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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/module-5-outbreaks.html
April 01, 2022 - Module 5—Outbreaks—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
Resource: Module 5—Outbreaks—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
This module provides an overview of outbreak investigation and control in nursing homes and will define the steps and activities involved in an outbreak in…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/diabetes.html
Topic: Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which the blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. AHRQ provides tools and resources for clinicians to help treat their patients with types 1 and 2 diabetes.
Appendix C. What Is a Diabetes Prevention Program?
Beh…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccination-campaign.html
August 01, 2022 - AHCA/NCAL Expands Campaign To Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among Long Term Care Staff
Resource: AHCA/NCAL Expands Campaign To Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among Long Term Care Staff
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Livin…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/additional-mrna-vaccines.html
August 01, 2022 - Additional mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People
Resource: Additional mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People
In this webinar, presenters discuss the data on COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised people, the role of additional doses of …
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/ambulatory-care-and-surgery.html
Topic: Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Ambulatory care settings include medical offices and clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient departments, outpatient care, and dialysis centers.
AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care
An…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/overview/contact.html
June 01, 2024 - Stay Up To Date and Engage With the National Action Alliance
Your ongoing participation is instrumental in helping to realize the National Action Alliance's vision of safe care everywhere and zero preventable harm for all and the National Action Alliance is committed to fostering a dynamic dialogue with engaged…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/screening-workflow.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Urinary Incontinence Primary Care Screening Workflow
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Urinary Incontinence
Primary Care
Screening Workflow
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/modules.html
December 01, 2017 - Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Modules
Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Modules contain guides, tools, and archived Webinars to support change at the unit level.
Implementation
The Implementation module of the Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals discusses the importance of a comprehens…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/qica-healthy-hearts.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Quality Improvement Change Assessment
Quality Improvement Change Assessment
© 2016 Healthy Hearts Northwest. This project is supported by grant number R18HS023908 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This is an abbreviated version of the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, Patient-Centered Medical H…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/foiafy10.html
November 01, 2020 - HHS AHRQ Freedom of Information Annual Report - FY 2010
Freedom of Information Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010.
Annual report on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and activities by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHRQ).
I. Basic Inf…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.docx
January 01, 2010 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1)
IDEAL Discharge Planning Overview, Process, and Checklist
Strategy 4: IDEAL Discharge Planning (Tool 1)
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Strategy 4: IDEAL Discharge Planning (Tool 1)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 2
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/prelaunch-activities.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Toolkit Prelaunch Activities
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 8 – Toolkit Prelaunch Activities
We recommend that you follow the prelaunch checklist below (Table 8-1) for successful
implementation. As is the case with many infection prevention programs, it will take time to
achie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spreadnotes.docx
June 02, 2025 - SAY:
The Spread module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (or CUSP) Toolkit helps all or part of an organization share, tailor, and use the components of a process that have worked well at the unit level. The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture i…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module
Slide 1: Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Image: Learning objectives are presented in a series of steps:
Define patient and family engagement.
Explain the importance of engagin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-mar2024.pdf
July 26, 2024 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare: March 2024 Meeting
Federal Interagency Workgroup:
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
March 2024 Meeting
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations request…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-10-implementation-guide.pdf
April 16, 2022 - Keteyian, PhD, the
a hybrid option, then creating this option
Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation/Preventive
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Declines in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent
20,700 deaths and saved $7.7 billion between 2014 and 2017.
Adverse
Drug
Events
-28%
CAUTI*
-5%
CLAB…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/community-based-practice.html
Topic: Community-Based Practice
Practice-Based Research Networks are groups of primary care clinicians and practices working together to answer community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice. PBRNs engage clinicians in quality improvement activities and an evidence-based culture i…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/tools.html
June 01, 2021 - General Implementation Tools
These tools are designed to help support implementation of your program. The Gap Analysis helps identify activities that are fundamental to an antibiotic stewardship program as well as those that can enhance established programs. The Commitment Poster is a public display of yo…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/coordinating-access-options.html
October 01, 2021 - Long-term Care Administrators and Managers: Options for Coordinating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Resource: Long-term Care Administrators and Managers: Options for Coordinating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Long-term care (LTC) providers in settings such as nursing homes, assisted living, residential care comm…