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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/about-chsp/centers/index.html
July 01, 2019 - Centers of Excellence and Coordinating Center
Contents
Centers of Excellence
Coordinating Center
Reports
Centers of Excellence
Dartmouth College Center of Excellence
The Dartmouth College Center of Excellence is studying the use of evidence-based innovations in health systems and their impact on…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact4.html
July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation
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Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safe…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/index.html?page=0
November 07, 2024 - AHRQ Views
AHRQ Views blog posts offer insights into current healthcare issues and describe how AHRQ is working to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable. The list below includes blog posts from current and past Agency directors and staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clabsi.html
November 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinalsum.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
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Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Lear…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/optimizing-safety-long-desc.html
June 01, 2020 - Optimizing Safety of Mother and Neonate in a Mixed Methods Learning Laboratory
Long Description
Principal Investigator: Louis Halamek, M.D., Stanford University, Stanford, CA
AHRQ Grant No.: HS023506
Project Period: 09/30/14–09/29/19
Description: The goal of this project was to establish a PSLL to a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-section-5-table-6.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Section 5, Table 6
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Table 6: Evidence for Timely Fluid Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis or Septic
Shock
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pediatric considerations in severe sepsis:
In children, definitions of sepsis are…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/058-nursing-protocol-showering-liquid.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Nursing Decolonization Protocol: Showering With 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Liquid Soap
The following protocol details the process for performing skin decolonization with 4% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) liquid in the shower.
Protocol Overview
· Daily CHG showering for all…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part2-sbuse.html
May 01, 2018 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Substance Use Disorders
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Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
N…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012
Updated Inform…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi-investigation.html
December 01, 2017 - Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn from them when they occur. To improve, perioperative teams need a structured appr…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary2.html
September 01, 2015 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Reporting and using the Child Core Set of quality measures
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Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Introduction
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=10
Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patient-role1.html
September 01, 2024 - The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety and Excellence: From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design
Introduction
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The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety and Excellence: From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design
Introduction
The History of Patient Roles
Imp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/enabling-real-time.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk
Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
AHRQ Impact: Researchers have developed a
prediction tool to identify primary care practices
at high-risk of clinician burnout…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program4.html
April 01, 2018 - Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Chapter 4. Results and Next Steps
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Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Introduction
Chapter 1. Environmental Scan
Chapter 2. Electronic Searchable Cata…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/mosurv14chap5.html
June 01, 2014 - Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Chapter 5. Overall Results
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Table of Contents
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Survey Administration Statistics
Chapter 3. Medical Office Characteristics…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim1.html
July 01, 2013 - Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Executive Summary
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report
Executive Summary
Introduction and Objectives
Methods
Results
Outcome and Process Measures
Culture Measures
Conclusions
Healthcare-a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1516-p003-ef.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Measure: Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents
Measure: Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting
Among Adolescents
Measure Developer: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement
(NCINQ) at the National Committee for Quality Assurance
Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s)
Ado…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-asymptomatic-bacteriuria.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Asymptomatic Bacteriuria One Pager
Diagnosis
• Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture from a person with NO symptoms of a urinary
tract infection (UTI) such as dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever, or flank pain.
• ASB is common and often associated with pyuria (urine containing ≥10 white…