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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-flyer-va.pdf
June 02, 2025 - RecruitmentFlyer_FAQs_VA
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why should my practice participate in the Heart of Virginia Healthcare (HVH) initiative?
Your practice will receive personalized coaching on optimizing your practice model and culture; helping you
improve cardiovascular care for your patients. Improving func…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/origin.html
March 01, 2021 - Origin
Origins of EvidenceNOW
The ability to integrate and implement new discoveries into patient care creates a stronger, more effective health care system. But not all discoveries are equal. We turn to evidence to understand what works and how best to integrate effective approaches and treatments into pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-1.html
June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
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Table of Contents
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnos…
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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/news/newsroom/case-studies/201511.html
May 01, 2015 - St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2015
St. Joseph's Hospital, a 72-bed facility in Breese, Illinois, has improved care and increased satisfaction among patients by using three evidence-based resources from AHRQ:
The Hospital Consumer Asses…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/susan-edgman-levitan-intro-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving CAHPS
Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS)
Survey Scores
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
March 15, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT
CAHPS Webcast Series
• Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Syste…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-infantmortality.pdf
October 25, 2018 - DISPARITIES CONTINUE IN
INFANT MORTALITY AND
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Did you know? Low birth weight can be a predictor of developmental
delays and mortality among infants.1 Infant mortality and low birth
weight in infants can decline when expecting mothers receive adequate
prenatal care.2 In 2015, preterm birth and low …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/4-es.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
What Are the 4Es?
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention
MRSA Surveillance
The Evi…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2017
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg reduced its 30-day readmission rate from 20 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2015 after implementing a discharge progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/bridging-gaps.html
April 01, 2025 - Bridging Gaps and Uniting Partners to Improve Primary Care in the Commonwealth of Virginia
AHRQ Impact: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) investment in Heart of Virginia Healthcare (a regional cooperative participating in the EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health Initiative) l…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/ereports.html
December 01, 2017 - Electronic Reports
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
Table 1: Sample On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
Unit: A
Date: 02/10/14
Resident Name (last, first)
Room Number
D…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/execsumm.html
June 01, 2017 - Spreading Lean: Taking Efficiency Interventions in Health Services Delivery to Scale
Executive Summary
This executive summary provides details on a project to study the implementation, spread, and sustainability of Lean-based redesigns in primary care departments at the Palo Alto Medical Foundati…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/techdocrpt-appc.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical Documentation-Appendix C
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative:
Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical
Documentation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Depar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/workplace-safety-items-english.pdf
September 01, 2024 - SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes
SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for
the SOPS Nursing Home Survey
Language: English
Purpose: These supplemental items were designed for use with the core Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOP…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/956.html
May 01, 2025 - Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia Uses AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture, TeamSTEPPS®
Issue Number
956
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 6, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Proportionate Healthcare Expenditures Among High Spenders Between 2018 a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_15-p001-1-ef.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Insurance Continuity Metric Suite I: Duration of First Observed Enrollment and Duration of Newborn’s First Enrollment
Insurance Continuity Metric Suite I:
Duration of First Observed Enrollment and
Duration of Newborn’s First Enrollment
Measure Developer: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Measure Nume…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-16-p001-2-ef.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up: Follow-up Referral After Positive Developmental Screen
Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up:
Follow-up Referral After Positive
Developmental Screen
Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/mader-poronsky-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Valuation of a Simple Tool for Chest Pain Patient Risk-Stratification in North America
FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
1. Valuation of a simple tool for chest pain patient risk-stratification in North America
Principal Investigator and Team Members: Timothy J. Mader, MD, and Kye E. Poronsky, MA,
Bay…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-16-p002-1-ef.pdf
May 01, 2016 - Measure: Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressure Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission
Measure: Initial Risk Assessment
for Immobility-Related Pressure Ulcer
Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit (PICU) Admission
Measure Developer: Pediatric Measurem…