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April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Chapter 2. Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
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Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.docx
April 05, 2013 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
Key Takeaways
Patient and family engagement is not a separate initiative. It is a critical part of what your hospital is already doing to improve quality and safety.
Implementing the Guide is similar to other quality improvement efforts in that it takes time to initiate, i…
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March 13, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook)
Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
Supporting Patient and Family
Engagement: Best Practices
for Hospital Leaders
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June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 5)
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Strategy 1: Patient & Family Advisor Information Session (Tool 5)
Guide to Patient & Family Engag…
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March 06, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Patient and Family Advisor
Orientation Manual
Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
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Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 9)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagem…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-psychological-safety.pdf
September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error
Issue Brief 15
Strategies for Improving Clinician
Psychological Safety in Reporting
and Discussing Diagnostic Error
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September 01, 2019 - 2019 Hospital Survey Pilot Test Results Part I
Pilot Test Results From the 2019 AHRQ
Surveys on Patient Safety CultureTM (SOPSTM)
Hospital Survey Version 2.0
Part I: Overall Results
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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August 01, 2018 - Care Management: Implications for Medical Practice, Health Policy, and Health Services Research
Care Management Issue Brief
Contents:
Executive Summary
Care Management: a Fundamental Vehicle for Managing the Health of Populations
Overview
Strategy: Identify Populations with Modifia…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/auerbach-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE)
1. Title Page
Title: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE)
Principal Investigator and Team Members
Research Team
UCSF
Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH (PI)
Tiffany Lee, BA
Gilmer Valdes, PhD, DABR
Colin Hubbard, Ph…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-07-nac/nacmtg0718-minutes.html
July 01, 2021 - Meeting Minutes, July 2018
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the July 18, 2018, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of March 16, 2018, Meeting Summary
Director's Welcome and Update
Update on AHRQ Data…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/015-ss-hand-hygiene-periop-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
Hand Hygiene in the
Perioperative Setting
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting
SAY:
Welcome to this presentatio…
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February 01, 2007 - Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record
Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral
Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record
Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH; Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH; Matthew Ditmore; David Kiernan;
Robin Johnson; Elisabeth Burdick, MS; Claus Ham…
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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-Perry_49.pdf
March 27, 2008 - High-Hanging Fruit: Improving Transitions in Health Care
High-Hanging Fruit: Improving
Transitions in Health Care
Shawna J. Perry, MD; Robert L. Wears, MD, MS; Emily S. Patterson, PhD
Abstract
Discussions about enhancing the safety of transitions in health care have been disjointed.
Respected health care …
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May 05, 2008 - Using Six Sigma® Methodology to Improve Handoff Communication in High-Risk Patients
Using Six Sigma® Methodology to Improve
Handoff Communication in High-Risk Patients
Kshitij P. Mistry MD, MSc; James Jaggers, MD; Andrew J. Lodge, MD;
Michael Alton, MSN, RN; Jane M. Mericle, BSN, RN, MHS-CL;
Karen S. Frush, MD…
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June 16, 2008 - Development of a Comprehensive Medical Error Ontology
Development of a Comprehensive
Medical Error Ontology
Pallavi Mokkarala, MS; Julie Brixey, RN, PhD; Todd R. Johnson, PhD; Vimla L. Patel, PhD;
Jiajie Zhang, PhD; James P. Turley, RN, PhD
Abstract
A critical step towards reducing errors in health care …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/about-cahps/research/survey-administration-literature-review.pdf
October 01, 2017 - CAHPS Survey Administration: What We Know and Potential Research Questions
CAHPS Survey Administration:
What We Know and Potential
Research Questions
October 2017
The content of this document may be used and reprinted without permission except for the following:
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6h.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 9)
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Table of Contents
Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination?
Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework
Chapter…
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December 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Deep-Rooting Your Data
Deep-Rooting Your Data – Facilitator Notes
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Deep-Rooting your Data
SAY:
This module focuses on the concept of deep-rooting and setting up sustainable interaction with your quality improvement data.
Slide 1
Learning O…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Deep-Rooting Your Data
Say:
This module focuses on the concept of deep-rooting and setting up sustainable interaction with your quality improvement data.
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Say:
At the end of this sessio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/about-patient-narratives-elicitation-protocol-cg30-2315.pdf
April 24, 2018 - About the CAHPS Patient Narratives Elicitation Protocol
CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey and Instructions
About the CAHPS Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol
Document No. 2315
Updated April 24, 2018
About the CAHPS® Patient Narrative
Elicitation Protocol
Introduction .................................…