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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/index.html
March 01, 2022 - Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
This toolkit can help hospital infection prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections by more than 30 percent in adult inpatients who were not in intensive care units (ICUs) and who had specifi…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/improve/six-building-blocks.html
March 01, 2022 - AHRQ Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
Deaths from drug overdoses (PDF, 429 KB) have risen steadily over the past two decades. The misuse of opioids has become widespread across the United States. Primary care providers and their clinic staff manage …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/index.html
July 01, 2019 - Prevention and Chronic Care
Preventing disease and helping patients maximize health and function over the life span are two essential activities of a well-functioning health care system. AHRQ’s Prevention/Care Management Portfolio works to improve the delivery of primary care services in order to meet the needs…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/139-sample-completed-staff-safety-assessment.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Staff Safety Assessment Sample
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion SurgeriesPurpose of this form: This form is designed to tap into your experience to determine what risks are present in your clinical area or surgical …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/acknowledgements.html
August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Silence A Commentary
Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology,…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonization-first-steps.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Tools & Resources for Decolonization: First Steps, Readiness, and Pre-Launch
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/supplemental-items/workplace-safety.html
June 01, 2025 - Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Nursing Home Survey
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for nursing homes were designed for use with the core SOPS Nursing Home Survey to help nursing homes assess the extent to which their organization's cu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/139-sample-completed-staff-safety-assessment.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Staff Safety Assessment Sample
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion SurgeriesPurpose of this form: This form is designed to tap into your experience to determine what risks are present in your clinical area or surgical …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201604.html
May 01, 2016 - Johns Hopkins HealthCare Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Health Literacy and Measure Patient Experience
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2016
AHRQ's "Questions Are the Answer" patient engagement videos and brochures are used by Johns Hopkins HealthCare (JHHC) affiliated health plans—Priority Partners, Jo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thomas2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Still, physicians explained that "information helps save lives."
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-patient-experience-vol2.pdf
July 01, 2023 - the questions about patient experience
incorporated a form of “scaffolding,” question wording that helps
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
June 01, 2023 - Engagement helps implementers better understand local needs and resources to
implement evidence in efficient
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-2014-qdr-working-together-to-improve-health-care.html
November 01, 2016 - Webinar Transcript - The 2014 Quality and Disparities Report and the National Quality Strategy: Working Together to Improve Health Care
May 11, 2015
Download accessible version of slides (PDF, 1.5 MB)
The 2014 Quality and Disparities Report and the National Quality Strategy: Working Together to Improve…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/906.html
March 01, 2024 - Studies Summarize Current Evidence on Tools to Treat, Diagnose ADHD Symptoms in Children
Issue Number
906
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
March 26, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Trends in Number of Individuals Using Dental Care
Around 131 million people—…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
June 01, 2023 - Identifying Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustaining Gains in Enhanced RecoveryAHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Purpose of this tool: To help team leaders identify facilitators of and barriers to sustaining gains made after implementing the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight06.html
January 01, 2014 - Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 6
How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for children?
Evaluation Highlight No. 6 is the sixth in a series that presents descriptive and analytic findings from the national evaluation of the Children’s Health I…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight06.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 6: How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for children?
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Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 6: How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States
working together to improve the quality of health care for children? …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight01.html
March 01, 2019 - Four States' Approaches to Practice-Level Quality Measurement and Reporting
Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 1
The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 1 : How are CHIPRA demonstration States approaching practice-level quality me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/small_hospitals-slides/Small-and-Rural-Critical-Access-Hospitals-July-19-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Slide 1
Small and Rural
Critical Access Hospitals
July 19, 2011
Agenda
Denise Flook and Lorna Martin
Applying CUSP in the Small and Rural Critical Access Hospital
Using CUSP Beyond CLABSI and CAUTI
Critical Access Hospital Team Leaders
Paul Frigoli, Grant Regional Health Center
Illinois Critical Access Hos…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA205-Materials_VIB.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Attachment 6B.1 Summary of Public Comment Participants
Summary of Respondents to Public Comment Process:
G R O U P S
A to Z Pediatric and Youth Healthcare
ABCD
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
AAP Council on Early Childhood
AAP Committee on Administration and Practice
Management
AAP Committee on …