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9441. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-members-UTI.pdf
      June 01, 2021 - Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) My father is not himself today. His urine is dark and smells bad. Does he have a urinary tract infection? Last time this happened, the do…

9442. An Assessment of Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/sepsis/index.html
      September 01, 2024 - An Assessment of Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care Report to Congress Summary In the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill, the U.S. Congress directed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to "conduct a comprehensive set of studies that calculate the morb…

9443. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2020 - AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions The   AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017   (PDF, 787 KB) is a report that shows progress toward the goal of reducing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). These are conditions that a patient develops…

9444. Electronic Library | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2020 - Electronic Library The 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) mandate that agencies must establish an Electronic FOIA (EFOIA) Library. The EFOIA Library contains certain agency manuals, specific agency policy statements, opinions made in adjudication of cases, and an index of records released …

9445. National Implementation Project Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2016 - National Implementation Project Reports Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist Checklist developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine that provides critical steps to reduce HAIs.            Ending Healthcare-Associated Infections Fact sheet that provides an overview of CUSP and highlights AHRQ-supporte…

9446. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/index.html
      March 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing to help nursing homes with electronic medical records address pressure ulcers that are slow to heal. Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nu…

9447. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2023 - Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions Introduction Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions Introduction Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety Unique to Children Pediatric Diagnosti…

9448. The PSO Privacy Protection Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/psoppc.ahrq.gov/index.html
      September 01, 2018 - The PSO Privacy Protection Center Purpose The Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center (PSOPPC) was created by AHRQ to support the implementation of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act). The PSOPPC provides technical assistance to PSOs to ensure that patient…

9449. Patient Education Booklets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/implementing/patient-booklets.html
      November 01, 2023 - Patient Education Booklets These booklets were created by experienced content experts for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), a collaborative program to enhance the recovery of surgical patients. They help adult patients prepare for and recover from surgery both in the hospi…

9450. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-intro.html
      August 01, 2024 - Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study Introduction Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study Introduction Initia…

9451. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, Technical Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/chsp/data-resources/compendium/technical-documentation.html
      December 01, 2023 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, Technical Documentation In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Comparative Health System Performance (CHSP) Initiative to study how health care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care. AHRQ's goal is to unders…

9452. Participating in the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/child-hcahps-database/participate.html
      March 01, 2025 - Participating in the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Database All children's hospitals and inpatient pediatric departments that administer CAHPS Child Hospital (Child HCAHPS) Survey are invited to submit their results to the Child Hospital Survey Database. This page explains the requirements and the steps involved …

9453. Organizing Quality Measures by Domains of Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2022 - Organizing Quality Measures by Domains of Health Care Quality Quality information is easier to understand if users have a framework, or mental model, for thinking about health care quality. (Learn more about quality frameworks .) One of the most commonly used frameworks comes from the Institute of Medicine (IO…

9454. Final Progress Report: Risks of Inaccurate or Incomplete Preoperative Assessments in Freestanding ASCs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/kupka-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Risks of Inaccurate or Incomplete Preoperative Assessments in Freestanding ASCs Title Page Title of Project: Risks Of Inaccurate Or Incomplete Preoperative Assessments In Freestanding ASCs Principal Investigator: Nancy Kupka DNSc, MPH, RN - The Joint Commission Team Members: Diana Bickham, …

9455. Breaking-Down-Barriers-Transcript (doc file)
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      May 12, 2015 - May 12, 2015 Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion Speaker 1: The following is a recording of the Kathy Drury May National content calls with the American Hospital Association on May 12th, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time. Speaker 2: Excuse me everyone. We now have all of our speakers in conference. Ple…

9456. Safety Climate on Hospital Units: A New Measure (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - Safety Climate on Hospital Units: A New Measure 429 Safety Climate on Hospital Units: A New Measure Mary A. Blegen, Ginette A. Pepper, Joseph Rosse Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this project was to create a measure of safety climate for hospital inpatient care units and to determine the psychometric …

9457. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion (May 12, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion (May 12, 2015) Webinar Transcript May 12, 2015 Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion Operator 1: The following is a recording of the Kathy Drury May National content calls with the American Hospital Association on May 12th, 2015, at 11:0…

9458. Summary and Next Steps in Response to Federal Register Notice (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - Summary and Next Steps in Response to Federal Register Notice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Summary and Next Steps in Response to Federal Register Notice (FR Doc 2015-00767) Background and Overview On January 21, 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) release…

9459. Efficient Orthogonal Designs: Testing the Comparative Effectiveness of Alternative Ways of Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home Components (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/efficient-orthogonal.pdf
      March 01, 2013 - Efficient Orthogonal Designs: Testing the Comparative Effectiveness of Alternative Ways of Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home Components c Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov The PCM Portfolio graphic element is intended to be closely aligned w…

9460. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Research Studies Sign up: AHRQ Research Studies Email updates Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers. Results 2101 to 2125 of 12214 Research Studies Displayed Pagination « first « First ‹ previous ‹‹ …