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7321. Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/923.html
      July 01, 2024 - Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use Issue Number 923 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. July 30, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Postoperative Sepsis Rates In 2020, for every 1,000 elective surgical procedures, an average of 3.8 adult patients …

7322. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-COPD.pdf
      June 02, 2021 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations Diagnosis • A COPD exacerbation should be considered in a resident with a known history of COPD and increased cough, shortness of breath, or sputum production from baseline.1-3 • COPD exacerbations are commonly triggered by respiratory virus infections (e.g.…

7323. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2022 - Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation Many infection control measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led t…

7324. Measure: Appropriateness of Red Cell Transfusions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2016 - Measure: Appropriateness of Red Cell Transfusions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Measure: Appropriateness of Red Cell Transfusions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE) Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s) Numbe…

7325. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/intro-early-mobility-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Title Slide Evidence for Early Mobility: A Protocol To Get Patients Out of Bed Faster SAY: This module provides an introduction to and the evidence behind early mobility. We will also discuss establishing a proto…

7326. Introduction and Evidence for Early Mobility: A Protocol To Get Patients Out of Bed Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Introduction and Evidence for Early Mobility: A Protocol To Get Patients Out of Bed Faster: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Slide 1: Introduction and Evidence for Early Mobility: A Protocol To Get Patients Out of Bed Faster Say: This module provides an introdu…

7327. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section4.html
      October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preventing Device-Associated Infections Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Comp…

7328. Tool 2: - The SHARE Approach, Essential Steps of Shared Decisionmaking: Expanded Reference Guide with Sample Conversation Starters (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/share-communicating-numbers.pdf
      October 01, 2024 - Tool 2: - The SHARE Approach, Essential Steps of Shared Decisionmaking: Expanded Reference Guide with Sample Conversation Starters The SHARE Approach: Communicating Numbers to Your Patients Many people, even with college degrees, have trouble using and making sense of numbers.1 Low numeracy makes it hard to …

7329. Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module-1-slides.pptx
      September 01, 2015 - Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Module 1: Overview AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF September 2015 Learning Objectives At the end of this educational event, the participant will be able to— Describe the scope of catheter-associated…

7330. C1 Prioritization Matrix (xls file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c2_combo_prioritizationworksheetexample.xlsx
      June 02, 2025 - C1 Prioritization Matrix Prioritization Worksheet Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet Example Section 1- Blue Section 2-Green Section 3-Purple Section 4-Orange Own Rate and National Benchmark Estima…

7331. CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2015 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0 CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey Version: 3.0 Population: Adult Language: English Notes • References to “this provider” rather than “this doctor:” This survey uses “this provider” to refer to the individual specifically named in Question 1. A “provider” could be a do…

7332. PowerPoint Presentation
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      March 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care Training Module 2 AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-9-EF March 2017 AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Welcome to training module two titled, “Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care.” This is the sec…

7333. Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/mhsa.html
      June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Effective Treatment Mental Health and Substance Abuse Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Effective Treatment Acknowledgments Effective Treatment Effective Treatment Trends and Measures Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Chronic Kidney Disease Diabetes HIV …

7334. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Schillinger.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance 199 Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance Dean Schillinger, Eddie Machtinger, Frances Wang, Maytrella Rodriguez, Andrew Bindman Objective: Mis…

7335. 3. Assessment Plan and Methodology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests 3. Assessment Plan and Methodology Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Description of the Intervention 2. Descripti…

7336. Children with Disabilities Algorithm (CWDA) A Claims-Based Tool for Identifying Children with Disabilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-144-section-2.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - with which stakeholders will be able to identify CWD for quality assessment and subsequent quality improvement

7337. Vascular Access Device (VAD) Policy, Adult (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/vascular-access-device-policy.pdf
      March 01, 2008 - Departmental Physician Advisors shall present the policy to their respective Performance Improvement

7338. Sustaining Change Webinar Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - difference between implementation and sustainment, to identify key elements in sustainment of [process and improvement

7339. Sustaining-Change-Transcript (doc file)
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      April 14, 2015 - difference between implementation and sustainment, to identify key elements in sustainment of [process and improvement

7340. Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/alt-text.html
      July 01, 2018 - Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text Slide Number and Title Slide Content Content for Alternative Text (Illustration) Slide 1 Cover Slide (CUSP Toolkit logo) The "Understand the Science of Safety" module of the CUSP Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular approach to pat…