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9681. Capital Health Influenced by AHRQ's Project RED in Creating Tool for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2012 - Capital Health Influenced by AHRQ's Project RED in Creating Tool for Patients Search All Impact Case Studies 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…

9682. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2021 - Will It Work Here? A Decisionmaker's Guide to Adopting Innovations References Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents 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…

9683. AHRQ Research Helps American Heart Association Create Recommendations for Heart Disease Prevention in Women | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - AHRQ Research Helps American Heart Association Create Recommendations for Heart Disease Prevention in Women Search All Impact Case Studies 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…

9684. Special Edition: Robert Otto Valdez Named AHRQ Director | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9685. Tool 1B: Stakeholder Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/stakeholder-analysis.html
      January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals Tool 1B: Stakeholder Analysis Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents 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 …

9686. Tool 3L: Patient and Family Education | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals Tool 3L: Patient and Family Education Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents 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 …

9687. AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9688. Physician Quality Reporting and Patient Outcomes in Medicare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9689. Engineering Safety Into Practice Affinity Group | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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 …

9690. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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 …

9691. AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet (pdf file)
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      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…

9692. Participating in the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9693. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9694. Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9695. AHRQ Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventative Services (pdf file)
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      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…

9696. Foreword | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Foreword Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity Acknowledgements Support Foreword Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Netw…

9697. Using the Trademarked CAHPS Name | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9698. CAHPS Emergency Department Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      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…

9699. Translating CAHPS Surveys and Other Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

9700. Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Next Page Table of Contents Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Introduction Chapter 1. Building the Project Foundation: Gaining Leadership Supp…