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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/pl_nchs/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Notes
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digital.ahrq.gov/population/uninsured
January 01, 2023 - Uninsured
Clinical Decision Support for Collaborative Diet Goal Setting in Primary Care - Final Report
Citation
Burgermaster M. Clinical Decision Support for Collaborative Diet Goal Setting in Primary Care – Final Report. (Prepared by University of Texas - Austin under Grant N…
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digital.ahrq.gov/funding-mechanism/understanding-clinical-information-needs-and-health-care-decision-making-processes
January 01, 2023 - Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Processes in the Context of Health IT (R01)
How 6 organizations developed tools and processes for social determinants of health screening in primary care: an overview.
Citation
LaForge K, Gold R, Cottrell…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Data Sources for Health Care Quality Measures
Before you decide which quality measures to report, it is helpful to know what kinds of data you will need to produce the scores for the measure. Sometimes, the data you want to report already exist because somebody else collected it. But in other cases, report spon…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-utilize-functions-electronic-prescribing-system-and-subsequent-generation-technically
February 15, 2012 - Study
Failure to utilize functions of an electronic prescribing system and the subsequent generation of 'technically preventable' computerized alerts.
Citation Text:
Baysari M, Reckmann MH, Li L, et al. Failure to utilize functions of an electronic prescribing system and the subsequent g…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/getting-started/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Getting Started
This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.
CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol for Iodophor
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standing-order-protocol-mupirocin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-3 – Standing Order Protocol:
Nasal Mupirocin
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are methicillin-resistant S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-based-errors-involving-smart-infusion-pumps-catalog-error-types-and-prevention
November 16, 2022 - Review
Human-based errors involving smart infusion pumps: a catalog of error types and prevention strategies.
Citation Text:
Kirkendall ES, Timmons K, Huth H, et al. Human-based errors involving smart infusion pumps: a catalog of error types and prevention strategies. Drug Saf. 2020;43(1…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather-a-Team-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 1. Gather a Team
Choose members to serve on the antimicrobial stewardship program team. Depending on the size of the nursing home, the team may be very small (two or three me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-applications-veterans-health-administrations-stratification-tool-opioid-risk
April 01, 2020 - Study
Development and applications of the Veterans Health Administration's Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) to improve opioid safety and prevent overdose and suicide.
Citation Text:
Oliva EM, Bowe T, Tavakoli S, et al. Development and applications of the Veterans He…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-gray.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Understanding SOPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray
Overview of the SOPS Surveys
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
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What are the SOPS Surveys?
• Surveys of providers and staff about the extent to which their
organizational …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 4 Monitoring
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 4 Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/workflow-analysis-qi.pdf
February 01, 2005 - Workflow
Workflow
Ann Lefebvre MSW, CPHQ
Associate Director, NC AHEC
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the
results that it gets.”
Paul Batalden, MD
North Carolina Area Health Education CentersNorth Carolina…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-specific-electronic-decision-support-reduces-prescription-excessive-doses
November 02, 2010 - Study
Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription of excessive doses.
Citation Text:
Seidling HM, Schmitt SPW, Bruckner T, et al. Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription of excessive doses. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):e15. doi:10.113…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/sockolow-paulina
January 01, 2023 - Sockolow, Paulina
Planning the episode: Home care admission nurse decision-making regarding the patient visit pattern.
Citation
Sockolow PS, Bowles KH, Pankok C Jr, Zhou Y, Potashnik S, Bass EJ. Planning the episode: Home care admission nurse decision-making regarding the pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnosis-physical-and-mental-health-conditions-primary-care-during-covid-19-pandemic
June 30, 2021 - Study
Emerging Classic
Diagnosis of physical and mental health conditions in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.
Citation Text:
Williams R, Jenkins DA, Ashcroft DM, et al. Diagnosis of physical and mental health conditions in…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/Comparison_Report_NIS61997Final.pdf
August 09, 2000 - Most of the difference can be explained by the underreporting of managed care patients
in the MedPAR … The largest factor is that the MedPAR data exclude most discharges for
enrollees in managed care programs … The MedPAR under-reports Medicare managed care claims by slightly over 10 percent. … This discrepancy could be explained, in part, by the undercount of managed care enrollees from
the MedPAR … One difference noted earlier is the absence of most managed care discharges
from the MedPAR data.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/percentage-of-orders-entered-using-cpoe-quick-reference-guide.pdf
February 01, 2009 - Managed care penetration and other factors
affecting computerized physician order entry in
the ambulatory