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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/arragrantee-magill.html
December 01, 2017 - ARRA Delivery System Initiative
Presentations and Publications by Recipients of ARRA Delivery System Grants
Primary Care Practice Redesign—Successful Strategies
Principal Investigator: Michael Magill
Journal Articles
Egger MJ, Day J, Scammon DL, et al. Correlation of the Care by Design primary care pract…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/hospevac4.html
July 01, 2018 - Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
This resource was part of AHRQ's Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, and focused on post-event evacuations.
Post-Event Evacuation Decision Guide
Post-event evacuations have occurred either following Advanced Warning Events …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-spmh.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Care
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Po…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4i_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4i
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/preventing-clinical-deterioration-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Cancer Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (CaPSLL): Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients
Principal Investigator: Matthew Weinger, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Co-PI: Daniel France, M.P.H., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN AHRQ Grant No…
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/grants.html
March 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Research Grant Awards
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced the approval of 28 research grants designed to explore essential questions about the delivery of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research proje…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.docx
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital, Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see how you are doing, and see if …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
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Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital,
Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4m_combo_psi18-19-obstetriclaceration-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4m
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 18 and 19: Obstetric Trauma Rate – Vaginal Delivery With and Without Instrument
Why Focus o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4w_combo_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4w
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in children?…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/05-sops-teamstepps-webcast-mazur.pdf
April 30, 2022 - Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS®in Action Webcast
Using TeamSTEPPS and SOPS to Enhance
Surgical Team Communication
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
Division of Healthcare Engineering
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Disclosures
Communify.us (quality/safety improvement management
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/patfamilyengagement/CUSP-Patient-Family-Engagement.pptx
May 01, 2013 - Cover slide
Explore the role of patient and family advisors
Describe how to work with patients and family advisors
Present tools to improve communication among patients, families, and clinicians
Discuss how to communicate an adverse event to a patient and family members
Learning Objectives
The Patient’s Hos…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/110-cusp-program-sustainability-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Program: Sustainability
ICU & Non-ICU
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0007
October 2024
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU
CUSP Program Sustainability
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Educational Objectives
Define sustainability for quality improvement s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/036-sources-pathways-mrsa-one-pager.docx
October 01, 2024 - The Impact of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
· MRSA is one of the most invasive and deadly multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs).
· Over 2.8 million infections and over 35,000 people die in the U.S. every year.1
· MRSA infections are associated with the following:
· Prolonged length of stay in ho…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/choosing/choosing.doc
June 02, 2025 - Choosing Quality Measures
Choosing Quality Measures
Contents
Some Planning Suggestions
· Think Long Term
· Consider All Available Measurement Tools
· Think Fewer Measures
· Develop a Plan
Factors to Consider
· Making Comparisons
· Databases and Benchmarks
· Trends Over Time
· Service Delivery Systems
· Unit of Ana…
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - Statistical Briefs
MEPS Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Non-Elderly Adults in 2020-2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics .
This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain obtained from the 2020…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/navigating-hierarchy-121013.pptx
January 01, 2006 - Slide 1
Navigating Hierarchy in the Clinical Setting: Working and Communicating with Others
Susan M. Hohenhaus, LPD, RN, CEN, FAEN
Executive Director
Emergency Nurses Association
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Learning Objectives
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Describe the relationship between hierarchy and patient safety
Explain communication strategies that empower …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/communication-strategies-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Communication Strategies for Sustainability: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Communication Strategies for Sustainability
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
After reviewing this module, you will be…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/briefing-slides/slides.html
October 01, 2014 - Morning Briefing and Shadowing (Slide Presentation)
On the CUSP: Stop BSI
This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on July 12, 2011.
Contents
Slide 1. Improving Situational Awareness by Conducting a Morning Briefing
Slide 2. Situation Awareness: An Overview
Slide 3. Briefing Defined
Slide 4. Eff…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose-control-factsheet.html
December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control Factsheet
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Facts About Glucose Control and the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
Definition of Tight Glucose Control
Tight glucose control refers to getting as close to a normal (nondiabetic) blood glucose level as you safely can. Ideally, th…