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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-patient-flier-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Creating a Safe Medicine List: Patient Information/Reminder Flyer
Please Bring ALL
Your Medicines to
Your Next Appointment
To keep you safe, we need to know about all the medicine you take
from all your doctors.
Please make sure you bring (in the original container)...
� Prescription medicines.
� Medicines you …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202104.html
October 01, 2021 - CommonSpirit Health Expands CANDOR Toolkit Across Entire Health System
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October 2021
CommonSpirit Health, one of the Nation's largest health systems, serving 21 States, is expanding its use of AHRQ's Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) toolkit across its entire netw…
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June 01, 2020 - Vermont Health Clinics Promote AHRQ’s Medication Safety Guide
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June 2020
A Vermont-based based trio of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) has improved medication use and safety for approximately 8,000 patients by adapting an evidence-based strategy from AHRQ's Guide to …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-staff-checklist.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Medication Management: Checklist: Creating a Medication List
Checklist: Creating a Medication List
Guide to Patient and Family
Engagement in Primary Care
Starting the Process
� Thank patients for bringing in their medicines.
� Use the word “medicine” instead of medication.
Creating the Medication List
� Co…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20131008_cg/4_Rick_Evans_slides_41-46.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Myth Busting: Using the CG-CAHPS 12-Month Survey for Quality Improvement
The Practice Engagement Model
Service Cabinets Created for Clinical Areas
• Collaborative Data Analysis
Identification areas for improvement &
indicators
• Target Setting
Specific targets for CY 2013
• Collaborative Action Plannin…
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June 02, 2025 - Teach-Back Tips
Teach-Back Tips
All patients can benefit from teach-back.
� Ask patients to teach information back to you in their own words,
not just repeat your words.
� Use plain language (blood thinner for anticoagulant, heart doctor
for cardiologist).
� Rephrase your message until the patient understa…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/strategy4/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Strategy 4: Care Transitions From Hospital to Home: IDEAL Discharge Planning
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-6-attach-1.xlsx
June 01, 2012 - ADHD Chart Review Elements
ADHD Chart Abstraction Tool Template (with example data)
Patient ID Race Ethnicity Gender Payer Preferred Language Age ADHD Diagnosis Date (range 12/11 - 6/12) **Please remove this column before submitting Patient diagnosed between Dec 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-patient-flyer-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Be Prepared. Be Engaged. (Patient Flyer)
Be Prepared. Be Engaged.
Be ready
Write down the most
important things you
want to talk about
during your visit.
Ask questions
Write down your
questions. You can find
a Question Builder
on the Agency for
Healthcare Research
and Quality website at
https://go.us…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/tool.html
June 01, 2017 - Sustainability Tool - Sustainability Module
Background: This tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your improvement efforts.
How to use this tool: The Implementation Team leader (or individual designated by the leader) should complete this checklist.
Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-7-a.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 7A
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section1.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
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Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Example…
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June 02, 2025 - Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment. (Postcard)
Please bring ALL your medicines
to your next appointment.
You will work with your health care team to make a medicine
list. Please make sure you bring (in the original container):
� Prescription medicines.
� Medicines you buy without a presc…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/nac-meeting-june28-29.html
June 01, 2024 - AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet in Baltimore on June 28-29
Press Release Date: June 11, 2024
The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will convene in person in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, June 28, at 1:45 p.m. E.T. and Saturday, June 29, at 9 a.m. E.T. The counc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/tearsheet.pdf
September 01, 2008 - Tear Sheet. You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Clinician
QUITTING TAKES HARD WORK AND A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT—
A PERSONALIZED QUIT PLAN FOR:
SUPPORT AND ADVICE
FROM YOUR CLINICIAN
WANT TO QUIT?
Nicotine is a powerful addiction.
Quitting is hard, but don’t give up. You can do it.
Many people try 2 or 3…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/tobacco-narrative.pdf
December 31, 2018 - Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention Measure Narrative
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Measure Narrative
Description
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/measures.html
July 01, 2016 - Label Health Care Quality Measures in Plain English
The public does not speak the same language as health professionals. To reach the public, you will have to translate many terms that are common in the health world into the language of lay people. This includes not only medical terms but also those that po…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs7.html
October 01, 2015 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
National Quality Strategy Priority: Care Affordability
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Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
National Quality Strategy Prio…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1302.html
December 01, 2012 - Main Line Health System Uses Patient Safety Culture Survey in Suburban Philadelphia Facilities
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December 2012
Main Line Health System (MLH) in suburban Philadelphia has used AHRQ's "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" since 2009 in an ongoing effort to embed a reliable c…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mch-measures.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Healthy Living
Maternal and Child Health Care
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Table of Contents
Chartbook on Healthy Living
Acknowledgments
Healthy Living
Summary
Healthy Living Measures
Maternal and Child Health Care
Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures
Matern…