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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1210.html
August 01, 2012 - Capital Health Influenced by AHRQ's Project RED in Creating Tool for Patients
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August 2012
Capital Health, the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, Canada, developed a tool for hospital patients that helps organize details about their health status in preparation…
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www.ahrq.gov/innovations/will-work/reference.html
February 01, 2021 - Will It Work Here? A Decisionmaker's Guide to Adopting Innovations
References
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Will It Work Here? A Decisionmaker's Guide to Adopting Innovations
About the Guide
Acknowledgments
Purpose
How to Use the Guide
Module I: Does the Innovation Fit?
Modul…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0605.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ Research Helps American Heart Association Create Recommendations for Heart Disease Prevention in Women
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March 2006
The American Heart Association (AHA) used AHRQ's Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 80, Results of Systematic Review of Research on Diagnosis and Trea…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/special-edition.html
February 01, 2022 - Special Edition: Robert Otto Valdez Named AHRQ Director
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
February 22, 2022
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., internationally recognized expert in health services research, the U.S. healthcare system, and health policy…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/stakeholder-analysis.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 1B: Stakeholder Analysis
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Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Roadmap
Acknowledgments
Overview
Icons
1. Are you ready for this change?
2. How will you manage change?
3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/family-education.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 3L: Patient and Family Education
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Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Roadmap
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Overview
Icons
1. Are you ready for this change?
2. How will you manage change?
3. Which fall prevention practices do you …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century
AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the health…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-dowd.html
December 01, 2017 - Physician Quality Reporting and Patient Outcomes in Medicare
Abstract
Principal Investigator: Bryan Dowd, Ph.D.
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Purpose
This study examined the impact of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) on the qualit…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Engineering Safety Into Practice Affinity Group
The National Action Alliance established the Engineering Safety Into Practice Affinity Group to make healthcare safer by design by identifying scalable opportunities for better engineering safety into key healthcare practice—one of the Alliance’s five Aims. Read …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs
Today’s intensive care unit (ICU) teams understand the importance of providing high-quality care that relies on a culture of safety and evidence-based clinical practices to help prevent infections. This customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c1_pdi_prioritizationworksheet.pdf
June 05, 2016 - AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet
AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit
Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1
Volume of
Cases at
Risk
Cost of Single
Event
Total Cost
Cost To
Implement
Penalities and
Incentives
Proxies for Cost
Strategic
Alignment
External
Mandates
Public
Per…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/hcbs-database/participate.html
December 01, 2024 - Participating in the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database
All Medicaid agencies and managed care entities that administer this survey are invited to submit their results to the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database. This page explains the requirements and the st…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/index.html
August 01, 2021 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making
The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical time periods of antibiotic decision making. Frontline staff and prescribing clinicians are encouraged to use the Four Moments framework for all residents whenever the need for antibiotics is being c…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/hospital-survey-workplace-safety-052324.html
October 01, 2024 - Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast)
May 23, 2024
Contents Summary Speakers and Presentation Slides Recording Summary This webcast highlighted how the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA) used AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/training_professionals.pdf
October 01, 2013 - AHRQ Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventative Services
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION
Training Professionals to Implement Clinical Preventive Services
What Is Implementation Science and Why Is It N…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-fore.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Foreword
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Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Acknowledgements
Support
Foreword
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Netw…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/using-cahps-name/index.html
April 01, 2024 - Using the Trademarked CAHPS Name
The CAHPS acronym stands for “Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems” 1 is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Because each survey is the result of a systematic and thorough research and development process, the CAHP…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ed-cahps/index.html
December 01, 2023 - CAHPS Emergency Department Survey
The CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) assesses the experiences of adult patients who received care in an emergency department and were subsequently discharged home (e.g., not admitted to the hospital). This survey addresses the need for an instrument designed for the…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/translating/index.html
September 01, 2024 - Translating CAHPS Surveys and Other Materials
All CAHPS surveys are available in Spanish, as are some of the CAHPS supplemental items . These Spanish translations were produced by the CAHPS research team, which follows a standard process designed to ensure the reliability and validity of the survey data. Thi…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
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Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Introduction
Chapter 1. Building the Project Foundation: Gaining Leadership Supp…