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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Topic
A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions
Appendix A. Action Plan Tool for Project Sustainability
The Purpose of This Tool
This tool is intended to support sustainability efforts for your catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention project team. This
worksheet will help…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-material-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Overview
Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
· Slides 4-8
Linking Sustainability and Spread
· Slides 9-10
Planning Early for Sustainability
· Slides 11-12
Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
· Slides 13-17
Steps to Creating and Implementing a Sustainability Plan
· Slides…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen1.html
April 01, 2018 - Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
1. Introduction
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Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Description of the Intervention
2. Description of the Intervent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Bonner.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Our results for the sites participating in the TIDES/WAVES projects represent
a range of geographic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-19-kickoff-meetings.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide4.html
October 01, 2014 - An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Step 4: Communicating and Reporting
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An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing Your Organization's Needs and Capabilities
St…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/teams-infographic.html
March 01, 2017 - T.E.A.M.S. infographic
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Culture consists of values, attitudes, and beliefs that can have an impact on resident safety, care outcomes, and staff satisfaction.
Culture influences how change can occur.
T
Team Formation
The most effective…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014finalhacreport-cx.pdf
December 01, 2016 - Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate
December 2016
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Final estimates for 2014 show a sustained 17 percent decline in hospital-acquired conditions…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
December 01, 2016 - Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
December 2016
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Final estimates for 2014 show a sustained 17 percent decline in hospital-acquired conditions…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-2.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Appendix, Assembling a Medication Reconciliation Team
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Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Introduction…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-6b.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Appendix, Example of Metrics on Admission: Illinois Hospital Association Medication Reconciliation Collaborative
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Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d5_pdi_gapanalysis.docx
June 02, 2025 - TO
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
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 …
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-2.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Appendix, Assembling a Medication Reconciliation Team
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Table of Contents
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Introduction…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-6b.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Appendix, Example of Metrics on Admission: Illinois Hospital Association Medication Reconciliation Collaborative
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Table of Contents
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Plan-a-Communications-Strategy.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy.
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Devel…
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-040814.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Nursing Intervention to Remove Non-necessary Urinary Catheters
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Barbara Lucas, MD, MHSA
Project Consultant
Michigan Health & Hospital Associatio…
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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/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-costs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Infographic - Hospital Admission vs. Readmission Costs, 2020
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Average Cost of
Admissions Overall
Average Cost of a Single
Hospital Readmission
Source: AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #304, Characteristics of 30-Day All-Cause Hospital
Readmissions, 2016-2020.
https :/ /hcup-…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool1.html
March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
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Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Pati…