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www.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-readmissions.html
January 01, 2012 - Hospital Readmissions
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began reducing Medicare payments for certain hospitals with excess 3…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201604.html
May 01, 2016 - Johns Hopkins HealthCare Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Health Literacy and Measure Patient Experience
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2016
AHRQ's "Questions Are the Answer" patient engagement videos and brochures are used by Johns Hopkins HealthCare (JHHC) affiliated health plans—Priority Partners, Jo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/staff-chg-basin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During the Hospital Stay Basin Bed Bathing With Chlorhexidine (CHG) Liquid
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
STAFF Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During the Hospital Stay
Basin Bed Bathing With Chlorhexidine (CHG) Liquid
Bathe hospital patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-nh_webcast-castle.pdf
January 01, 2006 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Nicholas Castle, Ph.D., M.H.A., FGSA
The Importance of Safety Culture in
Nursing Homes
Nicholas Castle, Ph.D., M.H.A., FGSA
Nicholas.Castle@HSC.WVU.edu
mailto:Nicholas.Castle@HSC.WVU.edu
The Importance of Safety Culture
• The 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) rep…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-table1.html
September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Table 1. Overview of studies on the effectiveness of checklists
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Table of Contents
Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Introduction
Rationale for Use…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/chart-review-tool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - IMPLEMENT CA Asthma Collaborative Data Collect ion Survey
IMPLEMENT CA Asthma Collaborative Data Collect ion Survey
Pract ice name
Reviewer in itials
Month of pat ient vis it
Chart abstraction#
Age of chi ld in years
Gender of patient Female
Male
reset
Medi…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.html
June 01, 2015 - How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality?
Evaluation Highlight No. 13
Authors: Rebecca Peters, Rachel Burton, and Kelly Devers
Contents
Key Messages
Background
Findings
Conclusions
Implications
Learn More
Endnotes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Best_Practices_Hosp_Leaders_508.pdf
March 13, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook)
Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Supporting Patient and Family
Engagement: Best Practices
for Hospital Leaders
The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/sops-webcast.html
August 01, 2025 - Webcast - Sept. 9: Patient Safety in Medical Offices: Using SOPS Tools to Drive Improvement
Date: Tuesday, September 9 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET Register now for the upcoming webinar “Patient Safety in Medical Offices: Using SOPS Tools to Drive Improvement”. This webinar will highlight how the University o…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/visfig3.html
October 01, 2002 - Figure 3: Framework for AMD Rehabilitation
Vision Rehabilitation: Care and Benefit Plan Models: Literature Review
Text Description
Figure 3 applies the rehabilitation framework illustrated in Figure 1 to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). People with AMD usually do not receive medical interventions…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/discharge/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
Project focused on improving the hospital discharge process.
Mark Williams, M.D., Emory University, Atlanta, GA
AHRQ Grant No. HS015882-01
Overview
This project implements a "discharge bundle" consisting of medication reconcilia…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/oerep/fchesley-bio.html
November 01, 2022 - Dr. Francis Chesley, Jr.
Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP) and Director, Offices of Minority and Women's Health
Francis D. Chesley, M.D.:
Provides leadership in the development of health services research training, career development, and institutional …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/diy-run-chart.html
July 01, 2022 - Do It Yourself Run Chart for Primary Care Practices
Resource: Do It Yourself Run Chart (XLSX, 86 KB)
Primary care practices can use this Excel spreadsheet to create run charts to track their progress in quality improvement. It includes instructions, an example of a diabetes measure, and a programmed blank s…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-10.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 1.10. Lean Projects Studied at LHC
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Table of Contents
Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare
Case 2. Central …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-192-fullreport.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure: Final Report
Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with
Simple Febrile Seizure
Section 1. Basic Measure Information
1.A. Measure Name
Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure
1.B. M…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lord-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - identifiers, so, when a code sheet is not filled out (which happens when the call does not
require use of medications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/greenfield-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Report: Collaborative Clinical Culture and Quality of Care
Title of Project: Collaborative Clinical Culture and Quality of Care
Principal Investigator and Team Members
Sheldon Greenfield, Principal Investigator
Sherrie H. Kaplan, Co-Principal Investigator
Douglas Roblin, Co-Principal Investigator
Norma Te…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6o.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 16)
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Table of Contents
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination?
Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework
Chapte…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides.html
March 01, 2020 - Slide 110
Adult home health patients whose management of oral medications improved, by age, stratified … by race/ethnicity, 2012
Image: Chart shows adult home health patients whose management of oral medications … Note:
Importance: Patients who have problems taking their medications as prescribed are at risk … Overall Rate: In 2012, 49.7% of home health patients got better at taking their medications, compared … health patients in all age groups were less likely than Whites and Blacks to get better at taking their medications
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapa.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix A. References and Equipment Sources
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Ove…