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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201512.html
May 01, 2015 - AHRQ’s RED Toolkit Helps VA Hospitals in California and Texas Lower Readmissions, Improve Discharge Process
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May 2015
Thirty-day all-cause hospital readmissions at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto (CA) Health Care System dropped 30 percent after administrators …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/5-red-light-green-light.docx
June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Red Light, Green Light: An Overview of Common Implementation Barriers and Facilitators
Purpose of this tool: To help team leaders identify barriers to and facilitators of implementing Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), an enhanced recovery program…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0901.html
October 01, 2014 - New York City Uses AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey to Reduce Patient Harm
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November 2008
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has integrated the use of AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture as a core component of its corporate-wide patient sa…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/your-audience/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Identify the Audience for Your Healthcare Quality Report
Before doing anything else, you need to consider your audience:
For whom are you creating this report?
What do they want to know?
What will they do with the information?
First Priority: The Primary Audience
The group you are trying to reach …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-203-section-6-a-participating-hospitals.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CPQSC Participating Hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-199-section-6-a-cpqsc-participating-hospitals.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 6-A, CPQSC Participating Hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
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Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devic…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh23.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibit 23. Data sources for the SSI common risk factors
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh56-58.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibits 56 to 58
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Administration
Chapter …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-gray-sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Action Planning for the SOPS Surveys-Introducing SOPS
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Introducing the SOPS Action
Planning Tool
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director,
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
(SOPS)
Westat
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AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Surveys of clinicians and staff about the extent to
w…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab11.html
February 01, 2023 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Table 11: Outcome Indicators by Use of Selected Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid State Plan Services, 2005
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Table of Contents
Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population
Introduction
HCBS Populat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-section-6-a-cpqsc-hospitals.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 6-A, CPQSC Participating Hospitals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Diagnosis
· Clinical symptoms of pneumonia (e.g., fever, cough, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain) PLUS hypoxia PLUS a new radiographic infiltrate that develops at least 48 hours after hospitalization
· Microbiology: either community-associated (e.g., Stre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160413/edgman-levitan-intro.pdf
April 13, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving CAHPS
Health Plan Survey Scores
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
April 13, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
www.cahps.ahrq.gov
CAHPS Webcast Series
• Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems (CAHPS®…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/appendix3.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Appendix III. Advisory Group Participants
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Table of Contents
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination?
Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework
Chapter 4, Emergi…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2024/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024
As we celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) also marks its 35th anniversary. This milestone, under the banner "Today's Research, Tomorrow's Healthcare," highlights our dedication to transforming healthcare through…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/research-datasets.html
May 01, 2024 - SOPS Research Datasets
In response to requests from researchers interested in using data from the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program for research purposes, AHRQ has established a process whereby researchers can request de-identified data files and hospital-identifiable SOPS Hospital Survey …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/daily-early-mobility-fac-guide.html
February 01, 2017 - screening every day for the highest level of mobility achieved by your patients, and finally, employing a nurse-driven
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module6/module6-care-for-caregiver.pptx
May 01, 2011 - how to conduct a peer support interaction.
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Peer Support Demonstration
Physician
Demonstration
Nurse … following videos will help you understand how a peer support interaction can occur with a physician and a nurse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-toolkit.pdf
December 01, 2017 - The project leader can be a physician, a
nurse, an administrator, or anyone else who has the skills … should have everyone in your office (e.g., clinician, case manager,
receptionist, medical assistant, nurse … The leadership (e.g.,medical director, office manager, head nurse, or other leader)
at this office demonstrates … Nurse?
Assistant?
Physician?
How will the change be made?