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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide213.html
October 01, 2014 - 213. Specific Populations and Other Topics (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Clinical issues for treating specific populations
Issue
Approach
Language
Ensure that interventions are provided in a language the patient underst…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-action-plans.html
February 01, 2018 - National Action Plans
The work of AHRQ and other Federal agencies is guided by work groups, committees, investigators and expert advisors who contribute to reports on specific topics that impact health care.
National Action Plans
National Action Plans are developed with expert input to provide a framework f…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/links/index.html
July 01, 2025 - Linking to the AHRQ Website
Information about establishing links to the AHRQ website.
Our Home Page address: https://www.ahrq.gov We prefer linkages to the Home Page. If you link to specific items within the website, rather than the Home Page, please Submit a Message to notify us and provide the relevant U…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/teachback-infographic.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Data Infographic: More adults report always being asked to teach back providers' instructions (
More adults report always being asked
to teach back providers’ instructions
To start teach-back, providers ask patients to explain in their own words what they
need to know or do. This approach helps determine whether p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/marcin-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Factors Associated With Quality of Care Delivered to Children in US EDs
Factors Associated with Quality of Care Delivered to Children in US EDs
PI: James P. Marcin, MD
Co-Investigators: Madan Dharmar, MBBS, PhD; Patrick Romano, MD; Nathan Kuppermann,
MD, MPH
Organization: Regents of the Uni…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/module4-leadership.pptx
January 05, 2022 - Module 4: Leadership
Module 4
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis
TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis Improvement
Welcome to the TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement course. This presentation will cover Module 4, Leadership To Improve Diagnosis, that you will review as the course facilitator.
Individuals who plan to take the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Program Evaluation - PowerPoint Presentation
Program Evaluation
Module 8 of 8
SPPC-II
Toolkit
JHU & AHRQ for
AIM
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Hospital AIM Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Welcome to Module 8 of the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit. In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Program Evaluation - PowerPoint Presentation
Program Evaluation
Module 8 of 8
SPPC-II
Toolkit
JHU & AHRQ for
AIM
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Hospital AIM Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Welcome to Module 8 of the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit. In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_9_AdvisorTrain_508.pdf
March 06, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Patient and Family Advisor
Orientation Manual
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Table of Contents
About This Orientation Manual ..........................................................…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Keller.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Best Practices for Medical Technology Management: A U.S. Air Force–ECRI Collaboration
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Best Practices for Medical
Technology Management: A U.S. Air
Force–ECRI Collaboration
James P. Keller, Jr., Stephen Walker
Abstract
For more than 25 years, the U.S. Air Force has contracted ECRI, an independent
and n…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/co.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: Colorado
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in Colorado.
Colorado is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No . 3: How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health?
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nm.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: New Mexico
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in New Mexico.
New Mexico is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 3: How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-cusp.html
May 01, 2017 - Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Overview
The Comprehensiv…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/adjustment-scoring.html
January 01, 2023 - Making Adjustments to Health Care Quality Scores
One of the most thorny topics in quality measurement is the adjustment of scores across different plans or providers to account for differences in the characteristics of their patients or themselves. This page reviews key issues related to adjustments to scores…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/perioperative-hand-hygiene.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nas…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2
Resources to help labor and delivery units reduce obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension in pregnancy
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/hospital/databases/submission.html
August 01, 2025 - Participating in the SOPS® Hospital Survey Database
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS ® ) Hospital Database is a central repository for survey data from hospitals in the United States or in a U.S. territory that administered the AHRQ SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 and choose to submit their data…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/tools.html
February 01, 2018 - Ambulatory Care
AHRQ is committed to improving the safety and quality of ambulatory care in the United States. Ambulatory care is care provided by health care professionals in outpatient settings. These settings include medical offices and clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient departments, an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
September 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative
Alabama Cooperative
Project Name:
Alabama Cardiovascular
Cooperative
Principal Investigators:
Andrea L. Cherrington, MD, MPH
and Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH,
FAHA, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Cooperative Partners:
Alabama Department …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe33.html
October 01, 2014 - Iowa Medicaid Uses AHRQ Research, Data to Improve Quality
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2010
As a result of participating in the Medicaid Medical Directors Learning Network—an AHRQ Knowledge Transfer project—the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, in consultation with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, used…