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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=3
January 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality … COVID-19 Nursing Home Data This interactive website includes data reported by nursing homes to the … COVID-19 Training for Nursing Homes: User Guide and Kudos Kit This resource is intended for nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=2
January 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … (16)
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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing … Homes
AHRQ provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country through the … National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=4
January 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality … Documentation Guidance for Use of 1135 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Waivers This document provides … to nursing home visitation during COVID-19, including but not limited to the steps nursing homes should
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=7
January 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … (16)
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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing … National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality … Medicare Payment for COVID-19 Viral Testing: Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Facility The document includes
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/index.html
May 01, 2016 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Setting
Long Term Care
Resources
On-Time
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention to help nursing … Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nursing homes despite regulatory and market approaches to … Median annual nursing home pressure ulcer prevalence was 7.5 percent in 2009, with associated costs of
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=1
January 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … (16)
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COVID-19 Resources Catalog for Nursing … National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network . … The following resources catalog is a searchable database of COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality … ways nursing home staff can identify residents at high risk for deconditioning and work with them to
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Tools Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
AHRQ's Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide … is a research-based resource that offers materials to help nursing homes improve antibiotic use and … Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection : This toolkit helps nursing … Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use included guidelines for controlling Clostridium difficile
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/index.html
February 01, 2018 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Setting
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On-Time
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing … and Events
Education & Training
Resources
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Falls Prevention to help nursing … The tools are designed to help a multidisciplinary nursing home team prevent falls that can be avoided
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/overview.html
March 01, 2017 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … One way to gather this baseline data on safety culture in your facility is to administer the Nursing … It solicits staff opinions about the culture of patient safety in their nursing home. … The following table links the content in the toolkit to the dimensions of the Nursing Home Survey on … Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Dimension
Corresponding Module in LTC Safety Toolkit
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit3-develop-implement-antibiogram-program.html
November 01, 2016 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program … Toolkit Effectiveness
This toolkit reflects the results of preliminary work with three nursing … Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing and Delivery – Final Report. … The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx.html
March 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Resources
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing … Next Page
Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing … It is designed to assist nursing facilities in providing individualized, person-centered care, and improving … Internet Citation: The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/researchers-to-watch.html
December 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections
Amy Vogelsmeier, Ph.D. … Associate Professor
Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri–Colombia “AHRQ as a funding agency … has provided an important opportunity for us to positively influence nursing home care, which is critical
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-6.html
July 01, 2022 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Hospital
Hospital Resources
MATCH Toolkit
Figure 6: Screenshot 2: Nursing—Medication … Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Figure 6: Screenshot 2: Nursing—Medication … 2022
Page originally created August 2012
Internet Citation: Figure 6: Screenshot 2: Nursing—Medication
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc.html
November 01, 2018 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Care Facilities
Training Modules
Detecting and promptly reporting changes in a nursing … Training nursing home staff—particularly nursing staff—to be on the lookout for changes in a nursing … home resident's condition and to effectively communicate those changes is one tool nursing home administrators … Content
These new educational materials are intended for use in training front-line personnel in nursing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - outcomes in long-term care
Interventions with sustained changes:
Compared local policy with published guidelines … case-based audit and feedback of treatment for presumed CAUTIs
Control sites:
3 acute care units
2 nursing … home units
Providers given didactic
slides and emailed
guidelines about CAUTI
treatment
4
Sustaining … education
To all staff, at least annually
Antibiotic use protocols
Distribute to all prescribers and nursing … staff
At least biannually, update when new policies or guidelines are released
Residents and caregivers
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/compare/WR_751_AHRQ_Quigley_08_26_10.pdf
April 01, 2010 - the guidelines with an expert nurse panel. … care guidelines and highlight emotional
support. … and evidence-based guidelines
(from Step 4) for patient interactions. … each of the guidelines with an expert nurse panel. … assistants to include the new guidelines and
highlight emotional support.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - As needed, the antimicrobial stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or … following information and should be provided to staff prior to a new intervention:
A statement of the nursing … Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
A description of how and when training for nursing staff … This program includes tools, policies, and procedures that aim to guide nursing home staff toward more … home]
Documentation
[List and attach any documents that will be used, including clinical guidelines,
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits.html
September 01, 2017 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic use. … Toolkits To Implement, Monitor, and Sustain an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Most nursing homes … Nursing homes can use this toolkit to target these common infections when nursing home leaders want to … guidance and tools to help a nursing home create its own antibiogram based on lab results.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
April 01, 2023 - Resource List - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey
Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A
Resource List … Healthcare Settings
provides healthcare workers and patients with a variety of resources, including guidelines … This downloadable tool from IHI contains two documents:
• “Guidelines for Communicating With Physicians … The panel developed guidelines to help health professionals
standardize the process and improve the way … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
19. Nursing Home Quality Initiative
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/reyes.html
July 01, 2023 - Research
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AHRQ Publishing and Communications Guidelines … Reyes has served as the adjunct nursing faculty for an accredited nursing program at a local state college … She received her master’s degree in nursing with a postgraduate certificate in nursing administration … , and a minor in nursing education, from Thomas Edison University and is nationally board-certified in … critical care nursing, cardiac surgery nursing, and cardiac medicine nursing.