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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/153-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-staff.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Engaging Unit Personnel in MRSA Prevention
ICU & Non-ICU
Purpose
Unit-based teams are the cornerstone for Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) work. However, to be successful, CUSP team members and leaders must actively raise awareness, motivate, engage…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/063-protocol-training-nasal-decolonization-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Nasal Decolonization Nursing Protocol Training
ICU & Non-ICU
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0007
October 2024
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU
Nasal Decolonization
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Educational Objectives
This PowerPoint is intended to assist…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/grants/active/cdpostcer10/cdpostcer10.pdf
November 01, 2010 - AHRQ's Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Introduction
The mission of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is to improve the safety,
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for all Americans. To help
achieve the Agency’s mission, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/mui-environmental-scan-brief.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Environmental Scan - Dissemination and Implementation of Nonsurgical Urinary Incontinence (UI) Treatment for Women in Primary Care
UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN:
Dissemination and Implementation
of Nonsurgical Urinary Incontinence
(UI) Treatment for Women in
Primary Care
Background
Studies in the United States …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi_investigation.docx
January 01, 2017 - SSI Investigation Tool
Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn from them when they occur. To improve, perioperative teams need a structured approach to investigate infections at …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module2-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
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 or ICU, as well as metho…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.html
January 01, 2017 - Coordinated Spontaneous Awakening and Breathing Trials Protocol
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Introduction
Reducing the number of days a patient is on mechanical ventilation has been shown to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia. 1,2,3 Strategies for wea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.docx
January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Introduction
Reducing the number of days a patient is on mechanical ventilation has been shown to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.1,2,3 Strategies for weaning patients off of mechanical ventilation are often not handled well, as the spontaneous awa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/interpreter-hp-cahps-adult-spanish-2157-4b.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Supplemental Interpreter Services Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Survey
12/1/2017 Page 1
Document No. 2157-4b
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Supplemental Items for the CAHPS®
Health Plan Survey 5.0
Topic: Interpreter Services
Population Version: Adult
Language: Spanish
Users of the CAHPS® Health Plan Sur…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/calibrate-dx-guide.pdf
October 01, 2022 - .
• Your own cases to review.
• One or more partners with whom to discuss your learning. … How Learning Works. … Improving diagnostic performance through
feedback: the Diagnosis Learning Cycle. … How Learning Works: Seven
Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. … Debriefing for Clinical Learning. PSNet Primers.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
March 01, 2021 - facilitation consisting of regular meetings with a practice improvement team
Participation in two regional learning … collaborative sessions
Access to e-learning modules and a CVD toolkit
Practices randomized to … Providers: A new Longitudinal Model [The World Congress on Continuing Professional Development: Advancing Learning … 2016]
Collective Efforts to Overcome Quality Measurement Challenges: Lessons from a Primary Care Learning … NAPCRG, 2017]
Using Electronic Clinical Quality Measures Data to Improve Primary Care Practice: Early Learning
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/pso-brochure.pdf
March 01, 2020 - a unique and valuable resource that
can be used by anyone, including providers, for
research and learning … The
more data PSOs contribute, the faster national
learning can occur to promote widespread change … apples to apples” comparisons that
support aggregation of data across organizations and
accelerated learning … informational tools, including
dashboards and chartbooks, to make the data
available for national learning … from multiple sources across the country, it is a
unique and valuable resource for research and
learning
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/eliminate-diagnostic-errors.html
August 01, 2022 - people in your organization so that adequate resources are devoted to implementing measurement and learning … safety research through Notice of Funding Opportunities announcements, including the Patient Safety Learning … aggregate, and analyze diagnostic safety-related information nationwide, which in turn will accelerate learning
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/sc.html
March 01, 2019 - use health IT to automate quality reporting and feedback and improve care coordination; and (3) use a learning … The project will use a learning collaborative approach and will focus on the collection of quality measures … The State will use a learning collaborative model that involves semiannual meetings, technical assistance
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/md.html
March 01, 2019 - one of the 10 grantees, Maryland is working with Georgia and Wyoming in an innovative multi-State learning … and its partner States implemented the project planning tool developed by CHCS as part of its Quality Learning … questions about the implementation and outcomes of their efforts including:
How did the multi-State learning
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/nashp-webinar-slides.html
January 01, 2016 - CHIPRA state strategies
Technical support
Hosted learning collaboratives. … CHIPRA activities
Hosted 3 rounds of 9-month learning collaboratives to improve performance on measures … Engaged 12-34 practices in each learning collaborative
Practices demonstrated improvements, most … Outcomes
Increases in immunization rates for practices participating in Maine's First STEPS Phase 1 learning … figure shows increases in immunization rates for practices participating in Maine's First STEPS Phase 1 learning
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/NQS_overview_slides-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Learning and Technical Assistance
Foster learning environments that offer training, resources, tools … nursing homes, and home h
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Foster learning
environments that
offer training,
resources, and … Investing in people to prepare the next generation of health care
professionals and support lifelong learning … in people
to prepare the
next generation of
health care
professionals and
support lifelong
learning … strategy levers
The National Quality Strategy Levers
Measurement and Feedback
Public Reporting
Learning
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-checklist.html
January 01, 2017 - Foster organizational learning and actively participate in the process of learning from defects.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/safe-care-journeys-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - conference panels and presentations, and additional projects from collaborations among patient safety learning … Patient safety learning labs: effective collaborations for enhanced patient safety .
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/learning-series/building-newer-pbrn/index.html
October 22, 2024 - AHRQ NCEPCR: Building a New PBRN