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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reducing Adverse Drug Events From Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids in Primary Care
Final Progress Report
Reducing Adverse Drug Events from Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids in
Primary Care
Principal Investigator: Andrea M. Wessell, PharmD
Team Members: Steven M. Orns…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/nemeth-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Creating Safe Ambulatory Care: The Path to Resilience
28 November 2009
Title of Project Creating Safe Ambulatory Care: The Path to Resilience
Principal Investigator Christopher Nemeth, PhD
Team Members James Walter, MD
Robert Wears, MD, MS
Richard Cook, MD
Organization The University of Ch…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/blumenthal-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Validation of an Innovative Approach to Error Reduction
Final Progress Report
Validation of an Innovative Approach To Error Reduction
Principal Investigator: David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
Team Members:
Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Paul D. Cleary, PhD (Yale…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
March 27, 2008 - The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
1
The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis
Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure
Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
Lawrence L. Faltz, MD, FACP; John N. Morley, MD, FACP…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-electronic-reports.pdf
February 10, 2014 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer
Healing
Electronic Reports
On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
Table 1: Sample On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
On-Time Existing Pressure Ulcers Report
Unit: A
Date: 02/10/14
Resident
Name (last,
first)
Room
Number
Days
…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/neumiller.html
August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Silence A Commentary
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Carayon.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Observing Nurse Interaction with Infusion Pump Technologies
349
Observing Nurse Interaction with
Infusion Pump Technologies
Pascale Carayon, Tosha B. Wetterneck, Ann Schoofs Hundt,
Mustafa Ozkaynak, Prashant Ram, Joshua DeSilvey, Brian Hicks,
Tanita L. Robert, Myra Enloe, Rupa Sheth, Sade Sobande
Abstract…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Karsh.pdf
April 22, 2004 - Work System Analysis: The Key to Understanding Health Care Systems
337
Work System Analysis: The Key to
Understanding Health Care Systems
Ben-Tzion Karsh, Samuel J. Alper
Abstract
Many articles in the medical literature state that medical errors are the result of
systems problems, require systems analyses, a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Wideman.pdf
April 20, 2004 - Barcode Medication Administration: Lessons Learned from an Intensive Care Unit Implementation
437
Barcode Medication Administration:
Lessons Learned from an Intensive
Care Unit Implementation
Mary V. Wideman, Michael E. Whittler, Timothy M. Anderson
Abstract
An electronic barcode medication administration sy…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thamer-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing Among the US Dialysis Population?
Principal Investigator: Thamer, Mae
FINAL REPORT
TITLE PAGE
Title: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing among the US Dialysis Population?
Principal Investigator and Team Members: M Thamer, PI, and other team members (…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/chsp_linkage_file_tech_doc.pdf
October 01, 2018 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation
Comparative Health System Performance
Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems,
2016, Hospital Linkage File, Technical
Documentation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2017
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg reduced its 30-day readmission rate from 20 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2015 after implementing a discharge progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/tools-resources-decolonization.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
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
…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-checklist-meds-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Checklist: Creating a Medicine List When Patient Brings Medicines
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Checklist: Creating a Medicine List
When patient brings medicines
Starting the Process
� Thank the patient for bringing in his or her medicines.
� Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-common-barriers-card-4x6.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Medication Management: Common Barriers to Medication Adherence
Common Barriers to
Medication Adherence
What Patients Might Say Possible Solutions
My medicine makes me
feel sick.
Prescribe a substitute
medication; change the dose.
I feel fine. Explain how the patient’s
disease affects the body.
I forget.
F…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new-sops-workplace-safety-mcgaffigan.pdf
December 01, 2020 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - McGaffigan
Workforce
Safety
Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS
pmcgaffigan@ihi.org; @Pmcgaffigan_IHI
mailto:pmcgaffigan@ihi.org
Why Workforce Safety Matters
Workforce safety is
essential for safe, high-
quality care and is
preconditional to …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/sustainability-tool.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Module 4: Sustainability
Sustainability Tool
Background: This tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your improvement efforts.
How to use this tool: The Implementation Team leader (or individual designated by the leader) should comple…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage-ptfactsheet.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment.
Please Bring ALL
Your Medicines to Your
Next Appointment
You will work with your health care team to make a medicine list.
Please make sure you bring (in the original container)...
� Prescription medicines.
� Medicines you buy without a prescription
(…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-6/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Module 6: Laying the Groundwork for Care Coordination
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Zvp6SFaH-8g
Video: Laying the Groundwork for Care Coordination (1:00:12)
Slides: Laying the Groundwork for Effective Care Coordination (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Implementation Guide: Laying th…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grant-mgmt/whistleblowers.html
December 01, 2013 - Term of Award: Pilot for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections
As of July 2013, a new Term of Award, Pilot for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections, applies to all grants of AHRQ.
General Term and Condition
Grantees are hereby given notice that the 48 CFR secti…