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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/lhs-k12.html
April 01, 2021 - Supporting the Next Generation of Learning Health Systems Researchers
Grants Awarded Under the AHRQ-PCORI Institutional Mentored Career Development Program (K12)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) have awarded $40 million in grant…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/how-to-use.html
December 01, 2017 - How To Use the Toolkit
Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The toolkit has two complementary guides that should be used together and are a good starting point: Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery , and Surgical Complication Prevention . These two guides address adaptive and technical work, which are both crit…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/pcortf-snac/savitz.html
November 01, 2022 - Subcommittee Member: Lucy A. Savitz
Lucy A. Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor, Health Policy & Management
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Senior Advisor
UPMC Health Plan Services
Lucy A. Savitz, Ph.D., M.B.A., has more than three decades of experience in healthcare delivery and h…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/pcortf-snac/rhodes.html
November 01, 2022 - AHRQ Staff: Karin Rhodes
Karin Rhodes, M.D., M.S.
Chief Implementation Officer
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Karin Rhodes, M.D., M.S. is chief implementation officer at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in charge of strategic planning and oversight of AHRQ’s Patient-Cente…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/guide-staffing-during-COVID19.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders
Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders
Introduction
This resource guide was written by and for directors of nursing, administrators, and other nursing home
leaders. It outlines steps to reduce or elimi…
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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
Previous Page Next Page
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/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/integrate-cusp-approach.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Tool…
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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/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/executive-summary.html
December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c2_pdi_prioritizationworksheetexample.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - C2 Prioritization Worksheet Example
Prioritization Matrix
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Matrix
Section 1- Blue Section 2-Green Section 3-Purple Section 4-Orange
Own Rate and Natio…
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/141-cusp-tip-sheet-assembling-team.docx
April 01, 2025 - CUSP Tip Sheet:
Assembling the CUSP Team
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are important to high-quality patient care. A culture of teamwork and learning from mistakes helps improve patient safety. The Compre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/149-cusp-tip-sheet-assembling-team.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Assembling the CUSP Team
ICU & Non-ICU
Purpose
Teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are important to high-quality patient care. A culture of teamwork and learning from mistakes helps improve patient safety. The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUS…
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www.ahrq.gov/priority-populations/observances/bhm/grantees.html
February 01, 2021 - Grantees Focusing on African Americans
Brian William Jack, M.D.
"Maternal health disparities begin well before a positive pregnancy test. Our work aims to offer Black women useful healthcare tools tailored specifically to their needs. Gabby is one such tool."
Implementation and Dissemination of Ga…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/06-pfe-planning-evaluation.pdf
August 01, 2021 - Evaluation Planning Tool
Evaluation Planning Tool
Toolkit for Engaging Patients
To Improve Diagnostic Safety
After you implement the Be The Expert On You note sheet and the 60 Seconds To Improve Diagnostic Safety,
you will need to evaluate the interventions’ impact. You can use this Evaluation Planning Worksheet…
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - C1 Prioritization Worksheet
Prioritization Worksheet
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet
Section 1- Blue Section 2-Green Section 3-Purple Section 4-Orange
Own Rate and National Comparat…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/owll-long-desc.html
August 01, 2025 - Open Wide Learning Lab (OWLL): Improving Patient Safety in Dentistry
Principal Investigator: Muhammad Walji, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX AHRQ Grant No.: HS027268 Project Period: 09/09/19-08/31/24 Description: OWLL aimed to improve patient safety in dental sett…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/advance-organizational-safety-strategies-slides.pdf
June 18, 2024 - NAA National Webinar May 2024 - Understanding and Operationalizing the National Action Alliance Aim #1: Advance Organizational Safety Strategies Using National Action Plan Foundations
Understanding and Operationalizing the National Action
Alliance Aim #1: Advance Organizational
Safety Strategies Using National Act…