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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/cognitive/index.html
September 01, 2019 - Conducting Cognitive Testing for Health Care Quality Reports
One of the most useful techniques available to report sponsors who want to test materials with their audience is cognitive testing. Cognitive testing is an interview method for investigating the thought processes and reactions that people have as they…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/impact-opioid-final.pdf
November 01, 2018 - Opioids AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice
Opioids
Deaths from drug overdoses have risen steadily over the
past 2 decades. The misuse of opioids, such as
prescription pain medications and heroin, has become
widespread across the United States. In response to
dramatic increa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/schade-willis-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Report: Regional Patient Safety Officer Conference—Learning Together Today and Tomorrow
Conference Final Report
Regional Patient Safety Officer Conference – Learning Together Today and Tomorrow
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Project Officer:
William Freeman, MPH
Health Scientist …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/exec-summary.html
July 01, 2019 - Executive Summary
Workforce Configurations to Provide High-Quality, Comprehensive Primary Care
As the U.S. health care system seeks to reconfigure primary care to meet the needs of an aging and more complex population, environmental factors such as the advent of team care and the patient-centered …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-2 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Background:…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid CHG and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-1 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering
With 4% CHG Liquid Soap
Background: The…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/024-ss-cusp-learning-from-defects.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Learning From Defects
Learning From Defects
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services
Learning From Defects
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Educat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-g.pdf
July 31, 2017 - Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Training to Advance Physicians’ Communication Skills
The CAHPS Ambulatory Care
Improvement Guide
Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience
Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with
Ambulatory Care
6.G. Training to …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/adult-eng-cg30-pcmh.pdf
October 30, 2020 - CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey with Patient-Centered Medical Home Items
CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey with
Patient-Centered Medical Home Items
Version: 3.0
Population: Adult
Language: English
Notes
• Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) items. This version of the Clinician & Group
Survey includes the 3…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=8
January 01, 2025 - SOPS Bibliography
Browse or search for publications about the development and use of SOPS surveys and other topics related to assessing patient safety culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=7
January 01, 2025 - SOPS Bibliography
Browse or search for publications about the development and use of SOPS surveys and other topics related to assessing patient safety culture.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
October 01, 2023 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Adult Survey: Health Literacy
Population version: Adult
These supplemental items address various issues related to patients' health literacy in hospital settings. For more information about these items and the measures they produce, read About the CAHPS Health Lite…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_ssi_investigation.pptx
December 01, 2017 - Performing SSI Investigations: Slide Presentation
Performing an SSI Investigation
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Onboarding
AHRQ Pub No. 16(18)-0004-15-EF
December 2017
SAY:
In this module, you’ll learn about performing a surgical site infection or SSI investigation.
1
Learning Objectives
After this session, you …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/DiagnosticSafety-flier.pdf
November 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Safety Research
1
Diagnostic Safety Research
at the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
Diagnostic Error
Diagnostic error is a significant and underrecognized threat to patient safety.
Diagnostic errors are common, consequential, and costly and contribute to avoidable suffering and
prevent…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/person-centered.html
August 01, 2025 - AHRQ’s Investments in Primary Care Research for 2023 and 2024
Person-Centered Care
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
AHRQ’s Investments in Primary Care Research for 2023 and 2024
Acknowledgements and Authors
Message from the Director of AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology5.html
April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence
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Table of Contents
Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Introduction
Perspectives on Di…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4i_combo_psi12-dvt-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Tool D.4i 1
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 12: Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism (PE) or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Why Focus on DVT/PE…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4v
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 10: Postoperative Sepsis
Why focus on postoperative sepsis in children?
• Postoperative s…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal5.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Lessons on How To Improve Future National Collaboratives
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Impleme…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/child-eng-cg30-2353a.pdf
August 01, 2015 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey 3.0
CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey
Version: 3.0
Population: Child
Language: English
Notes
• References to “this provider” rather than “this doctor:” This survey uses “this provider”
to refer to the individual specifically named in Question 1. A “provider” could be a do…