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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-respiratory-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Respiratory Virus Infections
Diagnosis
• Most respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria, and do not require antibiotic therapy.1-3
• Common infectious syndromes caused by respiratory viruses include:
− Common cold3
− Uncomplicated sinus infections with symptoms present for <2 weeks4-5 …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/hsvrrst.html
January 01, 2025 - Healthcare Systems and Value Research (HSVR) Study Section Members
Roster of members of the study section that reviews applications concerned with the organization and functioning of the healthcare system.
HSVR Meeting Date: February 12-13, 2025
Sign up: Grants Review Process Email updates
Chairperson …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/facility-transfer.html
September 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Electronic Reports
Table 6. Sample Monthly Summary of Transfers by Facility or Nursing Unit
Average Daily Census
30
TOTAL Transfers (In/out, no returns)
16
Resident Days (including bed hol…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/t32/T32-jhu1.html
October 01, 2014 - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Institutional Training Programs
AHRQ funds 18 institutions which recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers. Details on characteristics of the Johns Hopkins University program and its self-identified areas of research interest are describe…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-3.html
March 01, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Current State of Diagnosis Education
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Table of Contents
Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Introduction
Foundations of Diagnosis Education
Current State of Diagnosis Education
Competencies To …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/framing.html
March 01, 2016 - Framing Health Care Quality Scores as Positive or Negative
Every time you make a decision on how to present an individual score or composite, you are “framing” the presentation. Framing refers to the emotional tone of the message you are communicating to consumers. For example:
A positive frame would accent…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb2txt.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B2: Tracking Record for Improving Patient Safety TRIPS (Text Description)
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The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/umoren-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - transport team members, referring
and receiving hospital physicians and advanced practice providers, charge nurses … including neonatologists, neonatal fellows, pediatric hospitalists
at referring facilities, and neonatal nurse … advanced practice provider, receiving
neonatologist, communications center staff,
transport team, charge nurses … sub-model to represent the information exchange that happens between several roles (e.g., MCP, charge
nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apa.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Appendix A. Flow Chart for Implementing Universal Decolonization
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Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Scientific Ra…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apa.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Appendix A. Flow Chart for Implementing Universal Decolonization
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Table of Contents
Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Scientific Ra…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/equity.html
June 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Health Equity
Doherty JA, Johnson M, McPheron H. Advancing health equity through organizational change: Perspectives from health care leaders. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021. Epub 2021/08/31. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000326. PMID: 34456273.
Nardi D, Waite R, Nowak M, Hatch…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/intervention.html
June 01, 2021 - Choosing an Intervention and Measuring Change
A decision on an intervention should be informed by input from frontline staff and the antibiotic stewardship team. The Staff Safety Assessment Form and the Learning from Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form will help your team obtain that information. Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit5-12.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 5.12. Project Team Composition—ED Value Stream
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Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare
Case…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/019-ss-periop-infection-prevention-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - If hair removal is necessary, guidelines provided primarily by the Association of Peri-Operative Registered … Nurses (AORN) recommend certain best practices. … For patients who did not shave at home, the pre-op nurses would perform hair removal using clippers, … also emphasized that hair should be removed as close to the start of surgery as possible, only by the nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/019-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-notes.docx
April 01, 2025 - If hair removal is necessary, guidelines provided primarily by the Association of Peri-Operative Registered … Nurses (AORN) recommend certain best practices. … For patients who did not shave at home, the pre-op nurses would perform hair removal using clippers, … also emphasized that hair should be removed as close to the start of surgery as possible, only by the nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops2-database-report.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Supervisors/
Managers/
Clinical Leaders/
Senior Leaders
(highest)
81%
positive
Advanced
Practice Nurse … Highlights
Largest Two Staff Positions
33% Registered nurse (RN)
10% Technologist, Technician … (NP, CRNA, CNS, CNM) 3,764 2%
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 2,493 … 1%
Patient Care Aide, Hospital Aide, Nursing Assistant 13,736 7%
Registered Nurse (RN) 62,659 33% … Clinical Leaders/Senior Leaders had the highest Composite
Measure Average (81 percent); Advanced Practice Nurses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gurses-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We enrolled hospitalists, primary care physicians,
admission and discharge nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy … technicians, case managers, social workers,
care coordinators, transitional and home care nurses, and … nurses, transition guides, social workers, and care managers)
at the two organizations. … Interactions with multiple professionals at hospitals were not coordinated (e.g., hospitalist and discharge
nurse … When Emma was hospitalized,
Becky visited every day and communicated with the doctors and nurses about
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/pruprev-ereports.pdf
June 02, 2025 - On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Electronic Reports
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/schnipper-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Pharmacy
and nursing
Nurses first,
then
physicians
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and PAs
Process of
medication … electronic
tool to
reconcile
medications
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reconcile
medications
using paper
form
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2 Veterans Affairs medical center
3 Computerized physician order entry
4 Nurse … Nurses and pharmacists
do not have correct
permissions to modify
PAML
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are not allowed to make
changes to medication
orders
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/synthesis-report.html
February 01, 2017 - health services into primary care; expanded roles for physician assistants, medical assistants, and nurses … transformation over time entailed significant monthly costs per FTE clinician (including physicians, nurse … gains were not sustainable, however, because the clinics were unable to bill for services provided by nurses