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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Office of Communications (OC)
Develops, implements, and manages programs for communicating and disseminating the results of Agency activities with the goal of changing behavior to foster improvement in the quality and safety of care.
The Director of OC is Karen Fleming-Michael . The OC promotes the communica…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-9/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Module 9: Engaging and Empowering Patients and Families for Success in Cardiac Rehabilitation
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/M0gL99Fwyzk
Video: Activating Patients to Engage and Complete Cardiac Rehabilitation (59:10)
Slides: Activating Patients To Engage and Complete…
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www.ahrq.gov/gam/about/index.html
July 01, 2018 - About NGC and NQMC
This resource, Guidelines and Measures, was set up by AHRQ to provide users a place to find information about its legacy guidelines and measures clearinghouses, National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC). This information was previously available…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/pcortf-snac/dillon.html
November 01, 2022 - AHRQ Staff: Kristin Dillon
Kristin Dillon, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
Subject Matter Expert
AHRQ Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
Investments Principal Consultant, Policy and Strategy Alder Canyon LLC
Kristin Dillon, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., is a family physic…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape.html
September 01, 2013 - Implement contact precautions for MRSA, Resistant Gram Negative Rods, VRE, Clostridium difficile , and
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape.html
September 01, 2013 - Implement contact precautions for MRSA, Resistant Gram Negative Rods, VRE, Clostridium difficile , and
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/eval4.html
May 01, 2016 - to the form’s first few open-ended questions, one TEP member suggested that a future project could implement
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state3.html
January 01, 2024 - Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
3. Results
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Table of Contents
Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
References
Appe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/twomorees-slides/Two-More-Es-and-How-to-Spread-Dec-13-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Two More E’s and How to Spread
Learning Objectives
To think ahead about ways to make your investment of time and improvements in BSI rates last forever
To make sure all patients in your institution have access to the same level of safety in their care
Implementation Framework
Al…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary8.html
September 01, 2015 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
In conclusion
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Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Introduction
Reporting and using the Child Core Set of quality mea…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-interpreter-service-items.html
October 01, 2023 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Survey: Interpreter Services
Population version: Adult
Related topic: Health Literacy . Hospitals interested in items that assess interpreter services may also want to review and use supplemental items that ask about health literacy.
Use with HCAHPS : These …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/pcortf-snac.html
November 01, 2022 - Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Investments and Future Activities
The National Advisory Council’s (NAC) Subcommittee on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Investments and Future Activities (the subcommittee) was established to provide inp…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/decolonization/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Decolonization
Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the skin. It is often used in healthcare facilities when patients carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or other dangerous germs on their bodies. It can keep them from developing an infection themselve…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/vap.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/index.html
March 01, 2025 - About AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of healthcare delivery. The agency develops and disseminates scientific evidence, tools, and data to help patients and their families, healthcare professionals, and policymakers m…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/functspecs2.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Functional Specifications (continued)
2.0. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Reports
The reports included in On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention and described in this document are listed in the table below.
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=2
January 01, 2024 - Grantee Final Reports: Patient Safety
Final reports from research grants administered since 2000 on a variety of patient safety topics, such as measure development, medication safety, and diagnostic safety.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety subdivis…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
February 01, 2024 - Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting
Principal Investigators: Anuj K. Dalal, M.D., and David Bates, M.D., MSc., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
AHRQ Grant No.: HS26613
Project Period: 09/01/18-06/30/22
Description: The overall goal of this learning lab was to i…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/collection.html
March 01, 2021 - Data Collection Instruments and Analysis
An overarching, cross-cooperative evaluation of the EvidenceNOW initiative was conducted by the national evaluation team (ESCALATES). Local evaluations were also conducted by each cooperative. As part of these evaluations, the cooperatives and ESCALATES collected not onl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-analysis-webcast-examples-3.pdf
March 03, 2021 - Improving Patient Experience: Data Analysis Methods webcast - VA
Examples of Patient Experience
Improvement:
Veterans Health Administration
Jennifer Purdy: Executive Director, VA Patient Experience Program
Jim Schaefer: Director of Surveys , Analytics & Performance Integration
Webcast Sponsored by AHRQ
March 3,…