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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-training-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Warm Handoff Plus: How To Use the Training Toolkit
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Warm Handoff Plus
How To Use the Training Toolkit
What is the Warm Handoff Plus strategy?
A Warm Handoff Plus is a handoff that is conducted in person, between two me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-113-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
December 01, 2011 - Section 2, Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications: Rate of ED Visit Use for Children Managed for
Identifiable Asthma
Calculation
a. Step 1: Measure person-time eligible for each patient and record by month.
i. a. For each month in the reporting year, identify all children ages 2 – 21 years
wh…
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/btpills/stayactive-tr.html
September 01, 2015 - Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners - Transcript
Special Report: Blood Thinner Medications
Narrator: Recently, your doctor has prescribed a blood-thinning drug, like Warfarin, for you. And you probably have lots of questions. Well, sit back and relax as over the next few minutes we'll attempt to a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/114-mrsa-prevention-learning-from-defects.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Learning From Defects Tool
ICU & Non-ICU
Problem statement: Healthcare organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that future patients will be harmed.
What is a defect? A defect is any clinical or o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p009-5-ef.pdf
May 01, 2013 - Measure: Cesarean Delivery for Nulliparous (NTSV) Women (Appropriate Use)
Measure: Cesarean Delivery for Nulliparous
(NTSV) Women (Appropriate Use)
Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s)
Patients who had a cesarean
delivery.
All null…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/952.html
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Celebrates National Public Health Week
Issue Number
952
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
April 8, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Rates of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia The rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia during inpatient stays increased by 20.…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/951.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding
Issue Number
951
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
March 25, 2025
AHRQ Stats: MRSA Rates by Payer Type The rate of MRSA diagnoses on admission among expected self-pay hosp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Creating a Work-Around to Implement Fall Risk Screening For Older Adults Using Appointment Notes Case Study
Focus on High Leverage Change: Risk Assessment
Creating a Work-Aro…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html
November 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We Still Have Much Work to Do
NOV
22
2022
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
What does healthcare in the United States look like?
T…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/reporting-instructions-sw.pdf
March 31, 2017 - Instructions for Numerator/Denominator Data Reporting for Cohort 1
Page 1 of 4
Instructions for Numerator/Denominator Data Reporting for Cohort 1
This document explains how to submit numerators and denominators to DARTNet. The
following tasks must be completed before you submit numerator/denominat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/035-ss-pre-launch-activities.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Surgical Decolonization Prelaunch Activities
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Develop a CUSP Team
In the AHRQ Safety Program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops-items-composites.pdf
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Items and Dimensions
SOPS® Hospital Survey Items and Composite
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection
methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a …
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit2-monitor-sustain-program.html
October 01, 2016 - Toolkit 2: Monitor and Sustain Stewardship
Toolkit Effectiveness
This toolkit is based on similar toolkits used in hospitals and nursing homes, but it has not been tested.
One of the tools, the Quarterly Prescribing Profile, is based on a tool used in a randomized controlled trial in eight long-term care fa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-section-5-table-3.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Table 3. Evidence for Timely Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis of Septic Shock
Table 3: Evidence for Timely Fluid Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis or Septic
Shock
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pe…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions4.html
June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
OR-to-ICU Transitions
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
Introd…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/CG/health-literacy-cg-cahps-adult-spanish-2357-3b.docx
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 Supplemental Items: Health Literacy
Population Version: Adult
Supplemental Items for the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
Topic: Health Literacy
Population Version: Adult
Language: Spanish
Users of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental ite…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/comorbidity/comformat2007-040308.txt
April 03, 2008 - /******************************************************************/
/* Title: CREATION OF FORMAT LIBRARY FOR COMORBIDITY GROUPS */
/* COMORBIDITY SOFTWARE, VERSION 3.2 */
/* */
/* Description: …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtual-patient-advocate-reduce-ambulatory-adverse-drug-events
January 01, 2023 - Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events
Project Final Report ( PDF , 574.55 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the vi…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-sleep-apnea-patient-centered-care-internet-intervention/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Enabling Sleep Apnea Patient-Centered Care Via an Internet Intervention - 2010
Project Name
Enabling Sleep Apnea Patient-Centered Care Via an Internet Intervention
Principal Investigator
Stepnowsky, Carl
Organization
Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Funding Mechan…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/AppendixD_HIT_Hazard_Manager_Beta_Test.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Health IT Hazard Manager Beta-Test Appendix D: Relational Analysis Results
Appendix D – Relational Analysis Results
A series of analyses were conducted to look for relationships within and across the ontology components
of the Hazard Manager. The purpose of these analyses was to identify patterns in ontology items…