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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/results.html
November 01, 2018 - Evaluating the Results of a Quality Reporting Project
The purpose of results- or outcome-oriented evaluation goes beyond answering the “did it work” question. To evaluate results, however, you have to be clear about what you wanted to achieve.
What consumer audience were you trying to reach?
What changes …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T8-Sample_Antibiogram_Phase_2.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 3 Implementation
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 2
Sample Antibiogram
Nursing Home Name/Clinical Laboratory Name
Antibiogram for dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yy…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-an-Advisory-Group.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 2: Form an Advisory Group
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: Develop an Ev…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/about/Development-CAHPS-HP-Survey.html
May 01, 2022 - Development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey
AHRQ launched the development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey in 1995 and released the first version for public use in 1997. Since that time, the CAHPS team has clarified and updated the survey instrument several times to reflect changes in healthcare delivery, survey…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-webcast-elliott.pdf
July 01, 2013 - AHRQ Webcast Recent Insights into CAHPS Survey Modes and Response Rates - Elliott
Intensive Efforts Can Drive Healthcare Survey
Response Rates over 50%
Marc N. Elliott, RAND
Sara L. Toomey, Boston’s Children Hospital & Harvard
David J. Klein, RAND
Julie A. Brown, RAND
Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard
Mark A. Schuster, …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams-1.html
July 01, 2023 - Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
Introduction
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Table of Contents
Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
Introduction
The Patient-Clinician Dy…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/3_barbara_burke.pdf
June 09, 2012 - Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
Child HCAHPS
Barbara Burke, Administrator, Patient Family Experience
Center of Excellence
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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Outline
• An introduction to Lurie Children’s
• Impetus for change
• Child HCAHPS
• Moving forward
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/debra-rosen-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Improving CG-CAHPS
Scores in a Federally
Qualified Health Center
Presented By
Debra Rosen, RN, MPH
Director, Quality & Health Education
“Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores”
A Webcast Pres…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Patient and Family Engagement in the Emergency Department
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Patient and Family Engagement in the ED
Sue Collier, RN, MSN, FABC
Clinical Content Development Lead
Health Research & Education Trust
American Hospital Association
Image: Photo of Sue Collier, RN.
Slide 2
Le…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0703.html
October 01, 2014 - Military Hospitals Employ AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2007
The Department of Defense Patient Safety Program chose AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture as an anonymous, Web-based initiative to assess staff attitudes and beliefs about patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0603.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Yields Meaningful Results at Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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November 2005
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a multi-specialty medical group located near San Francisco, is now using AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture . The first…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS)
Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events Medical errors are an ongoing challenge to the healthcare system in the United States. The extent of medical errors in U.S. hospitals was revealed in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (now the…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/plain-writing/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Plain Language at AHRQ
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires federal agencies to write clear Government communication that the public can understand and use. This page explains what plain language is and how the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is implementing the Act.
What is Plain Language…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0129table8.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Table 8 – Evidence for the Relationship between Readmission and Quality of Care
Type of Evidence Key Findings Citation
Readmission and Quality of Care Coordination, Discharge, and Care
Transition Processes
Meta-analysis Investigators reviewed
randomized controlled
studies of structured
telephone support or
t…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide3.html
March 01, 2025 - Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 3: Branding Design Element Specifications
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Table of Contents
Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 1: Product Development
Audio and Video Products
Appendix 1-A. Release Forms
Appendix 1-B. Trademarks
Appendi…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/portrait-of-sepsis.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll
SEP
27
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Pamela Owens, Ph.D.
The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 m…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202304.html
October 01, 2023 - Online Training Enables Primary Care Providers in Rural New Mexico to Prescribe Medication for Opioid Use Disorders
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October 2023
Rural primary care practices in New Mexico have expanded on an AHRQ initiative to offer proven medication-assisted treatment to patients with opio…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/teamstepps-30.html
September 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum
SEP
12
2023
By
Craig Umscheid, M.D., M.S., and
Monika Haugstetter, M.H.A., M.S.N., R.N.
It has been 17 years since AHRQ launched TeamSTEPPS, a patient s…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/womens-health-week-2023.html
May 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention Primary
MAY
12
2023
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
As we approach Mother’s Day and National Women's Health Week , all of us at AHRQ…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/snac.html
May 01, 2022 - Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Healthcare Quality Measurement
In November of 2020, the U.S. HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary requested that the AHRQ director form a Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council (SNAC) to focus on AHRQ's future investment in quality measurement. AHRQ's Na…