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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Quality and Patient Safety Resources
Tips for preventing medical errors and promoting patient safety, measuring health care quality, consumer assessment of health plans, evaluation software, report tools, and case studies.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/index.html
December 01, 2022 - CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets
The CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets ask about providers' efforts to foster and improve the health literacy of patients. Health literacy is commonly defined as patients' ability to obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropri…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201808.html
December 01, 2018 - Tampa Hospital Uses AHRQ Tools to Reduce Emergency Department CAUTI Rates by 75 Percent
Search All Impact Case Studies
December 2018
Tampa General Hospital staff participated in an AHRQ project and implemented several elements from AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce healthcare…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/index.html
August 01, 2014 - Case Studies of Exemplary Primary Care Practice Facilitation Training Programs
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Table of Contents
Case Studies of Exemplary Primary Care Practice Facilitation Training Programs
Overview
Training Program Summary: HealthTeamWorks’ Coach University
Training Program Summary: Millard Fillmor…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2017
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg reduced its 30-day readmission rate from 20 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2015 after implementing a discharge progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/care-coordination.html
January 01, 2014 - Care Coordination
Care coordination involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care. This means that the patient's needs and preferences are known ahead of time a…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/bridging-gaps.html
April 01, 2025 - Bridging Gaps and Uniting Partners to Improve Primary Care in the Commonwealth of Virginia
AHRQ Impact: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) investment in Heart of Virginia Healthcare (a regional cooperative participating in the EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health Initiative) l…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/mhi-rsf.docx
June 02, 2025 - The PCP or a staff member engages in care support activities as needed; involvement with the family is … In addition to Level 1, an individual staff member participates on a committee for improving processes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/addressing-workforce-safety-062723.pdf
July 25, 2023 - ET
Special Guest Speakers
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Martin Hatlie, JD
President & CEO,
Project Patient Care,
Founding Member … includes intimate partner or domestic partner (including other personal relationships such as family member … and support operations. 7 of the homicides were Type II, where the perpetrator is a patient, family member
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/asthma/qi-strategies.html
July 01, 2021 - Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit
Quality Improvement Strategies
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Table of Contents
Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the Measure
Key Driver Diagram
Quality Improvement Strategies
This section of the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-6-implementation-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TAKEheart Care Coordination Implementation Guide – Part 1 -- Module 6
Laying the Groundwork for Effective Care Coordination
Purpose and Overview
The overall goal of TAKEheart is to increase the enrollment and successful completion of
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) by eligible patients. The evidence demonstrate…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0129table8.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Table 8 – Evidence for the Relationship between Readmission and Quality of Care
Type of Evidence Key Findings Citation
Readmission and Quality of Care Coordination, Discharge, and Care
Transition Processes
Meta-analysis Investigators reviewed
randomized controlled
studies of structured
telephone support or
t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/simulation/simulation-issue-brief.pdf
July 01, 2024 - Issue Brief: Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Issue Brief
Simulation To Improve Patient Safety:
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Simulation To Improve Patient Safety:
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Agency for Healthcare Research …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Gavin.pdf
January 01, 2001 - First, when one member of the pair does not observe the presence
of a symptom, kappa cannot be calculated … Profile for Seating was designed to
serve as a preliminary screen to allow any nursing home staff member
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-slides.html
July 01, 2018 - Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability
Lisa H. Lubomski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality
Department of Anest…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-060314.pptx
March 01, 2009 - CAUTI Prevention Implementation in a Community Hospital
Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability
Lisa H. Lubomski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
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Learning Ob…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-idaho-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Spotlight on Idaho -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
January 2018
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned,
and outcomes from Idaho’s experience during the quality
demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) through the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/manage-resident-UTI-slides.PPT
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
UTI Management
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Objectives
Describe empiric treatment options for urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Discuss reasonable dur…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-prescribing-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
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Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing?
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Why Should Your Practice Focus on Imp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/module-2-slides.pptx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program For Long-Term Care: CAUTI
Module 2: Senior Leader Engagement
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-03-EF
March 2017
Senior Leader Engagement | ‹#›
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Objectives
Identify characteristics of successful senior leaders
List fiv…