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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/g1_combo_availablecomprehensiveqiguides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides information on oth…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide3.html
March 01, 2025 - Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 3: Branding Design Element Specifications
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Table of Contents
Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 1: Product Development
Audio and Video Products
Appendix 1-A. Release Forms
Appendix 1-B. Trademarks
Appendi…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/appendixa.html
July 01, 2018 - The findings revealed that a majority (89.2%) of hospitals in the State of Mississippi have documented … doctrine and World Health Organization policy question the appropriateness of their use, because the majority … A majority of the adults reported living with a chronic condition (59.0%), and the prevalence of some
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/exe-summary.html
March 01, 2020 - systematic reviews
Inpatient (hospitals, and long-term care facilities [LTCFs]/nursing homes)
The majority … )
14 studies; 1 systematic review
Primary care, health system ED, hospital, specialty
Majority … The majority of studies were focused on one component of MAT, the initiation of medications, in a few … An overwhelming majority of studies concluded that aspirin has a lower bleeding risk rate than other
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/samore-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The majority of group A
providers found the reminder to be annoying and not useful, because it typically … For
instance, in the majority of instances, chart pulling was performed as an individual task,
whereas
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/wolfson-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The vast majority of physicians voluntarily undertake re-certification
activities, and they report
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Measuring the Quality of Health Plans
The practice of measuring and reporting quality at the health plan level began in the early 1990s when managed care became the dominant coverage option offered by employers.
Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers
Major Health Plan Measurement Sets
Da…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/hospevactab6.html
July 01, 2018 - Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide (Table 6)
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Table 6. Factors to Consider in Deciding Whether to Begin a Pre-Event Evacuation
Factor
Issues to Consider
Implications
Event Characteristics
Arrival
When is the event expected to "hit" the …
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/initiatives.html
September 01, 2019 - Practice Improvement Initiatives
The list below provides examples of major AHRQ practice improvement projects.
EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW, one of AHRQ's largest primary care projects to date, helped practices implement evidence to improve healthcare with a focus on heart health and enriched their capacity to f…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/review.html
July 01, 2022 - Inventory and Prioritization of Measures To Support the Growing Effort in Transparency Using All-Payer Claims Databases
Reviewing the Landscape of All-Payer Claims Databases
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Table of Contents
Inventory and Prioritization of Measures To Support the Growing Effort in Transparen…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/api.html
August 01, 2022 - Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix I
Glossary
Adverse safety event: a deviation from generally accepted performance standards that reaches the patient and results in moderate to severe harm or death.
Anchoring bias: the tendency to make all information fit into a preconceived story, causing…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit3.html
March 01, 2014 - The ability to capture the overall interest and "buy-in" of the majority of the practice (i.e., the entire … focus on conditions that are of substantial interest to the practice (e.g., conditions that affect a majority … Don't worry if your primary population of interest is not patients with obesity; the majority of strategies … To be successful, the majority of clinicians and their care teams should want to participate.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Borowitz_4.pdf
January 22, 2008 - personnel.12 Resident physicians believe
communication difficulties play a major role in the vast majority … personnel.12 Resident physicians believe communication difficulties play a major role in the vast
majority … In
the majority of these cases, they believed the situation could have been anticipated and should … Moreover, the residents themselves indicated that in the
majority of cases, the unexpected event could
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Final Contract Report
Proactive Risk Assessment of
Surgical Site Infections in
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Final Contract Report
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site
Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part2-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Prior approval or post-prescription review and feedback Easy to identify cases Does not address the majority
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/appendix-b2.html
December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/data.html
April 01, 2017 - When feasible, the datasets include the majority of non-patient-identifying fields (except for unique … 0%-33%
Typically accompany inpatient diagnoses only but variable not populated or reported for majority
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/vaesurveillance-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - This time to onset data suggest that the majority of VAEs are likely hospital-associated. … They found that the majority of their VAEs were now VACs and IVACs.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section4.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Section 4. Identifying Strategies
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Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Sectio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/004-cusp-learning-from-defects.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Learning From Defects
ICU & Non-ICU
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Learning From Defects
SAY:
Welcome to this presentation on Learning From Defects (LFD) as part of an overall approach to preventing MRSA in ICU and non-ICU settings.
Slide 1
Educational…