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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/soumerai-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: RCT to Reduce Prescribing Errors in Hypertension
Principal Investigator: Soumerai, Stephen B.
AHRQ GRANT FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
RCT TO REDUCE PRESCRIBING ERRORS IN HYPERTENSION
Principal Investigator: Stephen B. Soumerai, ScD
Team Members:
Ken Kleinman, ScD
Sumit R. Majumdar, MD, MPH
I…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module5/mod5-comm-assessment.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Purpose: To help you identify members of your organization who are effective at delivering disclosure
communications.
Who should use this tool? Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Implementation Team, Disclosure
Lead(s), Disclosure Communicators.
How to use this tool: Use the Communication Assessment Guid…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/news/archive/index.html
June 01, 2024 - Archived Announcements About CAHPS Surveys
AHRQ Post Webcast Materials for "Learning from Patient Narratives Through Innovative Feedback Reporting Methods" (May 2023) This webcast provided an overview of AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) surveys and patient narratives and d…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/guide-surgcomp.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Surgical Complication Prevention Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Surgical Complication Prevention Guide
AHRQ Publication No. 16(18)-0004-13-EF
December 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Surgical Complication
Prevention Guide
Contents
Introduction .................................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_sr-execs.pptx
December 01, 2017 - Presentation: Engaging Senior Executives
Engaging Senior Executives
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Onboarding
AHRQ Pub No. 16(18)-0004-15-EF
December 2017
SAY:
In this module we will discuss the importance of senior engagement on your safety program team.
1
Why Do We Need an Executive?
We discussed our PSSA data …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.docx
January 01, 2013 - Return on Investment Tool
Return on Investment Estimation
What is the purpose of this tool? When your hospital invests in a new program, quality improvement intervention, or technology, leaders often need to know what kind of financial return the investment will yield. A return on investment (ROI) analysis is a way to…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-11-nac/nacmtg1118-minutes.html
April 01, 2019 - Meeting Minutes, November 2018
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the November 15, 2018, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of July 18, 2018, Meeting Summary
Director's Welcome and Update
Update on AH…
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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-Singh-R_68.pdf
April 20, 2008 - Building Self-Empowered Teams for Improving Safety in Postoperative Pain Management
Building Self-Empowered Teams for Improving Safety
in Postoperative Pain Management
Ranjit Singh, MA, MB, BChir (Cantab), MBA; Bruce Naughton, MD;
Diana Anderson, EdM; Donna McCourt, RN, BSN; Gurdev Singh, MScEng, PhD
Abstrac…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/medical-office/2016-report-part-1.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Pharmacies? (B3) 81% 21.22% 0% 50% 69% 83% 100% 100% 100%
4. Hospitals?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/input-file-specifications.xlsx
January 01, 2014 - 1b.4_Input_File_Specifications_508
Eligibility Summary
Eligibility Summary
Reference Name Concept Description Required Variable Format
member_id Patient unique identifier yes text or numeric
payer_id Insurance Provider/Health Plan unique identifier (e.g., Blue Cross, Kaiser, etc) during the specific enrollment per…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/SOPS-Hospital-Survey-2.0-5-26-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0
SOPS® Hospital Survey
Version: 2.0
Language: English
• For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection
methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a web-based survey, and
preparing and analyzing dat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4i_combo_psi12-dvt-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool D.4i 1
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 12: Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism (PE) or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Why Focus on DVT/PE…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/104-what-are-4-es.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Options include in person, by mail, or providing a list of local pharmacies that stock products
Key considerations
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Mitchell.pdf
March 31, 2004 - Creating a Curriculum for Training Health Profession Faculty Leaders
299
Creating a Curriculum for Training
Health Profession Faculty Leaders
Pamela H. Mitchell, Lynne S. Robins, Douglas Schaad
Abstract
Objectives: An interprofessional, collaborative group of educators, patient safety
officers, and Federal …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/134-translating-research-into-practice.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Translating Practice into Practice (TRiP)
Translating Research into Practice (TRiP)
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: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Se…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool
Tool 2: Readmission Review tool
Purpose
Readmission reviews are designed to elicit the “story behind the story”: going well beyond chief complaint, discharge diagnosis, or other clinical parameters to understand the communication, coordination, or other logistical barriers experienc…
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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-Prologue_Grady_Vol4.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue: Technology and Medication Safety
Prologue
Technology and Medication Safety
Mary L. Grady, BS
This volume comprises papers devoted to the development and use of technology—
principally health information technology (health IT)—and strategies to enhance
medication safety, both of which are critical …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/multidiscplinary-rounding.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety
This “Making It Work” tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-157-section-2-specs.pdf
June 30, 2009 - CHIPRA 157: Section 2, Detailed Measure Specifications
SECTION II.
DETAILED MEASURE SPECIFICATIONS
II.A. Description
The percentage of newborns in Medicaid who were continuously enrolled at 6, 12, 18 months after
enrollment du…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips86.html
October 01, 2014 - Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls fo…