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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/114-mrsa-prevention-learning-from-defects.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Learning From Defects Tool
ICU & Non-ICU
Problem statement: Healthcare organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that future patients will be harmed.
What is a defect? A defect is any clinical or o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospitalsurvey2-items.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0: Composites and Items
SOPSTM Hospital Survey
Items and Composite Measures
Version: 2.0
Language: English
Notes
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection
methods, establishing data collection procedures, co…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustaining Change
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Sustaining Change
Eugene S. Chu, MD, FHM
Director of Hospital Medicine
Boulder Community Health
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Image: On bottom left of every slide is the CUSP symbol.
Slide 2
Lea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
April 24, 2015 - URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy
Purpose
The purpose of urinary catheterization is to facilitate urinary drainage when medically necessary. Urinary catheters should be evaluated every day for need and remo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_3-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity
SAY:
In Module 1, we discussed the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, in the intensive care unit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/sppcii-module-handouts.docx
July 01, 2023 - Implementation Module Handouts
Implementation Module Handouts
Use these handouts to help your team implement the Safety Program in Perinatal Care. For each tool, follow the actions listed to develop information to fill in the tables.
Hospital AIM Team Staff List
Actions:
Select members for a multidisciplinary Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Changing the System To Improve Patient Safety
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Changing the System
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Objectives
Use barriers as opportunities to improve systems and prevent problems from recurring.
List factors that may comp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_2b_IDEAL_Booklet_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 2b)
Be Prepared to Go Home
Booklet
Before you leave the hospital, we want to make sure you feel ready to be at home. During your hospital stay, your doctors and nurses will make sure to answer your questions and address your concerns. We want you to have all the information …
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meps.ahrq.gov/communication/participants/faq_gen_pharm.shtml
MEPS
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp
August 01, 2025 - HCUP CENTRAL DISTRIBUTOR: Purchase and Secure Use of HCUP Data
What is the HCUP Central Distributor ?
The HCUP Central Distributor Online Reporting System facilitates the HCUP data users with ordering, purchasing, and re-using HCUP databases, including data applications, requesting complementary databases, subm…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources.html
August 01, 2025 - Tools and Resources to Help Improve Urinary Incontinence Care for Women
The EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) program produced an environmental scan that includes existing evidence and tools to inform nonsurgical treatment of urinary incontinence of women in primary care. In addition, MUI grantee…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/key-driver.html
September 01, 2021 - Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) Screening Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit
Key Driver Diagram
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Table of Contents
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) Screening Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the M…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-co-success-story.html
April 01, 2015 - Oklahoma IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care Transformation in Colorado
AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Success Stories
A key goal of AHRQ’s IMPaCT grants is to learn strategies for spreading successful primary care transformation programs from State to State. …
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/hospitals-clinics/10-tips/index.html
June 01, 2018 - 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored hundreds of patient safety research and implementation projects, offe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/boarding-response-to-rep.-dingell.pdf
December 31, 2024 - THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201
December 18, 2023
The Honorable Debbie Dingell
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Dingell:
Thank you for your …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/publications/pubcomguide/NLM-Intramural-Research-Script--Audio-Description-Sample.docx
March 31, 2022 - Audio Description Project: 2022
NLM Intramural Research Program Overview - 2:20
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/planning-for-integration/develop-your-game-plan
July 01, 2025 - An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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January 01, 2023 - Optimizing the Electronic Health Record for Cardiac Care
Project Final Report ( PDF , 528.48 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/workflowtoolkit/HowDoIEvaluateWorkflow.ppt
December 18, 2021 - How Do I Evaluate Workflow?
How Do I Evaluate Workflow?
How do I evaluate workflow?
The Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit provides access to dozens of different tools that can be used.
Here we walk you through the most common way to evaluate your workflow – flowcharting.
At the end of this presentation,…