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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-tools-webcast-2022-yount.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Useful Online Tools for CAHPS Survey Users - YOUNT
INTRODUCTION TO THE
CAHPS ANALYSIS PROGRAM
Naomi Yount
Westat
User Network for CAHPS and SOPS
Analysis of Survey Results
• Calculation of survey
composite measures
• Case mix adjustment
CAHPS Analysis
Program
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What is the
CAHPS Analysis Program?
• …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Pocket_Cards.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Nursing Home Infection Control
Guidelines for C. Difficile
When to Perform Toxin Assay on Stool:
• Resident symptomatic with diarrhea ( >3 loose/watery
stools a day).
• Especially consider in residents who received…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/mental-health-and-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and
Emotional Well-Being Among Nursing Home Staff
Nursing home staff routinely face stressful and emotionally draining working co…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-rr-webcast-011124-goldstein.pdf
January 01, 2023 - CAHPS Program: Improving Response Rates and Representativeness - CAHPS Surveys at CMS
CAHPS Surveys at the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS)
Elizabeth Goldstein, PhD
Director, Division of Consumer Assessment and Plan Performance
CMS, Baltimore, MD
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CMS Efforts to Increase Response Rates
• CMS …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T5-Draft_Policies_and_Procedures_for_the_Antimicrobial_Stewardship_Program_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 5. Draft Policies and Procedures for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
This tool includes a draft policy and a draft set of procedures. As needed, the antimicrobial stewardship program team should request the nursing home’s management or corporate office to help develop, review, edit, and approve all policies …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather-a-Team-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program
Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Tool 1. Gather a Team
Choose members to serve on the antimicrobial stewardship program team. Depending on the size of the nursing home, the team may be very small (two or three me…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sustaining-antibiotic-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Ambulatory Care
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0030
September 2022
‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Acute Sinusitis
Diagnosis
• The diagnosis of acute sinusitis is based on the clinical presentation: nasal discharge or
congestion, facial pain or pressure, reduced or absent sense of taste or smell, headache, ear pain
or pressure, dental pain, bad breath, fatigue, or low-grade fevers.1
• Most cases of acu…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/professional-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - Shadowing Another Professional Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Problem Statement: Health care delivery is a multidisciplinary practice that requires coordination of care among different professions and provider types. However, health care providers often do not understand other discip…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/user-centered-designed-anticoagulation-shared-decision-making-tool-stroke
January 01, 2025 - A User-Centered Designed Anticoagulation Shared Decision Making Tool for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Project Final Report ( PDF , 348.7 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its co…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/prescription-drug-monitoring-program-integration-electronic-health-record
March 31, 2024 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Integration in the Electronic Health Record
Project Final Report ( PDF , 415.31 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily rep…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-halamek.html
August 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
“AHRQ is a unique funding agency, one that is incr…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/making-evidence-based-clinical-decision-support-implementable
January 01, 2023 - Making Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Implementable in Different Electronic Health Records
Theme:
Supporting Health Systems in Advancing Care Delivery
Subtheme:
Scaling Effective Digital Healthcare Interventions Across Healthcare Systems
Clinical decision support that can be impl…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/digital-health-intervention-children-adhd-improving-mental-health-intervention
January 01, 2024 - Digital Health Intervention for Children with ADHD: Improving Mental Health Intervention, Patient Experiences, and Outcomes
Project Description
Publications
Expansion of an evidence-based digital health intervention for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201509.html
January 01, 2018 - AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2015
AHRQ-sponsored research on how clinical pharmacy services can reduce medication-related errors in emergency departments (E.D.) helped inspire Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, A…
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digital.ahrq.gov/medical-condition/stroke
January 01, 2025 - Stroke
A web-based tool to perform a values clarification for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: Design and preliminary testing study.
Citation
Dorsch MP, Flynn AJ, Greer KM, Ganai S, Barnes GD, Zikmund-Fisher B. A web-based tool to perform a values clarif…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/natstats/his95.htm
January 01, 1999 - Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1995
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project HCUP-3 Research Note
Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient
Statistics, 1995
Summary
This Research Note provides descriptive statistics for…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-substitution-errors/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Assessment of Pediatric Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Substitution Errors - 2012
Project Name
Assessment of Pediatric Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Substitution Errors
Principal Investigator
Basco, William
Organization
Medical University of South Carolina
Funding Mechanism
PAR:…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/measure-questions.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Questions When Choosing Health Care Quality Measures
When selecting measures to include in your report, you need to consider two issues:
Whether the measures are "good".
Whether the measures are appropriate for your audience.
Are the Measures Good?
The easiest way to determine whether a measure …