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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/index.html
November 07, 2024 - AHRQ Views
AHRQ Views blog posts offer insights into current healthcare issues and describe how AHRQ is working to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable. The list below includes blog posts from current and past Agency directors and staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/evaluation/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Evaluating a CAHPS Report
An evaluation of your CAHPS report after it has been released or distributed can help sponsors and their vendors assess how effectively they achieved their goals. This step is related to but separate from the testing that the CAHPS team encourages survey users to do during the report d…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d6_combo_implementationplan.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation Plan
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
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Implementation Plan
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of the implementation plan is to provide a format
in which to:
• Define the tasks/actions required to implement each selec…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal1.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Report Organization
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Le…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinalsum.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Lear…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012
Updated Inform…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/144-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-surgeons.docx
April 01, 2025 - CUSP Tip Sheet:
Engaging Surgeons in MRSA and SSI Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Issue1-5
Surgeons play crucial roles in quality and safety, as leaders, champions, committee members, and participants in planning and executing change. Each role is …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-072221.pdf
November 19, 2021 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/ambulatory-pediatric-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Ambulatory Pediatric Patient Safety Learning Lab: Pursuing Safe Healthcare at Home
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Elizabeth Walsh, M.D., M.S., Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Co-PI: Eric Kirkendall, M.B.I., M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC AHRQ Grant No.: HS26644 Project Per…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-section-5-table-6.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Section 5, Table 6
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Table 6: Evidence for Timely Fluid Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis or Septic
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Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pediatric considerations in severe sepsis:
In children, definitions of sepsis are…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dxsafety-issuebrief-education.pdf
March 11, 2022 - Issue Brief 7. Improving Education: A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Issue Brief 7
Improving Education—A Key to
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Improving Education—A Key to Better
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Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide1.html
October 01, 2017 - Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals—Understanding Why Change Is Needed
Training Guide
Module Aim
The aim of Module 1 is to introduce the Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit training.
Module Goals
The goals of this introductory module are to identify the overall objectives…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
November 19, 2015 - Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Interim estimates for 2014 show a sust…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/environment-equipment.pptx
March 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
Clean Equipment and Environment
Promotes Safe Resident Care
Training Module 2
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0003-9-EF
March 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Welcome to training module two titled, “Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care.” This is the sec…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Update
Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014
Summary
Interim estimates for 2014 show a s…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare-references.html
October 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
References
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence
Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality
Three Areas To Immediately Advance…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/mackenzie-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model
Final Progress Report
Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures:
Best Practice Model
Colin F. Mackenzie, MD, Principal Investigator
Co-investigators: Yan Xiao, PhD, Grant Bochicchio, MD,
Peter Hu, MS, CNE, F. Jacob Seagull, PhD…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-090914.pptx
January 01, 2014 - Slide 1
Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI
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Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Infectious…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-slides-final508.pptx
June 02, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Teach-Back
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, funded the development of a Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families. A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/4es-early-mobility-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Presentation: Program Overview
The Four Es of Early Mobility
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0018-50-EF
January 2017
Four Es of Early Mobility ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
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Learning Objectives
After this session, you will be able t…