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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare-references.html
October 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
References
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence
Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality
Three Areas To Immediately Advance…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/pcor/pcortf-di.html
January 01, 2016 - AHRQ Projects Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
Dissemination and Implementation
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund projects for training and career development and dissemination and implementation
AHRQ uses some of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/umoren-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Enhance the Value and Safety of Neonatal Interfacility Transfers in a Regional Care Network
Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Enhance the Value and Safety of Neonatal Interfacility Transfers
in a Regional Care Network
Rachel A. Umoren, MBBCh, MS
Mega…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/infection-prevent.html
March 01, 2017 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff
Acknowledgments
Content leads for the preparation of this document were as follows:
Deb Patterson Burdsall, M.S.N., R.N.-B.C., CIC
Infection Preventionist
Lutheran Home/Lutheran Life Communities
Arlington Heights, IL
Steven J. Sc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_4_PPT_508.pptx
April 01, 2011 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
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Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: IDEAL Discharge Planning Training
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 4: IDEAL Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
Guide to Patient & Family Engagement
If you have condu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/addressing-workforce-safety-062723.pdf
July 25, 2023 - The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series: CDC Presentation
The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety
Summer Webinar Series
Addressing Violence in the Workplace
June 27, 2023
2:00-3:00 PM ET
Special Guest Speakers
2
Martin Hatlie, JD
President & CEO,
Project P…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/dissrt12/dissrt12.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Health Services Research Dissertation Grant Program: New Starts, Fiscal Year 2012
Fiscal Year 2012
This fact sheet presents information about AHRQ's research dissertation grant program and describes the 14 dissertation grant awards funded by the agency in Fiscal Year 2012.
Contents
Introduction…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/933.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Taking Needed Steps To Strengthen Primary Care
Issue Number
933
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
October 15, 2024
AHRQ Stats: In-Hospital Sepsis Mortality by Hospital Type The in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis stays that did not…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/942.html
December 01, 2024 - COVID-19 Surges Tied to Higher Risks for All Hospital Patients, AHRQ Study Finds
Issue Number
942
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
December 17, 2024
Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, AHRQ News Now will not publish ag…
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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/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group
Background The National Action Alliance established the Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group to make healthcare safer by design by identifying scalable opportunities for engineering safety into key healthcare practices—one of the Alliance’s five Aims. Read more …
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/news.html
March 01, 2025 - SOPS Announcements
2025 Announcements Date Announcements February 2025 AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Nursing Home Survey: 2025 User Database Report Results from AHRQ’s 2025 Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey User Database Report are now available. The Database Report in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes7.html
August 01, 2022 - Module 7: Resolution
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Facilitator Notes
Say:
Module 7 of the CANDOR Toolkit describes the resolution phase of the CANDOR process.
Slide 1
Say:
When adverse patient events occur, the patient and their family are looking for answers to t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4t_combo_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 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.4t
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 08: Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why focus on perioperative hemorrhage and hematoma…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking3.html
September 01, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Probability and the Diagnostic Pathway
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Table of Contents
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Introduction
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
Probability and the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/054-dec-guide-pre-launch-activities.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Pre-Launch Activities
ICU & Non-ICU
Develop a CUSP Team
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP, is a proven patient safety and quality improvement framework that is integrated into the AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention. A core element of CUSP is the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
References
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Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of Patie…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/general-tips/index.html
October 01, 2019 - Six Tips for Making a Quality Report Appealing and Easy To Skim
To attract and hold users' attention, your quality report needs to be designed in a way that: 1
Looks appealing and approachable at first glance.
Helps readers notice what information is available and important.
Makes it easy for them to sk…
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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/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/nm-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Spotlight on New Mexico
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from New Mexico's experience in the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPR…