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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit2-communications-and-decisionmaking.html
November 01, 2016 - Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections
Toolkit Effectiveness
When tested in six nursing homes in an intervention group and six in a comparison group, this toolkit demonstrated a small reduction in prescribing in the intervention group relative to the compa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Educate & Engage Residents, Family
Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
What are antibiotics?
• Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiot…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-standardized-quality-measures.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Standardized Quality Measures
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Standardized Quality Measures
Familiarity with the standardized quality measures that payers and regulatory groups use is an
important part of a practice facilitator's core knowledge.
Standar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_checklist_version_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version
· What are antibiotics?
Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. Antibiotics work by targeting and killing harmful bacteria.
· How do people get bacterial infections?
Normally, your immune system helps control the bacteria…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-team-effectiveness-within-health-care-systematic-review-past-decade
March 05, 2010 - Review
Classic
Interventions to improve team effectiveness within health care: a systematic review of the past decade.
Citation Text:
Buljac-Samardzic M, Doekhie KD, van Wijngaarden JDH. Interventions to improve team effectiveness within health care: a systemati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/investigation-mental-and-physical-health-nurses-associated-errors-clinical-practice
September 21, 2022 - Study
Investigation of mental and physical health of nurses associated with errors in clinical practice.
Citation Text:
Pappa D, Koutelekos I, Evangelou E, et al. Investigation of mental and physical health of nurses associated with errors in clinical practice. Healthcare (Basel). 2022;1…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/designing-and-pilot-testing-leadership-intervention-improve-quality-and-safety-nursing-homes
April 29, 2020 - Study
Designing and pilot testing of a leadership intervention to improve quality and safety in nursing homes and home care (the SAFE-LEAD intervention).
Citation Text:
Johannessen T, Ree E, Strømme T, et al. Designing and pilot testing of a leadership intervention to improve quality and…
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www.ahrq.gov/ecareplan/about/index.html
August 01, 2024 - About the eCare Plan for Multiple Chronic Conditions
The eCare Plan project aims to build care planning tools that will improve how we do research and provide healthcare for people with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). These tools include data standards and electronic care plan applications that allow all mem…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unpacking-complexity-covid-19-fatalities-adverse-events-contributing-factors-single-center
January 25, 2023 - Study
Unpacking the complexity of COVID-19 fatalities: adverse events as contributing factors--a single-center, retrospective analysis of the first two years of the pandemic.
Citation Text:
Zińczuk A, Rorat M, Simon K, et al. Unpacking the complexity of COVID-19 fatalities: adverse event…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unscheduled-returns-emergency-department-outcome-medical-errors
November 12, 2014 - Study
Unscheduled returns to the emergency department: an outcome of medical errors?
Citation Text:
Nuñez S, Hexdall A, Aguirre-Jaime A. Unscheduled returns to the emergency department: an outcome of medical errors? Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):102-8.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/irish-national-adverse-events-study-inaes-frequency-and-nature-adverse-events-irish-hospitals
March 03, 2021 - Study
The Irish National Adverse Events Study (INAES): the frequency and nature of adverse events in Irish hospitals—a retrospective record review study.
Citation Text:
Rafter N, Hickey A, Conroy RM, et al. The Irish National Adverse Events Study (INAES): the frequency and nature of adve…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-rate-implementation-proposed-actions-improvement-healthcare-failure-mode-effect-analysis
December 09, 2020 - Study
High rate of implementation of proposed actions for improvement with the Healthcare Failure Mode Effect Analysis method: evaluation of 117 analyses.
Citation Text:
Öhrn A, Ericsson C, Andersson C, et al. High Rate of Implementation of Proposed Actions for Improvement With the Healt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/differential-safety-between-top-ranked-cancer-hospitals-and-their-affiliates-complex-cancer
July 24, 2019 - Study
Differential safety between top-ranked cancer hospitals and their affiliates for complex cancer surgery.
Citation Text:
Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, et al. Differential Safety Between Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Netw Open. 20…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-and-comparison-errors-nursing-notes-created-online-and-offline-speech-recognition
April 13, 2022 - Study
Evaluation and comparison of errors on nursing notes created by online and offline speech recognition technology and handwritten: an interventional study.
Citation Text:
Peivandi S, Ahmadian L, Farokhzadian J, et al. Evaluation and comparison of errors on nursing notes created by o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/office-surgery-incidents-what-seven-years-florida-data-show-us
August 19, 2009 - Study
Office surgery incidents: what seven years of Florida data show us.
Citation Text:
Coldiron BM, Healy C, Bene NI. Office surgery incidents: what seven years of Florida data show us. Dermatol Surg. 2008;34(3):285-91; discussion 291-2. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34060.x.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effectiveness-n95-respirators-versus-surgical-masks-against-influenza-systematic-review-and
March 24, 2019 - Review
Classic
Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Citation Text:
Long Y, Hu T, Liu L, et al. Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: a systematic revi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/providing-good-and-comfortable-care-building-bond-trust-nurses-views-regarding-their-role
February 14, 2024 - Study
'Providing good and comfortable care by building a bond of trust': nurses views regarding their role in patients' perception of safety in the intensive care unit.
Citation Text:
Wassenaar A, van den Boogaard M, van der Hooft T, et al. 'Providing good and comfortable care by buildin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-effectiveness-strategies-encourage-patients-remind-healthcare-professionals
February 01, 2011 - Review
Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene.
Citation Text:
Davis R, Parand A, Pinto A, et al. Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-causes-medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events-patients-mental-illness
July 17, 2024 - Study
unDerstandIng the cauSes of mediCation errOrs and adVerse drug evEnts for patients with mental illness in community caRe (DISCOVER): a qualitative study.
Citation Text:
Ayre MJ, Lewis PJ, Phipps DL, et al. unDerstandIng the cauSes of mediCation errOrs and adVerse drug evEnts for pa…