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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/sustainability-tool.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Module 4: Sustainability
Sustainability Tool
Background: This tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your improvement efforts.
How to use this tool: The Implementation Team leader (or individual designated by the leader) should comple…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/confid-report/foreword.html
February 01, 2016 - Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Foreword
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Table of Contents
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: Physician Feedback Report Fundamentals
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201511.html
May 01, 2015 - St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools
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May 2015
St. Joseph's Hospital, a 72-bed facility in Breese, Illinois, has improved care and increased satisfaction among patients by using three evidence-based resources from AHRQ:
The Hospital Consumer Asses…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/communication-material-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Overview
Communication and Teamwork Defined
· Slides 4-11
Improving Surgical Team Communication With Briefings*
· Slides 12-17
· Example Briefing* (2 min 14)
Improving Surgical Team Communication With Debriefings*
· Slides 18-25
· Example Debriefing* (1 min 24)
The Surgical Checklist as a Communication and Teamwork …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202402.html
July 01, 2024 - Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections
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July 2024
Sierra Vista Hospital, an 11-bed critical access hospital in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, implemented practices from AHRQ’s Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grant-mgmt/trafficking.html
October 01, 2014 - Term of Award: Trafficking in Persons
As of February 2008, a new Term of Award—Human Trafficking—applies to all grantees of AHRQ.
All grantees of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) must comply with the following term and condition of award.
This term of award is pursuant to paragraph (g) …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/key-strategies.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decol…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/mcc-summit/mcc-summit-arlene.pdf
November 17, 2020 - Transforming Care for People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Transforming Care for People Living with
Multiple Chronic Conditions
Arlene Bierman, M.D., M.S.
Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
November 17, 2020
Why MCC?
• Common, Costly
• H…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-apd.html
April 01, 2018 - Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Appendix D
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Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Introduction
Chapter 1. Environmental Scan
Chapter 2. Electronic Searchable Catalog
Chapter 3. Qualit…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/improve/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Using CAHPS Health Plan Survey Data
A version of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey is conducted in almost every State in the U.S. Sponsors of this survey include health plans, private purchasers, State agencies that purchase and regulate healthcare, and Federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the Cen…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mchugh.html
May 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile
Improving Heart Health in Manufacturing Communities
Megan McHugh, Ph.D. Professor of Emergency Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University “Manufacturing workers have historically earned higher wages than similar workers in other industries and are more likely to be offered …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/136-ss-premortem-tool.docx
April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Premortem Project Assessment
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Projects often fail, and many factors may contribute to this failure. Understanding potential implementation barriers and challenges before launching a …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/prepared-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - Be Prepared to Be Engaged
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care
Slide 1: Be Prepared to Be Engaged
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families.
Slide 2: Speaker
Kelly Smith, PhD
Scientific Director, Quality & Safety
Co-PI, AHRQ Guide to Impr…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31307.html
May 01, 2013 - VA Provides Specialty Care in Local Offices Across the Country
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May 2013
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a virtual model of medical education to deliver health care that is based on AHRQ's "Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes" (Project …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/bindman-summit2016.pdf
May 01, 2016 - Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: From Concept to Action
Improving Diagnosis in Health Care:
From Concept to Action
Andy Bindman, M.D.
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
My Story
• Became Director May 2016
• Primary care physician
• Academic medicine background
► San Francisco General Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/impuspstf/impuspstf.pdf
September 21, 2010 - Target Audience
Faculty and educational administrators who seek to implement USPSTF
recommendations … AHECs are well positioned to implement
USPSTF recommendations through student clinical training, community
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-l.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix L. Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide
It Takes a Team
Everyone in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) plays a role in preventing surgical site and other harmful infections.
Surgical site infections are infections that can occur after surgery in the part of the body …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/team-huddle.html
February 01, 2025 - Implementing a Daily Team Huddle—AMA CME Module
Resource: Daily Team Huddles Boost Productivity and Teamwork This toolkit helps to identify strategies to incorporate daily huddles into practice workflows, to devise daily huddle structure, and to measure the success of the daily huddle for revisions. The resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-e.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix E. Endoscopy Checklist Template - Implementation Guide
Endoscopy Safety Checklist - Preprocedure Area/Procedure Room
Before Patient Enters Room
Nurse, Anesthesia Professional, and Patient Review:
|___| Patient identification (name and date of birth)
|___| Procedure to be performed…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/implement/teamworknotes.docx
June 02, 2025 - SAY:
The “Implement Teamwork and Communication” module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program