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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-scripts-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Scripts
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Create a Safe
Medicine List Together
Scripts
Request patients bring in all their medicines
[Clinician] wants you to bring all of your medicines to your next appointment s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/submission-form-nw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - H2N BP Chart Abstraction Protocol and Timeline
H2N Chart Abstraction Protocol
Goal: to abstract BP data for Q42015, Q42016, Q42017 from practices who are unable to produce electronic ABCS
reports. Ultimate goals is a dataset of BP from 3 quarters from 188 practices total to enable analysis of specific aims.
P…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/disgrants.html
October 01, 2014 - Recently Funded Dissertation Grants
List of recently funded dissertation grants.
Principal
Investigator
Grant
Number
Institution
Title
Anticipated Completion
Bender, Annah
R36 HS22818-01
Washington University, St. Louis
Rural Primary Health Care Providers Response to Intimate…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=5
November 01, 2017 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 51 - 60 of 191 Publications displayed
Find Publications by Keyword or Topi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 3. Resident Information Sheet: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
One of your tests showed that you have a type of bacteria that cannot be treated with the antibiotics you have been taking. [Optional: Insert specific information about the bacteria found, the culture site, and which antibiotics are not effective.] It is…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/getting-started/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Getting Started
This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.
CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/150-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
CUSP Tip Sheet:
Celebrating Success and Spreading MRSA Prevention Beyond the Unit
ICU & Non-ICU
Purpose
Recognizing success, large and small, both early on and long term is important to sustainability. Communicating success can help frontline personnel have the courage to speak …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
October 01, 2024 - Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is the bath, not a top coat.1,2
CHG is the bath itself. Do not bathe the patient with regular soap and water and then follow up with CHG.
CHG is better than regular soap and water and binds to skin proteins, killing germs for 24 hours.
Ensure cleaning of the face and hair.3
CHG is safe to…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool
Tool 2: Readmission Review tool
Purpose
Readmission reviews are designed to elicit the “story behind the story”: going well beyond chief complaint, discharge diagnosis, or other clinical parameters to understand the communication, coordination, or other logistical barriers experienc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/kenzie_pneumococcal_vaccine.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Understanding and Addressing High Rates of Refusal of Pneumococcal Vaccination Among African-Americans
Research Centers for Excellence
in Clinical Preventive Services
Working to get the right services, to the right people, at the right time
Understanding and Addres…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/cmsqualconf0615.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Second Annual CMS Quality Conference: Improving Care and Proving It!
National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality
Demonstration Grant Program: An Update
Second Annual CMS Quality Conference:
Improving Care and Proving It!
Baltimore, Maryland
June 15, 2012
http://www.urban.org/index.cfm
Mathematica: H.…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed.pptx
September 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Patient and Family Engagement in the ED
Sue Collier, RN, MSN, FABC
Clinical Content Development Lead
Health Research & Education Trust
American Hospital Association
1
1
Learning Objectives
Define patient and family engagement.
Describe examples of engaging patients and familie…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/effectivetreatment.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Effective Treatment
Effective Treatment
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Chartbook on Effective Treatment
Acknowledgments
Effective Treatment
Effective Treatment Trends and Measures
Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes
HIV and AIDS
Men…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/two-more/slides.html
May 01, 2013 - Two More E's and How to Spread
Contents
Slide 1. Two More E's and How to Spread
Slide 2. Learning Objectives
Slide 3. Implementation Framework
Slide 4. Implementation Framework
Slide 5. Endure—Plan for Sustainability
Slide 6. Endure—Plan for Sustainability
Slide 7. Endure—Plan for Sustainability
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/composite-measures-english.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and
Items
In this document, the items in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to
the safety culture composites the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-section-6-table-5.pdf
January 01, 2013 - CHIPRA 235: Section 6, Table 5. Reasons for Variance
Table 5. Reasons for Variance in Specialty Identification and Reliability for Concurrent Data
Analyst
1
Analyst
2
Reliability
Cardiology 2012 99.4%
Data update: State specialty taxonomy record was added
after Analyst 1 data extraction
3
Dat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/depression/chipra-247-section-2.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Adolescent Depression Remission/Response Measure Description
Adolescent Depression Remission/Response
Measure Description
Percentage of patients 12 to 17 years of age with the diagnosis of major depression or dysthymia and
an initial PHQ-9 or PHQ-A score greater than 9 who achieved remission or response withi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/team-roster.docx
March 01, 2017 - BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix A. Team Roster
This template provides suggestions about roles, characteristics, and responsibilities for members of your improvement team. Develop your team and documen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Influenza
Diagnosis
• Influenza should be suspected during influenza season in patients with new fever, sore throat, cough,
myalgias, or rhinorrhea.1
o The current prevalence of influenza can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
local health department websites.
• If there is a high p…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…