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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/index.html
March 01, 2022 - Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
This toolkit can help hospital infection prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections by more than 30 percent in adult inpatients who were not in intensive care units (ICUs) and who had specifi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.html
March 01, 2024 - The Effective Health Care Program
Mission
The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program funds individual researchers, research centers, and academic organizations to work with AHRQ to produce patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) for clinicians, consumers, and policymakers. PCOR is designed to inform health car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary/swiss-cheese-model
September 13, 2021 - Swiss Cheese Model
September 13, 2021
Anonymous (not verified)
Reason developed the "Swiss cheese model" to illustrate how analyses of major accidents and catastrophic systems failures tend to reveal multiple, smaller failures leading up to the actual hazard. In the model, each slice of cheese represents a safe…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguideref.html
October 01, 2014 - An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
References
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Table of Contents
An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing Your Organization's Needs and Capabilities
Step 2: Fostering a Researc…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pathways-quality-through-health-it/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Pathways to Quality through Health IT - 2011
Project Name
Pathways to Quality through Health Information Technology
Principal Investigator
Khan, Fatima
Organization
Booz Allen Hamilton
Funding Mechanism
Task Order
Contract Number
290-20-0900024-1
Proje…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-nh_webcast-castle.pdf
January 01, 2006 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Nicholas Castle, Ph.D., M.H.A., FGSA
The Importance of Safety Culture in
Nursing Homes
Nicholas Castle, Ph.D., M.H.A., FGSA
Nicholas.Castle@HSC.WVU.edu
mailto:Nicholas.Castle@HSC.WVU.edu
The Importance of Safety Culture
• The 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) rep…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-patient-safety-us
June 02, 2020 - Multi-use Website
Patients for Patient Safety US.
Citation Text:
Patients for Patient Safety US. 404.510.8787; info@pfps.us
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/Development-PWMI-Item-Set.html
April 01, 2020 - Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments
The CAHPS Consortium collaborated with a number of stakeholders, disability researchers and State agencies to develop the Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments (PWMI). Partners in this work included the following organizations:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-patient-safety-agency-npsa
October 26, 2007 - Multi-use Website
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).
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National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). National Patient Safety Agency.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/workgroup/index.html
December 01, 2024 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Background In 2015, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report titled Improving Diagnosis in Health Care . This report was a continuation of two previously published reports from the Ins…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Z3BVaJRtyu8drWSHWYT_Yf
Clinical Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
Clinical Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
Population Women aged ≥35 y at increased risk for breast cancer Women aged ≥35 y not at increased risk for breast cancer
Recommendation
Offer to prescribe risk-reducing medicati…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/05-outpt-mhs-webcast-mullin.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey Webcast - MULLIN
The New CAHPS Outpatient Mental
Health Survey: Who, Why, and How?
Daniel Mullin, Psy.D. M.P.H.
Director of the Center for Integrated Primary Care
UMass Chan Medical School
Who may use the CAHPS Outpatient
Mental Health Survey?
• Payers (Pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/acknowledgments.html
June 01, 2020 - Acknowledgments
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
The authors are deeply grateful to the study’s 50 interview participants, 9 members of the HSR technical expert panel, and 11 members of the PCR technical expert panel, all of whom generously shared their time, diverse persp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/share-fact-sheet.pdf
October 01, 2024 - The SHARE Approach: A Flexible Training Program for Shared Decision Making
The SHARE Approach:
A Flexible Training Program for
Shared Decision Making
The SHARE Approach is a training program developed by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality to help healthcare professionals work with patients to …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/state-of-science.html
September 01, 2020 - Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Next Page
Table of Contents
Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Introduction
Special Considerations for Measurement of Diagnostic Safety
Getting Ready for Measurement: Overcoming Barriers and Taking…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/nac-amd1993.html
April 01, 2014 - Amendment to the Charter
National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation
Functions
The Council shall advise the Secretary and Administrator through recommendations regarding priorities for a national agenda and strategy for:
conduct of research, demonstration projects, and e…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/webinars/workforce-safety-well-being.html
October 01, 2024 - National Action Alliance Webinar: Leadership Strategies That Improve Workforce Safety and Well-Being
Summary Healthcare leaders today face increasing demands to safeguard their teams and the patients they serve. A webinar on October 8 provided practical tools and strategies to address these challenges and offer…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/B5_Recruiting_Tool.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Evident Telehealth Services Telewound Care Study Recruiting Tool
Evident Telehealth Services Telewound Care Study
Recruiting Tool
Introduction
Evident Telehealth Services is partnering with physicians, nurses, long-term care facilities and
others on a project to evaluate the influence of approved approache…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/brochure.html
March 01, 2017 - Resident and Family Engagement: What is it? What are the benefits?
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
What can I do as a resident or family member to partner with staff?
Share your concerns, needs, and observations.
Take an active role in your individual care or in the care o…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program
Presentations and tools to help a nursing facility develop an antibiotic stewardship program from scratch or improve the effectiveness of an existing program.
For information on how the materials below can be integrated into institutional efforts to improve antib…