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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Gap Analysis
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.5
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 p…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/chronic-tool/index.html
February 01, 2017 - Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net Toolkit
A Toolkit for Primary Care Practices and Clinics
Improving care for the chronically ill is one of the most pressing health needs of our time. To help more safety net organizations implement the Chronic Care Model effectivel…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/safe.html
June 01, 2023 - Tool: I'M SAFE Checklist
Being aware of, and honest about, your own physical, mental, and emotional health is a vital component of situation monitoring. “I’M SAFE” is a simple checklist that can be used to assess the ability of you or your team members to perform safely. While the checklist is simple, it is not…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201613.html
September 01, 2016 - Sudan Teaching Hospitals Use AHRQ’s Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS
Search All Impact Case Studies
September 2016
Two hospitals in the northeast African country of Sudan—Omdurman Teaching Hospital and the National Ribat University Hospital—are using AHRQ tools to improve patient safety.
Omdur…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/067-dec-staff-sample-adherence-report.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization:
Sample Adherence Report
ICU & Non-ICU
Use this document to build a useful report that allows tracking of daily adherence and for drilling down as needed to identify shifts or personnel who have the lowest adherence and therefore may need reinforcement or …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201504.html
March 01, 2015 - Buffalo Hospital Uses TeamSTEPPS® to Improve Pediatric Patient Safety
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2015
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, the only pediatric facility in Western New York, has used an AHRQ-designed patient safety program to improve care for children with bronchiolitis. Hospita…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ahrq-network-factsheet.pdf
February 01, 2022 - AHRQ's Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response
AHRQ’s Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response
BACKGROUND
Nearly 20 percent of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United
States have been nursing home residents and staff. Advanced
age, underlying frailty, and communal living con…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/quality-measures.html
November 01, 2018 - What Health Care Quality Measures Will You Report?
Once you have decided whose quality to report, you will need to determine which aspects of their performance to measure (e.g., clinical quality, patient experience, patient safety, cost). There are many different kinds of measures, but not all are appropriate…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/communication-documents.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Health Plan and Sickle Cell Clinic Communication Process and Meeting Planning (2c.6)
Health Plan and Sickle Cell Clinic Communication Process and Meeting Planning (2c.6)
This diagram illustrates the process for communications between clinic and health plan staff to ensure
patients with SCD are receiving appropriate…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-5.html
March 01, 2018 - Appendix 5: Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI). When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips94.html
October 01, 2014 - Michigan Providers Improve Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2012
After participating in AHRQ-sponsored learning sessions and provider support calls, MPRO, the Michigan Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), worked with providers in the State to improv…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/quality/formatting-guidance.html
December 01, 2017 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Care Coordination Quality Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC): Formatting Guidance for Mail Surveys
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination?
Chapter 3. Care Coord…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/table1.html
August 01, 2022 - Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Table 1. Key features of ideal consumer reporting systems from focus groups
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Table of Contents
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Background
Chapter 2.…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/case-study-key.html
March 01, 2017 - Antibiotic Stewardship: Case Study Facilitator Key
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions:
Divide into small groups of two to three people.
Ask each group to work through each part of the case scenario, pausing for discussion before moving to the next section.
Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/ahcp-template-eng.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 3 Continued
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital
How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-6.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Appendix, Building the Foundation for Your Medication Reconciliation Process Design
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Table of Contents
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/healthcare-system-data-challenge.html
September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Announces New Healthcare System Challenge Competition
Press Release Date: September 27, 2022
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today a new challenge competition to explore the feasibility and resources and infrastructure needed to integrate real-world healthcare system data into…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d5_pdi_gapanalysis.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Gap Analysis
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool D.5 i
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…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-evensen.pdf
June 13, 2017 - Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey
Overview of CAHPS Cancer Care
Survey
Christian Evensen, MS
American Institutes for Research
Introducing the New AHRQ Survey for Cancer Centers
June 13, 2017
Acknowledgements – AIR Team
Graciela Castillo
Jazmine Cavazos
Tamika Cowans
Elizabeth Frentzel
Steve Gar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T2-Prescribing_clinician_survey_Phase_1_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Nursing Home Readiness and Resource Assessment
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 1
Prescribing Clinician Survey
[NURSING HOME NAME] is considering implementing an …