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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/databases.html
January 01, 2023 - Databases Used for Hospital Quality Measures
Hospital data are available from a myriad of sources, including individual hospitals and hospital associations, State and regional data organizations, health planning or health data organizations at the state level, departments of health, and Federal agencies. Many h…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/why-promote.html
December 01, 2022 - Why Promote a Health Care Quality Report to Consumers?
Among report sponsors and researchers in the field of quality reporting, a general consensus has emerged that:
The primary audience for public quality reports is health care consumers or, more often, a strategically chosen subset of those consumers.
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-1.html
March 01, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Introduction
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Introduction
Foundations of Diagnosis Education
Current State of Diagnosis Education
Competencies To Improve Diagnosis in Hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/tools/teachback.html
May 01, 2023 - Tool: Teach-Back
A teach‐back is an evidence‐based health literacy intervention that promotes patient engagement, patient safety, adherence, and quality . 1 In a teach-back, you ask the patient or family caregiver to explain the information they need to know or actions they need to take, in their own words. Te…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/culture.html
April 01, 2022 - Culture
A strong patient safety culture supports a learning environment and invites diverse input from teams to support wise decisions and system improvements. Use these tools to help your team make lowering infections part of your culture. Examples of common barriers that inhibit developing this culture are i…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/reducing-urinary-catheter-use-ed-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department
Margarita E. Pena, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Clinical Decision Unit
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Detroit, MI
Image: Photo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/bladder-matters-provider.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Bladder Matters for Women - Provider Infographic
Bladder Matters for Women
Recommendations by clinicians for clinicians to treat patients with UI.
Patient quality of life is in your hands.
Urinary incontinence (UI) is
common and treatable.
Symptoms include:
• Leaking urine while coughing, laughing, sneezing,
e…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinar/asc-use-012121.html
February 01, 2024 - How To Use the AHRQ SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey To Improve Patient Safety (Webcast)
January 21, 2021
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Summary
This webcast provided information on how to use AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS ® ) Ambulatory Surgery Center (A…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/team-checkup.html
December 01, 2012 - Team Check-up Tool
CUSP Toolkit
Purpose of the tool: This tool helps assess unit strengths and opportunities for improving unit processes and upgrading unit safety culture.
Who should use this tool? Health care providers.
Directions: Your team should collectively complete one Team Check-up Tool every m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/teamcheckup.doc
June 02, 2025 - Team Check-up Tool
Purpose of the tool: This tool helps assess unit strengths and opportunities for improving unit processes and upgrading unit safety culture.
Who should use this tool? Health care providers.
Directions: Your team should collectively complete one Team Check-up Tool every month and submit it to the proj…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/morning-briefing.html
December 01, 2012 - Conducting a Morning Briefing
CUSP Toolkit
Improve communication with nursing staff
Problem statement: Physicians can improve communication with nursing staff while more efficiently prioritizing patient care delivery and admissions and discharges.
What is a Morning Briefing? A morning briefing is a dial…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/surgical-roles.html
December 01, 2017 - Surgical Safety Team Roles and Responsibilities Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
This tool will help your safety program team understand the core tasks of this project and will help you organize your team to complete the work. Just like clinical teams, effect…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section7.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Section 7. Sharing Results
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Section 1. Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc_2020_overview_infographic-v2.pdf
January 01, 2020 - 2020 SOPS ASC Database Report Executive Summary Infographic
Surveys on Patient
Findings from the 2020 Survey on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Database
The ASC SOPS Database assesses provider and st aff percept ions of their organization's pat ient
safety cu lture. The ASC SOPS Dat…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/cquips/umscheid-bio.html
October 01, 2024 - Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S.
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS)
Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. , is a hospitalist and clinical epidemiologist who serves as Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qua…
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/ahrq-publications.html
July 01, 2023 - AHRQ-Supported Publications and Resources
AHRQ has a robust collection of research findings and analyses published by AHRQ-supported grantees.
Patient Adverse Financial Outcomes Before and After COVID-19 Infection (May 2023)
Primary Care's Challenges and Responses in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: In…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hartung-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: RESPOND Pharmacy Education Toolkit: AHRQ Final Report
RESPOND Pharmacy Education Toolkit: AHRQ Final Report
Principal Investigator: Daniel Hartung, PharmD, MPH
Team Members: Nicole O’Kane, Christi Hildebran, Adriane Irwin, Lindsey Alley, Kevin Novak, Sara
Haverly, David Cameron, Jennifer Hal…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving/improving-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module
Facilitator Notes
SAY:
The Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment module helps an organization improve teamwork and communication. This module is meant to augment the exist…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/pridx-framework.pdf
July 05, 2023 - The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare
Mini Review
Kisha J. Ali*, Christine A. Goeschel, Derek M. DeLia, Leah M. Blackall and Hardeep Singh
The PRIDx framework to engage payers in
reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare
https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2023-0042
Received April 9…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Arroyo.pdf
June 11, 2003 - was to uncover real and potential problems at an earlier stage so that appropriate
lessons can be learned