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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4s_combo_pdi06-heartsurgery-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4s
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 06: RACHS-1 Pediatric Heart Surgery Mortality
Why focus on pediatric heart surgery morta…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/factraining.html
December 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Facilitator Training
Slide 1: Overview of On-Time
Slide 2: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training
Say:
Welcome to the On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training.
This 2-day Facilitator training …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/cusp-mvpguide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - CUSP Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
AHRQ Safety Program for
Mechanically Ventilated Patients
CUSP Guide for Reducing Ventilator-
Associated Events in Mechanically
Ventilated Patients
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_5_InfoSession_508.pptx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 5)
Insert hospital logo here
Become a Patient
and Family Advisor:
Information Session
[Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation]
Strategy 1: Patient & Family Advisor Information Session (Tool 5)
Guide to Patient & Family Engag…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_9_AdvisorTrain_508.docx
March 06, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Patient and Family Advisor
Orientation Manual
Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
[Type text] [Type text] [Type text]
Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagem…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/roadmap/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Roadmap for Implementing Pediatric Quality Measures for Performance Improvement
This Roadmap serves as a guide for stakeholders planning to implement pediatric quality measures for performance improvement. It is intended for use by states, health plans, hospitals, and other providers embarking on a quality im…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-webcast-transcript.pdf
June 01, 2020 - SOPS™ 101 Webcast Transcript
November 2018 https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/index.html 1
Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users
October 23, 2018 – Webcast Transcript
Speakers:
Laura Gray, M.P.H.
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mccarthy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use
Title Page
EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use
Principal Investigator: Danielle M. McCarthy, MD, MS
Co-Investigators: Mike S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MP…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/ehr-reports.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Producing Accurate Clinical Quality Reports for Population Health: A Delivery System-Oriented Approach to Report Validation
Producing Accurate Clinical Quality
Reports for Population Health:
A Delivery System-Oriented
Approach to Report Validation
March 2016
Authored by:
Jeff Hummel, MD, MPH
Peggy C. Evans, Ph…
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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/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/hand-hygiene.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Hand Hygiene Promotion
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Tools & Resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/why-script.html
February 01, 2016 - Why is Self-Management Support important? (Video Transcript)
Self-Management Support
The thing that really sold me on patient self management is that it allows you to move from being an adversary of the patient in a way to putting your chairs together to be common problem solvers. And this comes up so often b…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=15
April 01, 2013 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 151 - 160 of 191 Publications displayed
Find Publications by Keyword or To…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/nursing-homes.html
October 01, 2022 - Comparative Reports on Nursing Homes
The following reports are examples of comparative information on the quality of care provided by nursing homes.
Report Title: Nursing Home Compare
Website: https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html . Accessed July 21, 2022.
Developer: Centers for Medic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_3_Get_to_Know_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Get to Know Your Health Care Team
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Getting to know your health care team helps you get the best care possible.
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-section-5-table-2.pdf
May 01, 2010 - CHIPRA 241: Section 5, Table 2
Table 2: Evidence for Communication of Weight Classification of Children Who Are Overweight or Obese
Type of Evidence
Key Findings
Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Expert
recommendation
In 2007, the AAP, AMA, and CDC collaborated
to form an expert c…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/step.html
June 01, 2023 - Tool: STEP
STEP is a mnemonic tool that can help individuals monitor critical elements of a situation and the overall environment. It is suitable for use by teams supporting acutely ill patients in a hospital (e.g., an ICU patient the team hopes to wean off a ventilator as quickly as possible), for teams in lon…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/consumer-exp/systems/index.html
October 01, 2014 - Project Overview: Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Current patient safety event reporting systems are aimed at obtaining information from health care providers. However, patients and their family members are in a unique position to identify gaps in care that may have co…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/executive-summary.html
December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=0
December 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer. More
The SHARE Approach Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices implement evidence More
Tools
The …