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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/operationalizing-prevention-program.html
June 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Guides and Resources for Operationalizing Your MRSA and SSI Prevention Program
Previous Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39399/psn-pdf
February 17, 2011 - Can electronic clinical documentation help prevent
diagnostic errors?
February 17, 2011
Schiff G, Bates DW. Can electronic clinical documentation help prevent diagnostic errors? New Engl J
Med. 2010;362(12):1066-1069. doi:10.1056/NEJMp0911734.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-electronic-clinical-documentation-help…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41099/psn-pdf
December 30, 2014 - Finding and fixing diagnosis errors: can triggers help?
December 30, 2014
Schiff GD. Finding and fixing diagnosis errors: can triggers help? BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;21(2):89-92.
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000590.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/finding-and-fixing-diagnosis-errors-can-triggers-help
This editorial discusses the…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-f-cdspain-patient-fact-sheet.docx
August 12, 2024 - Appendix F: Getting Started With the TAPR-CPM App
What is the Tapering And Patient Reported Outcomes for Chronic Pain Management (TAPR-CPM) Application (app)?
· TAPR-CMP is a mobile app that can help you stay on track with your opioid tapering plan.
· Through the TAPR-CPM app, you can share important information, inclu…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/index.html
March 01, 2023 - 5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff
These brief videos offer self-paced learning for those on the front lines of nursing home care. This includes nursing assistants, housekeeping, dietary, and maintenance staff, and others.
Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff series
This series of three…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2-tool2a.docx
June 02, 2025 - Primary Care Health Literacy Assessment
Please select one answer that most accurately describes your practice:
Doing Well
Our practice is doing this well
Needs Improvement
Our practice is doing this, but could do it better
Not Doing
Our practice is not doing this
Not Sure or N/A
I don’t know…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/customer-service/strategy6q-custservice-standards.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6Q: Standards for Customer Service
Contents
6.Q.1. The Problem
6.Q.2. The Intervention
6.Q.3. Case Study
References
Download Strategy 6Q:
Standards for Customer Service
(PDF, 708 KB)
6.Q.1. The Problem
Achieving high levels of member satisfaction requires two …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/notes.html
August 01, 2022 - Module 3: Preparing for Implementation: Gap Analysis
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Facilitator Notes
Say:
Module 3 of the CANDOR Toolkit describes the critical steps to prepare an organization for successful implementation of the CANDOR process. The module also includes tools a…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/leong-presenation.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Leong-notes-151020 copy - Teresa
This is a very timely conversation that we’re having not only in bringing forward evidence but as leaders in academic
centers, collaborators, and
AHRQ to pull together the pearls of wisdom because patients are clamoring for help.
I represent that aspect of the patient population, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37188/psn-pdf
September 19, 2007 - Teaming up to prevent 'crashes': some hospitals give
patients the power to get extra help, stat.
September 19, 2007
Wang SS. Washington Post. August 31, 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teaming-prevent-crashes-some-hospitals-give-patients-power-get-extra-help-
stat
This article discusses the advent of rapid res…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_3_communication.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Informs all team members simultaneously
Helps team members anticipate next steps
Especially helpful when … Critical information audibly announced in these situations helps the team anticipate and prepare for … Recommendation
Hospital AIM
Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Ending on a recommendation for next steps helps
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72835/psn-pdf
March 10, 2021 - Exactly, and it is those relationships that help build the infrastructure, and then the infrastructure helps
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/index.html
October 01, 2014 - listening to seek shared understanding:
Reflect words or meaning (e.g., "So you think smoking helps
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/premortem-scorecard-fac-guide.html
February 01, 2017 - The successful use of this tool helps build team intuition for and sensitivity to future problems.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40288/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Helping patients simplify and safely use complex
prescription regimens.
December 21, 2014
Wolf MS, Curtis LM, Waite K, et al. Helping patients simplify and safely use complex prescription regimens.
Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(4):300-5. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.39.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/helping-patients-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43680/psn-pdf
November 19, 2014 - FDA Pharmacists Help Consumers Use Medicines Safely.
November 19, 2014
Silver Spring, MD: United States Food and Drug Administration; October 31, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-pharmacists-help-consumers-use-medicines-safely
Studies have shown that pharmacist involvement can prevent medication errors. To he…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37154/psn-pdf
September 02, 2015 - Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients
Understand. Manual for Clinicians. 2nd ed.
September 2, 2015
Weiss BD. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association Foundation; 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-patient-safety-help-patients-understand-manual-clinicians-
2nd-ed
This book provides…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37432/psn-pdf
November 29, 2009 - The Pennsylvania Learning Exchange: Helping States
Improve and Integrate Patient Safety
Initiatives—Summary Report.
November 29, 2009
Hanlon C; Rosenthal J. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy; 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pennsylvania-learning-exchange-helping-states-improve-and-integrate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37119/psn-pdf
March 24, 2011 - Patient safety: helping medical students understand error
in healthcare.
March 24, 2011
Patey R, Flin R, Cuthbertson BH, et al. Patient safety: helping medical students understand error in
healthcare. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(4):256-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-helping-medical-students-under…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/impguide.html
December 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Facilitator Training Instructor Guide—Implementation of the Prevention Reports
Note: This part of the training primarily consists of exercises and does not have any associated slides.
Introduction
Say:
Yesterday you were introdu…