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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ncstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - North Carolina State at a Glance
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March 01, 2012 - South Carolina State at a Glance
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/hospevactab4.html
July 01, 2018 - Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide (Table 4)
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Table 4. Pre-Disaster Critical Infrastructure Self-Assessment
Evacuation-Relevant Resources
Implication
City Water
Is water used for heating the hospital?
Is water used for cooling?
Does the hospita…
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August 01, 2025 - Search Evidence-based Practice Center Reports
Sign up: Evidence-Based Practice Email updates
Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) reports offer comprehensive, science-based information on common or costly medical conditions and new healthcare technologies and strategies. Your search results cover complete titles …
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January 01, 2024 - Grantee Final Reports: Patient Safety
Final reports from research grants administered since 2000 on a variety of patient safety topics, such as measure development, medication safety, and diagnostic safety.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety subdivis…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g1_pdi_availablecomprehensiveqiguides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool G.1
Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides information on other quality improvement
gui…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
March 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/aian-trust-responsibility.html
November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Role in Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility
NOV
7
2024
By
Members of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council:
Peter B. Angood, M.D.; Mason B. Emert, M.P.H.; Sharon Weidner Hickman, M.B.A., C.P.H.Q.; and Sinsi Hernán…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/fund-opps/flyer-conference-grant-program_2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - AHRQ R13 Conference Grants Program (PA-22-238)
Purpose
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invites institutions and individuals
interested in health services research to apply for either single-year or multiple-year conference
grant support. The topics must support AHRQ’s mission to produce eviden…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mcginn.html
January 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste
Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Vice President of Physician Enterprise
CommonSpirit Health
Thomas McGinn,
M.D., M.P.H.
“Very early on, AHRQ understood the language and the work.”
As a young…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/heart-month-tools.html
February 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation
FEB
21
2023
By
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H., and
Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D.
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H.
In healthcare, few things are more regrettable than …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/index.html
February 01, 2024 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Next Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practi…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraape.html
April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Appendix E. Study Parameters
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Table of Contents
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. ST-P…
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December 01, 2017 - Normothermia Audit Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). Normothermia enables adequate immune functioning and perfusion to surgical site tissue…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/normothermia_audit.docx
December 01, 2017 - Tool: Normothermia Audit
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Normothermia Audit Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). Normothermia enables adequate immune functioning and perfusion to surgical site tissue…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/programs/index.html?page=3
Digital Healthcare Research Advancing healthcare quality, safety, and effectiveness through the evolving digital healthcare ecosystem. More
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CAHPS The CAHPS program aims to advance our scientific …
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June 02, 2025 - On-Time - Menu of Implementation Strategies
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Menu of Implementation Strategies 1
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Menu of Implementation Strategies
The On-Time Menu of Process Improvement …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/patient-narratives-webinar-quality.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The Power of Patient Stories for Improving the Patient Experience webcast - Nembhard
Using Narratives for Quality Improvement
Ingrid Nembhard, PhD, MS
Fishman Family President’s Distinguished
Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Disclosures
This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare
Research a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/dischargeprep.pdf
June 02, 2025 - RED Discharge Preparation Workbook
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RED Discharge Preparation Workbook
Patient Name _________________________ MRN ________________ DOB ______________
Room # ______________
Date of admission ______________
Language preference
Interpreter/Translation
Needed (Y/N)
Spoken communication
Writt…