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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1_pdi_intro.pdf
January 01, 1993 - Introduction to the Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators: How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool A.1 i
Introduction to the Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality
Indicators: How T…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/foundational-area.html
March 01, 2025 - Resources by National Action Plan Foundational Area
Contents Culture, Leadership, and Governance Patient and Family Engagement Workforce Safety Learning Systems Culture, Leadership, and Governance AHRQ Patient Safety Net (PSNet) Primer: Safety Culture This resource provides an overview of patient safety culture…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853081/psn-pdf
August 30, 2023 - We also have the virtual nurses helping with the admissions, discharges, and transfers separate from
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867850/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - One of the most important ways in which a high reliability orientation can help is by helping people
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1071/2023_Intervention_Content_Diet_Activity.xlsx
January 01, 2023 - Example Intervention Text
Example Patient-Facing Intervention Text: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults with CVD Risk Factors
The following resources, along with the content resources listed on the next tab, are publicly available to artifact implementers if they elect to adjust the inte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members
These talking points are presented in Q&A format to encourage an open and respectful dialogue
between nurses or prescribing c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49457/psn-pdf
September 01, 2004 - Doctor, Don't Treat Thyself
September 1, 2004
Rosvold EO. Doctor, Don't Treat Thyself. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/doctor-dont-treat-thyself
The Case
A 50-year-old radiologist presented to the emergency department of the community hospital where he
worked and reported increasing shortnes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865373/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - In Conversation with...Patrick Tighe about Artificial
Intelligence
March 27, 2024
Tighe P. In Conversation with..Patrick Tighe about Artificial Intelligence . PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpatrick-tighe-about-artificial-intelligence
Editor's note: Patrick Tighe, MD, MS…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/best-practices-social-isolation.html
August 01, 2022 - Best Practices To Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families To Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation
Resource: Best Practices To Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families To Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation
This document highlights ways nursing home staff can help residents and families balan…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36363/psn-pdf
October 10, 2019 - Condition Help.
October 10, 2019
Pittsburg, PA: UPMC Shadyside Hospital: 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/condition-help
This brochure informs patients and their families about the Condition H helpline at University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center (UPMC) Shadyside hospital, which can be used to call a rapid respons…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41977/psn-pdf
October 11, 2016 - Patient safety tool helps ID hospital errors.
October 11, 2016
Clark C. HealthLeaders Media. December 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-tool-helps-id-hospital-errors
This magazine article discusses how the AHRQ common formats tool has been used to identify, track, and
report near misses in hospital…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/index.html
Prevention
AHRQ Works
Building bridges between research and practice.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
A guide to help tobacco users quit.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/outcomes.html
Topic: Outcomes
Outcomes are defined as the impact of a healthcare service or intervention, and can include events or results in:
Patient health status or quality of life.
Patient, provider, and population attitudes and behavior.
New evidence, research, prevention strategies, treatments, and care models.
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide102.html
October 01, 2014 - 102. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Meta-analysis (2000): Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for number of types of self-help (n = 21 studies)
Factor
Number of arms
Estimated od…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36594/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - Right tech dose helps medicine go down.
May 27, 2011
Patton S. CIO Magazine. July 12, 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/right-tech-dose-helps-medicine-go-down
The author describes some common mistakes involving the design and launch of computerized physician
order entry (CPOE) initiatives and provides sugges…
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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 Users ( PDF - 178.89 KB)
en español ( PDF - 337.07 KB)
You Can Quit Smoking - Pocket Card ( PDF - 112.4 KB)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/impguide2.pdf
September 08, 2015 - • Managing a discretionary fund that can be used to support a variety of
youth and family needs by helping … States could consider helping CMEs build capacity to take on these
responsibilities, phase in increased
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/PCC_Adams_Q2_PHPCounselingActivation.pdf
June 16, 2021 - PHP Counseling Activation
Topic Trigger Group Answer(s)
Counseling
message
Activation
Message
Follow-up Questions
Depression
Positive PHQ2
question PHP+C Yes
(1) Pediatricians
can support parental
depression. (2) Talk
to your own
(1) Commit
to bring up
in visit w/
pediatrician. PCP.
(1) Was de…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/071-dec-patient-talking-points-bathing.docx
October 01, 2024 - Talking Points for Patients: Chlorhexidine Bathing
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Talking Points for Patients: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing
Feel free to customize this handout to your unit’s current practices. To avoid confusion, remove questions that do not apply to your unit.
Patients may have questions …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/co-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Spotlight on Colorado
National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from Colorado’s experience in the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Ch…