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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/6-gap-analysis-goal.docx
June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Gap Analysis and Goal-Setting Form
Creating a sense of urgency is an important strategy to gather institutional support and provide engagement in quality improvement work. One of the best approaches is to evaluate current performance and identify deficiencie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4a_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
May 31, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4a
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 01: Accidental Puncture or Laceration
Why focus on accidental puncture and lacera…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/berry2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Development of a toolkit for dissemination and implementation of the OR crisis checklists
Title of Project
● Development of a toolkit for dissemination and implementation of the OR crisis checklists
Principal Investigator and Team Members -
● William Berry, MD, MPA, MPH, Principal Investigat…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-i.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix I. Checklist Observation Tool and FAQs - Implementation Guide
Why Should We Use This Tool?
Monitoring checklist use is an extremely important part of this project. Performing observations can often reveal weaknesses in checklist performance that may otherwise go unnoticed. This tool allows you to col…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/anesthesia-medication-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery
Principal Investigator: Ken Catchpole, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Co-PI: James Abernathy, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD AHRQ Grant No.: HS26625 Project Period: 09/30/18-07…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/002-ss-antimicrobial-prophylaxis-part-1.pptx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
Part 1
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgica…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/evidence-base/teamstepps-research.html
July 01, 2015 - TeamSTEPPS®: National Implementation Research/Evidence Base
TeamSTEPPS Research and Tools
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2006). TeamSTEPPS™ Guide to Action: Creating a Safety Net for your Healthcare Organization . AHRQ Publication No. 06-0020-4.
Castner, J. (2012). Validity and reliability of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/affinity-group-innovations-improve-cr.pdf
April 07, 2025 - TAKEheart Affinity Group:
Innovations that Can Improve
Your Cardiac Rehabilitation
Program
H i c h a m S k a l i , M D , M S c
M a y 2 0 , 2 0 2 1
Welcome and Background
Welcome and greetings from TAKEheart, AHRQ and CDC
Update on status of TAKEheart:
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/NH_Site-Level-Data-File-Specs_7-15-21.pdf
July 20, 2021 - Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Site-Level Data File Specifications
NH- 0721 1
*Indicates required information for each nursing home.
Site-Level Data File Specifications
AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Use these instructions if you are submitting data from multiple nursing home…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/resources/nhsitelevelspecs.pdf
July 21, 2014 - Site-Level Data File Specifications: AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Site-Level Data File Specifications
AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Use these instructions if you are submitting data from one or more nursing homes.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Site-level data must be in Excel…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/nursing/alt-text.html
April 01, 2013 - “Role of the Nurse Manager” Slide Content and Alternative Text
Slide Number and Title
Slide Content
Content for Alternative Text (Illustration)
Slide 1
Title Slide
(CUSP logo)
The “Role of the Nurse Manager” module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/assessing/takeheart-summary-presentation.pptx
April 26, 2023 - Utilized by CR Programs during the Pandemic
Patient Safety While Resuming In-person CR Program Operations
Operational
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/appendixa.html
July 01, 2018 - similarities between daily surge and disaster surge, during a disaster, the goal shifts from the day-to-day operational … Organizational lapses, including inadequate medical and operational planning, understaffing of medical
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/monahrq/xls/MONAHRQ_v3_MeasureList.xls
June 16, 2012 - Measures_AHRQ_30
Measure
ID Clinical Name MONAHRQ Display Name NQF
Endorsed MONAHRQ
Version
IQI1 Esophageal resection volume Number of surgeries to remove part of the esophagus Y 1.0
IQI2 Pancreatic resection volume Number of surgeries to remove part of the pancreas Y 1.1
IQI4 Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
March 27, 2008 - The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
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The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis
Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure
Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
Lawrence L. Faltz, MD, FACP; John N. Morley, MD, FACP…
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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-Drews_15.pdf
February 26, 2008 - A data based method for assessing and
reducing human error to improve operational
performance.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/NH-Site-File-Specs.pdf
July 28, 2022 - SOPS Nursing Home Site-Level Data File Specifications
Site-Level Data File Specifications
AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Use these instructions if you are submitting data from multiple nursing homes at the same time.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Site-level data must be in Excel format (.xls, .xlsx…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31304.html
February 01, 2013 - Primary Care Leader Benefits From AHRQ-Seeded Health Information Exchange
Search All Impact Case Studies
February 2013
Coastal Medical, Rhode Island's largest primary care practice, receives an immediate electronic alert whenever its patients are seen in the emergency department or hospitalized, helping the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/surgical-skin-prep-audit-tool.docx
December 01, 2017 - Surgical Skin Preparation Audit Tool
Surgical Skin Preparation Audit Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
Surgical skin preparation is an important strategy to prevent surgical site infection. Adequate surgical skin preparation reduces the burden of skin microorganisms prior to incision. Though it seems straightforwar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/aco-participation.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Health System Participation in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), 2016
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Comparative
Health System
Performance
Initiative
Health System Participation
in Accountable Care
Organizations (ACOs), 2016
Data Highlight, No. 4 January 2019
Hospital participation in ACO contracts, by system membership
System hos…