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7581. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/implementation-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-c.docx
      January 01, 2017 - BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Appendix C. Sample Bladder Scan Policy Purpose To provide guidelines for the use of a bladder scanner. Definition The bladder scan measures ultrasonic reflections within th…

7582. Nurses' Role in Diagnosis, Through the Lens of Distributed Cognition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department Nurses' Role in Diagnosis, Through the Lens of Distributed Cognition Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department …

7583. Measures of Inefficiency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/measures3.html
      June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Care Affordability Measures of Inefficiency Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Care Affordability Acknowledgments Care Affordability Care Affordability Trends and Measures Measures of Access Problems Due to Health Care Costs Measures of Inefficiency Supp…

7584. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/best-practices-slides/slides.html
      October 01, 2014 - Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on October 18, 2011. Contents Slide 1. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders Slide 2. Jonathan Kling, BSN, BHA, RN, CCRN Slide 3. Initial Challen…

7585. Measure: Episiotomy (Overuse) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/CHIPRA-Episiotomy-FactSheet.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - Measure: Episiotomy (Overuse) Measure: Episiotomy (Overuse) Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE) Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s) Patients who underwent an episiotomy. All patients, regardless of age, who gave birth vaginally (without shoulder dystocia), during …

7586. Tip 6. Use Caution With Readability Formulas for Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2015 - Tip 6. Use Caution With Readability Formulas for Quality Reports There are several dozen readability formulas, including the Fry formula, SMOG, and Flesch tests (Flesch-Kincaid and Flesch Reading Ease). You can use the formulas to score text by hand or use computerized versions that are built into word proces…

7587. AHRQ Webcast Recent Insights into CAHPS Survey Modes and Response Rates - Parast (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - AHRQ Webcast Recent Insights into CAHPS Survey Modes and Response Rates - Parast Testing the Feasibility of the Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care (EDPEC) Survey Layla Parast, RAND Corporation 23 Disclosure This study was conducted under contract number GS-10F- 0275P/75FCMC18F0061, “National Impl…

7588. Development of the CAHPS Child Hospital Narrative Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/child-hospital-narratives/development.html
      December 01, 2023 - Development of the CAHPS Child Hospital Narrative Item Set The CAHPS Child Hospital Narrative Item Set enables users of the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey to elicit a short, coherent story from the parents and guardians of hospitalized children about the important aspects of their experiences with inpatient care. …

7589. 20 Years of Impactful Telehealthcare Research from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders 20 Years of Impactful Telehealthcare Research from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program AUG 22 2024 By Kevin Chaney, M.G.S., and Sanjeev Arora, M.D., F.A.C.G. AHRQ’s  Digital Healthcare Research Program , which this year commemo…

7590. CAHPS Glossary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2024 - CAHPS Glossary The following definitions are offered as a reference for users of CAHPS products as well as researchers and media organizations. If you would like to see an explanation of any other terms or phrases, please let us know at CAHPS1@westat.com . CAHPS Acronym The CAHPS acronym stands for "Consumer A…

7591. Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Rural Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/health-it/opioids.html
      September 01, 2022 - Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Rural Primary Care Practices An important aspect of the opioid epidemic is the lack of treatment options for millions of Americans living in rural communities. We can expand access by engaging primary care practices—the places where most rura…

7592. AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/nursinghome-users-guide.pdf
      April 01, 2022 - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide NURSING HOME SURVEY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE: USER’S GUIDE PATIENT SAFETY AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…

7593. Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans to Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Seizure: Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0197-fullreport.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans to Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Seizure: Report 1 Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans to Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Seizure Section 1. Basic Measure Information 1.A. Mea…

7594. Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation (HYCR) Expanding Capacity Implementation Guide (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2022 - Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation (HYCR) Expanding Capacity Implementation Guide Expanding Capacity Implementation Guide December 2022 …

7595. Final Progress Report: Immersive Simulation for Design and Evaluation of an Emergency Department IT System (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/bisantz-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Immersive Simulation for Design and Evaluation of an Emergency Department IT System Immersive Simulation for Design and Evaluation of an Emergency Department IT System Principal Investigator: Ann Bisantz, PhD1 Co-Investigators: Rollin J. Terry Fairbanks, MD1, 2,5 Li Lin, PhD1 A. Zachary He…

7596. Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/fuzzysets_slides.html
      July 01, 2013 - Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis (Slide Presentation) Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research - Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Presenter: Marcus Thygeson, MD Discussant: Jodi Holtrop, PhD Moderator: Michael I. Harrison, PhD Sponsored by AHRQ's Delivery…

7597. Journey of Mr. Kane
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      June 02, 2025 - Journey of Mr. Kane The Diagnostic Journey of Mr. Kane TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis Improvement Narrator: This story is about the diagnostic journey of Mr. Kane. The story outlines several areas where communication failures led to missed and delayed diagnosis that contributed to Mr. Kane’s death. The story is told fro…

7598. Team Structure and Assembly (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_2-team-structure-speaker-notes.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - Team Structure and Assembly SPPC‐II Toolkit                                                                                                           Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC II Team Structure and Assembly Module 2 of 8 ‐ SCRIPT Thank you for participating in the Safety Program for Perinatal Car…

7599. Team Structure and Assembly - PowerPoint Presentation
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      July 01, 2023 - Team Structure and Assembly - PowerPoint Presentation Team Structure and Assembly Module 2 of 8 SPPC-II Toolkit AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046 July 2023 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT Thank you for participating in the Safety Program for Perinatal Care II (also known as SPPC-II) Teamwork Toolkit presented by the …

7600. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/guide-infection-prevention.pdf
      March 01, 2017 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Content leads for the preparation of this document were as follows: Deb Patterson Burdsall, M.S.N., R.N.-B.C., CIC Infection Preventionist Lutheran Home/Lutheran Life Communities Arlington Heights, IL Steven J. Schweon, R.N., M.P.H., M.S.N., CIC, HEM, FSHEA Infection Prevention Cons…