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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Schyve.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue—Volume 2—Systems Thinking and Patient Safety
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Prologue
Systems Thinking and Patient Safety
Paul M. Schyve
Patient safety is a prominent theme in health care delivery today. This should
come as no surprise, given that “first, do no harm” has been the ethical watchword
throughout the history of medi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4i_combo_psi12-dvt-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
Tool D.4i 1
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 12: Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism (PE) or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Why Focus on DVT/PE…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-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.4v
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 10: Postoperative Sepsis
Why focus on postoperative sepsis in children?
• Postoperative s…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal5.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Lessons on How To Improve Future National Collaboratives
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Impleme…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/129-ss-blank-lfd.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Learning From Defects Tool
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
What Is a Defect?
A defect is any clinical or operational event or situation that you would not want to happen again. This could include incidents…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-health-equity.html
May 01, 2024 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022
Health Equity
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022
Acknowledgments and Authors
Message from the Acting Director of AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-jul2023.pdf
November 03, 2023 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety: July Meeting Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup:
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
July Meeting Summary
Workgroup Goal: Established in response to Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested that…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA)
Title: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization
without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA)
Principal Investigator: Lance R. Peterson, MD
Team Members: Ari Robicsek, MD, Jenni…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in Patient Safety
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Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in
Patient Safety
Final Research Report to AHRQ
Principal Investigator: Joel S. Weissman, PhD
February 6, 2006
Co-Investigators and Study Staff (i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/2-preventablehospitalandedvisits-samplerpts_3.pdf
November 30, 2013 - On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes
On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits:
Electronic Reports
Five reports are described here. Each section presents a sample report followed by purpose,
description, and users and potential u…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Baker.pdf
February 01, 2005 - Medical Team Training Programs in Health Care
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Medical Team Training Programs
in Health Care
David P. Baker, Sigrid Gustafson, J. Mathew Beaubien,
Eduardo Salas, Paul Barach
Abstract
Numerous medical team training programs have been developed and implemented
in response to the patient safety crisis hig…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/scott-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Evaluating the Impact of Simulated Team Training on Patient Safety
AHRQ TEAM TRAINING GRANT
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of Simulated Team Training on
Patient Safety
Principal Investigator: Daniel J. Scott
Team Members: Rajiv Gala (Co-Investigator)
John Fore…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/015-ss-hand-hygiene-periop-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
Hand Hygiene in the
Perioperative Setting
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting
SAY:
Welcome to this presentatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hueckel_27.pdf
April 01, 2008 - Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions, and Improves Outcomes
Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting
a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of
At-Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions,
and Improves Ou…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/datameasures-guide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Data Measures Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for
Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Data Measures Guide
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0018-6-EF
January 2017
Data Measures Guide
Introduction ....................................................................................................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-teamwork-leadership.pdf
April 30, 2025 - AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Teamwork and Leadership
AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety
Project Highlights
Improving Healthcare Safety by
Enhancing Teamwork and Leadership
Overview
According to the Joint Commission, in 2022, failures in communication, teamwork, a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/ed-boarding-summit-report.pdf
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Summit to Address Emergency Department Boarding
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AHRQ Summit to Address
Emergency Department
Boarding
Technical Report
e
AHRQ Summit to Address Emergency
Department Boarding
Technical Report
Prepared by
Robin M. Weinick, PhD
Resonant, LLC
Sean Bruna, PhD, MA, MA
Agen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicaid-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicaid Outpatient File (Version 2)
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Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicaid Outpatient File
Variable Variable Label
Count of
Non-missing
Values
(Unweighted)
Count of
Missing
Values
(Unweighted) Minimum Maximum Mean
Standard
Deviation
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/women50sp.pdf
July 01, 2014 - Mujer: Conserve su salud despues de los 50
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Mujer:
Conserve su salud
después de los 50
Edición 2014
2 3
Utilice esta información para ayudar a
mantenerse sana a partir de los 50 años.
Sepa qué pruebas de detección necesita
y cuándo hacérselas, qué medicamentos
pueden prevenir enfermedades y las
medidas …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/102-how-integrate-cusp-approach-guide.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
ICU & Non-ICU
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
How to Integrate a CUSP Approach
SAY:
Welcome to this presentation about the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP. This presentation discusses how to integrate a CUSP…