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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/143-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-staff.docx
April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet:
Engaging Staff in MRSA Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Surgical service–based teams are the cornerstone for CUSP work in the perioperative environment. However, to be successful, CUS…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/references.html
February 01, 2017 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
References
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Table of Contents
Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Background
A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/lessons.html
February 01, 2017 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Lessons Learned From IMPaCT About PCEPs
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Introduction
M…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow-it2.pdf
July 01, 2025 - Identify, Teach and Treat (IT2): Automating Clinical Decision Pathways for the Care of Women
Identify, Teach and Treat (IT2):
Automating Clinical Decision
Pathways for the Care of Women
Project Overview
This intervention implements screening for urinary incontinence using a
questionnaire sent through the pati…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-229-section-5-table-3.pdf
August 01, 2014 - Section 5, Table 3
Table 3: Evidence for Obtaining a Blood Culture for Treatment of Children with Sepsis Syndrome
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pediatric considerations in severe sepsis: Empiric
antibiotics should be administered with…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/small-hospitals.html
April 01, 2013 - we know about MRSA; how much of it is in our facilities; how many of these diseases come through our institution
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
April 01, 2023 - Resource List - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey
Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A
Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Nursing Home
Survey on Patient Safety Culture
I. Purpose
This document provides a list of references to websites and other publicly available resources that
nursing homes can use to improve …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/lambert3-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Auditory Perception of Drug Names: Neighborhood Effects
Title: Auditory Perception of Drug Names: Neighborhood Effects
Bruce L. Lambert, Ph.D. (PI), Department of Pharmacy Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC), Laura Walsh Dickey, Ph.D., Department of Communication Science …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-fullreport.pdf
September 01, 2018 - Inhaled Corticosteroids for Children With Persistent Asthma Prescribed at Time of Discharge From the Emergency Department
1
Inhaled Corticosteroids for Children with Persistent
Asthma Prescribed at Time of Discharge from the
Emergency Department
Section 1. Basic Measure Information
1.A. Measure Name
Inhaled…
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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-Singh-R_68.pdf
April 20, 2008 - Building Self-Empowered Teams for Improving Safety in Postoperative Pain Management
Building Self-Empowered Teams for Improving Safety
in Postoperative Pain Management
Ranjit Singh, MA, MB, BChir (Cantab), MBA; Bruce Naughton, MD;
Diana Anderson, EdM; Donna McCourt, RN, BSN; Gurdev Singh, MScEng, PhD
Abstrac…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reducing Adverse Drug Events From Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids in Primary Care
Final Progress Report
Reducing Adverse Drug Events from Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids in
Primary Care
Principal Investigator: Andrea M. Wessell, PharmD
Team Members: Steven M. Orns…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight03.html
August 01, 2013 - How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health care?
Evaluation Highlight No. 3
Authors: Rachel Burton, Ian Hill, and Kelly Devers
Contents
Key Messages
Background
Findings
Conclusions
Implications
Learn More
Endnotes
The CHIPRA Quality Demonstra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn_from_defects.docx
December 01, 2017 - Learn From Defects Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Learn From Defects Tool – Perioperative Setting
What is a defect? A defect is any event or situation that you don’t want to repeat. This could include an incident that caused patient harm or put patients at risk for harm, such as a patient fall.
Problem statem…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/ncepcr-older-adults-presentation.pptx
March 15, 2025 - Approaches to Address Health Risks for Older Adults
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care
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National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
Presents
Approaches to Address Health Risks for Older Adults
January 16, 2025
Presented by:
Lisa Kern, MD, MPH
Alberta K. Tran, Ph.D., RN, CCRN
Yu-J…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Woolever.pdf
January 01, 2001 - The Impact of a Patient Safety Program on Medical Error Reporting
307
The Impact of a Patient Safety Program
on Medical Error Reporting
Donald R. Woolever
Abstract
Background: In response to the occurrence of a sentinel event—a medical error
with serious consequences—Eglin U.S. Air Force (USAF) Regional Hos…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/index.html
January 01, 2020 - Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 1 of 2)
Contents
On Page 1 of 2:
4.A. Focusing on Microsystems
4.B. Understanding and Implementing the Improvement Cycle
On Page 2 of 2:
4.C. An Overview of Improvement Models
4.D. Tools To Enhance Quality Improvement Initiatives
Re…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Harder.pdf
May 19, 2003 - Improving the Safety of Heparin Administration by Implementing a Human Factors Process Analysis
323
Improving the Safety of Heparin
Administration by Implementing a
Human Factors Process Analysis
Kathleen A. Harder, John R. Bloomfield,
Sue E. Sendelbach, Michele F. Shepherd, Pam S. Rush,
Jamie S. Sinclair,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kaprielian_9.pdf
January 01, 2007 - A System to Describe and Reduce Medical Errors in Primary Care
A System to Describe and Reduce Medical Errors in
Primary Care
Victoria Kaprielian, MD; Truls Østbye, MD, PhD; Samuel Warburton, MD;
Devdutta Sangvai, MD, MBA; Lloyd Michener, MD
Abstract
Although much attention has been focused on finding wa…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiic.html
June 01, 2010 - tracking individuals who have a diagnosis of Downs Syndrome; whether the individual ever resided within an institution
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apf.html
October 01, 2017 - Make sure your institution is familiar with the rules on wound photography in your State and have a policy