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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4w_combo_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 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.4w
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in children?…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Findings
Appendix A. Grantee Profiles
Appendix B. References
On September 9, 2009, Presid…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/multiple/using-media.html
September 01, 2019 - Using Mass Media To Spread Messages About a Quality Report
The mass media are not in business to help you. Their business is to sell advertising to companies who want to reach the people who read newspapers and magazine, watch television shows, and listen to radio programs. The “business model” of the media i…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/ginsberg-podcast.html
September 01, 2016 - Why Use a CAHPS Survey To Assess Patient Experience?
Caren Ginsberg
Director, CAHPS Division
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
What are the benefits of using a CAHPS survey to ask patients about their experiences with health care? In this …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section4.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Section 4. Identifying Strategies
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Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Sectio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/safer-guides-webinar-chat.pdf
February 18, 2025 - National Action Alliance Webinar: Engineering Safety into Practice Through Implementation of the 2025 SAFER Guides Chat Conversations, January 21, 2025
National Action Alliance Webinar: Engineering Safety into Practice Through
Implementation of the 2025 SAFER Guides Chat Conversations, January 21, 2025
from Z…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/fuzzysetsq-a.html
July 01, 2013 - Fuzzy Set Analysis
Presenters' Responses to Questions
The following are written responses by Dr. Marcus Thygeson, Dr. Jodi Holtrop, and Dr. Michael Harrison to questions that were sent in during the webinar but could not be answered within the one-hour time frame. These responses were edited by the Moderator,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4i_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4i
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 11: Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Why focus on postoperative wound dehiscence in…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/58-frontline-presentation-template.docx
June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Facilitator Guide for Frontline Provider Education Presentation Template
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Frontline Provider Education
Title slide for the tool – delete this slide from the presentation to your frontline staff.
Slide 1…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/nurse-empower/slides.html
October 01, 2014 - How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment (Slide Presentation)
On the CUSP: Stop BSI
This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on November 15, 2011.
Contents
Slide 1. How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment
Slide 2. Presenters (continued)
Slide 3. CUSP Components
Slide 4. How is CUSP Different? It Empowers N…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/preventing-clinical-deterioration-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Cancer Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (CaPSLL): Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients
Principal Investigator: Matthew Weinger, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Co-PI: Daniel France, M.P.H., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN AHRQ Grant No…
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - Statistical Briefs
MEPS Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Non-Elderly Adults in 2020-2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics .
This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain obtained from the 2020…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/navigating-hierarchy-121013.pptx
January 01, 2006 - Slide 1
Navigating Hierarchy in the Clinical Setting: Working and Communicating with Others
Susan M. Hohenhaus, LPD, RN, CEN, FAEN
Executive Director
Emergency Nurses Association
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Learning Objectives
2
Describe the relationship between hierarchy and patient safety
Explain communication strategies that empower …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/index.html
December 01, 2024 - AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time. Over a million HAIs occur across the U.S. health care system every year, leading to the loss of tens of thousa…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship5.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Introduction
Background
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www.ahrq.gov/data/ushik.html
July 01, 2022 - United States Health Information Knowledgebase
The United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) was a metadata registry of healthcare-related data standards funded and directed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with management support in partnership with the Centers for Medicare…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal3.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Program Impact
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Learned…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/guide2.html
August 01, 2024 - Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care Quality Improvement
2. Developing and Running a State-Based Extension Program To Support QI in Primary Care
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Table of Contents
Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/strat3_tool_3_pres_video_508.pptx
July 23, 2010 - Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3)
Insert hospital logo here
Nurse Bedside
Shift Report Training
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3)
Guide to Patient & Family Engagement
If you have conducted trainings for other strategies in …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn-from-defects.html
December 01, 2017 - Learn From Defects Tool—Perioperative Setting
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
What is a defect? A defect is any event or situation that you don’t want to repeat. This could include an incident that caused patient harm or put patients at risk for harm, such as a patient fall.
Problem statement: …