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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/briefing-debriefing.html
December 01, 2017 - Briefing and Debriefing Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
Surgical site infection (SSI) prevention remains a global public health priority. Patients in acute care hospitals underwent more than 16 million surgical procedures in the United States in 2010. 1 Usi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Device_Dashboard_Data_2024.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Device or Medical/Surgical Supply including Health Information Technology Dashboard
Introduction
Introduction-Device or Medical/Surgical Supply including Health Information Technology
The tables in this workbook present data on Device or Medical/Surgical Supply including Health Information Technology (HIT) reports …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-tubes.pdf
April 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes
Feeding Tubes
Types of Devices
■ Nasogastric (NG) tube: non-weighted, polyurethane tube for use more than 10 days.
■ Gastrostomy tube: tube protrudes from anterior abdominal wall; most common initial
gastrostomy device.
■ Button/skin-level gastrostomy: …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/menu.html
December 01, 2017 - On-Time Quality Improvement Program: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Menu of Implementation Strategies
The On-Time Menu of Process Improvement Strategies for using reports is a list of potential ways facility teams may choose to integrate the pressure ulcer prevention reports into clinical practice. A menu …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-k.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention
The poster on the following page is intended to be printed with dimensions of 28 by 36 inches.
This can be done by sending the PDF out to a printer for large-f…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201518.html
July 01, 2015 - New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety
Search All Impact Case Studies
July 2015
Description
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system, uses several AHRQ resources to improve patient care…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/appb.html
August 01, 2022 - Demonstration Grants Final Evaluation Report
Appendix B. References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Demonstration Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Detailed Findings
Evaluation Issues
Contributions to Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Lessons Learned From Implementati…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/subject.html
December 01, 2022 - What Will Be the Subject of Your Health Care Quality Report?
The subject of a quality report could be any level of the health care system, including:
Health plans and insurance carriers.
Hospitals.
Medical groups or clinics.
Individual clinicians.
Nursing homes.
Home health agencies.
Behavioral …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/building-bridge-to-evidence-based-medicine.html
June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine
JUN
6
2024
By
Edwin Lomotan, M.D.,
James Swiger, M.B.E., and
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D.
Clinical decision support (CDS) has emerged as an important tool …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2st-century-ai.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence
OCT
24
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.; and
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the ent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
June 01, 2024 - What Is Patient Safety Culture?
Patient Safety Culture Defined Patient safety culture is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. It refers to the values, beliefs, and norms that are shared by healthcare practitioners and other staff throughout the organization that in…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/hp-database/index.html
December 01, 2024 - CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database
The CAHPS Health Plan Survey (HP CAHPS) Database is a central repository of survey data from State Medicaid agencies, State Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), and individual health plans that have administered the HP CAHPS Survey and chose to submit their data to th…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0803.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2008
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health used AHRQ's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/heorrst.html
February 01, 2025 - Healthcare Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Study Section Members
Roster of members of the study section that reviews applications concerned with the organization and functioning of healthcare effectiveness.
HEOR Meeting Dates: February 28, March 5, 2025
Sign up: Grants Review Process Email upd…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/hsqrrst.html
February 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR) Study Section
Roster of members of the study section that reviews R01/R18 large research grant applications, R03 small research grant applications, and R13 large conference grant applications related to healthcare safety and quality improvement research.…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/hitrrst.html
March 01, 2025 - Healthcare Information Technology Research (HITR) Study Section Members
Roster of members of the study section that reviews R01/R18/R21 large research grant applications, R03 small research grant applications, U18 Research Demonstration/Cooperative Agreements, and R13 large conference grant applications on the …
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www.ahrq.gov/tools/index.html
December 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer. More
The SHARE Approach Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices implement evidence More
Tools
The …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-chicago-medicine.html
February 01, 2024 - UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit
UChicago Medicine (UCM) reduced venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence by 30% in the perioperative patient population with the use of AHRQ’s Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Toolkit . Using the toolkit’s Fra…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/what-are-4e.html
December 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
What Are The 4 Es?
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Welcome to the Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Dec…