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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part3-nqs7.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Care Affordability
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Table of Contents
Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks
Health Care for Blacks
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population
Part 2: Trends in Pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/echo/about/209_echo-reporting-measures.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Reporting Measures for the ECHO Survey 3.0 Page 1 of 3
Document No. 209 – 8/31/06
For additional guidance, please email cahps1@ahrq.gov or call the CAHPS Help Line at (800) 492-9261.
ECHO® Survey and Reporting Kit 2004
Reporting Measures for the ECHO® Survey
3.0
Items Included in the Measure Reportin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/3_Deborah_Kilstein_slides_29-40.pdf
January 15, 2014 - Using the CAHPS Database to Compare, Report, and Improve Organizational Performance
CAHPS Sponsor Report
The ACAP Experience
Deborah Kilstein
ACAP Vice President, Quality Management and
Operational Support
January 15, 2014
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Agenda
30
Who is ACAP?
Growing role of health plans
What …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201809.html
January 01, 2019 - AHRQ Toolkit Helped NorthShore Health Track Data to Keep Infection Rates Low
Search All Impact Case Studies
January 2019
Chicago’s NorthShore University Health System was on a mission to maintain low rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). Then NorthShore infection preventionist Mona …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201808.html
December 01, 2018 - Tampa Hospital Uses AHRQ Tools to Reduce Emergency Department CAUTI Rates by 75 Percent
Search All Impact Case Studies
December 2018
Tampa General Hospital staff participated in an AHRQ project and implemented several elements from AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce healthcare…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d2_combo_projectcharter.pdf
December 23, 2009 - Project Charter
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.2
Project Charter
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project charter is to describe the performance
improvement rationale, goals, barriers, and anticipated resources to which the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d2_combo_projectcharter.docx
December 23, 2009 - Project Charter
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the project charter is to describe the performance improvement rationale, goals, barriers, and anticipated resources to which the team will commit.
Who are the target audiences? Staff members directly involved in the improvement project. Consider adding …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/primary-care-research/summary.html
January 01, 2024 - Mapping AHRQ's 30-Year Investment in Primary Care Research (1990-2020)
Summary
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Table of Contents
Mapping AHRQ's 30-Year Investment in Primary Care Research (1990-2020)
Introduction
Methods
Results
Summary
References
Appendix A. Grants Database Search Terms & Analy…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/overhage-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improved Patient Safety with Information Technology
Final Progress Report
Title of Project: Improved Patient Safety with Information Technology
Principal Investigator: J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
Team Members: Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, MD
Chris Steinmetz, MD
Karen Wolf, MD
JingJin Li, PhD…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/saworksheet.docx
June 02, 2025 - On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer
The Self-Assessment Worksheet is designed to help staff review how they currently identify residents who have experienced a change in pressure ulcer risk, how they determine if new clinical interventions are needed, and how they determine w…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
January 01, 2011 - AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011
Introduction
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
are infections that people acquire while
they are receiving treatment for another
condition in a health care setting. They
are costly, deadly, and largely
preventable. A core part of the Ag…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2-tool2a.docx
June 02, 2025 - Primary Care Health Literacy Assessment
Please select one answer that most accurately describes your practice:
Doing Well
Our practice is doing this well
Needs Improvement
Our practice is doing this, but could do it better
Not Doing
Our practice is not doing this
Not Sure or N/A
I don’t know…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/haidesign/haidesign-summary.html
April 01, 2018 - Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs
This report summarizes the role of the built environment in the transmission of pathogens and discusses the impact that design features could have in mitigating transmission in health care facilities.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/162-example-completed-learning-defects-tool.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
Learning From Defects Tool - Example
ICU & Non-ICU
Problem statement: Healthcare organizations can increase the extent to which they learn from defects. We define this learning as reducing the probability that future patients will be harmed.
What is a defect? A defect is any cli…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/SOPS-Hospital-Survey-2.0-English-05.18.21.docx
June 02, 2025 - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0
SOPS® Hospital Survey
Version: 2.0
Language: English
For more information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods, establishing data collection procedures, conducting a web-based survey, and preparing and analyzing data, and pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/iowa-template-appendix1.pdf
June 05, 2025 - University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital: Written Family Discharge Instructions Template Example
Tobacco and Nicotine Education
Note Information about this visit will be available to members of your care team.
Patient/caregiver and understanding verbalized. Copy Provided.
Homecare Instructions
After F…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt1.html
March 01, 2020 - Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 1
2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Introduction
Slide 1
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Chartbook on Health Care for Hispanics
October 2015
Slide 2
Goals of the Chartbook on Health Care for Hisp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/module-2-slides.pptx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program For Long-Term Care: CAUTI
Module 2: Senior Leader Engagement
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Long-Term Care Safety Modules
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-03-EF
March 2017
Senior Leader Engagement | ‹#›
1
Objectives
Identify characteristics of successful senior leaders
List fiv…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-fac-notes.html
June 01, 2017 - Module 5: Visual Management - Facilitator Notes
Slide 1: Management Practices for Sustainability Module 5: Visual Management
Say:
As mentioned in the module on huddles, the frontline management system used to promote sustained, controlled standard work that ensures patient safety relies on several interlo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/ICD-and-CPT-codes.xlsx
January 01, 2018 - 1b.3_ICD_and_CPT_Codes_508
Asthma ICD codes_508
Asthma ICD Codes
Diagnosis ICD Code Version Include Code or Exclude Code Diagnosis Code Inclusion Names
Asthma ICD 9 Include 493.00 Extrinsic Asthma Unspecified
Asthma ICD 9 Include 493.01 Extrinsic Asthma with Status Asthmaticus
Asthma ICD 9 Include 493.02 Extrinsi…