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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-quick-start-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Warm Handoff Plus
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Implementation Quick Start Guide
Warm Handoff Plus
1 Review intervention and training materials
� Understand the purpose, use, and benefits � Review the training too…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-guideforstaff.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Teach-Back: A Guide for Staff
Teach-Back
A Guide for Staff
What is teach-back?
Teach-back IS a way for you to make sure your
patients understand what you tell them.
Teach-back IS NOT a test or a quiz for patients.
How do I use teach-back?
Just ask patients to explain what you have told
them using their own wor…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-table2.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Table 2
Table 2: Evidence for Hypertension Screening for Children Who are Overweight or Obese
Type of Evidence
Key Findings
Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Expert
recommendation
Hypertension is a risk factor for car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-quick-start-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation Quick Start Guide: Be Prepared To Be Engaged
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Implementation Quick Start Guide
Be Prepared To Be Engaged
1 Review intervention and training materials
� Understand the purpose, use, and benefits
of the B…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apc.html
August 01, 2022 - Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix C
Gap Analysis Structured Interview Guide
To produce more consistently useful results, use structured interview questions. The facilitator should review the questions in advance to determine which questions are appropriate for each focus group session. It may help to…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide
Slide 1: Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products
Timothy Landers, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CIC
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Slide 2: Disclosures
Dr. Landers receives sala…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - Module 4: Teamwork and Communication: Material Use Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Learning Objectives:
Describe effective communication and teamwork.
Describe why teamwork training and improved communication optimizes resident safety.
List barriers, tools, and str…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/guide.docx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Module 4: Teamwork and Communication
Material Use Guide
Learning Objectives:
· Describe effective communication and teamwork
· Describe why teamwork training and improved communication optimizes resident safety
· List barriers, tools…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/healthcare-team.docx
March 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-03-EF
…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/cahps-program/index.html
April 01, 2023 - The CAHPS Program
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Its purpose is to support investigator-led research to better understand patient experience with healthcare and develop scientific…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/long-covid-grant-awards.html
September 01, 2023 - HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID
Press Release Date: September 20, 2023
Funding will help implement and evaluate models for delivering comprehensive, coordinated, person-centered care to people with Long COVID.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Se…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-leiferman.html
May 01, 2024 - Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health
Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. Chair and Professor University of Colorado-Denver Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. “Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure that every child has the best possible start in…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/opportunity-improve-healthcare.html
May 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All
MAY
10
2022
By
Robert Otto Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Hello, friends. After many decades of admiring AHRQ—its mission, work, and people—I am deeply honored to lead this organization. I…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/executive-summary.html
December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/resources/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality of children's health, health care, and general …
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/funding-opportunities.html
February 01, 2023 - Funding Opportunities to Address Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders
Special Emphasis Notice
Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement
On Feb. 10, 2023, AHRQ released a NOFO for the Management of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care and other Ambulatory Settings (R18). The proposed Notice of Fund…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/healthcare.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report
Part 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/vchip-strategies-for-kdd.pdf
February 01, 2015 - Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices
Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices*
The following are strategies that healthcare professionals and primary care practices used to improve office systems to address and
promote optimal asthma treatment as…
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/competencies-affinity-group/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group
Background The AHRQ National Action Alliance Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group provided a forum for identifying and exploring the patient and workforce safety competencies needed by our healthcare workforce to support the safety of healthcare delivery. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
June 01, 2023 - Guide to Using the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Patient Education BookletsAHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Purpose of Booklets
The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery and recovery in the hospital and at home. Patients and careg…