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September 01, 2014 - RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio
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September 2014
Two years after introducing AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit and seeing patient satisfaction improve and avoidable heart failure readmissions decrease,…
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May 01, 2022 - Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan
Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control
into an Emergency Preparedness Plan
Emergency preparedness plans capture a nursing home’s approach to meeting the health, safety, and
security needs of staff and residents during an…
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June 02, 2025 - Introducing TeamSTEPPS Introduction
Introducing TeamSTEPPS
Introduction
1
Faculty and Participant Introductions
2
Teamwork Exercise:
Build the Tallest Tower
Introduction
Rules:
Each block must be the right color, length (based on rows of knobs), and direction (N-S or E-W).
Each team member should have …
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June 01, 2017 - Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 1: Overview
Slide 1: Management Practices for Sustainability Module 1: Overview
Slide 2: Ensuring Safety in Ambulatory Surgery
Surgery volume in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) has increased rapidly 1
The complexity of procedures continues to increa…
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March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Examples of Technical and Adaptive
Solutions for Change
Purpose: To provide senior leaders with a deeper explanation of technical and adaptive solutions for change
Who should use this tool? Senior leaders (long-term care facility a…
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-22. Measure 19: Connection to resource (Continuity of Care Practices Survey – Practice Level [CCPS-P])
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-23. Measure 20: Coordination of care (CCPS-P)
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-21. Measure 18: Rate of patients that were ready to improve a targeted behavior
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-20. Measure 17: Referral rate for intensive counseling from a community program
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-17. Measure 14: Patients referred to a community health educator referral liaison (CHERL)
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-19. Measure 16: CHERL referrals to community resources
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October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-18. Measure 15: Patient engagement with CHERL
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June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine
JUN
6
2024
By
Edwin Lomotan, M.D.,
James Swiger, M.B.E., and
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D.
Clinical decision support (CDS) has emerged as an important tool …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-schoenthaler.html
March 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions
Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D.
Associate Director of the Center for Healthful Behavior Change
New York University Langone Health
Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D.
“Funding from AHRQ has b…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mazur.html
March 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
UNC School of Medicine
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
“AHRQ funding enabled me and my team to develop innovative simulation-based…
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November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients
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November 2019
St. Luke’s University Health Network—a non-profit, integrated network providing services at nine hospitals and more than 300 sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey—is improv…
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May 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All
MAY
10
2022
By
Robert Otto Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Hello, friends. After many decades of admiring AHRQ—its mission, work, and people—I am deeply honored to lead this organization. I…
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June 01, 2020 - Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality of children's health, health care, and general …
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March 01, 2024 - Advancing Heart Health
An AHRQ Initiative
The Problem
The Nation's primary care practices have been challenged in recent decades by fragmentation of the healthcare system, a lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement (QI). As a result, m…
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June 01, 2023 - Guide to Using the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Patient Education BookletsAHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Purpose of Booklets
The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery and recovery in the hospital and at home. Patients and careg…