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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/children-chronic/index.html
April 01, 2022 - CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
The Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions is an extensive set of items that assess the experiences of this population with health plans and health care services. It allows sponsors to compare the experiences of children with special health care needs w…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/Development-HIT-Item-Set.html
July 01, 2022 - Development of the CAHPS Health Information Technology Item Set
Nearly all health care providers have incorporated various forms of health IT into their practices. The pace of change has been driven in large part by pressure from public and private purchasers to adopt technologies that promise to improve the qu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-program-brief-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - SOPS Program Brief
The SOPS® Program: Assessing Patient
Safety Culture From a Provider and Staff
Perspective
SOPS Program
Since 2001, the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) Surveys on Patient Safety
Culture® (SOPS®) Program has supported
AHRQ’s mission by advancing the scientific
understanding…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/index.html
Talking Quality: Reporting to Consumers on Health Care Quality
Health Care Quality Report Objectives
Be clear on the aims of your report, whether consumer choice, education, or improvement.
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/vtguide/bannerhealthslides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Banner Health: Classic 3 bucket model implementation
Classic 3 bucket model implementation
Courtesy Dr. Lori Porter, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Risk-appropriate prophylaxis options appear after risk
level chosen. High Risk requires dual prophylaxis
Contraindications captured if pharmacologic
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/hospital/databases/submission.html
August 01, 2025 - Participating in the SOPS® Hospital Survey Database
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS ® ) Hospital Database is a central repository for survey data from hospitals in the United States or in a U.S. territory that administered the AHRQ SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 and choose to submit their data…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/fund-opps/index.html
March 01, 2025 - Notice of Funding Opportunities
Grant announcements from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for supporting research to improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and cost effectiveness of health care.
Sign up: Grant Announcements Email updates
Request for Applications Requests for Appli…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/system-design_0.pdf
July 01, 2011 - Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events: Project Overview
Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality PATIENT
SAFETY
Designing Consumer Reporting
Systems for Patient Safety Events
Background
It’s been nearly a decade since the Institute of
M…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/continuing-ed/moc_smsguide.pdf
April 12, 2016 - Once you have entered your goal, you have the option to print it
using the “Print Goals” button.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-8.html
December 01, 2017 - Examples of How States Use Quality Measures
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Arizona
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washingt…
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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/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Appropriate Collection of Microbiologic Specimens
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Collection of Specimens
1
Objectives
Recognize that collecting a good specimen is important to making treatment decisions.
Detail procedur…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings
Thanks to significant advances in the field, report sponsors have access to several well-tested tools and measurement sets to use as the basis for collecting data and preparing comparative information. This section reviews some of the options you may want t…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-111920.html
December 01, 2023 - AHRQ Webcast on Updated CAHPS Analysis Program
November 19, 2020
Summary
Speakers
Recording
Summary
This AHRQ webcast provided an opportunity to hear about recent updates to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) Analysis Program, commonly known as the CAHPS macro. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/example-newsletters_v2.pdf
November 01, 2023 - app=desktop&v=mWH_dkSklG0&t=1s
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is One Treatment
Option for Urinary
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/findings.html
March 01, 2017 - around therapeutic options and treatment decisions continue to evolve in complexity and usability (e.g., option … such as the SHARE Approach from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, decision aids, and option
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - If catheterization is difficult, another option is to obtain a clean-catch urine sample, and if significant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxreports-ig.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The
vendor has the option to display the question format or the field
name or both. … postfall assessment is available, it will be used as the
primary source instead of the MDS source option … information will come from the registration
system and the facility will determine exactly what input option … There is also an
“other” option that triggers the assessor to describe the cause
with free text.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/state-of-science-4.html
June 01, 2020 - Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Conclusion
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Introduction
Special Considerations for Measurement of Diagnostic Safety
Getting Ready for Measurement: Ove…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…