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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/index.html
October 01, 2018 - Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services
AHRQ has funded three Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services focusing on the delivery of preventive services in the clinical setting. Each center is conducting three research projects seeking solutions to the problems of un…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-sustainability-centers-of-excellence5.html
April 01, 2025 - Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Leadership Support
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Table of Contents
Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Introduction
Center of Excellence Operations
Alignment
Integration
Leadership Support
Windows of Opportunity
Conclusion
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/research/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Research on Reporting Information to Consumers
The ability to report CAHPS ® survey results in a way that supports consumers in making informed decisions has been a key element of the CAHPS project since its inception in the mid-1990s. 1 Over the years, the CAHPS grantees have conducted numerous studies to an…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201806.html
October 01, 2018 - Connecticut Hospital Reduces Emergency Wait Time, Adverse Events Using AHRQ Tools
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October 2018
Bridgeport Hospital, a 383-bed safety net hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, used two AHRQ tools to improve care in its facility. With AHRQ’s Door-to-Doc patient safety toolkit , …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/index.html
June 01, 2025 - About the CAHPS Program and Surveys
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program began in 1995. Its purpose is to boost our scientific understanding of patient experience with healthcare as part of a larger effort to advance t…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/index.html
April 01, 2022 - Advancing Heart Health Research and Results: What We've Learned
The goal of EvidenceNOW is to assist primary care practices in exceeding the Million Hearts ® target of 70 percent for delivery of each of the ABCS services to improve heart health— A spirin use, B lood pressure control, C holesterol management,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/077-contact-precautions-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission Pathways
MRSA can spread through either direct contact (from person to person) or indirect contact (by touching something in the environment that was previously contaminated by someone else).
The use of transmission-based precautions, specifically contact …
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/emergency.html
June 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Emergency Care
Alsabri M, Boudi Z, Lauque D, Dias RD, Whelan JS, Ostlundh L, Alinier G, Onyeji C, Michel P, Liu SW, Jr Camargo CA, Lindner T, Slagman A, Bates DW, Tazarourte K, Singer SJ, Toussi A, Grossman S, Bellou A. Impact of teamwork and communication training interventio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-neurodevt.pdf
June 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Neurodevelopment
Neurodevelopment
Risk Factors for Poor Neurodevelopmental Outcome
■ Developmental progress may be variable for motor and language skills.
■ BPD, even in the absence of overt brain injury, is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental delay.
■ Peri- or intra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module4/mod4-event-checklist.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Purpose: To provide a checklist for the required actions that need to be taken following an event.
Who should use this tool? The Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit (CANDOR) Response Team or
designee, unless otherwise indicated.
How to use this tool: Use the checklist to ensure that appropriate action is t…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/checklist4.html
August 01, 2022 - CANDOR Event Checklist
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose: To provide a checklist for the required actions that need to be taken following an event.
Who should use this tool? The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Response Team or designee, unless otherwise indicated.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe33.html
October 01, 2014 - Iowa Medicaid Uses AHRQ Research, Data to Improve Quality
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March 2010
As a result of participating in the Medicaid Medical Directors Learning Network—an AHRQ Knowledge Transfer project—the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, in consultation with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, used…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/chsp-fact-sheet-0717.pdf
October 01, 2016 - AHRQ Comparative Health System Initative
Comparative Health
System Performance
Initiative
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative to study how health
care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care. The
initiative provid…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201419.html
November 01, 2014 - Peterson Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ's CUSP and Hospital Survey to Advance Patient Safety
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November 2014
Peterson Regional Medical Center, a 125-bed rural hospital in Kerrville, TX, is using AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to eliminate central-line…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0603.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Yields Meaningful Results at Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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November 2005
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a multi-specialty medical group located near San Francisco, is now using AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture . The first…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/rev-preventablereadm-primcare-es.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Executive Summary
Potentially Preventable Readmissions:
Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of
Primary Care
Executive Summary
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of H…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp2.html
August 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Case Studies
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Table of Contents
High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Case Studies
Key Findings
Conclusions
References
Table 1. Case Study Sites
Table 2. Summary of Ke…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/debra-rosen-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Improving CG-CAHPS
Scores in a Federally
Qualified Health Center
Presented By
Debra Rosen, RN, MPH
Director, Quality & Health Education
“Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores”
A Webcast Pres…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/about/CAHPS-Database-Brief_01_2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The CAHPS Database
The CAHPS Database
The CAHPS Database is funded by
the U.S. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to
support the use of the Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems (CAHPS®) patient
experience surveys by health plans,
medical groups and practices. CAHPS
survey…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/3_barbara_burke.pdf
June 09, 2012 - Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
Child HCAHPS
Barbara Burke, Administrator, Patient Family Experience
Center of Excellence
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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Outline
• An introduction to Lurie Children’s
• Impetus for change
• Child HCAHPS
• Moving forward
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