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www.ahrq.gov/priority-populations/observances/hispanic-heritage/index.html
October 01, 2021 - Grantees Focusing on Hispanic and Latino Populations
Peter Yellowlees, M.D.
“I have found it fascinating to see the way that almost all patients speak differently, using simpler phrases and less words, when using an interpreter. Their descriptions of clinical symptoms and histories is much ric…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/about.html
August 01, 2021 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit
About Measure Specifications and Reporting
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Table of Contents
CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About Measure Specifications and Reporting
Key Driver Diagram
Quality Improvement…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/healthit-ed-2.html
February 01, 2021 - Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments
Electronic Patient Portals
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Table of Contents
Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments
Introduction
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-patient-experience.pdf
June 02, 2025 - What is Patient Experience and How Does CAHPS Measure It?
WHAT IS PATIENT EXPERIENCE
AND HOW DOES CAHPS
MEASURE IT?
Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
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What is Patient Experience?
Patient experience refers to what happened in a health care setting. It
encompasses the range of interactions that pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201506.html
April 01, 2015 - Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Readmissions
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April 2015
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, a 257-bed complex in West Chester, Pennsylvania, part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, was one of 10 hospitals involved in AHR…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/prenatal.html
October 01, 2014 - You Can Quit Smoking
Support and Advice From Your Prenatal Care Provider
en español
Now Is a Good Time to Quit for You and Your Baby
Both you and your baby benefit when you quit smoking. The benefits for both or you are explained below, as are the key steps to quitting successfully.
All information is b…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/prenatal.pdf
September 01, 2008 - You Can Quit Smoking
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN AS SOON
AS YOU QUIT
FOR YOUR BABY:
Your baby will be healthier.
Your baby will get more oxygen.
Your baby will be less likely to be born too soon.
Your baby will be more likely to come home from the
hospital with you.
Your baby will have fewer colds and ear infections.
Your …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-sustainability-centers-of-excellence1.html
April 01, 2025 - Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Introduction
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Table of Contents
Four Pillars for Sustainable Centers of Excellence
Introduction
Center of Excellence Operations
Alignment
Integration
Leadership Support
Windows of Opportunity
Conclusion
Acknowl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/pharmacy/submission.html
September 01, 2024 - Participating in the SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Database
The SOPS ® Community Pharmacy Database is a central repository for survey data from community pharmacies in the United States or in a U.S. territory that administer the AHRQ survey and choose to submit their data. The SOPS Community Pharmacy Databa…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clinical-topics.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Index of Clinical Topics
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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 & Reso…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31103.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Missouri Uses AHRQ's Health Literacy Toolkit to Train and Coach Physicians
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September 2011
The University of Missouri Center for Health Policy, through funding from Health Literacy Missouri, a nonprofit organization based in St. Louis, incorporated AHRQ's "Health …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex1-text.html
July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Exhibit 1. Preliminary Conceptual Framework (Text Description)
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Table of Contents
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methods
Findings
Implications for the Guide
Summary and Discussion
Next …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-011123.html
January 01, 2023 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast)
January 11, 2023
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Summary
This webcast provided an overview of AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) surveys, and explained how they focus on patients…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-coordination/index.html
September 01, 2022 - Care Coordination
Care coordination, a key element for delivery of quality primary care, involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care. This means that the patient's needs an…
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/quality-patient-safety/index.html
August 01, 2020 - What is the NPSD’s Role in Quality and Patient Safety?
By enabling providers, PSOs, and, eventually others to contribute nonidentifiable patient safety data to the NPSD, the stage has been set for breakthroughs in our understanding of how best to improve patient safety. The NPSD will facilitate the aggregation …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections.html
May 01, 2017 - Toolkit Sections
Implementation
Implementation Guide : It may be helpful to review this guide before starting a project to reduce infections and other complications in your ambulatory surgery center. The guide takes users step by step through the execution of technical and cultural interventions surroundi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/state-snapshot-infogr.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare?
State Snapshots
Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare?
AHRQ’s 2017 feature more
than 250 statistical measures to provide
State-by-State summaries of health care quality.
Examples in this illustration show top-scoring States
in 2015 in three areas – …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/news-and-events/events/webinars/chsp-webinar-slides-071223.pdf
July 12, 2023 - The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems: Data Structure Overview
The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems:
Data Structure Overview
July 12, 2023
Presenters
Genna Cohen
Mathematica
Daniel Miller
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
David Jones
Mathematica
Kara Contreary
Mathematica
Eugene Rich
Mathematica
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hsops2.0-webcast-transcript.pdf
January 01, 2020 - SOPS™ Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 webcast transcript
October 2019 https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/index.html 1
Introducing the New
SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0
October 30, 2019 – Webcast Transcript
Speakers:
Laura Gray, M.P.H.
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AH…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-126-fullreport.pdf
May 01, 2018 - Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotics in Children
1
Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotics in Children
Section 1. Basic Measure Information
1.A. Measure Name
Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotics in Children
1.B. Measure Number
0126
1.C. Measure Description
Please provide a non-technical descript…