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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d2_pdi_projectcharter.docx
December 23, 2009 - Project Charter
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project charter is to describe the performance improvement rationale, goals, barriers, and anticipated resources to which the team will commit.
Who are the target audiences? Staff members directly involved in the improvement project. Consider adding r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/susan-edgman-levitan-intro-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving CAHPS
Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS)
Survey Scores
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
March 15, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT
CAHPS Webcast Series
• Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Syste…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-ginsberg.pdf
January 01, 2015 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
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AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
(SOPS®) Program
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AHRQ is:
► A research and sci…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T6-Sample_Vignettes_Phase_3_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 3
Sample Vignettes
The following series of vignettes are similar to cases that a prescribing clinician may be presented with in a nursing home. Work through the vignettes and discussion questions—first without referring to the antibiogram and then by referring to the antibiogra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage-ptfactsheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment.
Please Bring ALL
Your Medicines to Your
Next Appointment
You will work with your health care team to make a medicine list.
Please make sure you bring (in the original container)...
� Prescription medicines.
� Medicines you buy without a prescription
(…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/children-chronic/index.html
April 01, 2022 - CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
The Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions is an extensive set of items that assess the experiences of this population with health plans and health care services. It allows sponsors to compare the experiences of children with special health care needs w…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/114-fvc-aspects-steps-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - When starting or improving an environmental cleaning (EVC) monitoring program, there are five essential steps to address, which are outlined below. This document focuses on the implementation of fluorescent gel (FG) monitoring, which is generally easier to use and implement, especially when starting a new monitoring pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d2_combo_projectcharter.pdf
December 23, 2009 - Project Charter
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.2
Project Charter
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project charter is to describe the performance
improvement rationale, goals, barriers, and anticipated resources to which the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d2_combo_projectcharter.docx
December 23, 2009 - Project Charter
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project charter is to describe the performance improvement rationale, goals, barriers, and anticipated resources to which the team will commit.
Who are the target audiences? Staff members directly involved in the improvement project. Consider adding …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-infantmortality.pdf
October 25, 2018 - DISPARITIES CONTINUE IN
INFANT MORTALITY AND
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Did you know? Low birth weight can be a predictor of developmental
delays and mortality among infants.1 Infant mortality and low birth
weight in infants can decline when expecting mothers receive adequate
prenatal care.2 In 2015, preterm birth and low …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/about/index.html
December 01, 2023 - About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network
The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network—a partnership among AHRQ, the University of New Mexico's ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)—provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the imple…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mchugh.html
May 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile
Improving Heart Health in Manufacturing Communities
Megan McHugh, Ph.D. Professor of Emergency Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University “Manufacturing workers have historically earned higher wages than similar workers in other industries and are more likely to be offered …
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/cas/cases.pdf
December 01, 2007 - information in this report is intended to help clinicians, employers, policymakers, and others
make informed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/003-ss-antimicrobial-prophylaxis-part-2-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Part 2 Beyond the Basics
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Part 2, Beyond the Basics
SAY:
This pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Shaha.pdf
May 01, 2004 - Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety Through a Low-tech Approach to Reducing Medication Errors
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Establishing a Culture of Patient
Safety Through a Low-tech Approach
to Reducing Medication Errors
Steven H. Shaha, Linda Brodsky, Michael S. Leonard, Michael A. Cimino,
Sandra A. McDougal, Joann M. Pilliod…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/functspecs3.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Functional Specifications (continued)
3. Specifications for Each Pressure Ulcer Prevention Report
3.1. Nutrition Risk Reports: High Risk and Medium Risk
3.1.1. Report Description
The weekly reports display resident-level nutritio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
January 01, 2011 - AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011
Introduction
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
are infections that people acquire while
they are receiving treatment for another
condition in a health care setting. They
are costly, deadly, and largely
preventable. A core part of the Ag…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/appd.html
May 01, 2016 - Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Appendix D. Hotline Site Visit Interview Protocol
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/iowa-template-appendix1.pdf
June 05, 2025 - University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital: Written Family Discharge Instructions Template Example
Tobacco and Nicotine Education
Note Information about this visit will be available to members of your care team.
Patient/caregiver and understanding verbalized. Copy Provided.
Homecare Instructions
After F…