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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525861017304309#go_to_#pf1-4
AHRQ implementation planning
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-maine-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - The
State engaged several clinical consultants and pediatric
primary care practices in planning and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/engage/engageexecnotes.docx
June 02, 2025 - SAY:
The “Engage the Senior Executive” module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit focuses on the role and responsibilities of the senior executive within the CUSP team. Engaging a senior executive to partner with a unit will bridge the gap between senior management and frontline providers …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/cusp-team-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Building an Engaged CUSP Team Facilitator Guide
CUSP Module: Building an Engaged CUSP Team
Facilitator Guide
Slide Number and Image
This module, titled “Building an Engaged CUSP Team,” is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing Central…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses:
Influenza and RSV
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV
Ambulatory
SAY…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/cds-connect/index.html
June 01, 2019 - CDS Connect: Using Clinical Decision Support To Move Evidence Into Practice
Project Summary
CDS Connect is a key component of AHRQ’s recently launched initiative on clinical decision support (CDS) to move evidence into practice and to make CDS more patient centered. This initiative has four components:
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/128-what-are-4es-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - The 4 Es framework identifies four important elements when implementing patient safety interventions: Engage, Educate, Execute, and Evaluate. This framework integrates well with the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and addresses both the technical objectives of improving practices and the adaptive objecti…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight13.html
June 01, 2015 - Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 13
How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality?
June 2015
Evaluation Highlight No. 13 is the 13th in a series that presents descriptive and analytic findings from the national evaluation of the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/3_julie_susi.pdf
April 01, 2014 - Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices
Mercy Hospital
Fore River Campus
Portland, Maine
23
Breast Care Specialists of Maine
A two-surgeon practice, we take pride in offering
timely, accurate consultation and treatment for
benign and malignant …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/learning-from-antibiotic-adverse.docx
June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events
An antibiotic-associated adverse event is any event or situation that you would not want to happen again because it either caused your patient harm or had the potential to cause harm. The purpose of this tool is to provi…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/study.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide
Study Elements
Element
Definition
Things To Keep in Mind
The Purpose
Define the problem and why it is important.
Avoid suggesting causes in the purpose statement. Cause determination will come later afte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/resources/qapi-leadership-rounding-guide-centers-for-medicare.pdf
June 02, 2025 - QAPI Leadership Rounding Guide
Disclaimer: Use of this tool is not mandated by CMS, nor does its completion ensure regulatory compliance.
Directions: Leadership rounding is a process where leaders (e.g., administrator, department heads, and nurse
managers) are out in the building with staff and residents, t…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccination-implementation-guide.html
August 01, 2022 - Vaccination Program Implementation Guide
Resource: Vaccination Program Implementation Guide
This guide outlines the steps nursing home leaders can take to prepare for, develop, and implement a staff vaccination plan. It includes considerations for discussing vaccine information with staff as well as ongoing…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/prepare-for-surge.html
June 01, 2022 - How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
Resource: How To Prepare Your Facility for Surge
This webinar training is intended to prepare healthcare workers to develop, manage and maintain a surge plan.
Source: AHCA/NCAL
Topic(s): Leadership & Management, Safe Operations, Environmental Safety, Cohorting
A…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/how-to-spread.html
April 01, 2013 - in turning our four “Es” into six “Es.”So your action items, as we look to the future, are to start planning … You need to think about that kind of planning before the event occurs, and so that’s what your first … So you want to make sure that it doesn’t happen to you by doing a little planning up front. … And so that will also help everybody with your planning when you get that information about when you
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/references.html
May 01, 2023 - https://archive.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/20tips/index.html . … https://archive.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/5steps/index.html . … Putting pre-visit planning into practice. Fam Pract Manag 2015;22(6):30-3. … Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions.
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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/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3a.html
May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Chapter 3: Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Summary
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/icu-assessment-guide.pdf
April 01, 2022 - ICU Assessment Response Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
ICU Assessment Response Guide
This guide is intended to be used to respond to and evaluate the intensive care unit (ICU)
team’s responses to the ICU assessment. The guide offers an explanation of the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/four-moments-poster-2.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Poster_Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Questions
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0030
September 2022
Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires
antibiotics?
Moment 2: Do I need to order any diagnostic tests?
Mome…