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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/infection-prevention-control.html
April 01, 2022 - Infection Prevention and Control Core Practices for Managing COVID-19
Resource: Infection Prevention and Control Core Practices for Managing COVID-19
This educational series includes seven action briefs that focus on five key areas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each action brief combines two key …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/artifacts-of-culture-change.html
June 01, 2021 - Artifacts of Culture Change Self-Assessment Tool
Resource: Artifacts of Culture Change Self-Assessment Tool (PDF, 126 KB)
This self-assessment tool can be used by nursing homes on a culture change journey to become aware of concrete changes that leading homes have made to their policies, practices, and envi…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/pcor.html
September 01, 2018 - EvidenceNOW PCOR Fact Sheet: Cholesterol
Resource title: EvidenceNOW PCOR Cholesterol Management Fact Sheet
Resource description: This EvidenceNOW fact sheet provides an overview of PCOR findings and guidelines for managing cholesterol. It also provides links to related tools, resources, and PCOR evidence s…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-comm.html
May 01, 2021 - Guide to Covid-19 Vaccine Communications, A Practitioner's Guide to the Principles of Covid-19 Vaccine Communications
Resource: Guide to Covid-19 Vaccine Communications, A Practitioner's Guide to the Principles of Covid-19 Vaccine Communications
In this communications guide, Ann Christiano and Jack Barry fr…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccination-reporting-data-systems.html
August 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Data Systems
Resource: COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Data Systems
This page outlines the data systems that have been integrated to ensure successful tracking and reporting of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data. Each section includes an overview and informat…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/improving-staff-comptency.html
June 01, 2022 - Improving Staff Competency and Employee Satisfaction Toolkits
Resource: Improving Staff Competency and Employee Satisfaction Toolkits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed toolkits to aid nursing home teams with improving staff competency and employee satisfaction. There are three to…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/module-2-infection-preventionist.html
May 01, 2022 - Module 2—The Infection Preventionist—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
Resource: Module 2—The Infection Preventionist—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
This module describes the role of an infection preventionist, who serves as the lead of a infection prevention…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/long-term-care-telehealth.html
June 01, 2022 - Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
Resource: Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
This document contains electronic links to reliable sources of information regarding telehealth and telemedicine. Most of the information is directed toward provide…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/caring-communication.html
February 01, 2021 - Caring Messages Applicable During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Resource: Caring Messages Applicable During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF, 428 KB)
This document includes examples of caring communication in a variety of situations healthcare personnel are encountering today. These examples illustrate what it might sou…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/preparing-COVID-19.html
February 01, 2021 - Preparing for COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
Resource: Preparing for COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage provides general guidance on COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts of nursing homes and other long-term care settings, as well as links to additional resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/toolkit-emotional-coping.html
June 01, 2022 - Responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
Resource: Responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
This resource can be used by individual staff or healthcare teams to learn coping and resilience-bu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/mhi-rsf.docx
June 02, 2025 - THE MEDICAL HOME INDEX:
Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form (MHI-RSF) for the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program.
The Medical Home Index: Revised Short Form: Pediatric
Measuring the Organization and Delivery of Pediatric Primary Care for All Children, Youth, and Families
The …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_denver_health.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Denver Health: How a Safety Net System Maximizes Its Value
Denver Health: How a Safety Net System Maximizes Its
Value
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of case studies
to help health system chief executive officers (CEOs) and other C-suite leaders better
understand t…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/capc-response-resources.html
February 01, 2021 - Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) COVID-19 Response Resources Hub
Resource: Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) COVID-19 Response Resources Hub
This CAPC resource hub has tools, technical assistance, clinical training, and convening opportunities to help your organization in the middle of a COV…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/communication-strategies.html
May 01, 2021 - Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date
Resource: Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date (PDF, 75.2 KB)
This document provides ideas for communicating with family members of residents during COVID-19. It offers a list of tactics to ensure important communication is sha…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/coping-covid-families.html
June 01, 2022 - Coping With COVID-19 for Families Video
Resource: Coping With COVID-19 for Families Video
This video helps families understand the struggles, challenges, grief, and trauma associated with COVID-19 and why it is important that everyone do their part to prevent the spread.
Source: AHCA/NCAL
Topic(s): S…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/emotional-organizational-support.html
August 01, 2022 - Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff Learning Module Series
Resource: Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff Learning Module Series
This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage stress, work together to tackle common challenges, a…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/leading-with-compassion.html
June 01, 2021 - Leading with Compassion: Supporting Healthcare Workers in a Crisis
Resource: Leading with Compassion: Supporting Healthcare Workers in a Crisis
Schwartz Center Chief Medical Officer Beth Lown, MD, joins Patricia Watson, PhD, of the National Center for PTSD, and Richard Westphal, PhD, RN, of the UVA School of…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/learning-guide.html
May 01, 2021 - Learning Guide for Leadership—Strategies To Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccines
Resource: Learning Guide for Leadership—Strategies To Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccines (PDF, 577 KB)
This guide assists nursing home facility leadership with having eff…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/3-day-waiver-illness.html
May 01, 2022 - 3-Day Waiver and Spell of Illness During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Resource: 3-Day Waiver and Spell of Illness During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
This document summarizes 3-Day Stay and Benefit-Period Waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency for the Medicare Part A skilled n…