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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ahrq-network-factsheet.pdf
February 01, 2022 - AHRQ's Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response
AHRQ’s Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response
BACKGROUND
Nearly 20 percent of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United
States have been nursing home residents and staff. Advanced
age, underlying frailty, and communal living con…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/calibrate-dx.html
March 01, 2023 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions
Delayed, wrong, and missed diagnoses are major contributors to patient harm. Lifelong learning is essential for achieving and maintaining diagnostic excellence. Diagnostic excellence involves not just making a correct and timely diagnosis but …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact2.html
July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic Documentation
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Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/learning_pt_narratives_053123-schlesinger.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Learning from Patient Narratives Through Innovative Feedback Reporting Methods Webcast - Impact of the Intervention on Patient Experience
Impact of the Intervention on Patient Experience
Mark Schlesinger, PhD
Professor of Health Policy
Yale School of Public Health
Assessing Intervention Impact on Patient Experie…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams-3.html
July 01, 2023 - Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
The Patient-Artificial Intelligence Dyad
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Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety
Introductio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/054-sample-adherence-report.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Decolonization
Sample Adherence Report
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Use this document to build a useful report that allows for tracking of adherence and for drilling down, as need…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/k-awards.html
September 01, 2023 - Career Development (K) Awards
AHRQ sponsors several career development awards intended to foster the career development of promising new investigators in the field of health services research. These programs provide salary and research support for a sustained period of time for early career clinicians and resea…
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/data-analytics.html
August 01, 2023 - Data and Analytics
AHRQ data resources and data analyses help decision makers understand healthcare trends and identify opportunities for improvement. These data can help inform the COVID-19 strategies developed by researchers, policymakers, and decision makers at national, State, and local levels.
Healthcare…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/dischargeprep.docx
June 02, 2025 - RED Discharge Preparation Workbook
Patient Name _________________________ MRN ________________ DOB ______________
Room # ______________
Date of admission ______________
Language preference
Interpreter/Translation
Needed (Y/N)
Spoken communication
Written materials
Phone communication
Fil…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-training-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Teach-Back: How To Use the Training Toolkit
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Teach-Back
How To Use the Training Toolkit
What is the teach-back strategy?
Teach-back is an evidence-based health literacy intervention that promotes:
� Patient engagement…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/competency-check-vs-observational-audit.pdf
March 01, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Competency Check vs. Observational Audit
Validate Nursing Home Staff Performance To Improve
Infection Prevention Processes for COVID-19
This document explains the difference between the competency check you complete to me…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-hernandez-boussard.html
April 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean of Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
“Large clinical datasets contain a goldmine of information on healthcar…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/index.html
September 01, 2023 - Additional Videos for TeamSTEPPS 3.0
Of the full list of videos below, the following videos are new with TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and have facilitator's guides to enable discussion of the video:
Applying CUS and Teach Back in Inpatient Setting
CUS for Maternal Health Equity
Debrief in Emergency Department
Hud…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship6.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Diagnostic Stewardship in Action
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Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Introduction
Background
Diagnostic Error in the Testing…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips98.html
October 01, 2014 - New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2012
Five New Mexico hospitals revised their protocol for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after their State Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), the New Mexico Medical Review Ass…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/hotline/hotline-appendixa.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Appendix A. Recommendations for Ideal Consumer Reporting Systems
Appendix A. Recommendations for Ideal Consumer
Reporting Systems
A 2010 report by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and Consumers Advancing Patient Safety,
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events, outlined recommendations
for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1a_combo_iqifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Inpatient Quality Indicators
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool A.1a
Fact Sheet on Inpatient Quality Indicators
What Are the Inpatient Quality Indicators?
The Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) are a set of 28 provider-level measures…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/qualityindicators/index.html
January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures of healthcare quality that can be used to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes.
Sign up for email updates about modifications and enhancements to the AHRQ QIs and oth…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/10-tips-for-hospitals.pdf
December 01, 2009 - 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality PATIENT
SAFETY
10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious
consequences. The …