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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/lessons_from_top-performing_medical_practices_CG-CAHPS_transcript.pdf
October 01, 2014 - It just really helps quite a bit. … We are a department of a hospital, and we do have a Mission Effectiveness
Department that helps us with
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/4-overview-facilitator-guide.docx
January 01, 2019 - ISCR Overview: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Title slide: ISCR Overview
Hello, and thank you for joining me. Today I'll be providing an overview of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s, or AHRQ’s, Safety…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-massachusetts-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Spotlight on Massachusetts -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
January 2018
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned,
and outcomes from Massachusetts’s experience from
February 2010 to May 2015 with the quality demonstration
funded by the Centers for Med…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving/problem-solving-component-kit.docx
May 01, 2017 - Module 3: Component Kit
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Management Practices for Sustainability
Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation
Problem Solving and Escalation – Standards Component Kit
Contents
1. What Are Problem Solving and Escalation? 2
2. What Is a Problem and What Is a Solution? 2
3. Wher…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/implement/teach-change.html
February 01, 2024 - Teaching Implementation Change Management
Change Management Overview and Objectives
Display Slide 63, “Change Management,” as the class reassembles before discussing the last implementation topic.
In discussing Slide 64, “Objectives,” as you transition from coaching to change management, note that succe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b2a_pdi_ratesgenbysas.pdf
March 01, 2016 - PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ SAS PROGRAMS
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool B.2a i
PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ SAS PROGRAMS
Guidance for Using the SAS Programs and an Example of
Output for One Hospital
What is the purpose of this to…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/primary-care-research-funding-tips.pdf
May 09, 2025 - Tips for Obtaining Funding for Primary Care Research
1
TIPS FOR OBTAINING FUNDING FOR PRIMARY
CARE RESEARCH
Primary care research is critical to strengthening the nation’s primary care system. Thus, sustainable
funding to support primary care research is needed to continue to make improvements in the
delivery o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a4a_combo_psi_casestudy.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Case Study of Using the QI Toolkit for Quality Improvement
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides a case study from one hospital that
participated in the field test and evaluation of the QI Toolkit. It offers …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-workplace-safety-resources.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Nursing Home Workplace Safety Resource List
Improving Workplace Safety in Nursing Homes:
A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Workplace
Safety Supplemental Item Set
Purpose
This document includes references to websites and other publicly available resources nursing
homes can use to improve workplace safety fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight12.pdf
January 01, 2020 - How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States improving perinatal care? Evaluation Highlight No. 12
The CHIPRA Quality
Demonstration Grant Program
In February 2010, the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 10 grants,
funding 18 States, to improve the quality of
health care for children enrolled …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr02/asthqwork.doc
April 01, 2006 - LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORKBOOK
Asthma Care Quality Improvement:
A Workbook for State Action
Prepared by:
Karen Ho, M.H.S.
Rosanna M. Coffey, Ph.D.
DonnaRae Castillo, M.A.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, Maryland
www.ahrq.hhs.gov
AHRQ Pu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/about-patient-narratives-elicitation-protocol-cg30-2315.pdf
April 24, 2018 - experiments to determine whether
tagging patient narratives with short labels to indicate their content helps
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/asthmasumm.html
July 01, 2016 - Asthma Care Quality Improvement Workbook and Resource Guide
The Asthma Care Quality Improvement Workbook and Resource Guide help State leaders assess the quality of their State's asthma care and create quality improvement strategies.
What Do These Tools Do?
These tools help State leaders assess, design, and…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/130-dec-patient-daily-bathing-chg-handout.docx
October 01, 2024 - Daily Bathing With Chlorhexidine Gluconate
Why Am I Getting Special Bathing?
There are some common bacteria that can live on your skin and in your nose that normally don’t cause you any problems. But when you’re in the hospital, because you’re more vulnerable, these common bacteria can end up causing a severe …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management.html
June 01, 2017 - Management Practices for Sustainability
Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Developed in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, these resources provide an in-depth look at management practices for sustainability in ambulatory surgery centers. Modules contain slide set…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/role.html
November 01, 2018 - What Role Do You Want in Developing a Health Care Quality Report?
There are many ways to go about producing and disseminating reports on health care quality. Some organizations choose to take on every component of a quality information project—the data collection, the analysis, the compiling of all content—whil…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/staff-chg-cloth-bathing.docx
March 01, 2022 - 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Cloth Bathing
Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During the Hospital Stay STAFFSection 10-1
BATHE Daily With Chlorhexidine (CHG)
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
Bathe hospital patients with devices every day with a special antiseptic
(CHG) to help remove germs a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/suarezalmazor.pdf
December 19, 2014 - Adaptation of Consumer Summaries for Patients with Low Health Literacy
Research to Help Underserved Populations
Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness
Research Products
Adaptation of Consumer Summaries for Patients with Low Health Literacy
Purpose/Description
Patient decision …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/4-2023hcbs-survey-webcast-huben.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to Know - Huben
HCBS CAHPS Technical
Assistance
Amanda Huben
Consultant,
The Lewin Group
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Helpful Resources
• AHRQ CAHPS Guidance
• AHRQ Guide to Quality Improvement
• CMS HCBS CAHPS Survey and Technical Assis…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-members-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Talking With Residents and Family Members
About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
My father is not
himself today. His
urine is dark and
smells bad. Does
he have a urinary
tract infection?
Last time this
happened, the
do…