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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Savitz.pdf
March 01, 2004 - Quality Indicators Sensitive to Nurse Staffing in Acute Care Settings
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Quality Indicators Sensitive to
Nurse Staffing in Acute Care Settings
Lucy A. Savitz, Cheryl B. Jones, Shulamit Bernard
Abstract
Objective: In this era of patient safety, quality indicators associated with the
nursing profession have…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/cerner-q-a-session.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 1
EHR Q&A Sessions
Introduction
Prior to each EHR Q&A event, participants were asked to submit questions related to the
implementation of automatic referral in Meditech, Epic, and Cerner. Most questions concerned
diagnostic codes, embedding automatic referral into order sets, getting buy-in from physicians
regar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/care-coordination-implementation-guide.pdf
March 01, 2023 - Implementation Guide for Enhancing Care Coordination for Cardiac Rehabilitation
Guide for Care Coordination
March 2023
1
Implementation Guide
for Enhancing Care Coordination for CR
Acronym List
Term Abbreviation
AACVPR American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
AR Automatic Refe…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
January 01, 2017 - Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for de…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - Tool: SSA
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Since the guidelines were written in 2007, a groundbreaking article by Girard in 20081 showed that SA…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-stat-brief-3-financial-measures.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Analyzing Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals’ Financial Measures Across Key Characteristics, 2016-2019
1
Data
Innovations
Analyzing Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals’
Financial Measures Across Key Characteristics,
2016-2019
Melike Yildirim, Ph.D., Rhona Limcangco, Ph.D., Bernard Friedman, Ph.D., Frederick
…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiid.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Appendix III (continued)
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary
Introduction and Scan Methodology
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/013-ss-cleaning-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning
SAY:
Welcome to this presentation on optimizing e…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ellenbecker-boylan-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Job Retention Among Home Healthcare Nurses
Job Retention among Home Healthcare Nurses
Principal Investigator: Carol Hall Ellenbecker
Co-Investigator: Leslie Neal Boylan 2003-2004
Team Members: Linda Samia
Frank Porell
Margaret Cushman
Michael Milburn
Anthony Roman
Brian Clari…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-4.html
July 01, 2019 - Case Example #4: Foresight Family Physicians
This report is based on research conducted by Abt Associates in partnership with the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and Bailit Health Purchasing, Cambridge, MA, under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/guide-appcusp.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Applying the Comprehensive
Unit-based Safety Program
(CUSP) To Promote Safe
Surgery
AHRQ Publication No. 16(18)-0004-14-EF
December 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Contents
Introduction .........................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/addressing-workforce-safety-chat-062723.pdf
June 27, 2023 - Addressing Violence in the Workplace Chat Conversation: NAA June 2023 Webinar
National Action Alliance Summer Webinar – Addressing Violence in the
Workplace Chat Conversations, June 27, 2023
from Jade Perdue to everyone: 1:51 PM
Welcome to the second call of the National Action Alliance Summer Webinar Series …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99c.html
October 01, 2014 - Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued 2)
Text of the Act that reauthorizes the former Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 921. ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY. (a) ESTABLISHM…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
Implementation Guide:
MRSA and SSI Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Introduction
Setting up or improving a methicillin-resistant Stap…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Pichert_51.pdf
March 22, 2008 - Using Patient Complaints to Promote Patient Safety
Using Patient Complaints to Promote Patient Safety
James W. Pichert, PhD; Gerald Hickson, MD; Ilene Moore, MD, JD, FCLM
Abstract
Patients can help promote safety and reduce risk in several ways. One is to make known their
concerns about their health care e…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Meliones_40.pdf
January 01, 2006 - 10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive in a Single Hospital?
10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance
Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard,
Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/services/quality/patientsftyupdate/ptsafetysum.pdf
March 01, 2013 - For benchmarks, we regarded
safety problems that occur approximately once per 100
hospitalizations
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/047-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-notes.docx
October 01, 2024 - As pathogens are shed, contamination can occur and persist if surfaces are not cleaned or disinfected
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/ccqmpc/ccqmp-pc-development.pdf
July 01, 2016 - If a difference is statistically significant,
one would expect to see that large a difference occur
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-2.html
July 01, 2019 - These staff coordinate multiple visits for patients needing more than one service to ensure they occur