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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/antibiotic-stewardship.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Antibiotic Stewardship
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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
The Importance of MRSA Prevention
Decolonization
Tools & Resources for Decolonization
Tools & Resour…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology10.html
April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Diagnostic Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities
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Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Introduction
Perspectives on Diagnostic Impro…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/preface.html
August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
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Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Silence A Commentary
Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Res…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/index.html
December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report for the request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for volu…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules.html
August 01, 2022 - Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit
What is the Communication and Optimal Resolution Process?
The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) process is a process that health care institutions and practitioners can use to respond in a timely, thorough, and just way when unexpecte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/resources/planning-tool/index.html
August 01, 2024 - SOPS Action Planning Tool
This Action Planning Tool was designed primarily for users of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) surveys , as well as the SOPS supplemental items. The SOPS surveys and supplemental items are an important source …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/research-datasets/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Research Datasets for CAHPS Surveys
In response to requests from researchers interested in using CAHPS survey data for research purposes, AHRQ has established a process for researchers to request de-identified data files from the CAHPS Databases. The CAHPS Databases currently include respondent- and organizatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/about/Development-of-the-CAHPS-Surgical-Care-Survey.html
February 01, 2018 - Development of the CAHPS Surgical Care Survey
The development of the Surgical Care Survey was sponsored by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Surgical Quality Alliance (SQA), which was created by ACS in 2005 to coordinate and unify over twenty surgical and anesthesia specialty societies. Developing …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-verduzco-gutierrez.html
August 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Identifying and Disseminating Best Practices To Treat Long COVID
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D. “AHRQ really wants to get at this… Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/eisenberg.html
January 01, 2025 - The John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award
Each year at the AHRQ National Research and Service Award (NRSA) Trainee Research conference, an award is presented in honor of Dr. John M. Eisenberg, who served as AHRQ Director from 1997–2002. An international leader in quality improvement, Dr. Eisenberg de…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-section-6-tables-4-5.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 6, Tables 4 and 5
Table 4: Randomly Selected Hospitals with Emergency Departments in Michigan and Ohio
Name of Institution City State
1 MidMichigan Medical Center-Gratiot Alma MI
2 University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor MI
3 MidMichigan Medical Center-Clare Clare MI
4 Children’s Hospital of M…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/913.html
May 01, 2024 - Data Reveal Uneven Impact of COVID-19 on Urban, Rural Hospitals
Issue Number
913
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 14, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Maternal Deaths by Race/Ethnicity In 2020, out of every 100,000 maternity admissions, an average of 12.2 …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/measures-specifications-sw.pdf
December 31, 2017 - ENSW Clinical Quality Measures
ENSW Clinical Quality Measures
EvidenceNow Southwest (ENSW) uses the ABCS clinical quality measures to track how well practices
deliver evidence-based care for patients. ABCS stands for Aspirin, Blood pressure management,
Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation, the major s…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/care/resources/ontime/pruprev/saworksheet.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Self-Assessment Worksheet for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
The Self-Assessment Worksheet is designed to help staff review how they currently identify residents who have experienced a change in pressure ulcer risk, how they determine if ne…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar8_pu_sustainingpractices.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Prevention Practices at Your Hospital
Sustaining Pressure Ulcer
Prevention Practices at
Your Hospital
Presented by Dan Berlowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
Bedford VA Medical Center
Boston University School of Public Health
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Welcome!
Thank you for joining this
webinar about how to
sustain pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/failure-rescue-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - Failure to Rescue Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR PSLL)
Principal Investigator: George Blike, M.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH
AHRQ Grant No.: HS024403
Project Period: 09/30/15-03/31/20
Description: The overall goal of this project was to create the ideal hospital rescue system. Minimizing fai…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2014-ap1.html
November 01, 2015 - Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update
Appendix: Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Conditions in the Partnership for Patients: Estimates and Projected and Measured Impact
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mch-ref.html
April 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Healthy Living
Maternal and Child Health Care: References
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Table of Contents
Chartbook on Healthy Living
Acknowledgments
Healthy Living
Summary
Healthy Living Measures
Maternal and Child Health Care
Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt1.pptx
October 01, 2015 - Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Chartbook on Health Care for Hispanics
October 2015
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Goals of the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module-1-slides.pptx
September 01, 2015 - Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 1: Overview
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF
September 2015
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational event, the participant will be able to—
Describe the scope of catheter-associated…