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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/how-to-use.html
January 01, 2017 - How To Use This Toolkit
This toolkit consists of four modules to help you improve care for mechanically ventilated patients:
Module on How To Apply CUSP for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Technical Bundles Module
Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module
Sustainability Module
The …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/abate/nursing-protocols.html
May 01, 2022 - Nursing Protocols
The Toolkit for Decolonization of non-ICU Patients With Devices includes the trial-based 1 protocols for decolonization with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 2% nasal mupirocin. Also included are common alternatives to the trial-based protocols for implementing decolonization.
Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/assessing/evaluation-report/index.html
August 01, 2023 - Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Workgroup Evaluation Report
Evaluation Report
Implementing PCOR To Increase Referral, Enrollment, and Retention in Cardiac Rehabilitation Through Automatic Referral With Care Coordination
Overview
Although interest in nontraditional models of care in cardiac rehab…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/overview.html
May 01, 2023 - Key Implementation Phases and Activities
The figure below provides an overview of the key processes required for any successful implementation.
Pre-implementation activities begin by assessing readiness and considering the goals of your implementation and how they will be measured.
Active implementation …
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Create a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing
For information on how the materials below can be integrated into institutional efforts to improve antibiotic use, read the Implementation Guide for Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (PDF, 402 KB).
Presentations
Improving antibi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/clinician-smart-set.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Female Urinary Incontinence Smart Set
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Female Urinary
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IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/technical-bundles-early-mobility.html
March 01, 2017 - Early Mobility
Early Mobility Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients ( PDF , 1 MB)
This guide provides an overview of the importance of early mobility to the mechanically ventilated patient, explains how early mobility improves patient outcomes, and assists in deve…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-AC-17.pdf
December 16, 2010 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: AC-17
Completed by:
Page 1 12/16/2010
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: AC-17
B. Measure Name: Otitis Media with Effusion (OME): Systemic antimicrobials – Avoidance of inappropriate
use
C. Measure Defini…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/how-to-use.html
July 01, 2023 - How To Use the Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety
Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety
The Toolkit consists of three pillars— Teamwork and Communication for Perinatal Safety , Perinatal Safety Strategies , and In Situ Simulation —that a labor and delivery unit can use to teach team members how to appl…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/grantees/coe-2-0.html
September 01, 2021 - PQMP 2.0 Centers of Excellence
In October 2016, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) embarked on a new phase of work seeking to improve and refine quality measures that were developed across diverse areas during the initial phase of the PQMP.
In accordance with Title III, Sec. 304(b) of the Medicare…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-AC-4.pdf
December 16, 2010 - MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: AC-4
Completed by:
Page 1 12/16/2010
MEASURE SUMMARY
CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures
A. Control #: AC-4
B. Measure Name: Pediatric catheter associated blood stream infection rates (ICU and high risk nursery
patients)
C. Measure Defin…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/why-evaluate.html
May 01, 2019 - Why Evaluate a Health Care Quality Reporting Project?
Just as report sponsors hope that health care providers and plans will use data on quality to improve their performance, you need to gather and use data to improve your reporting efforts over time. Experienced report sponsors approach their reporting initiat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/skills/patient-assessment-chg-bed-bath.docx
March 01, 2022 - PATIENT Self-Bathing Skills Assessment: Bed Bath With 2% CHG Cloth
Patient Name_______________________ Unit_________ Date________________
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 12-2 – Patient Self-Bathing Skills Assessment:
Bed Bath with 2% Chlorhexidine Cloth
Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is a …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-surveillance.html
April 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance
National Healthcare Safety Network Data Reporting Web site
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) provides long-term care facilities with a system to track CAUTI and other infections in a strea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/finklestein.pdf
December 19, 2014 - Comprehensive Informatics Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research Dissemination
Research to Help Underserved Populations
Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness
Research Products
Comprehensive Informatics Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research Dissemination
D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-written-statement.pdf
February 12, 2014 - CHIPRA 133: Written Statemen
February 12, 2014
IP Rights Statement
Measure: Availability of o…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/advisorycouncil/adcouncilapc.html
April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Appendix C. Confidentiality Statement
Patient advisory council members must sign confidentiality statements as part of their membership processing. A sample follows:
A federal law called "HIPAA" (Health Insurance Portability and Accounta…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA118-Materials_Written_Statement.pdf
February 12, 2014 - February 12, 2014
IP Rights Statement
Measure: Distribution of temperatures for low birthweight neonates admitted to Level II or higher
nurseries in the first 24 hours of life
This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CM…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-mats-written-statement.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Materials Written Statement
Submitted 2/27/14
This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures
Program Centers of Ex…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-02-ginsburg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS 101
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP,
Director, CAHPS Division
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
AHRQ’s Core Competencies
• Research: Invest in research and evidence to make health care
safer and improve quality.
• Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care
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