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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
March 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
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March 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/consumer-reporting/research/reporting-patient-narratives.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Reporting Patient Narratives With Standardized Measures of Quality
AHRQ Publication No. 15-CAHPS003-3-EF September 2015 | www.cahps.ahrq.gov
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Reporting Patient Narratives With Standardized Measures of Quality
The Aim
While patients’ comments or narratives on their health care experie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/empower-ui-care-flowchart.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Interactive Urinary Incontinence Care Pathway Flowchart
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Interactive Urinary
Incontinence Care
Pathway Flowchart
EMPOWER Team – University
Hospitals of Cleveland
Th…
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October 01, 2014 - Health Plan Uses AHRQ Data and Surveys to Improve Service to Patients and Their Families
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August 2005
MetroPlus Health Plan in New York City is using CAHPS® data and surveys to improve the service it provides to patients and their families. To address some relatively poor score…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit1-start-program.html
November 01, 2024 - Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use This Toolkit? This toolkit provides nursing homes with a simple, step-by-step approach to starting an antimicrobial stewardship program. An antimicrobial stewardship program uses collaborative and evidenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips80.html
October 01, 2014 - Four Missouri Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation
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November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls focusin…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-sustainability-centers-of-excellence2.html
April 01, 2025 - Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Center of Excellence Operations
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Table of Contents
Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Introduction
Center of Excellence Operations
Alignment
Integration
Leadership Support
Windows of Opportunity
C…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi5.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
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Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Executive Summary
Introduction & Objectives
Methods
Data Collection and An…
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February 01, 2022 - Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum
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Table of Contents
Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods in Teaching PCPF Core Competencies
Part 2: Introduction to Practice Facilitation
Part 3: Core Competencies for P…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impmenu.html
September 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Implementation Materials: Menu of Implementation Strategies
The Menu of Implementation Strategies lists potential ways facility teams may choose to integrate the preventable hospitalization/ED transfer report…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumgest.html
October 01, 2014 - Gesteland, Per
Summaries of Independent Scientist (K) Awards
Summaries of recently funded projects for Independent Scientist and Mentored Clinical Scientist Development K Awards.
Institution: University of Utah
Grant Title: Using Health Information Technology to Support Population-Based Clinical Practic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_4_Letters_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 4)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Sample Letter of Invitation
for Advisory Council Applicants
Dear [insert name],
I am pleased to invite you to join the [patient and family advisory council or name of the council if it has been cho…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-03-fry.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS 101
WHAT IS PATIENT EXPERIENCE
AND HOW DOES CAHPS
MEASURE IT?
Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
What is Patient Experience?
Patient experience encompasses the range of interactions that
patients have with the health care system, including:
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Coordinated care
from doctors and
nurses in he…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-survey-results-used-shaller-webinar.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Slides 39-47
How Are Survey Results Used?
Dale Shaller
Principal
Shaller Consulting Group
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
How Are Survey Results Used?
• Public reporting
• Value-based payment
• Recognition and certification
• Quality improvement
• Research
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www.ah…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-ginsberg-slides.pdf
October 12, 2017 - CAHPS® Moving Forward: Innovations in Tools and Research Webcast
AHRQ’s CAHPS® Program
Caren Ginsberg, PhD
Director, CAHPS Division
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
October 12, 2017
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
AHRQ: An R & D Agency
• AHRQ:
• Advances science
• Creates knowledge from data
• Creates to…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ginsberg-cahps-program.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - CAHPS Program
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Director, CAHPS & SOPS
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
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AHRQ’s Core Competencies
• AHRQ is a research and development agency in
the US Department of Health and Human Services
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/health-it.html
December 01, 2018 - Webcast: New AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items
July 25, 2018
3 Key Takeaways from the July 2018 AHRQ Webcast: New SOPS™ Health Information Technology (Health IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (PDF, 161 KB)
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Tr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cg-survey-4-beta-webinar-intro.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0 (beta) - Ginsberg
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP,
Director, CAHPS & SOPS
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
AHRQ’s Core Competencies
• Health Systems Research: Invest in research and
evidence to make health care safe…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/hsops2.0/index.html
March 01, 2020 - Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 (Webcast)
October 30, 2019
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Transcript
Summary
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) hosted a webcast to introduce the SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0. AHRQ developed and pilot tested the …
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/star.html
July 01, 2024 - Tool: STAR
STAR is a mnemonic tool that is used extensively to help elicit and share key information about activities and their consequences. Its key elements include: Situation monitoring often requires analyzing situations in which tasks were assigned, were completed, and resulted in outcomes that might or mi…