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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=26
May 26, 2025 - Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-corrothers.pdf
January 01, 2021 - HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - CORROTHERS
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CAHPS HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES SURVEY
DATABASE
Michael Corrothers
HCBS CAHPS Database Lead,
Westat
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CAHPS Database Overview
• Central repository of data for selected CAHPS surveys
o CAHPS Health Plan (HP) Survey
o CAHPS Home and …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-quick-start-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Warm Handoff Plus
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Implementation Quick Start Guide
Warm Handoff Plus
1 Review intervention and training materials
� Understand the purpose, use, and benefits � Review the training too…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-fowler.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Developing Invitation Messages that Increase Survey Response Rates - Fowler
EMAIL MESSAGING TO INCREASE
WEB SURVEY RESPONSE RATES
JACK FOWLER, Ph.D.
First, want to thank
• Carol Cosenza
• Philip Brenner
• Lauren Cripps
• For their work on this project
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Goals
Two essentials steps to a successful web sur…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataapf.html
May 01, 2018 - to misclassification than others, primarily because several individual races as well as multiracial persons
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201415.html
September 01, 2014 - RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio
Search All Impact Case Studies
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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/invitation-letter-ny.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Invitation Letter Sample for Healthy Hearts NYC
Call: (347) 396-4888 | Visit: www.nycreach.org | E-mail: pcip@health.nyc.gov
Hello,
As a small practice primary care provider in New York City, we would like to invite your practice to
participate as a clinical partner in HealthyHearts NYC, an exciting qua…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-common-barriers-full.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Medication Management: Common Barriers to Medication Adherence
Common Barriers to Medication Adherence
What Patients Might Say Possible Solutions
My medicine makes me feel sick. Prescribe a substitute medication; suggest ways to
manage or reduce side effects; change the dose.
I feel fine. Explain how the patient’s…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline.html
May 01, 2016 - Hotline Site Visit Interview Protocol ( PDF File , 48 KB)
Persons using assistive technology may not
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
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…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202001.html
April 01, 2020 - Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2020
LincolnHealth, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, improved the timeliness of admitting patients from the emergency department into a hospital u…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-tips/index.html
February 01, 2021 - Fall TIPS: A Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit
This toolkit, developed through an AHRQ Patient Safety Learning Lab , consists of a formal risk assessment and tailored plan of care for each patient. The toolkit has reduced falls by 25 percent in acute care hospitals and is used in more than 100 hospitals…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2st-century-ai.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier: 21st Century Artificial Intelligence
OCT
24
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.; and
Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the ent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/chsp_linkage_file_tech_doc-appb.pdf
October 01, 2018 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation-Appendix B
Comparative Health System Performance
Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems,
2016, Hospital Linkage File, Technical
Documentation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Dep…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/141-cusp-tip-sheet-assembling-team.docx
April 01, 2025 - CUSP Tip Sheet:
Assembling the CUSP Team
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose
Teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are important to high-quality patient care. A culture of teamwork and learning from mistakes helps improve patient safety. The Compre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bailey-kilbridge-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - and found an overall
incidence of 5% “probable” or “definite” ADEs.(13) Darnell et al. conducted in-person … children aged 5 years and under had an estimated
population rate of 4.3 ADE-related ED visits per a 1000-person … Incidence and preventability of adverse
drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting.
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/research-gaps.html
June 01, 2020 - 6. Research Gaps and Prioritization of Federally Funded HSR and PCR
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
One of the study’s key research questions focuses on identifying research gaps—understudied or underfunded areas in HSR and PCR that, if addressed, would move the fields fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Graham.pdf
April 14, 2004 - However, one ASIPS
staff person (the department’s research coordinator) was designated to prepare,
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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-Whitten_85.pdf
June 05, 2008 - of contaminated drugs or devices);
patient protection events (e.g., infant discharged to the wrong person … Incidence
and preventability of adverse drug events among older
persons in the ambulatory setting.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab15.html
February 01, 2023 - All outcome indicators expressed as potentially avoidable hospital stays per 100,000 persons in the HCBS … under age 18; people with only institutional use in a given quarter; people on managed care plans; and persons