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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/cap.html
September 01, 2022 - The "Usually Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia
After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Describe the approach to diagnosing patients with community-acquired pneumonia, also knows as “CAP.”
Describe how to determine if patients with CAP warrant hospitaliz…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/allergies.html
September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Management of Patients With Antibiotic Allergies
After viewing or presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Explain the importance of clarifying antibiotic allergies before prescribing antibiotics.
Recognize types of reactions to antibiotics commonly prescribed in the …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/initiatives.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Initiatives in Measuring and Reporting Health Care Quality
Several individual organizations and collaborative initiatives have helped to shape the national health care agenda with respect to transparency, accountability, improvement, and informed choice. Within their respective areas of focus, they have spu…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/core-discussion.html
March 01, 2017 - Training Module 2 — Core Team Discussion Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
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 faci…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/action-planning-webcast-graphic.pdf
February 01, 2019 - Action Planning for the SOPS™ Surveys Infographic
Action Planning for the
SOPSTM Surveys
January 2019 Webcast Highlights
AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety CultureTM(SOPS TM) Action
Planning Tool guides survey users seeking to improve
patient safety culture through the action planning process.
The Action Plann…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/h2h/key-driver.html
July 01, 2021 - Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit
Key Driver Diagram
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the Measure
Key Driver Diagram
Quality Improvement Strategies
Improvement Data
Ot…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Home and Community-based Services
Home and community resources
Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Report on developing outcome indicators to assess the 'health and welfare' of recipients of Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS).
Environmental Scan of Measures …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/evaluation-mental-health-apps.pdf
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ Report Proposes Framework To Assess Mental Health Apps
Function
Privacy and Security
Accessibility
Usability
Remote Monitoring
Costs
Risk and
Mitigation
Strategies
App Integrity
Risk Assessment
Evidence
Linkage to Care
Access to Crisis Care
Mental
Health
Features
Screening
Self Help
Planning
Social Inte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/compare/WR_751_AHRQ_Quigley_08_26_10.pdf
April 01, 2010 - leadership
because, as members of the patient experience quality improvement committee have said,
“It helps
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4c.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide
Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide
Preface
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/zimring-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Final Progress Report: Impacts of the Physical Environment on Healthcare
FINAL PROGRESS/STATUS REPORT
18 December 2006
IMPACTS OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTHCARE
AHRQ Grant Identification Number: #1R13HS015962-01
Dates of the project: 9/1/2005–8/31/2006
Total amount of the project: $25,000
Goal of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warmhandoff-quickstartbrochure.pdf
January 27, 2017 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Warm Handoff
Implementation
Quick Start Guide
Warm
Handoff
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety
in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients
and Families
Table of Contents
What Is a Warm Handoff?...................................................1
Why Use Warm Handoffs…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/cahps-patient-narrative-elicitation-protocol-qa-03-01-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Questions & Answers: The CAHPS Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The CAHPS Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol:
A Scientific Approach to Collecting Comments on Experiences of Care
Narratives from patients about their health care experiences can provide a valuable complement to
standar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/transform.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
1
Background
The 1999 Institute of Medicine’s landmark report, To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System, exposed the tremendous costs, both in
human and financial terms, of medical errors in the U.S. health care
system.1 Two studies cited in the rep…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/dxsafety-knowledge-assessment.pdf
February 01, 2022 - TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement: Knowledge Assessment
TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis Improvement
Knowledge Assessment
This knowledge assessment tests the participants’ knowledge of the teamwork principles
demonstrated in the TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement course.
1. TeamSTEPPS provides resources to optimize…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/staffing.html
June 01, 2021 - Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders
This resource guide from the Project ECHO and IHI Teams was written by and for directors of nursing, administrators, and other nursing home leaders. It outlines steps to reduce or eliminate urgent staff shortages, particularly shortages of …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/confid-report/three-strategies.html
February 01, 2016 - Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Part Three: Three Strategies for Continuous Improvement of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems
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Table of Contents
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Perf…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-040913.ppt
June 02, 2025 - Slide 1
Patient-and-family Centered Care
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Christine Goeschel ScD, MPA, MPS, RN, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Joint Appointment, Schools of Public Health and Nursing
And
Gail Panoff
Chair, Patient and Community Engagement Council
St. Joseph Mercy Health System Ann Arbor, MI
Lear…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/spreading-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements
Say:
This module will cover Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements. To preface the sustainability discussions, these modu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_sustspreading_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements
Sustaining and Spreading Improvements – Facilitator Notes
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements
SAY:
This module will cover Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improveme…