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4041. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (doc file)
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      October 01, 2016 - Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram What is an antibiogram? · Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics for suspected bacterial infections. These tools utilize microbiologic data from resident specimens from a nursing facility to estima…

4042. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 1. Background: Purpose and Use of the Antibiogram What is an antibiogram? • Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved …

4043. AHRQ Tools Help Consumers Across Pennsylvania Take an Active Role in Their Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - AHRQ Tools Help Consumers Across Pennsylvania Take an Active Role in Their Health Care Search All Impact Case Studies April 2017 Hospitals and libraries across Pennsylvania are using AHRQ's " Questions Are the Answer " patient engagement tools and resources as a part of a consumer health literacy education …

4044. CAHPS Emergency Department Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2023 - CAHPS Emergency Department Survey The CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) assesses the experiences of adult patients who received care in an emergency department and were subsequently discharged home (e.g., not admitted to the hospital). This survey addresses the need for an instrument designed for the…

4045. Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources 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 & …

4046. Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship 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…

4047. Sepsis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      Topic: Sepsis AHRQ provides several resources to address sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response to infection that results in tissue damage and organ failure that can lead to death. It is one of the most expensive and difficult to treat conditions in hospitals in the United States. The fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Spend…

4048. Teach-Back: Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2023 - Teach-Back: Intervention Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care Teach-back is a technique for health care providers to ensure that they have explained medical information clearly so that patients and their families understand what is communicated to them. This intervention includes several materials to…

4049. Introduction & Objectives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Introduction & Objectives Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Executive Summary Introduction & Objectives Methods Da…

4050. Defining Health Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2023 - Defining Health Systems The first step in studying health systems is to develop a definition of what constitutes a "health system," which is expected to evolve over time. Below, each Center of Excellence has contributed its own definition as a starting point, as has AHRQ and the Coordinating Center, which it us…

4051. Core CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2019 - Core CUSP Toolkit Created for clinicians by clinicians, the CUSP toolkit is modular and modifiable to meet individual unit needs. Each module includes teaching tools and resources to support change at the unit level, presented through facilitator notes that take you step-by-step through the module, presentation…

4052. Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2024 - Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS ® ) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for hospitals was designed for use with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization's culture supports wo…

4053. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2021 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff Resource:  A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff (PDF, 3 MB) This guide is designed to provide long-term care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. The guide is meant to provide infectio…

4054. Quality Information by State | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2015 - Quality Information by State Innovations Exchange The AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange offers busy health professionals and researchers a variety of opportunities to share, learn about, and ultimately adopt evidence-based innovations and tools suitable for a range of health care settings and population…

4055. Use of Higher-Than-Recommended Doses of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2018 - Use of Higher-Than-Recommended Doses of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents 1 Use of Higher-than-Recommended Doses of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents Section 1. Basic Measure Information 1.A. Measure Name Use of Higher-than-Recommended Doses of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents 1.B.…

4056. Tennessee Population Health Consortium: Proposed Bylaws (pdf file)
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      September 20, 2022 - Tennessee Population Health Consortium: Proposed Bylaws Proposed Bylaws, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Website: www.uthsc.edu/research/populationhealth http://www.nctrianglecoalition.org/ 1 Table of Contents Signature Page ................…

4057. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #4: Formative Evaluation
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      July 15, 2013 - Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #4: Formative Evaluation Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #4…

4058. NGC and NQMC Inclusion Criteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2018 - NGC and NQMC Inclusion Criteria National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Inclusion Criteria Effective June 1, 2014, NGC used the 2011 definition of clinical practice guideline developed by the Institute of Medicine (IO). 1 Clinical practice guidelines are statements that include recommendations intended to op…

4059. Final Progress Report: Conference on Medical Error Communication and Dispute Resolution (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Conference on Medical Error Communication and Dispute Resolution g/o/cbl/pew/conference/AHRQFinalReport11/19 Conference on Medical Error Communication and Dispute Resolution Carol B. Liebman, Principal Investigator Chris Stern Hyman, Co-Principal Investigator William Sage, Consultant/Adviso…

4060. Accessible Facilitator Guide: Designing a Scorecard (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Accessible Facilitator Guide: Designing a Scorecard Designing a Scorecard – Facilitator Notes Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability SAY: The module covers how to design a scorecard for sustaining your surgical improvement efforts. Slide 1 Learning Objecti…