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3361. Interview with the WI-INTUIT Project Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - Interview with the WI-INTUIT Project Team Project Overview:  The Wisconsin Improving Nonsurgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence among Women in Primary Care (WI-INTUIT) team from the University of Wisconsin Madison is comparing streamlined practice facilitation (SPF) and SPF in combination with partnership bu…

3362. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2024 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Next Page Table of Contents Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Overview Key Subject Area Index 1. Are we ready for this change? 2. How will we manage change? 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? 4. How…

3363. Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin (doc file)
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      March 01, 2022 - Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 9-3 – Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…

3364. Implementation Quick Start Guide: Teach-Back (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Teach-Back The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Implementation Quick Start Guide Teach-Back 1 Review intervention and training materials � Understand the purpose, use, and benefits � Review the training toolkit. of teac…

3365. New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots Search All Impact Case Studies May 2012 Seven New York hospitals revised their protocol for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after their State Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), IPRO, participated in a series of on…

3366. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council Chapter 2. Patient Safety Advisory Councils The success of any team requires active participation from every member. The approach health care systems traditionally take neglects the most critical member of the team—the patient. Programs an…

3367. Digestive Health Clinic, LLC: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Digestive Health Clinic, LLC: Slide Presentation 34 34 Digestive Health Clinic, LLC Idaho Endoscopy Center, LLC Erin Brown, RN Director of Nursing Services 35 35 Digestive Health Clinic (DHC) • State-of-the-art physician-owned outpatient healthcare facility • Provides for the comprehensive care o…

3368. One-Pager-Aspiration-Pneumonia (doc file)
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      June 01, 2021 - DiagnosisAspiration Pneumonitis and Aspiration Pneumonia · Aspiration pneumonitis is an abrupt chemical injury caused by inhalation of sterile gastric contents. It generally causes fever, increased oxygen requirements, and an elevated white blood cell count, and this typically resolves…

3369. One-Pager-Cellulitis (doc file)
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      June 01, 2021 - DiagnosisCellulitis · Relatively sudden onset of redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin1-3 · Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon; most cases caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, G) that are sucepti…

3370. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 2: Daily Huddles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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…

3371. Heart Health Now Aspirin Algorithm (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2015 - Heart Health Now Aspirin Algorithm Heart Health Now Aspirin Algorithm Adapted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Lipid Algorithm Men and women 50-70, and all patients with ASCVD Does the patient a recent ulcer, recent bleed, or have a life expectancy of <5 y? Exit algorithm: discussion with pr…

3372. Exhibits 8 to 10 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits 8 to 10 Previous Page   Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapter 1. Administration Chapter 2. Determ…

3373. Protection of Human Subjects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2022 - Protection of Human Subjects Revised Common Rule The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies have issued final revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the Common Rule). A final rule was published in the Federal Register (F…

3374. Warm Handoff (pdf file)
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      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…

3375. Half-Day Training Content | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Half-Day Training Content In a half-day training, Module 3 activities should take about 30 minutes (as noted below). Components to include in the Situation Monitoring Module for a half-day training include: Introductory Teamwork Exercise #2 : 5 minutes Objectives and Introduction to Situation Monitoring : 2…

3376. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - The CAHPS Program The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Its purpose is to support investigator-led research to better understand patient experience with healthcare and develop scientific…

3377. Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D. Associate Director of the Center for Healthful Behavior Change New York University Langone Health Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D. “Funding from AHRQ has b…

3378. Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology UNC School of Medicine Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D. “AHRQ funding enabled me and my team to develop innovative simulation-based…

3379. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2024 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Next Page Table of Contents Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Overview Key Subject Area Index 1. Are we ready for this change? 2. How will we manage change? 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? 4. How…

3380. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2016 - Choosing the Right Toolkit The Guide is intended to allow nursing homes to pick and choose among toolkits, and even choose among individual tools. Each nursing home will have different needs and resources resulting in different choices. To help decide which tools may be most appropriate for a particular nursing…