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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_2_BecomeAdvisrPC_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 2)
Do you have ideas
to help improve
our hospital?
Become a patient
and family advisor.
Dear ,
I would like to invite you to find out more about becoming a patient and family advisor at [insert hospital name].
I think you may have great ideas about h…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-17-introducing-a-practice-to-pf.pdf
September 01, 2015 - • Describe the skill sets of other facilitators on your team who could be brought in to help.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/modules/menus.html
February 01, 2022 - Module Menus
The Modules
Introduction to the AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules
Starting with a Practice
Facilitator Fundamentals
Effective Meetings
Introduction to Quality Improvement (QI) in Primary Care
Model for Improvement and PDSA Cycles
Process Mapping
The 5 Whys and Fishbone…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/catheter-care/slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Catheter Care and Maintenance
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: CAUTI
Slide 1: Catheter Care and Maintenance
National Content Series
Slide 2: Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar participants will be able to—
Explain best practices of indwelling urinary catheter care;
Review the do…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/resources/vision4.html
October 01, 2002 - Outcomes would include not just an improvement in ADL skill levels, but also some measure of how improved
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/why.html
February 01, 2016 - Why is Self-Management Support Important?
Self-Management Support
Managing chronic illness and changing behavior are challenging and take time for both providers and patients. Yet, often it is chronically ill patients who are called on to manage the broad array of factors that contribute to their health. Comm…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-overvw.html
September 01, 2013 - Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
Introduction and Welcome
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview
Scientific Rationale
Referenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/briefing.html
April 01, 2013 - . – for us to determine technical and social competence, competence of skill, what staff has what skills … And then skill mix: You may have a very different day with an inexperienced charge nurse working with … Provider skill, not just technical skill, but communication skill and bedside manners, we found that
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene-tracking-tool.html
May 01, 2022 - Hand Hygiene Tracking Tool and User Guide
Resource: Hand Hygiene Tracking Tool and User Guide
The Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool and companion User Guide provide skilled nursing facilities an analytic tool to compile hand hygiene observational audit data to identify performance patterns and t…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/conversation-guide.html
February 01, 2021 - COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Long-Term Care
Resource: COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Long-Term Care (PDF, 227 KB)
This guide assists healthcare professionals in having conversations about values and care preferences with patients who reside in long-term care or other skilled nursing facilities or the…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/diabetesnetwork/diabnet1.html
October 01, 2014 - Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
Chapter 1. Introduction
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Project Description
Chapter 3. Structure of…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/teach/half-day.html
May 01, 2023 - Half-Day Training Content
Components you can include in Module 2 for a half-day training include the following:
Teams and Team Structure
Introduction: 2 minutes
Defining teams: 2 minutes
Integrating patients and families into teams: 5 minutes
Multi-team systems: 5 minutes
Team structure video disc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/strategy6j-support-self-care.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6J: Support Groups and Self-Care
Contents
6.J.1. The Problem
6.J.2. The Intervention
6.J.3. Benefits of These Interventions
6.J.4. Implementation of These Interventions
References
Download Strategy 6J:
Support Groups and Self-Care
(PDF, 214 KB)
6.J.1. The Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool4_comm_inv.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 4: Community Inventory
Tool 4: Community Inventory TOol
Purpose
Identify clinical, behavioral, and social service resources in the community that can improve posthospital care to reduce readmissions. The community inventory is complementary to the hospital inventory when developing a whole-person and data-info…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/covid-telehealth-waivers.html
June 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Telehealth Waivers and AHCA/NCAL Member Experiences
Resource: COVID-19 Telehealth Waivers and AHCA/NCAL Member Experiences
In this webinar skilled nursing facility leaders (from independent facility owners to large multistate for-profit and nonprofit organization leaders) will share their experien…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/toolkit-emotional-coping.html
June 01, 2022 - Responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
Resource: Responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
This resource can be used by individual staff or healthcare teams to learn coping and resilience-bu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-sops-hospital-survey-workplace-item-set-webcast-wilson-gerdt.pdf
January 01, 2022 - infrastructure of response
interventions
• Host subject matter experts for
continued learning and skill
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/3-day-waiver-illness.html
May 01, 2022 - 3-Day Waiver and Spell of Illness During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Resource: 3-Day Waiver and Spell of Illness During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
This document summarizes 3-Day Stay and Benefit-Period Waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency for the Medicare Part A skilled n…
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=4
June 12, 2025 - Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/tearsheet.html
October 01, 2014 - Support and Advice From Your Clinician
You Can Quit Smoking
en español
Quitting takes hard work and a lot of effort, but the benefits are explained below, as are the key steps to quitting successfully.
All information is based on scientific research about what will give you the best chances of quitting.
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