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2941. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide What Is the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide? The Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide (the Guide) provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics. This page provides information about antimicrobial stewardshi…

2942. Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-kho.html
      April 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery Abel Kho, M.D., M.S. Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Abel Kho, M.D., M.S. “With AHRQ funding, I have built infrastructure to provide primary care practices with effective …

2943. AHRQ Quality Indicators Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - AHRQ Quality Indicators Fact Sheet Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool A.1a Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators What Are the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)? The Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) are a set of 16 measures (15 …

2944. Chapter 1. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Chapter 1. Introduction Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Chapter 1. Introductio…

2945. Appendix A. Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Appendix A. Case Studies Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Chapter 1. Introducti…

2946. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation FEB 21 2023 By Tess Miller, Dr.P.H., and Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D. Tess Miller, Dr.P.H. In healthcare, few things are more regrettable than …

2947. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety--March Meeting Summary (pdf file)
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      March 08, 2019 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety--March Meeting Summary Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care March Meeting Summ…

2948. National Quality Strategy Priority: Effective Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care National Quality Strategy Priority: Effective Treatment Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care Acknowledgments Health Care For Hispanics National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety National Quality Strategy Pri…

2949. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
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      July 22, 2021 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality 1 Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on Appropriations requested “AHRQ to convene a cross agency working group t…

2950. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care (pdf file)
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      March 11, 2021 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care Workgroup Goa…

2951. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Michigan Cooperative (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Michigan Cooperative Michigan Cooperative Project Name: Healthy Hearts for Michigan Principal Investigators: Anya Day, MPH and Gregory Makris, MD, Altarum Institute Theresa Walunas, PhD, Northwestern University Cooperative Partners: Altarum Institute, Health Inf…

2952. Normothermia Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/normothermia-audit.html
      December 01, 2017 - Normothermia Audit Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem Statement Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). Normothermia enables adequate immune functioning and perfusion to surgical site tissue…

2953. Tool: Normothermia Audit (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Tool: Normothermia Audit AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Normothermia Audit Tool Introduction Problem Statement Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). Normothermia enables adequate immune functioning and perfusion to surgical site tissue…

2954. Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool A.1c Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators What Are the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)? The Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) are a set of 16 measures (15 st…

2955. Rates | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi5.html
      January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Rates Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Executive Summary Introduction & Objectives Methods Data Collection and An…

2956. Prologue: Technology and Medication Safety (pdf file)
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      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 …

2957. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module Resource: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module This webpage provides guidance for healthcare facilities on reporting data to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NH…

2958. Course 1: Clinical Management of Patients With COVID-19: General Considerations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2022 - Course 1: Clinical Management of Patients With COVID-19: General Considerations Resource: Course 1: Clinical Management of Patients With COVID-19: General Considerations ​This course gives background on the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses facility operations and preparation, referral systems and interfacili…

2959. Effective Tools for Practicing Self-Compassion and Self Care in the Time of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2021 - Effective Tools for Practicing Self-Compassion and Self Care in the Time of COVID-19 Resource: Effective Tools for Practicing Self-Compassion and Self Care in the Time of COVID-19 (Video)  This webinar recording provides tools that nurses can use to help maintain mental well-being while facing the ongoing c…

2960. Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2018 - Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare? Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare? (PDF, 234 KB) Top-Performing States: Lowest Rates of Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Women: New Hampshire: 19 Wisconsin: 19 Rhode Island: 18 Massachusetts: 18 Top Performing States: Highest Percen…