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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-atlas4.html
October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Recommended Core Measures and Next Steps
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Table of Contents
Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
Potential Measure Development Methodology
Poten…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gonzales.html
October 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice
Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Policy University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine Chief Innovation Officer, UCSF Health Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-halamek.html
August 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
“AHRQ is a unique funding agency, one that is incr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/data-research/cahps-data-research-abstract-form-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - CAHPS Data Research Abstract Form
CAHPS Database Research Abstract Form – August 2025 1
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
CAHPS® Database
Research Abstract Form
Instructions
Please use this form to describe the research for which you require AHRQ Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-flowchart.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Statin Therapy Measure Flow Chart
Statin Therapy for the
Prevention and Treatment of
Cardiovascular Disease
Yes
*Contraindications and Exceptions to Statin Use
· Patients with adverse effect, allergy or
intolerance to statin medication therapy
· Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
· Patients who are r…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/rittenhouse.html
October 01, 2015 - Transforming Primary Care Practice: Lessons From the New Orleans Safety Net
Principal Investigator: Diane Rittenhouse, MD
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019139
Number and Type of Practices
This project included five primary care safet…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/placement/settings.html
January 01, 2023 - Settings: Finding the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report
Reconfirming Who Your Audience Is
Before you can identify appropriate settings, you need to have a clear and shared sense of the audience you are trying to reach. Assuming your resources are limited, you’ll probably need to set priorities within …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-lipid-algorithm.pdf
December 14, 2015 - Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Heart Health Now Lipid Algorithm
Adapted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Lipid Algorithm
Men aged >35 y, women aged
> 45 y, and all patients with
ASCVD
Does the patient have CHF
(EF <0.35 and NYHA class >1)
and ESRD, and has the patient
been on dialysis or …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/item-sets/index.html
October 01, 2024 - CAHPS Supplemental Items
Supplemental items are optional questions that survey users can add to their standardized CAHPS instruments to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audiences. For example, a user of the Clinician & Group Survey may want to ask patients to comment on their experie…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/privacy/infosecurity.html
August 01, 2018 - AHRQ Information Security and Privacy Program
This page provides an overview of AHRQ's Information Security and Privacy Program and requirements for protecting against information technology threats and vulnerabilities.
The AHRQ Information Security and Privacy Program fosters an enterprise-wide secure and tr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol for Iodophor
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standing-order-protocol-mupirocin.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-3 – Standing Order Protocol:
Nasal Mupirocin
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-
intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are methicillin-resistant S…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (May 5, 2015)
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
No More CAUTI - Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Elizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FN-CSA
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Mercer County Community College
Slide 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/vaccination/index.html
September 01, 2023 - COVID-19 Vaccination
Vaccines are the best tool we have to prevent people from getting seriously ill and being hospitalized from COVID-19. Following are resources to help nursing homes effectively communicate about vaccines, implement a vaccination program, and track vaccinations of residents and staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/empower-ui-care-flowchart.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Interactive Urinary Incontinence Care Pathway Flowchart
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Interactive Urinary
Incontinence Care
Pathway Flowchart
EMPOWER Team – University
Hospitals of Cleveland
Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/physengagement-slides/Physician-Engagement-Sept-13-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Physician Engagement
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Story of cardiac surgeon not doing check list. Cardiac SICU one year zero infections, then BAM! two infections linked to one noncompliant cardiac surgeon. Or other example story of physicians not being engaged in QI
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One of the issues we hear our teams talk ab…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0504.html
October 01, 2014 - Health Plan Uses AHRQ Data and Surveys to Improve Service to Patients and Their Families
Search All Impact Case Studies
August 2005
MetroPlus Health Plan in New York City is using CAHPS® data and surveys to improve the service it provides to patients and their families. To address some relatively poor score…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit1-start-program.html
November 01, 2024 - Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use This Toolkit? This toolkit provides nursing homes with a simple, step-by-step approach to starting an antimicrobial stewardship program. An antimicrobial stewardship program uses collaborative and evidenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/clinical-care/clinicalcare_slides.pptx
September 03, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Clinical Care of the Hemodialysis Patient
1
Objectives
Summarize key reasons clinical care is important in vascular access infection (VAI) prevention
Identify five occasions in which hand hygiene is critical
Explain practices that all staff members can follow during site access in order to…