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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0138-section-5a.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Section 5.A, Table 4
Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 3: Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle
Cell Disease
Graphics for Section V. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_1_Brochure_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 1)
(Brochure Back)
Is being a patient and family advisor right for you?
Being a patient and family advisor may be a good match with your skills and experiences if you can:
Speak up and share suggestions and potential solutions to help improve hospital car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_1_Brochure_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 1)
Become a
Patient and
Family Advisor
Working Together
to Help Improve
Our Hospital
Is being a patient and family advisor
right for you?
Being a patient and family advisor may be a
good match with your skills and
experiences if…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-timeline-nw.pdf
June 19, 2015 - Recruitment Process Diagram Northwest
Draft H2N Recruitment Process Flow
June 19, 2015
Practice
completes
interest form
Interest form
is received in
H2N email
box
Recruiter sends an
email to practice
scheduling time for a
phone conversation,
provides some
additional information
about H2N via email…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/explain.html
March 01, 2016 - Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores
It is best to keep your actual data displays as uncluttered and simple as possible. However, evidence from cognitive testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) suggests that there is some information that needs t…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/long-covid-care-network.html
March 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Unique Effort to Advance Care for People Living with Long COVID
MAR
15
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Poonam Pardasaney, DPT, M.S., Sc.D.
Long COVID is a generation-defining health challenge. According to the …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-2024-proposed-budget.html
March 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
With New Funds Proposed for 2024, AHRQ is Poised to Tackle Critical Healthcare Challenges
MAR
14
2023
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
I am pleased to report that the proposed Fis…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-an-Advisory-Group.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 2: Form an Advisory Group
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group.
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop an Ev…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit1-suspected-uti-sbar.html
November 01, 2024 - Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Toolkit Effectiveness A study in 12 nursing homes in Texas found that using the Suspected UTI SBAR form reduced antibiotic prescriptions for asymptomatic bacteriuria by about one-third. 1 Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use the Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit? …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips93.html
October 01, 2014 - Missouri Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process Using AHRQ Toolkit
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2012
After participating in AHRQ-sponsored learning sessions and provider support calls, Primaris, the Missouri Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), worked with hospitals in the State to i…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips79.html
October 01, 2014 - Four Kentucky Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation
Search All Impact Case Studies
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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-creative-strategies-lee.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Creative Strategies to Improve Patient Care Experience - Part 4 Lee
What Is A Creative Idea?
Creative idea: An idea that is novel and useful
Creative
Improvement
Ideas
Process
Improvement
Promoting efficiency
by tweaking existing
routines
Patient Engagement
Enhancing patient
partnership by
knowing…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/100-alabama-heart-health-improvement-collaborative-survey.docx
June 02, 2025 - You are invited to take part in a member survey for the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative/Heart Health Improvement Project. The survey includes 19 items related to your experience as a Cooperative Member along with questions related to our work in the future.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neither Agree nor Disagree…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ginsberg-highlights.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Highlights from CAHPS Work
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RECENT
CAHPS WORK
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Director, CAHPS & SOPS
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
29
CAHPS V Accomplishments
• Survey and Item Set Development and Revision:
► Incorporating Teleh…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/composites.html
November 01, 2018 - Combining Quality Measures Into Composites
Composite scores represent small sets of data points that are highly related to one another, both conceptually and statistically. Combining and presenting these items as a single score reduces the potential for information overload. Learn more about Combining Measures…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/intro/overview.html
July 01, 2023 - Section 1: Overview of Key Concepts and Tools
This section provides an overview of the key concepts in the Introduction. More extensive explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2 ; methods for teaching the introduction's concepts are in section 3 . Each of the four modules that follow also inclu…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool2.html
March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
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Table of Contents
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Pati…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/recruitment-pbrn.html
January 01, 2018 - Back to MUI Resources
Recruiting Primary Care Practices for Practice-Based Research: A Case Study of a Group-Randomized Study (TRANSLATE CKD) Recruitment Process
Resource
Full Article on PubMed.
Summary
We assessed the challenging process of recruiting primary care practices …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/evaluation-table3b.html
July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Table 3b. Examples of Evaluation Measures; Additional Categories
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Table of Contents
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Purpose
Summary
Background
Methodology…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/falls.html
Falls
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital, and about 1.3 million residents in nursing facilities fall. Falls can lead to serious injuries, decreased ability to function, reduced quality of life, increased fear of falling, and increase…