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5021. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/chdser.pdf
      December 08, 2003 - The best measure of the value of tests to identify ACAD or increased CHD risk would come from studies … events result from sudden occlusion of a previously nonobstructed artery segment.71 Use of other measures … Most studies used crude measures of other CHD risk factors, mainly self-report of the presence or absence … of smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and lipid disorders, although one study used direct measures of … risk was smaller for the study that best measured other risk factors75 than for those using crude measures

5022. Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/guide.html
      December 01, 2017 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient and Fa…

5023. Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/Development-PWMI-Item-Set.html
      April 01, 2020 - Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments The CAHPS Consortium collaborated with a number of stakeholders, disability researchers and State agencies to develop the Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments (PWMI). Partners in this work included the following organizations: …

5024. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage.html
      October 01, 2021 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Research shows that when patients are engaged in their healthcare, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has …

5025. Acknowledgments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/acknowledgements.html
      August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Acknowledgments Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Preface Acknowledgments Prologue Silence A Commentary Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology,…

5026. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/index.html
      December 01, 2017 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital …

5027. Ohio’s Fairfield Medical Center Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201529.html
      October 01, 2015 - Ohio’s Fairfield Medical Center Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Patient Safety Search All Impact Case Studies October 2015 Staff members at the 222-bed Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, said they work better in teams and feel more freedom to raise questions about patient care after participating i…

5028. Appendix I. Catheter Care Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-i.html
      October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide Appendix I. Catheter Care Pocket Card Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide Overvi…

5029. Action-Plan-Template (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/action-plan-template.docx
      April 01, 2022 - Unit Action Plan The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) or healthcare-associated infection (HAI) leader is responsible for leading the CUSP team in completing an Action Plan in order to drive work related to lowering bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and/or catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)…

5030. Closing the Quality Gap Series, Summary Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/gapsumtp.html
      January 01, 2013 - Closing the Quality Gap Series, Summary Report Structured Abstract In 2004, AHRQ launched a collection of evidence reports, Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies , to bring data to bear on quality improvement opportunities. These reports summarized the evidence on qual…

5031. Webcast: Using the AHRQ Pharmacy SOPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/pharmacy.html
      February 01, 2019 - Webcast: Using the AHRQ Pharmacy SOPS October 29, 2013 Summary Speakers and Presentation Slides Recording Transcript Related Materials Summary The Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS ® ), developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is a measurement…

5032. AHRQ State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Asthma Care Quality Improvement Workbook And Resource Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/asthmasumm.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - AHRQ State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Asthma Care Quality Improvement Workbook And Resource Guide AHRQ STATE HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORKSHOP: ASTHMA CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORKBOOK AND RESOURCE GUIDE WHAT DO THESE TOOLS DO? These tools help State leaders assess, design, and improve thei…

5033. National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to Hold Hybrid Meeting on November 20, 2024 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/nac-meeting-nov-20.html
      November 01, 2024 - National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to Hold Hybrid Meeting on November 20, 2024 Media Advisory Press Release Date: November 6, 2024 The National Advisory Council ( NAC ) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will hold a hybrid meeting on Wednesday, No…

5034. SOPS Databases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/index.html
      August 01, 2024 - SOPS Databases AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Databases as central repositories for survey data from each of the SOPS surveys and SOPS supplemental items. Participation in the SOPS Databases is free and open to users of the surveys to voluntarily submit their data to the appropr…

5035. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Healthcare Facility Design (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd-rev.pdf
      November 01, 2023 - researchers, research consumers, and decision makers of the depth and breadth of the evidence; identify the measures … Networked Feedback for Bed Tilt Compliance Final Report 2013- 2014 $99,821 Purpose: Identify, measure … The model strategically used systems engineering tools to measure, characterize, and optimize the environment

5036. CUSP Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/cusp-mvpguide.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - We measure safety culture across the hospital every year, but when this safety program started, we saw … pointed out that surveillance using the electronic health record doesn’t work for this particular measure … senior executive may not know (for example, staff turnover rate, compliance with process and policy measures

5037. Implementation of a Data-based Medical Event Reporting System in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Davis.pdf
      February 12, 2004 - reduce medical errors.3 The QuIC report, the response to President Clinton’s directive, proposed clear measures … One of the measures was to implement a mandatory reporting system in the hospital and Advances in

5038. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - practices: Overviews of the evidence and practical strategies to help integrate MRSA and SSI prevention measures … of surgery, leading up to the operating room (OR), perioperative staff conduct infection prevention measures

5039. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States supporting the use of care coordinators? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight09.html
      July 01, 2014 - quality demonstration States are implementing 52 projects in five general categories: Using quality measures … learning collaboratives, CHIPRA quality demonstration staff in Oregon shared data from both standardized measures

5040. Strategy 2: Communicating for Improve Quality (Tool 6)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_6_Pres_TX_508.pptx
      July 23, 2010 - outcomes — specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures … Many of the measures from the CAHPS Hospital Survey — particularly those related to patient-provider