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1. Patient Self-Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-self-management.html
   following up on a patient visit; planning patient visits that focus on prevention and care management, rather … than on acute care; involving the patient in goal setting, and providing tailored education and skills

2. Limit Technical Information and Caveats in Quality Data Displays | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/limit-info.html
   November 01, 2018 - in a report for management or providers, or in an academic paper, they could be misleading consumers rather … than informing them. … Makes many people think the report is not for “them” but rather for “experts.” … The National Quality Forum has recommended presenting such measures as raw counts rather than as rates

3. Final Report: Embracing the PBRN Model To Improve the Medication Use Process (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lipowski-report.pdf
   January 01, 2024 - Practice-based Research Networks: Research IN Practice rather than Research ON Practice. … Practice-based Research Networks: Research IN Practice rather than Research ON Practice. … Practice-based Research Networks: Research IN Practice rather than Research ON Practice. … Practice-based Research Networks: Research IN Practice rather than Research ON Practice. … Practice-based Research Networks: Research IN Practice rather than Research ON Practice.

4. Measuring the Quality of Hospice Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/hospice.html
   January 01, 2023 - that allow patients in the final phase of life to spend their last days at home or a home-like setting rather … than in a hospital. … It is for patients who have decided that they would rather have comfort care while they remain alive … than curative care that may well be “futile.” … a specific Medicare benefit that requires physicians to indicate they believe the patient has less than

5. Evolution of the Clinician & Group Survey from Version 1.0 to 4.0 (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/evolution-cg-1-4.pdf
   August 01, 2021 - • All items referred to “this provider” rather than “this doctor.” … • Use of a 6-month reference time period rather than a 12-month reference period. … These changes reduce the length of the core surveys: o The Adult Survey is 31 items rather than 34. … o The Child Survey is 39 items rather than 55. … than “did you phone”).

6. Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief3.html
   July 01, 2024 - Malfunction A patient safety event occurred when an infusion delivered 33.5 mg of medication to a patient rather … than the intended 3.5 mg. … Focus on improving healthcare systems, rather than improving healthcare providers. … More than half (6 of 11) reported latent safety threats involved a cognitive aid. … epinephrine administration, failing to recommend a dose, and providing dosing information in milligrams rather

7. Tip 1. In a Quality Report, Write Text That’s Easy To Understand | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip1.html
   May 01, 2015 - For example, say: “Doctor” rather than “physician.” “Get” rather than “obtain.” … “Use” rather than “utilize.” … Rather than relegating definitions to a glossary, provide them wherever you use the terms. … Use acronyms only when the acronym is more familiar to consumers than the full term (such as HIV/AIDS

8. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-9.html
   March 01, 2018 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, these tools dramatically reduced CLABSI rates in more than … hospitals across the country have demonstrated that achieving and sustaining zero CLABSIs for more than … Infection preventionists are the in-house experts; rather than have their role solely focus on data collection … Variation among units is acceptable if standardization is mindful rather than mindless.

9. 131. Treatment Recommendations: Medications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide131.html
   October 01, 2014 - Recommendation: Clinicians should offer 4 mg rather than 2 mg nicotine gum to highly dependent smokers

10. Tool: DESC | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/tools/desc.html
    July 01, 2023 - front of the patient or other team members will allow both parties to focus on resolving the conflict rather … than on saving face. … Use "I" statements rather than blaming statements. Remember that critique is not criticism.

11. Sleep deprivation and clinical performance. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sleep-deprivation-and-clinical-performance
    February 16, 2011 - deprivation and summarize past research that suggests the impact is greatest on mood and cognitive tasks rather … than motor tasks. … clinical settings and the importance of physicians' acknowledging such states as a risk to their patients rather … than a sign of personal weakness. … Rethinking surgical safety: more than just a checklist.

12. Measuring the Quality of Home Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/home-health/index.html
    January 01, 2023 - Measures Cover Skilled Care Rather Than Personal Care/Homemaker Services Home health as a category … assessing Medicare-certified home health agencies focus on skilled care and are far more outcome-oriented than

13. Introduction to Diagnostic Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load1.html
    May 01, 2024 - In addition, diagnostic error may result in serious harm to more than 500,000 Americans each year across … Outcome bias is difficulty accurately judging a decision after the outcome of the decision is known, rather … than based on the information available at the time of the decision. 8 Diagnostic reasoning has historically … decision-making flexibility, 11 is associated with task errors, 12 and can promote default thinking rather … than conscious and analytical thinking. 13 However, CLT as it applies to diagnostic accuracy is a relatively

14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35926/psn-pdf
    July 26, 2010 - litigation, patient safety, and accountability from a perspective that calls for litigation as a driver rather … than a hindrance to safety improvement. … responsibility of safety on hospitals, which actually control the systems contributing to error far more than … , the mission to improve patient safety becomes a priority on a level that is pushed by litigation rather … than slowed by it.

15. Linking to the AHRQ Website | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2025 - If you link to specific items within the website, rather than the Home Page, please Submit a Message

16. PowerPoint Presentation
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed.pptx
    June 02, 2025 - Catheter insertion may be perceived as one of many “tasks” rather than as a component of evidence-based … Think in terms of nursing practice components rather than a set of tasks to be completed. 7 Lack … sterile gloves best type of kit to stock for your patient population Would individual supplies be better than

17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34720/psn-pdf
    April 21, 2011 - evolution of systems described, arguments are made for challenges in linking errors as a specific behavior rather … than an effect of changing work environments. … calls for new system design approaches with greater emphasis on addressing structural deficiencies rather … than human reliability.

18. 4. Assessment of the Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen4.html
    April 01, 2018 - Further, since specialists rather than the primary care providers in the SATIS-PHI/CRC intervention practices … The practice then attached the order form and sent the kit to the lab for processing, rather than having … than to enclose the kit. … We randomly selected a subsample of each of these practice's patients to receive the kit rather than … A number of issues that arose during the intervention implementation were clinical rather than administrative

19. Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (short version) (pdf file)
    integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/Update_Geriatric_Depression_Scale-15.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things? YES / NO 10. … Do you feel you have more problems with memory than most people? YES / NO 11. … Do you think that most people are better off than you are? … Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things? YES / NO 10. … Do you think that most people are better off than you are?

20. The patient's right to safety—improving the quality of care through litigation against hospitals. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-right-safety-improving-quality-care-through-litigation-against-hospitals
    February 17, 2011 - litigation, patient safety, and accountability from a perspective that calls for litigation as a driver rather … than a hindrance to safety improvement. … responsibility of safety on hospitals, which actually control the systems contributing to error far more than … providers, the mission to improve patient safety becomes a priority on a level that is pushed by litigation rather … than slowed by it.