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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/SOPS-Hospital-Survey-2.0-English-05.18.21.docx
June 02, 2025 - Staff in this unit work longer hours than is best for patient care	
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	4. … When staff make errors, this unit focuses on learning rather than blaming individuals	 
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	4 … Less than 1 year
b. 	1 to 5 years
c.  	6 to 10 years
d.  	11 or more years
2. … Less than 1 year
b. 	1 to 5 years
c. 	6 to 10 years
d.  	11 or more years 
3. … Less than 30 hours per week 
b.  	30 to 40 hours per week 
c. 	 More than 40 hours per week 
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen4a.html
April 01, 2018 - explanation could be that directly providing the test kit to patients increases the odds that stool test rather … than colonoscopy will be the screening modality used. … been even higher if we had been able to send stool test kits directly to all intervention patients rather … than having to use a card intervention for most of them. … This finding does mean that these four patients were diagnosed with CRC but rather that an abnormality
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/phillips-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - from reporting to the Center for Health 
Statistics, whereas other facilities preferred to pay a fine rather … than report to DSHS. … discharges indicating CDI acquired in the hospital, 69% were for patients 
over 65 years, and less than … that the driving factors of hospital-acquired CDI in Texas in 
2011 were individual characteristics rather … than hospital characteristics.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool9_trans_care.docx
July 28, 2016 - transportation, and social support, can greatly affect the likelihood that those needs can be addressed, rather … than deferred, prior to discharge. … A team at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California reviewed more than 500 adult readmissions (all payer
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Rivard_97.pdf
April 28, 2008 - adverse events.3, 5  
There is some correspondence of finding to method: when administrative data rather … ) rather than a broader definition (ACGME accreditation or presence of residents) or 
a ratio of residents … However, in both VA and NIS, more of the major teaching hospitals were large in bedsize, rather 
than … Overall, 
VA patients were older than patients at NIS facilities. … that the key nurse staffing predictor of patient safety may be RN-only staffing or 
nursing skill mix rather
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi5.html
January 01, 2013 - lowest reporting rates were found in the most recent months and probably reflect ongoing data submission rather … than missing data (NHSN data from 39 units in July and 19 units in August),  Figure 3  reflects data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-UTI-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Would you ask her about signs and symptoms of infection (other than a UTI)? Good choice. … A second lesson is that if an antibiotic does not seem to be improving symptoms, rather than immediately … If the resident is asymptomatic, a positive urine culture might indicate asymptomatic bacteriuria rather … than infection.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=2
October 17, 2014 - In the rare instances that a PHS 2590 is to be submitted rather than an RPPR (Research Performance Progress … multi-year funded (MYF) awards (awards in which the budget and project periods are the same and are longer than
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/survey3.0/adult-eng-cg30-2351a.pdf
July 01, 2015 - Survey 
Version: 3.0 
Population: Adult 
Language: English 
Notes 
• References to “this provider” rather … than “this doctor:” This survey uses “this provider” 
to refer to the individual specifically named … 1  Less than 6 months 
2  At least 6 months but less than 1 year 
3  At least 1 year but less than 3 … years 
4  At least 3 years but less than 5 years 
5  5 years or more 
Your Care From This Provider in … High school graduate or GED 
4  Some college or 2-year degree 
5  4-year college graduate 
6  More than
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/intro-daily-care-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - SpO 2  of less than 88% for ≥ 5 minutes. 
 Acute cardiac dysrhythmia. … Fewer than two signs of respiratory distress:
	 
 Tachycardia. 
 Bradycardia. … Registered Nurses and Respiratory Therapists initiate SATs/SBTs rather than doctors:
	 
 Automatic for … Society 4 
 
 Recommends that patients should be kept in a semi-recumbent position (30-45 degrees) rather … than supine to prevent aspiration.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/community-pharmacy/pharmacy-user-guide.pdf
July 01, 2018 - If so, each pharmacy has to be identified as a separate site 
rather than being surveyed as one entity … If you want staff to return their surveys by 
mail, rather than returning them to the pharmacy POC or … If 
you plan to use commercial off-the-shelf software rather than having a vendor design and 
develop … Forcing a 
response may cause them to make a wild guess, rather than provide an informed answer. … This pharmacy helps staff learn from their mistakes rather than punishing them. 
C7.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - -36), clinicians receiving SE emails ordered 
significantly fewer inappropriate PSA screening tests than … Rather, it alters the learning process itself so that new knowledge is retained 
more effectively. … In medical education, the most important outcome measure is not the generation of 
new knowledge but rather … 40 years of age, greater than 75 years of age, or with less than a 10-year life expectancy. … age 76, younger than age 40, or with an 
estimated life expectancy of fewer than 10 years.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kaminski-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - this factor analysis, it appears that multiple barriers do not cluster regarding 
type of barrier; rather … datum represents the frequency of 
noting whether or not  the patient was prescribed ACE inhibitors  rather … than frequency 
that  ACE inhibition was actually prescribed. … this 
datum  represents the frequency of noting whether or not the patient was prescribed 
aspirin  rather … than frequency that aspirin was actually prescribed.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/weingart2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The presence of any service quality deficiency 
more than doubled the odds of any adverse event or error … The 
third project focused on the hospital, rather than patient, as unit of analysis and aimed to 
assess … Do organizations that 
deliver patient-centered care produce fewer than expected complications? … days and 3 months after the index visit, we identified almost 90% of 
adverse drug events by interview rather … than chart review.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.docx
June 02, 2025 - Learning, rather than blame, is emphasized when mistakes are made ................................... … More than 40 hours per week
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b3a_pdi_chartinstructions.pdf
June 02, 2025 - the estimate of how a hospital would perform on an 
indicator for an average case mix of patients, rather … than its own case mix.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3a_combo_chartinstructions.pdf
June 02, 2025 - the estimate of how a hospital would perform on an 
indicator for an average case mix of patients, rather … than its own case mix.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/segall-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - 20 seconds was significantly higher in the 48-patient condition than in all 
other conditions. … additional delay.3 However, research on this topic often starts at 
the point of arrest recognition rather … than at the time the arrhythmia actually begins. … That is, low scores usually reflected fewer detections of patient status changes rather than 
incomplete … higher in the 48-
patient condition than in all other conditions.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/outcomes.html
October 01, 2015 - year) in specialty care office visits, leading them to conclude that secure messaging complemented, rather … than substituted for, office visits. 38 
 Other findings from Tai-Seale and colleagues suggested a complex … For patients whose level was greater than 9 percent, encounters with primary care providers declined, … cost savings for either population. 40  The findings suggest that multiple changes and PCMH elements, rather … than a single element or practice improvement, are necessary to achieve cost savings.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-study-outcomes.html
March 01, 2017 - year) in specialty care office visits, leading them to conclude that secure messaging complemented, rather … than substituted for, office visits. 38 
 Other findings from Tai-Seale and colleagues suggested a complex … For patients whose level was greater than 9 percent, encounters with primary care providers declined, … cost savings for either population. 40  The findings suggest that multiple changes and PCMH elements, rather … than a single element or practice improvement, are necessary to achieve cost savings.