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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/lara.pdf
December 19, 2014 - Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project
Research to Help Underserved Populations
Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness
Research Products
Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Proto…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/hugheshalbert.pdf
December 19, 2014 - Disseminating Breast Cancer Prevention to African American Women
Research to Help Underserved Populations
Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness
Research Products
Disseminating Breast Cancer Prevention to African American Women
Purpose/Description
This study evaluated a commu…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/what.html
February 01, 2016 - What is Self-Management Support?
Self-Management Support
Successful self-management support programs involve implementing changes at multiple levels:
Patient-clinician interactions.
Office environment changes.
Health system, policy, and environmental supports. 1
In clinical settings, self-manageme…
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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/hand-hygiene/hand-hygiene-activity.docx
March 01, 2017 - Training Module 1 — Skills Activity
The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene
Activity 1: Are your hands clean?
This activity is designed to show staff just how many germs are on health care workers’ hands.
1. Ask for staff volunteers. Try to select staff who are from different units and wards and who perform different jobs and r…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/about/initiative/partner-hospitals/lee-health.html
November 01, 2022 - Lee Health TAKEheart Profile
"TAKEheart's workflow mapping exercise helped our team discover that patients were not consistently being referred to cardiac rehab by physicians."
Challenges to CR Referral and Enrollment at Lee Health
Lee Health, in Southwest Florida, is one of the largest not-for-profit p…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt3.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix C3: Unsafe Behavior Worksheet Sample
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Ov…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/design-table2.html
July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Table 2. Self-management Support Content and Prerequisites for Coaches
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Table of Contents
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Purpose
Summary
Background
Metho…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/teach/mini.html
July 01, 2023 - Mutual Support Mini-Session Training Content
If you are teaching content from the Mutual Support Module in an even shorter format, you probably will focus on one or two specific situation monitoring tools chosen based on the needs of the participants. For this format, we recommend that you do the following:
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www.ahrq.gov/contact/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Contact Us
Information about contacting AHRQ with questions, suggestions, or other feedback.
Your comments and concerns are important to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in helping to assess and improve our programs and products. Please send us your questions, suggestions, or other feedba…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/types.html
July 01, 2015 - Types of Health Care Quality Measures
Measures used to assess and compare the quality of health care organizations are classified as either a structure, process, or outcome measure. Known as the Donabedian model, this classification system was named after the physician and researcher who formulated it.
Struct…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/index.html
March 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing to help nursing homes with electronic medical records address pressure ulcers that are slow to heal. Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nu…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-4.html
September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Factors That Influence Effectiveness of Checklists
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Table of Contents
Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Introduction
Rationale for Use
Content-Sp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/video/module-4-mutual-support-facilitator-bullet-points.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TeamSTEPPS Mutual Support Facilitator Bullet Points
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/index.html
October 01, 2018 - Prevention Resources
AHRQ’s mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Im…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/implementing/patient-booklets.html
November 01, 2023 - Patient Education Booklets
These booklets were created by experienced content experts for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), a collaborative program to enhance the recovery of surgical patients. They help adult patients prepare for and recover from surgery both in the hospi…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr22/index.html
June 01, 2025 - 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
For the 20th year, AHRQ is reporting on healthcare quality and disparities. The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the general U.S. …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/index.html
December 01, 2024 - CAHPS Databases
What Are the CAHPS Databases? The CAHPS Databases are AHRQ's data repositories for selected CAHPS surveys. The primary purpose of the CAHPS Databases is to facilitate comparisons of CAHPS survey results by survey users. This compilation of survey results voluntarily submitted by a large pool of …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/family/development-family-member-survey.html
April 01, 2019 - Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Family Member Survey
The Family Survey has been through the following development process:
Focus groups. In the early phase of development, CAHPS researchers conducted focus groups with nursing home residents and their family members. These groups provided the team with …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/national/index.html
December 01, 2016 - National Implementation Project Reports
Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
Checklist developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine that provides critical steps to reduce HAIs.
Ending Healthcare-Associated Infections
Fact sheet that provides an overview of CUSP and highlights AHRQ-supporte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/supplemental-items/value-efficiency.html
December 01, 2024 - Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for hospitals were designed for use with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organizations place a pri…