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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/opennotes-a.pdf
April 01, 2016 - OpenNotes for Patients: Access Your Own Medical Notes
OpenNotes for Patients:
Access Your Own Medical Notes
What is it?
OpenNotes is a tool that lets you see what your doctor
writes in your chart.
You can access it online through the patient portal, or
you can ask your doctor’s office to make you a copy.
You can …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/results/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Results
From infographics to published papers, the findings from EvidenceNOW will be shared here. Check back frequently to stay current with what we’re learning about putting evidence into practice, the experiences of small primary care practices, and the best ways to offer external support to improve primary c…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/index.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Research Design and Methods
Introduction
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care grant initiative awarded grants to seven regional cooperatives to 1) help practices across the country use the latest evidence to improve cardiovasc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/patient-chg-bathing.docx
March 01, 2022 - CHG Bathing
Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During Your Hospital Stay PATIENTSection 10-7
BATHE Daily With Chlorhexidine (CHG) Cloths
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
During your stay, bathing will occur every day with a special antiseptic (CHG) that removes germs and prevents infection better t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/core-discussion-key.docx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for
Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Facilitator Notes
Training Module 2 — Core Team Discussion Guide
Clean Equipment and Environment: Knowledge and Practice
Directions
Answer the following questions to help reflect on how you can prepare to discuss cleaning and disinfection practices at your facility.
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pso.ahrq.gov/contact
February 01, 2025 - SHARE:
More topics in this section
Contact PSO
Subscribe to Email Updates
Contact the PSO Program
AHRQ PSO Program Contact the AHRQ PSO Program for more information about the Patient Safety Act and Rule, PSO listing process,…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/smoking-cessation-disparities.html
December 01, 2023 - First-of-its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States
Press Release Date: December 8, 2023
Findings inform distributional cost-benefit analyses for tobacco control policies and related research.
In first-of-its-kind research to examine racial and…
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digital.ahrq.gov/type-care/dentistry
January 01, 2023 - Dentistry
Optimizing Acute Post-Operative Dental Pain Management Using New Health Information Technology
Description
This study implemented a mobile health (mHealth) platform to measure patient-reported outcomes for pain management after certain dental procedures to determine …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/facts.html
January 01, 2023 - Explain Key Health Care Facts Related to Your Quality Information
Depending on the content of your report, you can provide information on:
The kind(s) of organizations you are rating.
The particular conditions that are addressed by your ratings.
Specific issues, such as the importance of preventive serv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-flyer-nw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Healthy Hearts Northwest - Improving Practice Together
Are you ready?
• For better heart health for your patients?
• For hands-on support and resources to help your practice with quality improvement?
What is Healthy Hearts Northwest?
Healthy Hearts Northwest is a three-year project funded by the Agency for He…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/index.html
December 01, 2024 - About AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Work
AHRQ is the lead federal agency for patient safety research. We invest in research and implementation projects that make care safer by bridging the gap between basic and clinical research and the actual health care that reaches patients. Our projects accelerate learnin…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/concepts-of-patient-safety.html
January 01, 2025 - Learn About Patient Safety
These resources can help you learn the basics about safety and quality . Patient Safety PSNet : is a Web-based resource that features the latest news and essential resources on patient safety, including weekly literature updates, news, tools, and meetings; patient safety primers; a…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/how-to-use.html
December 01, 2017 - How To Use the Toolkit
Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The toolkit has two complementary guides that should be used together and are a good starting point: Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery , and Surgical Complication Prevention . These two guides address adaptive and technical work, which are both crit…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool11.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Tool 11. Sample Poster
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Acknowledgements
Support
Foreword
Oregon Rural Practice-based…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/snac-james.html
December 01, 2021 - SNAC Member: Cara V. James, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Grantmakers in Health
Cara V. James, Ph.D., is president and chief executive officer at Grantmakers in Health. Prior to joining Grantmakers in Health, she served as director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare & …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160413/hp-survey-strategies-webcast-transcript.pdf
April 01, 2016 - CAHPS Transcript: Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores
April 2016 Webcast
Speakers
Karen Posey, VP, Enterprise Strategy & Consumer Experience, CareSource
Graham Bouldin, MSW, Manager, Data Analytics & Quality Improvement, Health Share…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/cahps-ambulatory-care-guide-section-5.pdf
May 01, 2017 - The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience
The CAHPS Ambulatory Care
Improvement Guide
Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience
Section 5: Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve
Patient Experience
Visit the AHRQ Website for…
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-using-the-nine-levers-to-achieve-results.html
November 01, 2016 - guide and advise us on the selection of measures, the rigor of looking at methodology and results and helping
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-38-chronic-conditions-comments.pdf
March 01, 2021 - short term use for newly
diagnosed conditions (or post hospitalization) may be
more successful in helping
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/e-prescribing-toolset-pharmacy.pdf
January 01, 2020 - In particular, pharmacists with an EHR
system can play a key role in helping patients with chronic health