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  1. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/cultural-competence/index.html
    August 01, 2019 - Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services Guides for Managed Care Plans To address shifting demographic trends in health care, two guides offer approaches to defining cultural needs in managed care and developing appropriate services for them. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
  2. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/american-indian/index.html
    July 01, 2024 - CAHPS American Indian Survey The CAHPS American Indian Survey, developed in 2005, is a standardized questionnaire that asks adult American Indians to report on and rate their experiences with tribal healthcare facilities. It was originally developed for the Choctaw Nation Health Service but has been adapted for…
  3. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/index.html
    August 01, 2023 - CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys The development of these instruments was jointly supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Resident Surveys The CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys include two separate instruments for nursing home residents: one for those…
  4. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/measure-dx.html
    March 01, 2024 - Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events Diagnostic errors are major contributors to patient harm. Strategies to identify and analyze these events are still emerging, but several show promise for use in operational settings. The Agency for Healthcare Resea…
  5. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ed-cahps/index.html
    December 01, 2023 - CAHPS Emergency Department Survey The CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) assesses the experiences of adult patients who received care in an emergency department and were subsequently discharged home (e.g., not admitted to the hospital). This survey addresses the need for an instrument designed for the…
  6. www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/index.html
    April 01, 2025 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits AHRQ’s antibiotic stewardship toolkits were developed based on the experiences of clinical teams that joined the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. Participating hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices successfully applied the  Four Moments o…
  7. www.ahrq.gov/news/events/ahrq-research-summit-learning-health-system.html
    March 01, 2018 - AHRQ Research Summit on Learning Health Systems Date: September 15, 2017 Introduction AHRQ hosted a research summit on learning health systems (LHS) for a variety of external stakeholders to learn what AHRQ can do to address their needs. These stakeholders included representatives from large and small de…
  8. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Plan-a-Communications-Strategy.html
    December 01, 2019 - Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project: Step 1: Form a Project Team .  Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .   Step 3: Define Your Goals . Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy. Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey . Step 6: Devel…
  9. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/american-indian/about/Development-AI-Care-Survey.html
    April 01, 2018 - Development of the CAHPS American Indian Survey The development of the CAHPS American Indian Survey followed the standard CAHPS process. Meeting with the Choctaw Nation Health Services (CNHS). In February 2004, CAHPS team members from RAND and AHRQ met with CNHS staff members in order to learn about CNHS's i…
  10. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/Report_ICH-QI-Project.html
    March 01, 2016 - Improving the Quality of In-Center Hemodialysis Care From the inception of this project, CMS and AHRQ intended for the In-Center Hemodialysis Survey to serve facilities and networks as a tool for quality improvement.  To that end, the CAHPS grantees organized an initiative to assess the survey’s value in helpin…
  11. www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/index.html
    January 01, 2016 - AHRQ Research Conferences Sign up: Events & Announcements Email updates 2015 AHRQ Research Conference Keynote Speakers Beverley H. Johnson, Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution Bruce Siegel, M.D. , America's Essential Hospitals The 2015 AHRQ Researc…
  12. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/index.html
    January 01, 2007 - Diagnostic Safety and Quality Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety Reviews the history of documentation legislation, including rules and regulations…
  13. TO (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.docx
    June 02, 2025 - TO Gap Analysis What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the gap analysis is to provide project teams with a format in which to do the following: Compare the best practices with the processes currently in place in your organization. Determine the “gaps” between your organization’s practices and the identifie…
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/hospital/2024-hospital-database-report-summary.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - 2024 SOPS Hospital Database Report Executive Summary Overview Infographic Findings from the 2024 Hospital 2.0 Database 445 Participating Hospitals 284,036 Provider and Staff Respondents 52% Average Response Rate Across Hospitals Highest Scoring Composite Measures Teamwork 81% of respondents reported th…
  15. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-why.html
    May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Why Was This Guide Developed? Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Acknowledgements Support Foreword Oregon Rural Practic…
  16. www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/supplemental-items/workplace-safety.html
    December 01, 2024 - Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS ® ) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for hospitals was designed for use with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization's culture supports wo…
  17. Preface (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Preface.pdf
    February 01, 2005 - Preface Preface It has been nearly 10 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its 1999 landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Although we have made improvements in the safety of the health care system since that time, there is much more work to be done. In February 2…
  18. Preface (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Preface.pdf
    February 01, 2005 - Preface Preface It has been nearly 10 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its 1999 landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Although we have made improvements in the safety of the health care system since that time, there is much more work to be done. In February 2…
  19. Preface (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Preface.pdf
    February 01, 2005 - Preface Preface It has been nearly 10 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its 1999 landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Although we have made improvements in the safety of the health care system since that time, there is much more work to be done. In February 2…
  20. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
    February 01, 2024 - Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools: Challenge Competition AHRQ offers many practical tools and resources to help a variety of healthcare organizations, providers, and others make patient care safer in all healthcare settings. In an effort to better understand how using an AHRQ patient safety tool has resulte…

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