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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/best-practices-residents.html
June 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents
Resource: Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents
This resource discusses resident well-being and describes the mental impacts of social isolation and includes signs of depression and anxiety. It …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/impguide/apb.html
August 01, 2022 - Implementation Guide for the CANDOR Process: Appendix B
Team Roles and Responsibilities
Role
Responsibilities
Suggested Background or
Experience for Staff Roles
I. CANDOR Implementation Team
CANDOR Implementation Team Leader
Organization-wide implementation of the CANDOR pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/best-mental-health.html
June 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Resource: Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
This resource focuses on emotional well-being of nursing home staff, including information about the effects of t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/promoting-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents
Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being
in Nursing Home Residents
Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes have left many residents socially isolated. Isolation can contribute to anxiety,
…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/strategies.html
April 01, 2018 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Evidence-Based Strategies To Engage Patients and Families To Improve Patient Safety
This Guide is composed of four evidence-based strategies that promote meaningful engagement with patients and families in ways that …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201604.html
May 01, 2016 - Johns Hopkins HealthCare Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Health Literacy and Measure Patient Experience
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2016
AHRQ's "Questions Are the Answer" patient engagement videos and brochures are used by Johns Hopkins HealthCare (JHHC) affiliated health plans—Priority Partners, Jo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/NQS_overview_slides-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - National Quality Strategy
National Quality Strategy
Overview
January 2017
Each slide includes notes that you can access by selecting “View”
and then “Notes Page” in PowerPoint. Please delete this text box
before using or presenting.
Background on the National Quality Strategy
• Established to improve the deliv…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/best-practices/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Best Practice Summaries
These resources are designed to help nursing homes consider best practices on topics such as infection control and prevention and the emotional well-being of both staff and residents.
Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes
Best Practices…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlasapa.html
March 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Appendix A. USPSTF Clinical Preventive Services Included in the Measurement Framework
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Why Was the Clinical-Com…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/how-to-use.html
December 01, 2017 - How To Use the Toolkit
Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The toolkit has two complementary guides that should be used together and are a good starting point: Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery , and Surgical Complication Prevention . These two guides address adaptive and technical work, which are both crit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/mental-health-and-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and
Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Nursing home staff routinely face stressful and emotionally draining working co…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/3-2023hcbs-survey-webcast-brown.pdf
April 01, 2024 - Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to Know - Brown
Looking Forward: HCBS
Quality Measures Alignment
and HCBS CAHPS® Survey
Melanie Brown, PhD, Technical Director
Division of Community Systems Transformation, Medicaid Benefits and Health
Programs Group,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed.pptx
September 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Patient and Family Engagement in the ED
Sue Collier, RN, MSN, FABC
Clinical Content Development Lead
Health Research & Education Trust
American Hospital Association
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1
Learning Objectives
Define patient and family engagement.
Describe examples of engaging patients and familie…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/effectivetreatment.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Effective Treatment
Effective Treatment
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook on Effective Treatment
Acknowledgments
Effective Treatment
Effective Treatment Trends and Measures
Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes
HIV and AIDS
Men…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/summary/index.html
September 01, 2017 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
Project Summary
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and other patient harms. CUSP…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/index.html
June 01, 2025 - Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety
AHRQ tools to reduce diagnostic errors include: Calibrate Dx is a self-evaluation tool for clinicians to improve their diagnostic decision making. This resource provides structured exercises and tools to help clinicians learn from reviewing their clinical practice. Anyone who…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/learning-series/index.html
October 01, 2024 - PBRN Learning Series
AHRQ announces a new learning series designed to support and promote the work of Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs). Each session features examples, information, and advice from experienced leaders actively working in PBRNs. This series is sponsored by AHRQ’s National Center for Exce…
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/index.html
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative
What's New
Updates from the Comparative Health System Performance (CHSP) Initiative
Updated Compendium of U.S. Health Syste…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/identifying-delirium.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Identifying Delirium
IDENTIFYING DELIRIUM
ABCs OF IDENTIFICATION
Acute/subacute
• Altered mental status with
change in attention
Behavioral disturbance
• (Restless, agitated, combative)
Changes in consciousness
• (Jittery, drowsy, difficult to
arouse)
COMMON CAUSES OF DELIRIUM
COMMON…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-behavioral-health.html
May 01, 2024 - Implementation and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Physical Activity Screening and Promotion Program