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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool3a.html
March 01, 2025 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 3 Continued
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital
How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate…
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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/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Michel_92.pdf
April 30, 2008 - Improving Patient Safety Using ATHENA-Decision Support System Technology: The Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain Experience
Improving Patient Safety Using ATHENA-Decision
Support System Technology: The Opioid Therapy for
Chronic Pain Experience
Martha Michel, PhD; Jodie Trafton, PhD; Susana Martins, MD, MSc; Dan Wang…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Magid.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Translating Patient Safety Research into Clinical Practice
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Translating Patient Safety Research
into Clinical Practice
David J. Magid, Paul A. Estabrooks, David W. Brand,
Marsha A. Raebel, Ted E. Palen, John F. Steiner,
Eli J. Korner, David W. Bates, Richard Platt, Russell E. Glasgow
Abstract
There is…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Graham.pdf
April 01, 2004 - Patient Safety Executive Walkarounds
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Patient Safety Executive Walkarounds
Suzanne Graham, John Brookey, Catherine Steadman
Abstract
Since the release of the IOM report To Err Is Human in 1999, significant progress
has been made in patient safety. One of the remaining challenges is the need to
continually…
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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/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dx-leadership.pdf
June 03, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action - Issue Brief 5
PATIENT
SAFETY
e
Issue Brief 5
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis:
A Call to Action
e
Issue Brief 5
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis:
A Call to Action
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/safetrans_guide.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Guide for Safe Transitions to New Appointments
Guide for Safe
Transitions to
New Appointments
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 views of AHRQ. No statement in this report should be con…
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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/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dx-leadership-cx.pdf
June 03, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action - Issue Brief 5
PATIENT
SAFETY
e
Issue Brief 5
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis:
A Call to Action
e
Issue Brief 5
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis:
A Call to Action
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, M…
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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/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/2025-06/haut-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Individualized Performance Feedback on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practice
Title of Project: Individualized Performance Feedback on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practice
Principal Investigator and Team Members: Haut, Elliott (PI); Owodunni, Oluwafemi (Postdoc); Webster,
Kristen Li…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-20-creating-qi-teams.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Module 20: Creating Quality Improvement Teams and QI Plans
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 20: Creating Quality Improvement
Teams and QI Plans
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/section5part2.html
January 01, 2020 - Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts To Improve Patient Experience (Page 2 of 2)
Contents
On Page 1 of 2:
5.A. Analyze CAHPS Survey Results
5.B. Analyze Other Sources of Information for Related Information
Page 2 of 2:
5.C. Evaluate the Process of Care Delivery
5.D. Gather Input From Stakeh…
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_9_AdvisorTrain_508.pdf
March 06, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Patient and Family Advisor
Orientation Manual
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Table of Contents
About This Orientation Manual ..........................................................…
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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/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…