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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/mental-health/index.html
March 01, 2025 - CAHPS Mental Health Surveys
Many organizations are interested in assessing and improving patient experience with behavioral health, mental health, and/or substance use disorder services. Three CAHPS products are available to address this need: New in 2024: CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey. Supplemental it…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/mcdonald-summit2016-breakout.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Organizations and Diagnostic Performance: How to End Up with ‘Fewer Misses & More Hits’ that Mean Something to Patients and Their Families
Organizations
and Diagnostic Performance: How to End Up with
‘Fewer Misses & More Hits’ that Mean Something to
Patients and Their Families
Kathryn McDonald
Stanford University
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www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/meps-chartbook-24.html
November 01, 2020 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component 2019 Chartbook: Employee Cost Sharing
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201526.html
January 01, 2018 - Iowa’s Waverly Health Center Uses AHRQ Tools to Improve Patient Safety
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September 2015
Waverly Health Center, a critical access hospital in Waverly, Iowa, has used three AHRQ resources to improve communication, teamwork, and leadership engagement as part of ongoing efforts to i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/instructions/suppl-access_items_cg-cahps-adult-survey_2357-1a.docx
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 Supplemental Items: Access
Population Version: Adult
Supplemental Access Items for the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
Population Version: Adult
Language: English
Users of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the n…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/echo/about/209_echo-reporting-measures.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Reporting Measures for the ECHO Survey 3.0 Page 1 of 3
Document No. 209 – 8/31/06
For additional guidance, please email cahps1@ahrq.gov or call the CAHPS Help Line at (800) 492-9261.
ECHO® Survey and Reporting Kit 2004
Reporting Measures for the ECHO® Survey
3.0
Items Included in the Measure Reportin…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-summ.html
October 01, 2015 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Priority Areas Identified by the U.S.-Mexico Border Commission: Summary & Definitions
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
Nation…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking2.html
September 01, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
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Table of Contents
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Introduction
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
Probabi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T6-Sample_Vignettes_Phase_3_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 3
Sample Vignettes
The following series of vignettes are similar to cases that a prescribing clinician may be presented with in a nursing home. Work through the vignettes and discussion questions—first without referring to the antibiogram and then by referring to the antibiogra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-ginsberg.pdf
January 01, 2015 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
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AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
(SOPS®) Program
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AHRQ is:
► A research and sci…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/web/pathways/health-plans.html
October 01, 2015 - Let Consumers Select Health Plans or Providers To Compare
Most sponsors aim to provide information on all the health plans or providers in their market area. In some cases, the number of entities is large, especially when the report is for the Nation, a State, or a large region or locality.
Strategies for Nar…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/cpcf-form9.html
December 01, 2013 - Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF)
CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP)
The CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Control Num…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-material-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Overview
Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
· Slides 4-8
Linking Sustainability and Spread
· Slides 9-10
Planning Early for Sustainability
· Slides 11-12
Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
· Slides 13-17
Steps to Creating and Implementing a Sustainability Plan
· Slides…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-m.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix M. Endoscopy Infographic - Implementation Guide
Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures
More than 20 million gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic procedures are performed annually in the United States. While rare, patients have acquired infections from these procedures due to:
Poor…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202402.html
July 01, 2024 - Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections
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July 2024
Sierra Vista Hospital, an 11-bed critical access hospital in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, implemented practices from AHRQ’s Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-access-items-cg-survey30-child.html
December 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey 3.0: Access
Population version: Child
Download these items: English ( Word , 31 KB )
Users of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/o…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201524.html
August 01, 2015 - Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method to Protect Patient Safety
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August 2015
Fourteen hospitals operated by Aurora Health Care in eastern Wisconsin reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in intensive care units by 65 percent after adopting pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/curriculum/part-3.html
February 01, 2022 - Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum
Part 3: Core Competencies for Practice Facilitators
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Table of Contents
Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods in Teaching PCPF Core Competencies
Part 2: Int…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-m.html
October 01, 2020 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Appendix M. Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal
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Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/tools/advocacy.html
June 01, 2023 - Tool: Advocacy and Assertion
Providing mutual support also sometimes requires the use of advocacy and assertion. Advocacy and assertion interventions are invoked when a team member's viewpoint does not coincide with that of a decision maker. In advocating by or for the patient and asserting the need for correct…