork/diabnet1.html
October 01, 2014 - Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
Chapter 1. Introduction
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Project Description
Chapter 3. Structure of…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/conclusions.html
July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Conclusions
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Purpose
Summary
Background
Methodology
Design Options for a Self-Management Support Progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/leveraging-data-slides.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Affinity Group:
Leveraging Data to
Enhance your CR Program
H i c h a m S k a l i , M D , M S c
N o v e m b e r 1 2 , 2 0 2 0
Welcome and TAKEheart Update
2
TAKEheart training activities will resume as early as April 2021 and
pick up with the third training module in the series
Several re-start acti…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/affinity-group-operational-adjustments-in-person-cr.pdf
February 01, 2020 - Affinity Group: Operational
Adjustments while Resuming In-
Person Cardiac Rehabilitation
Programs
H i c h a m S k a l i , M D , M S c
J u l y 2 , 2 0 2 0
Welcome and Background
2
Welcome and greetings from TAKEheart, AHRQ and CDC
Update on status of TAKEheart:
Continuing to assess appropriate timing f…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/measure-patient-experience-podcast.html
March 01, 2017 - How CAHPS Surveys Measure Patient Experience
Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA
Executive Director, John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Are patient experience and patient satisfaction one and the same? How do CAHPS surveys measure patients’ experiences with the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/131-ss-swiss-cheese.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Learning From Defects: Applying the “Swiss Cheese Model” of System Failures
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/coronavirus/long-covid-care-network/u-washington-grantee-profile.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Improving Access to Multidisciplinary Care for Patients With Long COVID
Geographic Service Area
Washington, Wyoming, Alaska,
Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI)
region
The UW Medicine Long COVID Clinic offers a range of rehabilitation
services, including individual therapy and a group-based symptom self-
management intervent…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/index.html
October 01, 2023 - Improving Patient Experience
CAHPS ® surveys play an important role as a quality improvement (QI) tool for healthcare organizations that use the standardized data to:
Identify relative strengths and weaknesses in their performance.
Determine where they need to improve.
Track their progress over time.
…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-healthlit-items-cg-survey30-adult.html
January 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0: Health Literacy
Population version: Adult
Download these items: English ( Word , 30 KB), Spanish ( Word , 31 KB; PDF , 15 KB).
Users of the CAHPS ® Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/coordination-of-care/strategy6l-planned-visits.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6L: Planned Visits
Contents
6.L.1. The Problem
6.L.2. The Intervention
6.L.3. Benefits of This Intervention
6.L.4. Implementation of This Intervention
References
Download Strategy 6L:
Planned Visits
(PDF, 222 KB)
6.L.1. The Problem
When patients with chroni…