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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appc.html
May 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Appendix C: VTE Measurement and Tracking
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery
Chapter…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/lamb-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Automated Image Analysis for the Prevention of Radiotherapy Delivery Errors
Final Report: Automated Image Analysis for the Prevention of Radiotherapy Delivery Errors
Resubmission Date 1-10-2024
Title of Project: Automated I…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lin-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Measurement of Decision Quality in Coronary Artery Disease
Measurement of Decision Quality in Coronary Artery Disease
Grace A. Lin, MD, MAS, Principal Investigator
R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Mentor
Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc, Co-mentor
Organization: University of California, San Francisco
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/greenes-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Automated Lab Test Followup To Reduce Medical Errors
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Greenes, David S.
Automated Lab Test Follow-up to Reduce Medical Errors
Principal Investigator: David S. Greenes, MD
Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston
Team …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/fenton2-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging
Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging
Principal Investigator: Joshua J. Fenton, MD, MPH
Team Members: Anthony Jerant. MD
Camille Cipri, BS
Melissa Gosdin, PhD
Daniel Tancredi, PhD
Guibo Xing, P…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/cahptab.html
December 01, 2017 - Factors for Selecting Performance Measures
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Factors
CAHPS®
HCUP QIs
HEDIS®
Title V
Suitable for comparing?
Yes, if CAHPS® specifications followed.
Not designed for com…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide130.html
October 01, 2014 - 130. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Bupropion
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Patient selection
Appropriate as a first-line medication for treating tobacco use
Precautions, warnings, contraindications and side effects (see FDA pack…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apii.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Appendix II: Technical Expert Panel and Federal Partners Group
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Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T4-Be_Smart_About_Antibiotics_Final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Be Smart
About Antibiotics
Taking antibiotics when you don’t need them is like leaving the lights on all the
time.
• The lights may burn out, leaving you in the dark when you most need them.
• If you use antibiotics when you don’t need them, they may
not work when you get sick.
Antibiotics can help the body figh…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/067-dec-staff-sample-adherence-report.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Decolonization:
Sample Adherence Report
ICU & Non-ICU
Use this document to build a useful report that allows tracking of daily adherence and for drilling down as needed to identify shifts or personnel who have the lowest adherence and therefore may need reinforcement or …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/014-bcx-algorithm-decision-support-tool.docx
October 01, 2024 - Blood Culture Algorithm Decision Support Tool
Originally published in “Does This Patient Need Blood Cultures? A Scoping Review of Indications for Blood Cultures in Adult Nonneutropenic Patients” by Fabre et al in Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2020. Used with permission. Image is adapted.
AHRQ Safet…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201504.html
March 01, 2015 - Buffalo Hospital Uses TeamSTEPPS® to Improve Pediatric Patient Safety
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2015
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, the only pediatric facility in Western New York, has used an AHRQ-designed patient safety program to improve care for children with bronchiolitis. Hospita…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-CC-5.pdf
December 17, 2010 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: CC-5
Completed by:
Page 1 12/17/2010
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: CC-5
B. Measure Name: Follow up after hospitalization for mental illness
C. Measure Definition – 2 rates reported
1) 7-day Follow-up…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/ehrformatfaq.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Children's EHR Format: Frequently Asked Questions
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Health IT
1. What is the children’s electronic health record (EHR) Format? The Format is a set of requirements that
contains child-specific items (or items of special import…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-FEC-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: FEC-5
Completed by:
Page 1 1/4/2011
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: FEC-5
B. Measure Name: HEDIS CAHPS 4.0 – Subset of Composite Measures for Children with Chronic
Conditions
C. Measure Definition
a. …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/physician/examples.html
September 01, 2019 - Examples of Physician Quality Measures for Consumers
Following are a few examples of physician quality measures that research evidence and practical experience suggest are appropriate for reporting to consumers. The list is categorized by the Institute of Medicine’s domains for a quality health care system; for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-growth.pdf
June 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Growth
Growth
General Growth
■ Use growth charts made specifically for premature infants.
■ After infant reaches term corrected gestational age, a standard growth chart may be used.
■ Use corrected postmenstrual age until 2 years of age.
■ Interpretations of catch-u…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/index.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Next Page
Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/jit-chg-cloth-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Just in Time Training: Chlorhexidine Cloth Bathing or Showering Plus Nasal Iodophor
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 11-3 – Just in Time Training:
Chlorhexidine Cloth Bathing or Showering Plus Nasal Iodophor
What Is Targeted Decolonization?
Our …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/jit-chg-liquid-mupirocin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Just in Time Training: Chlorhexidine Basin Bathing or Showering Plus Mupirocin
AHRQ Pub. No. 20(22)-0036
March 2022
Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 11-2 – Just-in-Time Training:
Chlorhexidine Basin Bathing or Showering Plus Mupirocin
What Is Targeted Decolonization?
Our hospital i…