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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide87.html
October 01, 2014 - 87. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Intensity of Clinical Interventions
Recommendation: Minimal interventions lasting less than 3 minutes increase overall tobacco abstinence rates. Every tobacco user …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/goals.html
September 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW Goals and Objectives
AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health initiative was a multi-State quality improvement initiative that engaged 1,500 small- and medium-sized primary care practices to enhance their ability to implement evidence-based care for their patients. This video highlights the purpos…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/looking-to-future.html
September 01, 2021 - Looking to the Future of EvidenceNOW and Primary Care Quality Improvement
AHRQ leadership and grantees reflect on the lessons learned from the EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health initiative and discuss how this program has helped lay the foundation for future primary care quality improvement initiatives and res…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/underminingsafety.html
July 01, 2019 - Undermining a Culture of Safety
This video vignette shows a fictional scenario of a dialysis center with a culture that endangers patient safety. Staff members can use it to learn from the safety defects portrayed.
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SS_Gbg0cDb8
Undermining a Cultu…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2021/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Awareness Week
AHRQ and colleagues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the entire patient safety community are collaborating to observe Patient Safety Awareness Week. While AHRQ's …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/dental/about/survey-measures.html
April 01, 2018 - CAHPS Dental Plan Survey Measures
For more information: Patient Experience Measures for the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey (PDF, 614 KB)
Care From Dentists and Staff
Q6 How often did your regular dentist explain things in a way that was easy to understand?
Q7 How often did your regular dentis…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-14-collecting-performance-data.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Collecting Performance Data Using Chart Audits and Electronic Data Extraction
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 14: Collecting Performance Data Using
Chart Audits and Electronic Data Extraction
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care ww…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/how-to-use-bundles.html
March 01, 2017 - How To Use Educational Bundles
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The educational bundles are a curriculum that long-term care facility educators can use to educate. Each slide set includes facilitator notes and should take approximately 15 minutes to deliver. The training vid…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/aspr-tracie-modules.html
May 01, 2021 - ASPR TRACIE Mini Modules to Relieve Stress For Healthcare Workers Responding to COVID-19
Resource: ASPR TRACIE Mini Modules to Relieve Stress For Healthcare Workers Responding to COVID-19 (PDF, 115 KB)
These mini-modules are designed for healthcare workers in all settings, but primarily hospital-based prov…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_3_communication.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Communication: Severe Hypertension - PowerPoint Presentation
Communication
Severe Hypertension
Module 3 of 8
SPPC-II
Toolkit
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Hospital AIM Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Welcome to Module 3 of the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit. In this module we will talk about communication and the various t…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/app-b.html
October 01, 2015 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Appendix B. Example Data Collection Tools
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Background
A Practical Guide…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/037-ss-bed-bathing-chg-cloths-protocol.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Pre-Op Surgical Decolonization Protocol for Staff: Bathing With 2 Percent Chlorhexidine No-Rinse Cloths
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
The following protocol details the process for performing skin decol…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/056-patient-instructions-chg-shower.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Patient Instructions: Showering With CHG
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
What Is Decolonization?
Preoperative Decolonization =
Preemptive treatment to kill bacteria on your body BEFORE surgery,
to reduce …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/048-talking-points-patients-chg-bathing.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Talking Points for Patients:
Chlorhexidine Bathing
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Patients may have questions regarding chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing to prevent surgical site infections (SSI). B…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.docx
March 01, 2022 - FAQs (Staff): Wound Cleaning
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-5 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Wound Cleaning
There are some new nurses and nursing assistants on our unit. How can I ease any concerns related to wound cleaning?
Some nurses and nursing assistants feel comfortable us…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-15-presenting-data.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Module 15: Preparing and Presenting Performance Data
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 15: Preparing and Presenting Performance Data
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/pclandscape.html
September 01, 2021 - Navigating the Primary Care Landscape through EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health was a multi-layered initiative operating in a complex primary care environment. Teams of practice facilitators and quality improvement specialists provided practice improvement support to primary care practices partici…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-curriculum-learning-guide-staff.pdf
March 01, 2021 - Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19
Vaccine
A Curriculum and Facilitator’s Guide for 10-Minute … These 10-minute modules provide nursing home staff with fact-based information on the safety of the COVID
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module1/module1-overview.pptx
June 02, 2025 - Module 1: Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit Module 1: An Overview of the CANDOR Process
Communication and Optimal Resolution
(CANDOR)
Toolkit
Module 1: An Overview of the CANDOR Process
The CANDOR Toolkit is composed of eight distinct modules that can be used to teach users about the CANDOR Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Appropriate Collection of Microbiologic Specimens
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Collection of Specimens
1
Objectives
Recognize that collecting a good specimen is important to making treatment decisions.
Detail procedur…