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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4q_combo_pdi03-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
November 01, 2012 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4q
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 03: Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
Why focus on retained forei…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/chsp-brief4-aco-participation.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Health System Participation in Accountable Care Organizations, 2016
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Comparative
Health System
Performance
Initiative
Health System Participation in Accountable
Care Organizations (ACOs), 2016
Rachel M. Machta, Ph.D., David J. Jones, Ph.D., Michael F. Furukawa, Ph.D., Daniel Miller, M.S., and Eugene C. Rich…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/026-why-choose-cusp.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Why Choose a CUSP Approach?
Surgical Services
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention |
Why Choose a CUSP Approach?
1
Educational Objectives
D…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/summary.html
May 01, 2016 - Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Summary
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Table of Contents
Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Preface
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6b.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 3)
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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/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter5.html
June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update
Chapter 5. Measure Mapping
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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 4, Emerging Trends in Ca…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/simulation/simulation-issue-brief.pdf
July 01, 2024 - Issue Brief: Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Issue Brief
Simulation To Improve Patient Safety:
Getting Started
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SAFETY
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Simulation To Improve Patient Safety:
Getting Started
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Agency for Healthcare Research …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
July 01, 2024 - Numerous studies highlight significant disparities in
diagnostic accuracy within rural areas, primarily
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/arragrantee-williams.html
December 01, 2017 - ARRA Delivery System Initiative
Presentations and Publications by Recipients of ARRA Delivery System Grants
Bundled Episode Payment and Gainsharing Demonstration Project
Principal Investigator: Tom Williams
Robinson J. Purchaser Initiatives to Improve Value for Spine Surgery. Innovative Techniques in Spin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/skills-sms-heart-health.pptx
December 01, 2010 - Self-Management Support
Self-Management Support Strategies for Improving CVD Risk Factors – Practice Engagement!
Bonnie Jortberg PhD, RD, CDE
Department of Family Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Objectives
Describe the differences between patient education and self-management support.
Discuss hea…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/index.html?page=0
November 07, 2024 - AHRQ Views
AHRQ Views blog posts offer insights into current healthcare issues and describe how AHRQ is working to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable. The list below includes blog posts from current and past Agency directors and staff.
Pagination
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/cooley.html
August 01, 2018 - Medical Home Transformation in Pediatric Primary Care – What Drives Change?
Principal Investigator: W. Carl Cooley, MD, and Jeanne W. McAllister, BSN, MS, MHA
Institution: Center for Medical Home Improvement, Crotched Mountain Foundation, Inc.
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019157
Number …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - How To Manage Change
How To Manage Change
ADD Hospital Name
Module 2
QI Change Process
Change process strategies can be applied to other quality improvement (QI) efforts:
Hospital falls
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism after knee and hip replacement
Blood inco…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part2-sbuse.html
May 01, 2018 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Substance Use Disorders
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Table of Contents
Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care
Acknowledgments
Health Care For Hispanics
National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety
N…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/appb.html
October 01, 2015 - National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report
Appendix B. Products Produced By the National Evaluation Team
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Table of Contents
National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report
1. Overvie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1516-p003-ef.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Measure: Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents
Measure: Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting
Among Adolescents
Measure Developer: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement
(NCINQ) at the National Committee for Quality Assurance
Numerator Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s)
Ado…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/3-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-famolaro.pdf
September 01, 2020 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Famolaro Slides
Web-based SOPS Surveys
Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director and SOPS Database Manager
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
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Use of Web in SOPS Surveys
25%
45%
76%
83%
2007 2010 2014 2018
% o…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb31.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B31: Engineer Wheelchair Inspection
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Ove…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Diagnosis1,2
• Relatively sudden onset of redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin
o Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon
Most cases caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, or G) that are
suceptible to penicillin (P…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-rabson.pdf
January 01, 2017 - CAHPS Elicitation Protocol Webcast
Collection of Statewide Patient
Comments in Massachusetts
Barbra G. Rabson, President and CEO
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
January 26, 2017
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MHQP Background and Governance
Established in 1995, MHQP is a non-profit regional health improvement
collabor…