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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/safetysnrchklst.doc
June 02, 2025 - Safety Issues Worksheet for Senior Executive Partnership
Who should use this tool? Health care providers and the senior leader.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-safety-learning-labs.html
Topic: Patient Safety Learning Labs
Patient safety learning laboratories (PSLLs) take a systems engineering approach to allow researchers and practitioners to evaluate clinical processes and enhance work and information flow to improve patient safety. The learning laboratories use cross-disciplinary teams to address …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/personal.html
May 01, 2021 - CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
Resource: CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
This resource has information and recommendations for health care providers on how to determine the rate of use for PPE and the PPE inventory needed for the Nursing Home.
Sou…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cdc-project.html
May 01, 2021 - CDC Project First Line Facilitator Toolkit
Resource: CDC Project First Line Facilitator Toolkit
This toolkit has resources and strategies designed to support leaders as they deliver training sessions and help to build a culture of providing safer, higher quality of care.
Source: CDC
Topic(s): Safe Ope…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccines-are-effective.html
August 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Vaccines Are Effective
Resource: COVID-19 Vaccines are Effective
This webpage explains why COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and provides links to data on vaccine effectiveness and vaccine breakthrough infections.
Source: CDC
Topic(s): Vaccination; Infection Control & Prevention
Audi…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/invitation-letter-ny.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Recruitment Letter
New York City Cooperative
Resource: Recruitment Letter—New York City Cooperative (PDF, 157 KB, 1 page)
This document provides an example of an EvidenceNOW Cooperative's recruitment letter.
Institution of origin: New York University School of Medicine
Permissions: Use…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/index.html
June 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Module 1: Communication
Module 1 covers the communication concepts and tools included in TeamSTEPPS. The module includes a high-level overview (section 1) , an explanation of the communication concepts and tools (section 2) , and guidance and slides for teaching them (section 3) . Information abou…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/behavior-changes.html
November 01, 2019 - Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Examine what motivates health care providers to prescribe antibiotics
Review basic theories regarding implementation science to implement antibiotic stewardship (AS) int…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/talkingquality/resources/podcasts_webinars/Rating_the_Raters_2011_06_15_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Rating the Raters: How the Informed Patient Institute Assesses Health Care Quality Reports
Transcript release date 6/15/11 www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov
Rating the Raters: How the Informed Patient Institute
Assesses Health Care Quality Reports
Moderator: Lise Rybowski, Consultant, TalkingQuality; President, …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/treat-release.html
September 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Electronic Reports
Table 4. Sample ED Treat and Release Report
Facility Name:
Month:
Average Daily Census
30
Total Transfers (Obs, ED)
11
Resident Days (including bed holds)
300
Tot…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=11
October 01, 2015 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 111 - 120 of 191 Publications displayed
Find Publications by Keyword or To…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/action-plan.html
March 01, 2017 - Facility Action Plan Template
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
The purpose of this tool is to support quality improvement efforts by identifying opportunities for improvement, strategies, and steps to accomplish the work. In order to implement activities identified, goals and obj…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/tracking-measuring-data-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Tracking and Measuring
Antibiotic Use Data
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Tracking and Measuring
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Objectives
Learn how to collect and track antibiotic use in the long-term care setting
Become familiar with forms for mon…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-brown.pdf
June 02, 2025 - HCBS CAHPS 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, Disabled and Elderly Health
Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medic…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap4.html
December 01, 2014 - Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms
Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013
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Table of Contents
Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Mill…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-213-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 213: Section 2 Technical Specifications
The percentage of children identified as having Sickle Cell Anemia who received anticipatory guidance
regarding the risks and benefits of treatment with hydroxyurea as part of outpatient care during the
measurement year. A higher proportion indicates b…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apb.html
August 01, 2022 - Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix B
Gap Analysis Structured Interview Questions
The Gap Analysis Structured Interview Questions allow the facilitator to lead participants through a set of questions designed to elicit participant views on a variety of key policies and practices.
Leadership and Cul…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/api.html
August 01, 2022 - Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix I
Glossary
Adverse safety event: a deviation from generally accepted performance standards that reaches the patient and results in moderate to severe harm or death.
Anchoring bias: the tendency to make all information fit into a preconceived story, causing…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/new-national-healthcare-safety-dashboard.html
December 01, 2024 - New Dashboard to Track Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm
Press Release Date: December 5, 2024
Today, the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety (NAA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard ,…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-grigoryan.html
November 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics
Larissa Grigoryan, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Larissa Grigoryan, M.D., Ph.D. “It is wonderful that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers funding fo…