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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-design-guide-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Design Guide for Warm Handoff Plus
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Design Guide for
Warm Handoff Plus
Introduction
In a typical primary care visit, the patient transitions from one member of the healthcare team
to another multiple times, often wit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_6_Pres_TX_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 2: Communicating for Improve Quality (Tool 6)
Guide to Patient & Family Engagement
Insert hospital logo here
Communicating to
Improve Quality
Training
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality Training (Tool 6)
Today’s …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p005-2-ef.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Measure: Behavior Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Preschool-Aged Children with ADHD
Measure: Behavior Therapy as First-Line
Treatment for Preschool-Aged Children
with ADHD
Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s)
Patients for wh…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/054-dec-guide-pre-launch-activities.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Pre-Launch Activities
ICU & Non-ICU
Develop a CUSP Team
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP, is a proven patient safety and quality improvement framework that is integrated into the AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention. A core element of CUSP is the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4f_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4f
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 08: Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why focus on perioperative hemorrhage an…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-2.html
August 01, 2023 - Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety Unique to Children
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Table of Contents
Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
Introduction
Challenges in Approaching Diagnost…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/identify/identify.html
December 01, 2012 - Identify Defects Through Sensemaking
CUSP Toolkit
The Identify Defects Through Sensemaking module of the CUSP Toolkit will help you identify recurring negative events in your system and apply CUSP and Sensemaking tools to help reduce the risk of future harm to your patients.
Note : Slide content is presente…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33585/psn-pdf
March 15, 2025 - Radiation Safety
March 15, 2025
Radiation Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/radiation-safety
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and practice in the patient safety field. Last reviewed in 2025…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6gtraining.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6G: Training To Advance Physicians' Communication Skills
Contents
6.G.1. The Problem
6.G.2. The Intervention
6.G.3. Example
References
Download Strategy 6G:
Training To Advance Physicians' Communication Skills
(PDF, 1 MB)
6.G.1. The Problem
People rarely compl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar02/spc_slides.pptx
June 04, 2013 - Statistical Process Control Slides
Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research –
Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and
Reporting Research on
Delivery System Improvement
Webinar #2: Statistical Process Control
Presenter: Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP
Discussant: Stephen Alder, PhD
Moderator: Cindy Brach, MPP
Sponsored b…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar04/formativeevalsl.html
January 01, 2014 - Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research - Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement
Webinar #4: Formative Evaluation (Slide Presentation)
This slide presentation was presented at a webinar on July 15, 2013.
Presenter: Jeffrey Smith, PhD(c) Discussant: Cheryl …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses4.html
August 01, 2022 - Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
Recommendations and Areas for Future Research
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Table of Contents
Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
Introduction
The The…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man2.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 2. Fall Response
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview
Chapter 2. F…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/appendix-c.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Appendix C: Example Implementation Plan
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Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/research/person-centered-prevent-care-summary.pdf
December 01, 2023 - Executive Summary: Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Prioritizing Clinical Preventive Services
Executive Summary
Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare:
Prioritizing Clinical Preventive Services
Prepared for
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/oklahoma.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Oklahoma Cooperative
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure (Primary Healthcare Extension System) to help smaller primary care practices im…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4t_combo_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4t
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 08: Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why focus on perioperative hemorrhage and hematoma…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/ehrll-long-desc.html
April 01, 2022 - Engineering High Reliability Learning Lab (EHRLL)
Principal Investigator: Sara Singer, Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AHRQ Grant No.: HS24453
Project Period: 09/30/15–09/29/21
Description: The goal of this learning lab was to enhance capacity for innovation and develop highly reliable system…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867004/psn-pdf
October 30, 2024 - Critical Radiology Alert Process
October 30, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/critical-radiology-alert-process
Summary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed an electronic trigger tool that alerts the care team of
unrelated abnormal findings and provides a companion follow-up process, with the goal o…
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/Grantee%20Profile%20North%20Carolina.pdf
January 01, 2020 - EvidenceNOW Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The STUN (STop UNhealthy) Alcohol Use Now Trial
North Carolina
Program Name:
The STUN (STop UNhealthy)
Alcohol Use Now Trial
Lead Organization:
University of North Carolina (UNC)
Chapel Hill, NC
Partner Organizations:
North Carolina Area Health
Education Centers (NC A…