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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851869/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - Building Capacity for Patient Safety
July 31, 2023
Hoffman R, Mossburg S, Van CM. Building Capacity for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/building-capacity-patient-safety
In its 2019 report, Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, the National Steer…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/088-or-traffic.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Operating Room Traffic
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services
OR Traffic
1
Educational Obj…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/tools-catalog/index.html
August 01, 2015 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants
Catalog of Tools and Resources
This Catalog of Tools and Resources brings together the materials developed through the ARHQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) cooperative grants. These grants suppo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6c.pdf
March 01, 2017 - The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Open Notes
The CAHPS Ambulatory Care
Improvement Guide
Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience
Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience
with Ambulatory Care
6.C. OpenNotes
Visit the AHRQ Website for the full Guide.
March 2017
https:/…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/prologue.html
August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Prologue
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Silence A Commentary
Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Re…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/silence.html
August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Silence A Commentary
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Silence A Commentary
Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization
How To Implement the
Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization
ADD Hospital Name here
Module 4
What We Have Done Thus Far
Up to this point, you have:
Looked at your organization’s readiness to improve pressure injury preventi…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/team-slides.html
December 01, 2012 - Assemble the Team
CUSP Toolkit
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
Note : Slide content is presented below each of the images.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
Slide 3. The Unit…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/intro.html
October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Key Subject Area Index
1. Are we ready for this change?
2. How will we manage change?
3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6m-group-visits.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6M: Group Visits
Contents
6.M.1. The Problem
6.M.2. The Intervention
6.M.3. Benefits of This Intervention
6.M.4. Implementation of This Intervention
6.M.5. The Impact of This Intervention
References
Download Strategy 6M:
Group Visits
(PDF, 232 KB)
6.M.1. The…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_factsheet.docx
December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control Factsheet
Glucose Control Factsheet
Facts About Glucose Control and the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
Definition of Tight Glucose Control
Tight glucose control refers to getting as close to a normal (nondiabetic) blood glucose level as you safely can. Ideally, this means levels between 70 an…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man3.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Prog…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section2.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Section 2. Forming a Patient Flow Team
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
S…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-va.pdf
November 01, 2017 - EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Virginia Cooperative
Virginia Cooperative
Virginia
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
to help smaller primary ca…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolkit1.html
April 01, 2018 - Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
I. Introduction
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention
I. Introduction
II. Background
III. Intervention Steps and Tools
IV. References
1.a-1 Informatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/background.html
July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Background
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Purpose
Summary
Background
Methodology
Design Options for a Self-Management Support Progra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Ambulatory Procedure/Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety
SOPS
TM
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection
methods, establishing data collection…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.docx
June 02, 2025 - Ambulatory Procedure/Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety
SOPS™ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a Web-based survey,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T3-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Using_WHONET_to_Create_Your_Antibiogram.doc
May 01, 2014 - Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Using WHONET to Create your Antibiogram
4
Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Using WHONET to Create Your Antibiogram
WHONET is free Windows-based database software developed in 1989 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The software is used in laboratories worldwide for the management and…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-196-section-5.pdf
April 21, 2015 - Table 6 and Figures 1 and 2
Table 6: Evidence Regarding Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache
Type of Evidence
Key Findings
Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
RANKING*)
Citations
Appropriateness
criteria
The ACR has completed multiple
comprehensive, evidence-bas…