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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/mission.html
July 01, 2023 - The PCORTF Mission, Vision, and Goal
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Mission: Dissemination and implementation of evidence into practice and train the next generation of patient-centered outcomes researchers.
AHRQ's PCORTF mission reflects activities mandated by Congress in the PCORTF authorizing lan…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/measure-dx.html
March 01, 2024 - Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events
Diagnostic errors are major contributors to patient harm. Strategies to identify and analyze these events are still emerging, but several show promise for use in operational settings. The Agency for Healthcare Resea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/publications/pubcomguide/Form-Use-Previously-Recorded-Audiovisual%20Materials.docx
July 01, 2024 - AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Release Form for Use of Previously Recorded Audiovisual Materials, Including Photographs
Instructions
This release is required for use of still and video stock footage, music, graphics, and photographs owned by a specific person or company. Licenses must provide AHRQ, not …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/psnet.ahrq.gov/index.html
December 01, 2024 - AHRQ Patient Safety Network
Mission AHRQ's Patient Safety Network is a national Web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. Supported by an extensive system for organizing the site's patient safety information into categories and subcategories (i.e., a patient safety …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/teachback.html
June 01, 2023 - Teach-Back: Intervention
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care
Teach-back is a technique for health care providers to ensure that they have explained medical information clearly so that patients and their families understand what is communicated to them. This intervention includes several materials to…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/toolkit-info.html
December 01, 2018 - Information for Specialty Audiences
Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Several of the Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals tools and archived Webinars may be of interest to the following audiences. The relevant toolkit information is organized by these audiences.
Emergency Department (ED)
Emerge…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/02-pfe-road-map.pdf
August 01, 2021 - Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety Toolkit Roadmap
Toolkit for Engaging Patients
To Improve Diagnostic Safety
Engaging Patients To Improve
Diagnostic Safety Toolkit Roadmap
This Implementation Roadmap provides an overview of the steps for implementation
and the toolkit materials you will need to use…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/model/profiles/st-josephs.html
March 01, 2021 - Going the Extra Mile To Provide Community-based Care
As the sun comes up on a brisk Tuesday morning, Bon Secours Richmond Health System’s Care-A-Van rolls into the St. Augustine Catholic Church parking lot located just outside of Richmond, Virginia. Clinic staff members unload the large blue and green van and b…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/introducing_the_new_cahps_c&g_survey3.0.pdf
September 01, 2015 - specialists visits, there’s no difference in the percentage of patients who were taking
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/about-chsp/centers-of-excellence/rand.html
August 01, 2017 - RAND Center of Excellence
Overview
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded the RAND Corporation, in collaboration with researchers from Pennsylvania State University, UCLA, and Harvard University, to create a Center of Excellence on Health System Performance. The Center's charter is to id…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/steps.html
October 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention
Implementation Steps and Timeline
The goal of On-Time is that a facility staff will incorporate the On-Time reports into day-to-day prevention activities and ensure multidisciplinary input into clinical intervention decisions. The Implementatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=22
Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-indications.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
Central Venous Catheter
Indications and Alternatives
Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/surgical.html
July 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Surgical Care and OR
Aaberg OR, Ballangrud R, Husebo SIE, Hall-Lord ML. An interprofessional team training intervention with an implementation phase in a surgical ward: A controlled quasi-experimental study. J Interprof Care . 2019:1-10. Epub 2019/12/19. doi: 10.1080/13561820…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/overview-cuspmvp-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Application to Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Overview of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program…
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www.ahrq.gov/gam/summaries/inclusion-criteria/index.html
October 01, 2018 - NGC and NQMC Inclusion Criteria
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Inclusion Criteria
Effective June 1, 2014, NGC used the 2011 definition of clinical practice guideline developed by the Institute of Medicine (IO). 1
Clinical practice guidelines are statements that include recommendations intended to op…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load3.html
May 01, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic Accuracy
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Table of Contents
Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
Introduction to Diagnostic Errors
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Cogn…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/practice-level-baseline-data.pdf
January 01, 2016 - CA Asthma Quality Improvement Collaborative
CA Asthma Quality Improvement Collaborative
Michael Cabana, MD MPH
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-196-section-5.pdf
April 21, 2015 - Table 6 and Figures 1 and 2
Table 6: Evidence Regarding Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache
Type of Evidence
Key Findings
Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
RANKING*)
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criteria
The ACR has completed multiple
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chirpa-215-scd-ed-tables.pdf
January 01, 2002 - Tables 1-7
Table 1: Codes to Identify Sickle Cell Disease Name Hemoglobin Screening Result ICD‐9 Code(s)
Condition Name Hemoglobin Screening Result ICD-9 Code(s)
Hb beta zero‐thalassemia Hb F only 282.49
Hb S beta‐thalassemia Hb F,S,A 282.41, 282.42
Hb SC‐disease Hb FS,C 282.63, 282.64
Hb SD‐disease Hb F,S,D …