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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-guideforstaff.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Teach-Back: A Guide for Staff
Teach-Back
A Guide for Staff
What is teach-back?
Teach-back IS a way for you to make sure your
patients understand what you tell them.
Teach-back IS NOT a test or a quiz for patients.
How do I use teach-back?
Just ask patients to explain what you have told
them using their own wor…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-webinar-slides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Warm Handoff
1
Warm Handoff
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary
Care Settings by Engaging Patients and
Families
Speaker
Kelly Smith, PhD
Scientific Director, Quality & Safety
Co-PI, AHRQ Guide to Improve Patient Safety
in Primary Care Settings by Engaging
Patients and Families
kel…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0206-table8.pdf
April 21, 2015 - Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache: Table 8
Table 8: Evidence Regarding Overuse of Computed Tomography Imaging for Atraumatic Headache
in Children
TYPE OF
EVIDENCE
KEY FINDINGS
LEVEL OF
EVIDENCE
(USPSTF
RANKING*)
CITATION(S)
Appropria…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-slides.html
June 01, 2017 - Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 2: Daily Huddles
Slide 1: Management Practices for Sustainability Module 2: Daily Huddles
Management Practices for Sustainability
Module 2: Daily Huddles
Slide 2: A Frontline Management System To Promote Safety Standard Work
Image: This image shows th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Diagnosis
Symptoms: Cough (generally with increased sputum), fevers, shortness of breath, or chest pain
Exam: Tachycardia, tachypnea, or decreased oxygen saturation with rhonchi or crackles
• In patients with obvious signs and symptoms of …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide
Slide 1: Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products
Timothy Landers, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CIC
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Slide 2: Disclosures
Dr. Landers receives sala…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/supplemental-interpreter-hpcahps-adult_2157-4a.docx
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0 Supplemental Items: Interpreter Services
Population Version: Adult
Supplemental Items for the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0
Topic: Interpreter Services
Population Version: Adult
Language: English
Users of the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in or…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/healthcare-team.docx
March 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-03-EF
…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-leiferman.html
May 01, 2024 - Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health
Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. Chair and Professor University of Colorado-Denver Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. “Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure that every child has the best possible start in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/consumer-exp/systems/index.html
October 01, 2014 - Project Overview: Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Current patient safety event reporting systems are aimed at obtaining information from health care providers. However, patients and their family members are in a unique position to identify gaps in care that may have co…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/snac.html
May 01, 2022 - Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on Healthcare Quality Measurement
In November of 2020, the U.S. HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary requested that the AHRQ director form a Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council (SNAC) to focus on AHRQ's future investment in quality measurement. AHRQ's Na…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
June 01, 2023 - Guide to Using the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Patient Education BookletsAHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Purpose of Booklets
The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery and recovery in the hospital and at home. Patients and careg…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/delivery-primary-care.html
November 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care
NOV
7
2022
By
Tess
Miller,
Dr.P.H.
The unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 underscored the vital role played by the Nation’s vast network of primary care practices—a…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/patient-centered-care-dhr.html
September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in New Report from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program
SEP
29
2022
By
Chris
Dymek,
Ed.D.
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.
The goal of patient-centered care supported by digital health…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-academy-medicine.html
February 01, 2018 - National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Reports
AHRQ has long collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) to develop comprehensive reports on topics that are critical to making the American health care system safer and higher quality. These reports represent the consensus reco…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/boost-health-services-research.html
June 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
A Boost for Health Services Research
JUN
21
2022
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
It has been just four months since joining President Biden’s Administration as Director of AHRQ. What a whir…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2021-ahrq-year-in-review.html
January 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
2021: An AHRQ Year in Review
JAN
11
2022
By
David
Meyers,
M.D.
David Meyers, M.D.
Turning the calendar to a new year is a time for taking stock—reflecting on our accomplishments and setting our sights on where we want to go…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-narrative.pdf
December 31, 2018 - Statin Therapy Measure Narative
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Measure Narrative
Description
Percentage of high-risk adult patients aged >= 21 years who were previously diagnosed with or currently
have an active diagnosis of clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/akstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Alaska State at a Glance
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/donahue.html
August 01, 2018 - Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina
Principal Investigator: Katrina E. Donahue, MD, MPH
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019131
Number and Type of Practices
This project included 76 primary care practices across Nor…