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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/nursing-home/index.html
June 01, 2025 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey Database
AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey Database as a central repository for survey data from nursing homes that have administered the AHRQ patient safety culture survey instrument and choose to submit their survey data to the SOPS …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/home-health-quality-improvement.html
December 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement
DEC
19
2022
By
a member of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council:
Susan Edgman-Levitan, P.A.
Susan Edgman-Levitan, P.A.
Editor’s Note: This is the third of four AHRQ …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/long-covid-care-network.html
March 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Unique Effort to Advance Care for People Living with Long COVID
MAR
15
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Poonam Pardasaney, DPT, M.S., Sc.D.
Long COVID is a generation-defining health challenge. According to the …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/results.html
November 01, 2018 - Evaluating the Results of a Quality Reporting Project
The purpose of results- or outcome-oriented evaluation goes beyond answering the “did it work” question. To evaluate results, however, you have to be clear about what you wanted to achieve.
What consumer audience were you trying to reach?
What changes …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/about/CAHPS-Database-Brief_01_2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The CAHPS Database
The CAHPS Database
The CAHPS Database is funded by
the U.S. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to
support the use of the Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems (CAHPS®) patient
experience surveys by health plans,
medical groups and practices. CAHPS
survey…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_1_Brochure_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 1)
(Brochure Back)
Is being a patient and family advisor right for you?
Being a patient and family advisor may be a good match with your skills and experiences if you can:
Speak up and share suggestions and potential solutions to help improve hospital car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_1_Brochure_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 1)
Become a
Patient and
Family Advisor
Working Together
to Help Improve
Our Hospital
Is being a patient and family advisor
right for you?
Being a patient and family advisor may be a
good match with your skills and
experiences if…
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/nqs-fact-sheets/nqs-fact-sheet-0214.html
November 01, 2016 - The National Quality Strategy: Fact Sheet
About the National Quality Strategy
How the National Quality Strategy Works
Who Is Responsible for the National Quality Strategy?
What You Can Do
The National Quality Strategy is a national effort to align public- and private-sector stakeholders to achieve…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/patient-experience/prems-proms/index.html
February 01, 2025 - What Are Patient-Reported Measures?
Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are both important tools for measuring and improving quality of care. PREMs focus on patients’ experiences with healthcare services. PROMs focus on patients’ self-reported health stat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/fry-administering.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - CAHPS 101
CAHPS 101
Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
12
What is Patient Experience?
Patient experience refers to what happened in a health care setting. It
encompasses the range of interactions that patients have with the health care
system, inc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-an-Advisory-Group.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 2: Form an Advisory Group
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group.
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop an Ev…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/index.html
April 01, 2022 - Advancing Heart Health Research and Results: What We've Learned
The goal of EvidenceNOW is to assist primary care practices in exceeding the Million Hearts ® target of 70 percent for delivery of each of the ABCS services to improve heart health— A spirin use, B lood pressure control, C holesterol management,…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/tab1.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Table 1. List of Important Measure Constructs, by DRA Domain
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/100-alabama-heart-health-improvement-collaborative-survey.docx
June 02, 2025 - You are invited to take part in a member survey for the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative/Heart Health Improvement Project. The survey includes 19 items related to your experience as a Cooperative Member along with questions related to our work in the future.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neither Agree nor Disagree…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/training/videos.html
March 01, 2022 - Staff Training Videos
As part of this toolkit, videos provide background information about the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection Trial, commonly encountered patient scenarios, and instructions on the proper techniques for cleaning central and midline catheters and lumbar drains with chlorhexid…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-intro.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Scientific Rationale
References
Appendix A. Flow …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-intro.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Scientific Rationale
References
Appendix A. Flow …
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/intro/overview.html
July 01, 2023 - Section 1: Overview of Key Concepts and Tools
This section provides an overview of the key concepts in the Introduction. More extensive explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2 ; methods for teaching the introduction's concepts are in section 3 . Each of the four modules that follow also inclu…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW Stories
AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW initiative has helped more than 1,500 small-and medium-sized primary care practices across America use the latest evidence to improve delivery of primary care and heart health. One in three of these practices operates in medically underserved areas, 75 percent have five …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-PHP-10.pdf
December 14, 2010 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: PHP-10
Completed by:
Page 1 12/14/2010
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: PHP-10
B. Measure Name: WCV in the 3,4,5 and 6th years of life
C. Measure Definition
a. Numerator: At least one well child-care vis…