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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/functspecs.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Functional Specifications
1.0. Functional Specs for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
2.0. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Reports
3.0. Specifications for Each Pressure Ulcer Prevention Report
3.1. Nutrition Risk Reports: High Risk and …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201538.html
January 01, 2016 - Department of Commerce Agency Uses MEPS for New Scrutiny of Health Care Spending
Search All Impact Case Studies
January 2016
Data from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) are being used by a U.S. Department of Commerce Agency to develop and support a new national statistical measure that detail…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/engage-tool.html
July 01, 2022 - Family-Centered Rounds Toolkit
Family-centered rounding (FCR) is a key patient engagement strategy for hospitalized children. FCRs have become the standard of care, despite the limited evaluation of benefits or interventions to support high-quality delivery.
The FCR Toolkit was designed to increase family en…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-234-technical-specs.pdf
December 01, 2015 - CHIPRA 234 Technical Specifications
Q-METRIC Availability of Specialty Services Measure 5, Access to Outpatient Dental Care for Children
U18HS020516
Page 33
Submitted December 2015
Measure 5: Access to Outpatient Dental Care for Children
Description
Rate of dental providers who have seen ≥1 enrolled…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsisum.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Executive Summary
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Executive Summary
Introduction & Objectives
Methods
Data Colle…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/nac-amd1993.html
April 01, 2014 - Amendment to the Charter
National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation
Functions
The Council shall advise the Secretary and Administrator through recommendations regarding priorities for a national agenda and strategy for:
conduct of research, demonstration projects, and e…
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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-Deis_82.pdf
June 03, 2008 - Both medical (N = 12) and surgical (N = 9) cases
were represented.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3.html
August 01, 2022 - Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose: To evaluate the extent to which current processes align with the Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) process and includes:
Identifying the existing process.
Identifying the existing outcome(s).
Ide…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apf.html
October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Appendix F. Hospital Practice Insights: Challenges and Solutions
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Overview
Get Ready
Pressure Injury Prevention Program Phases
Appendix A. RACI Cha…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6a.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 2)
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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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ptflowguide.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Expanding the number and types of departments represented on the team may provide new ideas and
creative … Construction and the addition of new personnel represented the most
costly expenditures. … Though this
represented a dramatic reduction, this rate eventually “plateaued” over the next 2 years … we analyzed these data, they clearly demonstrated that the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 3
patients represented … Construction and the addition of new
personnel represented the most costly expenditures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Rask.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Voluntary Hospital Coalitions to Promote Patient Safety
493
Voluntary Hospital Coalitions
to Promote Patient Safety
Kimberly J. Rask, Dorothy “Vi” Naylor, Linda Schuessler
Abstract
Translating research or care innovation into broader clinical practice requires
more than simply the publication of new findin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - week period (0-2
emails per week), while those in the control cohort received no intervention (and represented
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/polgren-miller-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - at least one missed opportunity; of these patients,
an average of 3.89 (95% CI: 3.65-4.14) visits represented … We estimated that 5,096 of the SSD visits (63%) represented diagnostic delay (mean duration
6.2 days
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/impacts.html
June 01, 2020 - 5. Impacts of Federally Funded HSR and PCR
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
Health services and primary care in the United States are complex, multilevel, and layered systems in which the process of change is not always well understood, and effecting positive change often …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/mechanisms/index.html
December 01, 2020 - Grant Mechanisms and Descriptions
Grant codes, application types and descriptions.
Code
Type of Application
Description
Research Career Development Program
K01
Research Career Programs
For support of a scientist, committed to research, in need of both advanced research training and a…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/combine-measures.html
September 01, 2019 - Combining Healthcare Quality Measures Into Composites or Summary Scores
The more data you provide on individual measures, the more likely it is that users will be faced with information overload. Combining measures is one way to quickly reduce the number of data points included in your report. This page discuss…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-5/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Module 5: Building and Implementing a Successful Automatic Referral System
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0kX51lMX0N0
Video: Building and Implementing a Successful Automatic Referral System (1:00:05)
Slides: Building and Implementing a Successful Automatic Cardiac Reh…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/practice-survey-part2-mw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The levels are represented by points from 1-12.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/009-ss-evidence-decolonization-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - SSIs represented nearly half, or 47 percent, of HAIs reported to the Centers for Disease Control and