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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/kellogg-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Emergency Physician Workload
Emergency Physician Workload
Grant Award Number: R03-HS024801
Principal Investigator: Kathryn M. Kellogg, MD, MPH
Team: Allan Fong, MS
Raj Ratwani, PhD
Rollin J. Fairbanks, MD, MS
Amy Will
Tracy Kim
Organization: MedStar Health
MedStar Institute for Inno…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/007-ss-contact-precautions-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Contact Precautions
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Contact Precautions
SAY:
Welcome to this presentation on contact precautions. This presentation wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load-references.html
May 01, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
Introduction to Diagnostic Errors
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Cognitive Load
Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diag…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cvd-risk-calculator.pdf
February 01, 2022 - INTEGRATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK CALCULATORS INTO PRIMARY CARE
NATIONAL CENTER
FOR EXCELLENCE IN
PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH
INTEGRATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
RISK CALCULATORS INTO PRIMARY CARE
This brief guide is designed for practice facilitators and primary care practices who
may be intere…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-database-report-appendix.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Nursing Home Survey: 2025 User Database Report Part II
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®)
Nursing Home Survey:
2025 User Database Report
Part II:
Appendix A—Results by Nursing Home Characteristics
Appendix B—Results by Respondent Characteristics
Prepared for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspxspecs.pdf
February 01, 2018 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits - Functional Specifications
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes:
On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency
Department Visits
Functional Specifications
Current a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Wakefield2.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Development and Validation of the Medication Administration Error Reporting Survey
475
Development and Validation of the Medication
Administration Error Reporting Survey
Bonnie J. Wakefield, Tanya Uden-Holman, Douglas S. Wakefield
Abstract
Analysis of medication errors can lead to system improvement and reduc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in Patient Safety
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Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in
Patient Safety
Final Research Report to AHRQ
Principal Investigator: Joel S. Weissman, PhD
February 6, 2006
Co-Investigators and Study Staff (i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
1
Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital,
Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.docx
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital, Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see how you are doing, and see if …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/nursing/alt-text.html
April 01, 2013 - “Role of the Nurse Manager” Slide Content and Alternative Text
Slide Number and Title
Slide Content
Content for Alternative Text (Illustration)
Slide 1
Title Slide
(CUSP logo)
The “Role of the Nurse Manager” module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP t…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar01/fuzzysetsq-a.html
July 01, 2013 - Fuzzy Set Analysis
Presenters' Responses to Questions
The following are written responses by Dr. Marcus Thygeson, Dr. Jodi Holtrop, and Dr. Michael Harrison to questions that were sent in during the webinar but could not be answered within the one-hour time frame. These responses were edited by the Moderator,…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the environment and devise a detailed plan for implementation. The first phase of implementing an antibiogram program is to conduct a thorough assessment of the nursing home’s capacity a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/4-ASC_Webcast_2021-Famolaro.pdf
January 01, 2021 - How to Use the AHRQ SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey to Improve Patient Safety - Famolaro
SOPS ASC Database and Resources
20
Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
SOPS Databases
21
Hospital Nursing
Home
Medical
Of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/diy-run-chart-tool.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - Instructions
Safety Net Medical Home Initiative Do-It-Yourself Run Chart Tool
Instructions
This is a tool to create run charts for the measures sites are t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T4-Training_Slides_for_Prescribing_Clinicians_Phase_3.docx
May 01, 2014 - Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Title Slide
Toolkit 3. How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program
Phase 3. Implementation
Training Slides for Prescribing Clinicians
[PRINT OUT COPIES OF THE VIGNETTES AND ANTIBIOGRAMS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. PASS OUT THE VIGNETTES EARLY, THEN PROVIDE THE ANTI…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/945.html
February 01, 2025 - Better Nurse Staffing Levels Associated With Lower Rates of Cesarean Section
Issue Number
945
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
February 11, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Rates of Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections by Hospital Type The rate of ce…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring
Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs
Abstract
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
used the tools from the Pediatric QI Toolkit – which …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/969.html
August 01, 2025 - Study Identifies Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Misuse
Issue Number
969
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
August 5, 2025
Today’s Headlines: Study Identifies Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medic…