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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/hickman.html
February 01, 2025 - NAC Member Biography: Sharon Weidner Hickman
Sharon Weidner Hickman, M.B.A., CPHQ, CPPS, MCPC, LSSMBB President and Chief Operating Officer Adaptient, LLP Sharon Weidner Hickman, M.B.A., CPHQ, CPPS, MCPC, LSSMBB, is a healthcare executive with a demonstrated track record of achievement in strategic development,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/using-sops-tools-090925.html
August 01, 2025 - Patient Safety in Medical Offices: Using SOPS Tools to Drive Improvement
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Time: 1 to 2 PM ET
Register Description This 1-hour webcast will highlight how the University of Georgia Health Center used AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Medical Office Survey and …
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/grantees/index.html
September 01, 2021 - PQMP Grantees
As required by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), Title IV, Sec. 401, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) was established to increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public and private purchasers of chi…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/home.html
February 01, 2016 - Self-Management Support
Self-management support is an important part of improving primary care services. It aims to help clinicians teach their patients how to take informed responsibility for their own health care.
What is Self-Management Support?
Why is Self-Management Support important?
How to …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T5-Sample_Timeline_Phase_1.doc
May 01, 2014 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 1
Sample Timeline
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/sopsvaluewebcast-intro.pdf
January 09, 2018 - Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for Hospitals and Medical Offices - INTRO
New AHRQ SOPS™ Value and
Efficiency Supplemental Items for
Hospitals and Medical Offices
Webcast
January 9, 2018
2:00-3:00 ET
Our Focus Today
• Describe the development of the new SOPSTM
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/initiatives.html
September 01, 2019 - Practice Improvement Initiatives
The list below provides examples of major AHRQ practice improvement projects.
EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW, one of AHRQ's largest primary care projects to date, helped practices implement evidence to improve healthcare with a focus on heart health and enriched their capacity to f…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/safety-hai-prevention/index.html
January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with NORC at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins University, created the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention to implement a bu…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/index.html
August 01, 2017 - Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
The Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients helps hospitals make care safer for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs). ICU staff can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHR…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology9.html
April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Evolving Methods and the Future of Diagnostic Improvement
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Table of Contents
Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Introduction
Perspectives on Diagnostic …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0702.html
October 01, 2014 - Pediatricians Use AHRQ Report to Create New Guidelines on Vitamin D for Infants
Search All Impact Case Studies
December 2006
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has developed recommendations that all infants, including those who are exclusively breastfed, should have a minimum intake of 200 internation…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/items-classified.html
February 01, 2017 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Exhibit 3. Items Classified by Estimating Costs Grantees as Direct and Indirect Cost Elements
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Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide a…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/index.html
June 01, 2021 - Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing
For information on how the materials below can be integrated into institutional efforts to improve antibiotic use, please read the Toolkit Implementation Guide for Acute Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (PDF, 328 KB).
Presentations
Improving …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-157-fullreport.pdf
August 01, 2018 - Using the following sections, explain the methods used to determine the feasibility of
implementing … States have been active in implementing numerous strategies to streamline and facilitate the
enrollment … However, as States
described, implementing more targeted strategies to help close gaps in coverage is
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/khare-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving ED Quality and Safety by Enhancing Operations and Quality Management
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
Improving ED Quality and Safety by Enhancing Operations and Quality Management
Principal Investigator:
Rahul K. Khare, MD, formerly Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/wears-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reducing Risks by Engineering Resilience Into HIT for EDs
Reducing Risks by Engineering Resilience into HIT for EDs
Principal Investigator: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS, PhD
Team Members:
John Wreathall
Rollin (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS
Ann M. Bisantz, PhD
Shawna J Perry, MD
Chris Johnson,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/williams-galimbertti-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Challenges and Innovations in Evaluation of Quality of Care
AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report
Title of Project: Challenges and Innovations in Evaluation of Quality of Care
Measures Based on Small Counts
“National Conference on Small Numbers”
Principal Investigators and Team Members:
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Auditing Your Briefing and Debriefing Process
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Let’s continue our discussion around briefings and debriefings. The previous module, Optimizing Your Briefings and Debriefings, focused on defining them…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/facilitator-notes.docx
March 01, 2017 - Facilitator Notes
SAY:
The Resident and Family Engagement module focuses on the roles and responsibilities of the resident and family as a member of the facility safety team. Engaging the resident and family as partners will help assure they can be active participants in their care and in the decision-making process …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapb.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Appendix B. In-Person Meetings
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Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Administrati…