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29,793 respondents … non-survey years. … (PSCHO)
• Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ)
• Safety, Communication, Operational
Reliability, … ® (SOPS®) Program
Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed in SOPS Surveys
AHRQ SOPS Surveys and Databases … Why Use the AHRQ SOPS Surveys?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-ginsberg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - • CAHPS surveys are the gold standard for patient experience
measurement … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different
settings. … • Surveys are developed using standardized methodology and
research findings. … narrative protocols
for purposes of facilitating quality improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey … ► CAHPS Research on Survey Design and Administration
• New Program Brief!
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/hsops2.0/index.html
March 01, 2020 - Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 (Webcast)
October 30, 2019
Summary
Speakers … update the original hospital survey and incorporate user feedback. … Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ Hospital Survey Version 2.0 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Laura Gray, M.P.H … 2.0 (59 minutes 15 seconds)
Download the SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 survey documents and resources … About the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
The Surveys on Patient Safety Culture are a suite of surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/patient-narratives-webinar-ahrq.pdf
June 02, 2025 - AHRQ can not require the use of our tools and
products.
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CAHPS surveys of patient experience … of
care
Standardized surveys: What happened to the patient in the care
encounter, or how often did … Narrative Item Sets
Narrative items are a structured series of open-ended questions
that:
► Prompt survey … respondents to tell a story about their
experiences in their own words;
► Complement the core set … of closed-ended CAHPS survey
questions; and
► Provide value-added information that is helpful patients
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/4-ASC_Webcast_2021-Famolaro.pdf
January 01, 2021 - and Resources
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Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys … ASCs
37% of ASCs
had 4 to 5 rooms
77% of ASCs
were multispecialty
Respondents
35% of
respondents … easy steps:
Step 1
Register
Step 2
Sign and
submit DUA
Step 3
Enter ASC
info & submit
questionnaire … Survey
• Getting started
• Conducting paper, web or mixed-mode
surveys
• Optimizing response rates … • Psychometric characteristics of the
SOPS surveys
• International studies
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SOPS Technical
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2019-nhsops-dbreport-parti-rev091721.pdf
January 01, 2019 - 10,499
Average number of respondents per nursing home (range: 10 to 229) 55
Average number of surveys … Respondent Characteristics
This chapter describes respondent characteristics within the participating … Distribution of 2019 Database Nursing Homes by Respondent Characteristics
Respondent Characteristics … Data Cleaning
Each participating nursing home submitted respondent-level survey data. … Some nursing homes used a paper-only survey,
others used web-only surveys, and others used a combination
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www.ahrq.gov/es/sops/resources/planning-tool/index.html
August 01, 2024 - on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) surveys , as well as the SOPS supplemental items. … However, administering a SOPS survey is not the end of the improvement process. … It is important to develop and implement action plans, which use survey data for improvement. … The Action Planning Tool is intended for use after your organization administers the survey and analyzes … Action Planning Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®).
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/resources/planning-tool/index.html
August 01, 2024 - on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) surveys , as well as the SOPS supplemental items. … However, administering a SOPS survey is not the end of the improvement process. … It is important to develop and implement action plans, which use survey data for improvement. … The Action Planning Tool is intended for use after your organization administers the survey and analyzes … Action Planning Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-webcast.pdf
October 01, 2017 - It relates to the look-back period or the
timeframe in which the respondent is asked to think back about … What do we know about respondents' cognitive thinking about the timeframe? … Not every respondent literally thinks back through the whole time
interval that you specify, but we … , and I'm not quite sure if it's an
access to the zip code of the respondent. … methods for the reasons that
there are a lot of benefits of it, including shorter administration time
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/measurement/consumer-assessment/index.html
September 01, 2012 - Consumer Assessment Surveys
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS … The goals of the CAHPS program are twofold:
Develop standardized patient surveys that can be used
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-infographic.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users Infographic
Understanding SOPS TM Surveys:
A … Primer for New Users
October 2018 Webcast Highlights
SOPS Suite of Surveys
The SOPS surveys assess … Surveys are available for the following settings:
Hospital Medical
Office
Nursing
Home
Community
Pharmacy … SOPS Survey Toolkit Materials
The SOPS Survey Toolkits are composed of several valuable
resources to … support the use of SOPS surveys.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-2-brady-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Brady
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Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety
Priorities
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-1-intro-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Introduction
Understanding SOPS Surveys: A
Primer … Public Health Service
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director,
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient … Culture (SOPS)
Westat
Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA
Senior Study Director,
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys … Westat
Agenda
• Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety
Priorities and Programs
• Overview of the SOPS Surveys … Linking SOPS to Other Outcomes
• Technical Assistance & SOPS Updates
• Q&A
5
Understanding SOPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-5-closing-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Closing
Questions & Answers
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Using the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/2016/nhsurv16-pt1.pdf
January 01, 2016 - of 59 completed
surveys per nursing home … 12,395
Average number of respondents per nursing home (range: 10 to 299) 59
Average number of surveys … Respondent Characteristics
This chapter describes respondent characteristics within the participating … Distribution of 2016 Database Nursing Homes by Respondent Characteristics
Respondent Characteristics … Some nursing homes used a paper-only survey,
others used Web-only surveys, and others used a combination
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/05-SOPS_101_Webcast-GRAY-Resources.pdf
September 01, 2019 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) - Gray (Resources)
SOPS Resources
Laura … Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) … Westat
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SOPS Website
www.ahrq.gov/sops
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http://www.ahrq.gov/sops
Survey User’s Guides
How … to Administer the Surveys
• Getting started
• Selecting your survey population
• Following data collection … to the SOPS™ Hospital Survey
Version 2.0: What's Different and What To Expect
Part I: Main Report
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2-2023hcbs-survey-webcast-bakdash.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to … Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems
►Captures the patient’s voice 7
CAHPS Surveys … CAHPS Surveys
Measuring patient experience of care in different settings
Experience
with Providers … CAHPS Surveys
Measuring patient experience of care in different settings
Experience
with Providers … Uses for CAHPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hcaps_measures_909.pdf
May 11, 2016 - Questionnaire
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Overview
of the Questionnaire
• CAHPS Child Hospital … • Sample Telephone Script for the CAHPS
Child Hospital Survey
• Translating CAHPS Surveys
Data … Types of Measures
Like all CAHPS surveys, the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey generates three types of … /cahps
CAHPS® Child Hospital Survey and Instructions
P13 = Proportion of respondents who answered … question:
P21 = Proportion of respondents who answered “never”
P22 = Proportion of respondents who
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/webcasts/previous.html
June 01, 2023 - resources, offer updates on the status of products in development, and provide support in using SOPS surveys … Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Quick Primer for New Users (December 15, 2020)
Tutorial on the SOPS … Data Entry and Analysis Tool (December 3, 2020)
Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users … 2.0 (October 30, 2019)
Best Practices for Web-Based SOPS Surveys (June 12, 2019)
Action Planning … 10, 2019)
Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users —Annual Refresher (October 23, 2018)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-emergency-dept-webinar-ahrq.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) - Ginsberg
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren … narrative protocols
for purposes of facilitating quality improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey … administration modes for
collecting CAHPS data
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different
settings. … • Surveys are developed using standardized methodology
and research findings.