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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0902.html
October 01, 2014 - West Virginia University Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Safety
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March 2009
As a result of implementing AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, West Virginia University Hospitals changed clinical practices and policies in an effort to improve the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinar/asc-use-012121.html
February 01, 2024 - How To Use the AHRQ SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey To Improve Patient Safety (Webcast)
January 21, 2021
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Summary
This webcast provided information on how to use AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS ® ) Ambulatory Surgery Center (A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/nursing-home-workplace-safety.html
October 01, 2024 - New SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes (Webcast)
January 24, 2023
Summary Speakers and Presentation Slides Recording About the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Summary This AHRQ webcast introduced the new Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set that can be added to the end of the S…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/index.html
July 01, 2015 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
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Table of Contents
AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Introduction
Methods
Model State Enhancement Efforts
Spreading the…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/objectives.html
November 01, 2018 - What Are the Objectives for Your Health Care Quality Report?
While all reporting projects aim to inform consumers about health care quality, each project may also have additional goals. Sponsors of quality measurement projects need to be clear about what exactly you are trying to accomplish with a report card a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cg-survey-4-beta-webinar-guiding-concepts.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0 (beta) - Hays
GUIDING CONCEPTS FOR THE
NEW CAHPS® SURVEY
Ron Hays, Ph.D.
University Of California – Los Angeles and RAND Health Program
CAHPS Core Surveys:
Some Examples
Patient Experience with Providers
► Clinician & Group
► Hospice
► Home Health Car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap9.doc
June 02, 2025 - Dear [NURSES NAMES]--
CLABSI Investigation Nurse Letter
(Date)
Dear ____________,
As part of our commitment to eradicate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), we are performing a root cause analysis of all CLABSIs. Patient _______________ met the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention c…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap8.doc
June 02, 2025 - Dear [NURSES NAMES]--
CLABSI Investigation Nurse Letter
(Date)
Dear ____________,
As part of our commitment to eradicate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), we are performing a root cause analysis of all CLABSIs. Patient _______________ met the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention c…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/team-checkup-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - Team Checkup Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Purpose of the tool: This tool helps assess unit strengths and opportunities for improving unit processes and upgrading unit safety culture.
Who should use this tool? Health care teams
Directions: Your team should collectively complet…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/team-checkup-tool.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Team Check-Up Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Team Checkup Tool
Team Checkup Tool
Purpose of the tool: This tool helps assess unit strengths and opportunities for improving unit processes and upgrading unit safety culture.
Who should use this tool? Health care team…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-4txt.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Figure 4: Medication Reconciliation Upon Discharge: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description)
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/virginia.html
March 01, 2021 - Helping Primary Care Teams Rediscover the Joy of Medicine
A former military intelligence officer and undercover policeman, Mr. Mike Talley seems an unlikely candidate to coach primary care practices on ways to improve care. But by adding a master's degree in counseling and on-the-ground experience assisting cli…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-4txt.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Figure 4: Medication Reconciliation Upon Discharge: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description)
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/priorities-contacts/contacts/index.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts
AHRQ welcomes inquiries regarding the Agency's current areas of research interest. Direct your questions regarding program matters to the AHRQ staff listed below.
Address for General Correspondence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 A…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_10_PrvcyConfdn_508.docx
April 01, 2008 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 10)
Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors
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Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 10)
Confidentiality Statement for [insert hospital name] Advisors
As a patient and family advi…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/umass-ambulatory-research-consortium.html
January 01, 2012 - UMass Ambulatory Research Consortium
Status:
Active
Registered Date:
January 1, 2012
PBRN Acronym:
ARC
PBRN Type:
Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing and/or other specialties)
Network Category:
Established
City:
Wo…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr18/index.html
June 01, 2025 - 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
For the 16th year in a row, AHRQ is reporting on healthcare quality and disparities. The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the gene…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/new_model_thinking.pdf
February 01, 2014 - A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION
A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services
The Harms of Screening: an Unseen Problem
Most of us know that screening for cancer and other preventive services
can help save lives…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/antibiotic-use-commitment-poster.docx
November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
Our institution is committed to prescribing the most appropriate antibiotics when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed.
Please ask a member of your medical team if you have any questions about antibiotics.
Thank you!
Antibiotics are lif…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/mass-media.html
December 01, 2022 - Delivering Healthcare Quality Reports Through Mass Media
Mass media—chiefly television, radio, Internet sites, newspapers, and magazines—can be used effectively to educate and promote awareness and use of comparative quality reports.
A few sponsors have experimented with using mass media, particularly magazi…