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www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
AHRQ’s HCUP is the nation's most comprehensive source of hospital care data, including information on inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and ambulatory surgery and service encounters, beginning in 1988. HCUP enables researchers, insurers, policymakers, a…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/results.html
November 01, 2018 - Evaluating the Results of a Quality Reporting Project
The purpose of results- or outcome-oriented evaluation goes beyond answering the “did it work” question. To evaluate results, however, you have to be clear about what you wanted to achieve.
What consumer audience were you trying to reach?
What changes …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/afib_topicref.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Topic Refinement - Project ID: CRDT0913
Final Topic Refinement Document
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation - Project ID: CRDT0913
Date: 05/29/2014
Topic: Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation – Project ID: CRDT0913
EPC: Pacific Northwest EPC
AHRQ Task …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
January 01, 2018 - 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 (HACs) since 2010. A cumulative total of 2.1 million fewer HACs were experie…
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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/publications/files/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Topic
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
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 infect…
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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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Table of Contents
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/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/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/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/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/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/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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Table of Contents
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Pati…
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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.
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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/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/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/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Snow.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Committee on Evaluation and Education also required the selection of one of two
clinical AOA-CAP projects