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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/guide-surg-comp.html
December 01, 2017 - Supplemental Tools
Surgical Care Audit Tools
Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool ( Word , 1.8 MB)
This tool will help your safety program team understand lapses in infection prevention processes that may have contributed to the surgical site infection case. It can help your team identify practice …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.docx
June 02, 2025 - TO
Gap Analysis
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the gap analysis is to provide project teams with a format in which to do the following:
Compare the best practices with the processes currently in place in your organization.
Determine the “gaps” between your organization’s practices and the identifie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/resources/index.html
May 01, 2023 - Resources for Shared Decision Making
AHRQ Resources for Shared Decision Making
AHRQ has a wide variety of resources related to Shared decision making (SDM). You can find them at the following locations on this site:
Professional Education and Training in SDM
Implementation Tools and Resources for SDM
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/interview
January 01, 2023 - Interview
Examples
Walker J, Bieber E, Richards F, et al. Appendix 13: reference call outline Geisinger information services. In: Walker J, Bieber E, Richards F, editors. Implementing an electronic health record system. London: Springer; 2005. p. 228-31.
Beuscart-Zéphir M, Anceaux F, Renard J. Int…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/mohr-t-et-al-2008
January 01, 2008 - Mohr T et al. 2008 "The second time around."
Reference
Mohr T. The second time around. Health Manag Technol 2008;29(9):22-25.
Objective
To describe the integration of a new electronic medical record (EMR) with an existing practice management (PM) system at Pediatric Partners, a single-site med…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/checklist
January 01, 2023 - Checklist
Also Known As
Check Sheet
Examples
Nelson E, Batalden P, Godfrey M. Appendix A: primary care workbook. Quality by design: a clinical microsystems approach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2007. p. 385-431.
EHR Go-Live Planning Checklist ( PDF , 541KB)
EHR Implementation Checkli…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html
October 01, 2020 - Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit
Patient and staff safety in a hospital or other health care facility can be protected by a properly designed built environment. Assessing safety risks and incorporating preventive measures into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safe…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/usability-evaluation
January 01, 2023 - Usability Evaluation
Also Known As
Usability Testing
Examples
Rodriguez NJ, Borges JA, Soler Y, et al. A usability study of physicians' interaction with PDA and laptop applications to access an electronic patient record system. In: Long R, Antani S, Lee DJ, Nutter B, Zhang M, editors. 17…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/babbitt-n-2003-record
January 01, 2003 - Babbitt N 2003 "In record time: diary of an EMR installation."
Reference
Babbitt N. In record time: diary of an EMR installation. Health Manag Technol 2003;24(2):28-30.
Abstract
"For years, the physicians, nurses, and staff at Roswell Pediatric Center, PC, in Alpharetta, GA, wanted an electron…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/josie-king-act-2004
May 22, 2009 - Legislation/Case Law
Josie King Act of 2004.
Citation Text:
Josie King Act of 2004. Kennedy P. 108 Congress (2003-2004): H.R.4880.
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July 29, 2015 - Multi-use Website
Scottish Patient Safety Programme.
Citation Text:
Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Health Improvement Scotland
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/delilberative-methods-design-gupta.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Goal Setting
Slide 5
Goal Setting
Jyoti Gupta, MPH,
Senior Public Engagement Associate
Public Agenda Speaker notes: This webinar is part of a large, three-year project, funded
by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and led by the American
Institutes for Research (AIR).
Slide 6
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/kaplan-b-2001
January 01, 2001 - Kaplan B 2001 "Evaluating informatics applications - clinical decision support systems literature review."
Reference
Kaplan B. Evaluating informatics applications - clinical decision support systems literature review. Int J Med Inf 2001;64(1):15-37.
Abstract
"This paper reviews clinical decisi…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/health-it-enabled-quality-measurement
January 01, 2023 - Health IT-Enabled Quality Measurement (2012-2013)
Pathways to Quality Measurement Through Health IT is a 2-year, AHRQ-sponsored initiative that enables advancements in health IT-enabled quality measurement and reporting by identifying strategies, a health services infrastructure, and researc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-do-no-harm
March 21, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
First do no harm.
Citation Text:
First do no harm. Allen M. Washington Monthly. March/April 2011.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/methods.html
February 01, 2017 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Methods
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AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Introduction
Methods
Model State Enhancement…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - The meta-regression
performed by AHRQ is conducted post-hoc
and is not level of evidence like pre-planned … The meta-
regression performed by AHRQ is conducted
post-hoc and is not level of evidence like pre-
planned … This was
confirmed in a planned subset analysis in the
Batellino study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-195-disposition-comments-uterine-fibroids.pdf
December 14, 2017 - Other analyses might be undertaken but were not planned in this
review Further because of how data is … adjunctive to surgery, this was a mis-
interpretation of phrases like "before surgery" and "before planned … KQ2 was not a planned target for meta-analysis because few studies
reported key individual characteristics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-2-risk-of-reinfection-from-SARSCoV2_0.pdf
December 31, 2022 - Detailed
methods can be found in Appendix A.
3
Data Sources, Searches, and Planned … While we originally planned to exclude preprints, we decided to include those that passed the
methodological … Background and Purpose
Methods
Data Sources, Searches, and Planned Updates
Study Selection
Data
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/uM5P-6XpsqVfEC2axGnZaD
November 16, 2020 - Most combination
interventions include behavioral counseling involving several ses-
sions (�4), with planned … greatly, with the major-
ity of studies offering at least 4 behavioral counseling sessions, with
a total planned … A brief smoking cessation
intervention for women in low-income planned
parenthood clinics.