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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/949.html
March 01, 2025 - New Interactive Data Resource Illustrates Trends in Sepsis Hospital Care
Issue Number
949
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
March 11, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Trends in MRSA Rates, 2016 to 2021 While the overall rate of adult inpatient stays with a diag…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/923.html
July 01, 2024 - Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use
Issue Number
923
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
July 30, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Postoperative Sepsis Rates In 2020, for every 1,000 elective surgical procedures, an average of 3.8 adult patients …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/913.html
May 01, 2024 - Data Reveal Uneven Impact of COVID-19 on Urban, Rural Hospitals
Issue Number
913
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 14, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Maternal Deaths by Race/Ethnicity In 2020, out of every 100,000 maternity admissions, an average of 12.2 …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/914.html
May 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Continuing a 35-Year History, AHRQ Pursues Vital Pathways To Improve Patient Care
Issue Number
914
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 21, 2024
AHRQ Stats Access more data on this topic in the associated statistical brief , plus a…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/944.html
January 01, 2025 - Affordable Care Act Boosts Individual Health Insurance Enrollment and Stability
Issue Number
944
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
January 14, 2025
Editor’s Note: AHRQ News Now will not publish next week. Our next issue will publish Jan. 28. AH…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a4b_combo_pdi_casestudy.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Case Study of Using the QI Toolkit for Pediatric Quality Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Case Study of Using the QI Toolkit for Pediatric Quality Improvement
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides a case study from a children’s ho…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4k_combo_psi14-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4k
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 14: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why Focus on Postoperative Wound Dehiscence?
• Postop…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/staffing.html
June 01, 2021 - Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders
This resource guide from the Project ECHO and IHI Teams was written by and for directors of nursing, administrators, and other nursing home leaders. It outlines steps to reduce or eliminate urgent staff shortages, particularly shortages of …
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/teach.html
January 01, 2024 - Teaching Implementation Planning
Present Slide 22, "Implementation Planning"; use this slide to transition to implementation planning. Note that you need to consider measurement when implementing TeamSTEPPS, but it is not the only thing. Explain that implementation planning will equip trainees with a 10-s…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlas4.html
March 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
4. How Do Existing Measures of Clinical-Community Relationships Align with the Measurement Framework?
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Why Was …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/pf-advisers.html
May 01, 2017 - Working With Patient and Family Advisors
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Slide 1: Working With Patient and Family Advisors
Part 1. Introduction and Overview
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 1: Working With Patient and Family Advisors Training (Tool…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/rapid-response/rapid-response-slides.html
July 01, 2023 - Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Image: Three ascending steps show the learning objectives:
Define components of a rapid …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar8_pu_sustainingpractices.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention Practices at Your Hospital
Sustaining Pressure Ulcer
Prevention Practices at
Your Hospital
Presented by Dan Berlowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Bedford VA Medical Center
Boston University School of Public Health
2
Welcome!
Thank you for joining this
webinar about how to
sustain pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-learning-guide-leadership.pdf
June 30, 2021 - COVID-19 Vaccine Learning Guide for Leadership
Learning Guide for Leadership
Take Your Best Shot!
Strategies To Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the
COVID-19 Vaccine
Nursing home staff are at the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccinations are critical tools in protecting
nursing home staff and…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T3-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Using_WHONET_to_Create_Your_Antibiogram.pdf
May 01, 2014 - www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014 AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0012-3-EF
Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Using WHONET to Create Your Antibiogram
WHONET is free Windows-based database software developed in 1989 by the World Health
Organization (WHO). The software is used in laboratories worldwide for the management and
an…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6i-shared-decisionmaking.html
April 01, 2023 - Strategy 6I: Shared Decisionmaking
Contents
6.I.1. The Problem
6.I.2. The Intervention
6.I.3. Benefits of This Intervention
6.I.4. Implementation of This Intervention
References
Download Strategy 6I:
Shared Decisionmaking
(PDF, 270 KB)
6.I.1. The Problem
Although pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6n-price-transparency.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6N: Price Transparency
Contents
6.N.1. The Problem
6.N.2. The Intervention
6.N.3. Benefits of This Intervention
References
Download Strategy 6N:
Price Transparency
(PDF, 239 KB)
6.N.1. The Problem
The growth of health care cost-sharing in recent years—through …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6gtraining.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6G: Training To Advance Physicians' Communication Skills
Contents
6.G.1. The Problem
6.G.2. The Intervention
6.G.3. Example
References
Download Strategy 6G:
Training To Advance Physicians' Communication Skills
(PDF, 1 MB)
6.G.1. The Problem
People rarely compl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-hypertension.pdf
January 01, 2020 - AHRQ Data Spotlight: Hypertension Control in Health Resources and Services Administration Health Centers
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AHRQ Data Spotlight:
Hypertension Control in
Health Resources and
Services Administration
Health Centers
Hypertension in the United States
Hypertension, defined as abnormally high blood pressure, affects 1…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/index.html
March 01, 2017 - Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
The Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QI Toolkit) is a free and easy-to-use resource for hospitals planning to use the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs), including the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), to track a…