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www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=0
December 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer. More
The SHARE Approach Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices implement evidence More
Tools
The …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/eliminate-diagnostic-errors.html
August 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ Expands Its Repertoire to Eliminate Diagnostic Errors
AUG
22
2022
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
R. Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Too many Americans have experienced the health-related consequences and anxieties that f…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-joy-in-work.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Joy in Work
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Joy in Work
Joy in work is one of three categories of common goals practices
have for improvement. Joy in work is central to good patient
care and in recognition of this, the national triple aim has been
expanded to…
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit3-develop-implement-antibiogram-program.html
November 01, 2016 - Toolkit 3. The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program
Toolkit Effectiveness
This toolkit reflects the results of preliminary work with three nursing homes to develop the antibiogram, train staff, and implement the program. 1
Overview of the Toolkit
Wh…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-practice-assessments.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys
Overview
Practice assessments and surveys are simple and non-threatening ways for a practice to gather
information, generate ideas for improvements, and test and…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/implementing-automated-ptquestionnaires.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementing Automated Patient Questionnaires
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Implementing
Automated Patient
Questionnaires
IT2 Team – Northwestern Medicine
This project was funded under grant number U18HS028744
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The authors…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p.html
May 01, 2017 - Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide
Slide 1: Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products
Timothy Landers, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CIC
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Slide 2: Disclosures
Dr. Landers receives sala…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/sc.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: South Carolina
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in South Carolina.
South Carolina is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 2: How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the C…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/md.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: Maryland
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in Maryland.
Maryland is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No . 4: How the CHIPRA quality demonstration elevated children on State health policy agend…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-k.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention
The poster on the following page is intended to be printed with dimensions of 28 by 36 inches.
This can be done by sending the PDF out to a printer for large-f…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-targeted-decolonization.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Targeted Decolonization
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 14-4 – Addressing Questions Asked by Staff:
Targeted Decolonization
What is targeted decolonization?
Participating non-ICU units at your hospital will be decolonizing adult patients with …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standing-order-protocol-mupirocin.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-3 – Standing Order Protocol:
Nasal Mupirocin
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/phys-engagement/slides.html
June 01, 2013 - Physician Engagement (Slide Presentation)
On the CUSP: Stop BSI
This PowerPoint slide presentation was shown on September 13, 2011.
Contents
Slide 1. Physician Engagement
Slide 2. Image
Slide 3. Learning Objectives
Slide 4. What Do We Mean by Engagement?
Slide 5. Where Does Engagement Fit?
Slide…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips99.html
October 01, 2014 - New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2012
Seven New York hospitals revised their protocol for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after their State Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), IPRO, participated in a series of on…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp4.html
August 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Conclusions
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Case Studies
Key Findings
Conclusions
References
Table 1. Case Study Sites
Table 2. Summary of Key …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/vchip-strategies-for-kdd.pdf
February 01, 2015 - Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices
Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices*
The following are strategies that healthcare professionals and primary care practices used to improve office systems to address and
promote optimal asthma treatment as…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-comp-kit.html
June 01, 2017 - Visual Management Board Component Kit
Contents
1. Why Have a Visual Management Board?
2. Tips for Using a Visual Management Board
3. Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) “Ramp”: Learn To Use a Visual Management Board
4. Visual Management Board Example: Elements You Can Use
5. Connections to Other Components
6. …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3tab3-2.html
May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Table 3-2: Race and Ethnicity Categories Collected by Various Data Sources
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Summa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-cellulitis.docx
June 01, 2021 - DiagnosisCellulitis
· Relatively sudden onset of redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin1-3
· Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon; most cases caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, G) that are sucepti…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-shaller.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Shaller
HOW ARE SURVEY RESULTS
USED?
Dale Shaller, M.P.A.
Principal
Shaller Consulting Group
How Are Survey Results Used?
• Quality improvement
• Public reporting
• Value-based payment
• Recognition and certification
• Research
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Using CAHPS Surve…