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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/team-roster.docx
April 01, 2022 - Team Roster
ICU Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Team Roster
Objective: To assemble a team of influential leaders and staff members necessary to drive successful implementation of the AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI.
Name
Team Role
Key Characteristics
Sugge…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold
Diagnosis
• Upper respiratory tract infections or “the common cold” are caused by viruses and present with symptoms
such as rhinorrhea, sneezing, sinus congestion, sore throat, cough, low-grade fever, headache, and
fatigue.
• The common cold occurs…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/components.html
December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
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Table of Contents
Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
A Resource Toolkit
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
Family Information Packet Cover Sheet
Coaching in the Hospi…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-anger.html
January 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile
Improving the Quality of Care for Women With Urinary Incontinence
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology University of California San Diego Health
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H.
“Even when patients were very bothered by incontinence, ne…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-nishisaki.html
July 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile
Eliminating Preventable Harms During Pediatric Intubation
Akira Nishisaki, M.D., M.S.C.E. Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Co-Medical Director for Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cha…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-trautner.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
Barbara Wells Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Services Research
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Barbara Wells Trau…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1a_pdi_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - AHRQ Quality Indicators Fact Sheet
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool A.1a
Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators
What Are the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)?
The Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) are a set of 16 measures (15 …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/components.html
December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
A Resource Toolkit
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
Family Information Packet Cover Sheet
Coaching in the Hospi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/references/clinhlpsmkqt/clinhlpsmksqt.pdf
May 01, 2008 - Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
Helping
Smokers Quit
Helping
Smokers Quit
A Guide for Clinicians
1 - 8 0 0 - Q U I T N O W
National Quitline
1 - 8 0 0 - Q U I T N O W
Even brief tobacco dependence treatment
is effective and should be offered to every
patient who uses tobacco.
Even brief tobacco d…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit1.html
March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Chapter 1. Introduction
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Table of Contents
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Chapter 1. Introductio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-solberg.pdf
April 01, 2015 - TransforMN Study
TransforMN Study
Principal Investigator: Leif Solberg, MD
Institution: HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019161
Overview of Transformation Efforts
In 2010 the Minnesota Department of Health began certifying
primary care practices as Health Care…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/scstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - South Carolina State at a Glance
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/item-sets/index.html
October 01, 2024 - CAHPS Supplemental Items
Supplemental items are optional questions that survey users can add to their standardized CAHPS instruments to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audiences. For example, a user of the Clinician & Group Survey may want to ask patients to comment on their experie…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/heart-month-tools.html
February 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation
FEB
21
2023
By
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H., and
Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D.
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H.
In healthcare, few things are more regrettable than …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/measurement-sets.html
February 01, 2023 - Major Hospital Quality Measurement Sets
The list of valid and reliable indicators of inpatient quality of care continues to grow and evolve as measures are refined, introduced, and retired. The National Quality Forum has endorsed nearly 200 measures in the inpatient setting , many of which are used for public …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/tools/ts-course-evaluation-form.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TeamSTEPPS Training Evaluation Form
TeamSTEPPS Training
Evaluation Form
The TeamSTEPPS course evaluation form that follows is designed for a 2 day course
based on the TeamSTEPPS curriculum released in 2023. If the course you are evaluating
does not include all the material covered in a 2 day cours…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T5-Suspect_a_Urinary_Tract_Infection_brochure_MA_Coalition_final.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Suspect a Urinary Tract Infection?
How Taking Antibiotics
When You Don’t Need Them
Can Cause More Harm Than Good
Did You Know That…
»Up to 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed are not
needed or are not prescribed appropriately?
»Confusion or sudden behavior changes don’t
necessarily indicate a urinary tra…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 3. Resident Information Sheet: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
One of your tests showed that you have a type of bacteria that cannot be treated with the antibiotics you have been taking. [Optional: Insert specific information about the bacteria found, the culture site, and which antibiotics are not effective.] It is…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips87.html
October 01, 2014 - Six Texas Hospitals Improve Care With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls focusing…