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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T5-Training_Slides_for_Nursing_Home_Nurses_Phase_3.ppt
May 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Toolkit 3. How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program
Phase 3. Implementation
Training Slides for Nursing Home Nurses
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014
AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0023-6-EF
Today we wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-apptabA-21.html
October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-21. Measure 18: Rate of patients that were ready to improve a targeted behavior
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Table of Contents
Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
Potentia…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-apptabA-20.html
October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
A-20. Measure 17: Referral rate for intensive counseling from a community program
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Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Introduction
Potentia…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/pbrn-managing-growing-webinar.pdf
August 01, 2024 - Managing and Growing an Established PBRN
Managing and Growing
an Established PBRN
June 20, 2024
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Housekeeping and Logistics
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available through Zoom.
• If you have questions for the
panelists, submit them in the
Q&A tool in Zoom.
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recorded…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/decolonization/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Decolonization
Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the skin. It is often used in healthcare facilities when patients carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or other dangerous germs on their bodies. It can keep them from developing an infection themselve…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/index.html
July 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap
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Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap
Executive Summary
1. Introduction and Purpose
2. Priority Questions and Recommendations
3. Conclusion
References
Appendices: Preliminary Work and Finding
Ap…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care-2/clinical-case-scenarios.html
July 01, 2023 - Clinical Case Scenarios
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2
The two clinical case scenarios below illustrate 10 teamwork tools and strategies for improving perinatal care. One scenario focuses on obstetric hemorrhage, and the other scenario focuses on severe hypertension in pregnancy. Both scena…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/051-sample-script-patient-ed-chg-shower.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Teaching Patients How To Shower With CHG:
Key Points & Sample Script
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Properly teaching patients the importance of and how to practice decolonization at home is crucial to pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-30day.html
March 01, 2013 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate" on the Hospital Compare Web Site
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Table of Contents
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
Tool 1: Overview
Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation a…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/integrate-cusp-approach.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
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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
Tool…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0803.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2008
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health used AHRQ's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
July 01, 2025 - Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS)
Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events Medical errors are an ongoing challenge to the healthcare system in the United States. The extent of medical errors in U.S. hospitals was revealed in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (now the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
June 01, 2024 - What Is Patient Safety Culture?
Patient Safety Culture Defined Patient safety culture is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. It refers to the values, beliefs, and norms that are shared by healthcare practitioners and other staff throughout the organization that in…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Prologue_Keyes_Vol3.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue: The Shift toward Performance and Tools
Prologue
The Shift toward Performance and Tools
Margaret A. Keyes, M.A.
The articles in this volume provide a number of perspectives on performance and tools used to
improve the safe delivery of health care. They include a wide variety of approaches that
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/diagnostic-safety-workgroup-march-2022-meeting-notes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety
and Quality in Healthcare
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested “AHRQ to convene a cross agency working …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/primary-care-research/introduction.html
January 01, 2024 - Mapping AHRQ's 30-Year Investment in Primary Care Research (1990-2020)
Introduction
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Table of Contents
Mapping AHRQ's 30-Year Investment in Primary Care Research (1990-2020)
Introduction
Methods
Results
Summary
References
Appendix A. Grants Database Search Terms & …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/landrigan2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Implementing Reduced Work Hours for All House Staff To Improve Patient Safety
Final Progress Report:
Implementing Reduced Work Hours for All House Staff to Improve
Patient Safety
Principal Investigator: Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH
Team Members: Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD, David W. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: UIC Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics Tools for Optimizing Prescribing, Monitoring and Education (TOP-MED)
Lambert, Bruce L. 5U18HS016973-04
FINAL REPORT
UIC CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTICS
Tools for Optimizing Prescribing, Monitoring and Education (TOP-…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2013_0.pdf
October 27, 2014 - Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate
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Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition
Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted
From 2010 to 2013
Summary
Preliminary estimates for 2013 show a further 9 percent decline in the rate of hospital-acqu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dx-safety-21-diagnostic-stewardship.pdf
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief 21 Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Issue Brief 21
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model
To Improve the Quality and Safety
of Diagnosis
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