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1881. A Facilitator’s Primary Care Toolkit to Improve Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2025 - A Facilitator’s Primary Care Toolkit to Improve Heart Health Resource: ABCS Toolkit for the Practice Facilitator (PDF, 20 MB, 176 pages) This toolkit introduces the ABCS of heart health—aspirin use by high-risk individuals, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation—and provides ch…

1882. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/physengagement-slides/Physician-Engagement-Sept-13-2011-508.ppt
      January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma Physician Engagement * Story of cardiac surgeon not doing check list. Cardiac SICU one year zero infections, then BAM! two infections linked to one noncompliant cardiac surgeon. Or other example story of physicians not being engaged in QI * One of the issues we hear our teams talk ab…

1883. Affinity-Group-Innovations-Improve-Cr (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/affinity-group-innovations-improve-cr.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - TAKEheart Affinity Group: Innovations that Can Improve Your Cardiac Rehabilitation Program H i c h a m S k a l i , M D , M S c M a y 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 Welcome and Background Welcome and greetings from TAKEheart, AHRQ and CDC Update on status of TAKEheart: …

1884. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-3-gray-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray Overview of the SOPS Surveys 10 Laura Gray, MPH Senior Study Director User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Westat What is Patient Safety Culture? 11 12 AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Surveys of providers and st…

1885. Getting Started  | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - Getting Started  This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation. CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…

1886. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/building-better-primary-care.pptx
      October 01, 2018 - PowerPoint Presentation Building Better Primary Care: New Tools for Getting Evidence into Practice An AHRQ EvidenceNOW Webinar August 22, 2018 *The Webinar will begin shortly.* Welcome Building Better Primary Care: New Tools for Getting Evidence into Practice HOUSEKEEPING: Participant lines muted Chat techni…

1887. EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence Problem Urinary Incontinence (UI) affects a large number of women. More than half of women over 20 years of age reported any urinary leakage. Overall, about 30% of older women in the U.S. report moderate to severe UI, which can increase depression and work disability. …

1888. Improving Hospital Handoffs Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey - Bakdash (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - Improving Hospital Handoffs Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey - Bakdash AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program Jonathan Bakdash, Ph.D. Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality • AHRQ is: ► A research and …

1889. Tool: Advocacy and Assertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/tools/advocacy.html
      June 01, 2023 - Tool: Advocacy and Assertion Providing mutual support also sometimes requires the use of advocacy and assertion. Advocacy and assertion interventions are invoked when a team member's viewpoint does not coincide with that of a decision maker. In advocating by or for the patient and asserting the need for correct…

1890. Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. , is a hospitalist and clinical epidemiologist who serves as Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qua…

1891. Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/culture.html
      April 01, 2022 - Culture A strong patient safety culture supports a learning environment and invites diverse input from teams to support wise decisions and system improvements. Use these tools to help your team make lowering infections part of your culture.​ Examples of common barriers that inhibit developing this culture are i…

1892. EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Problem Unhealthy alcohol use is the Nation’s third leading cause of preventable death, affecting almost a third of adults. It is associated with adverse effects on physical and mental health. In addition, unhealthy alcohol use has detrimental socioeconomic consequence…

1893. Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff (doc file)
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      March 01, 2022 - Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff Stress, fear, and exhaustion from being on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic may leave you feeling anxious and overwhelmed. These feelings are common, and you do not have to f…

1894. Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff with QR codes (doc file)
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      March 01, 2022 - Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff with QR codes Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff Stress, fear, and exhaustion from being on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic may leave you feeling anxious and overwhelmed. These feelings are common, and you do …

1895. Best Practices for Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Ginsberg Presentation (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Ginsberg Presentation AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality • AHRQ is: ► A research and science-based agen…

1896. AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase1_update (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase.pdf
      December 01, 2018 - AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase1_update What Could Practices Do with Their EHRs before EvidenceNOW? Use of EHRs before EvidenceNOW 79% 71% 72% incorporated lab results to generate reports reported quality measures at the practice level reported quality measures at the clinician level produced quality measu…

1897. Reduce Cardiovascular Risk and Disease: Alabama Fax Campaign (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/119-alabama-alcc-fax-campaign.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Reduce Cardiovascular Risk and Disease: Alabama Fax Campaign Reduce Overall, Alabama has the highest rate of CVD events (death, hospitalizations, ED visits) among all 50 states. We’re here to help change that. We’re the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative, and we’re launching a three-year state-wide initiative to…

1898. Patient Self-Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      Topic: Patient Self-Management AHRQ has resources to help primary care clinicians and teams learn about and implement self-management support, which includes involving the whole care team in planning, carrying out, and following up on a patient visit; planning patient visits that focus on prevention and care manageme…

1899. 76. For the Patient Who Has Recently Quit (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide76.html
      October 01, 2014 - 76. For the Patient Who Has Recently Quit (Continued) Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Text version of slide presentation. Addressing problems encountered by former smokers A patient who previously smoked might identify a problem that negatively affects health or quality of life. Specifi…

1900. How to Implement a Team-Based Model in Primary Care: Learning Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/practice-team.html
      November 01, 2018 - How to Implement a Team-Based Model in Primary Care: Learning Guide Resource: The Practice Team This online learning module provides a comprehensive overview and guidance for practices to implement a team-based model of primary care to enhance quality of care and productivity. Resources to support Key Drive…