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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/healthsystem-key-drive-diagram.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Transcranial Doppler Screening for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia: Health System - Key Driver Diagram
Transcranial Doppler Screening for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
Health System - Key Driver Diagram
Key Drivers
Strategies Global
Aim
To reduce the
incidence of
stroke in …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201613.html
September 01, 2016 - Sudan Teaching Hospitals Use AHRQ’s Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS
Search All Impact Case Studies
September 2016
Two hospitals in the northeast African country of Sudan—Omdurman Teaching Hospital and the National Ribat University Hospital—are using AHRQ tools to improve patient safety.
Omdur…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact2.html
July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic Documentation
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Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/About_the_Guide_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
About the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors
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Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
The G…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/strategy3/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Qua…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T6-Using_Nursing_Home_Antibiograms_to_Choose_the_Right_Antibiotic_Data_Entry_Form.xlsx
May 01, 2014 - Antibiotic_Susceptibilities
Resident ID Birthdate Sex Floor Room Bed Laboratory Used Culture ID Collection Date Source Organism Amikacin (AMK) Amoxicillin-Clavulanate (AMC) Ampicillin (AMP) Ampicillin-Sulbactam (SAM) Aztreonam (ATM) Cefazolin (CZO) Cefepime (FEP) Cefoxitin (FOX) Ceftazidime (CAZ) Ceftriaxone (CRO) Chl…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T6-Using_Nursing_Home_Antibiograms_to_Choose_the_Right_Antibiotic_Data_Entry_Form.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit 2: Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Tool 6: Excel Data Entry Form—Helpful Hints
Some Helpful Hints for using the spreadsheet template:
Add or delete antibiotics
If your laboratory does not test ag…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/beprepared-patient-notesheet-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Be Prepared. Be Engaged. [Patient Note Sheet]
Be Prepared. Be Engaged.
Today I want to talk about...
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I have questions or concerns about...
My medicines My medical tests My treatments
My health goals are...
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip2.html
July 01, 2011 - Tip 2. In a Quality Report, Be Concise and Well-Organized
Generally speaking, people do not read any more than is necessary, so brevity is critical to improving the odds that people actually read a report.
Focus on the Essential Information
Readers of report cards tend to turn immediately to visual displa…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/guidelines.html
September 01, 2019 - Guidelines and Other Resources To Fine-tune Your Writing
Guidelines for writing, checklists, and tip sheets give you a systematic way to help make sure you are doing all you can to produce clear, compelling text.
The guidelines and checklist tools listed below focus on writing in plain language. These tools w…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/corebackgrnd.pdf
January 01, 2013 - These are areas ripe for further development and testing. … Pharyngitis- appropriate testing. … Annual hemoglobin A1C testing (all children and adolescents diagnosed with
diabetes). … Alabama Medicaid is
currently using this measure
For people with diabetes, hemoglobin A1c testing … vi Developed with support of The Commonwealth Fund, which is also supporting implementation and testing
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section6.html
July 01, 2018 - embraced by all staff members, and they selected individuals who would put significant effort toward testing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-5-attachment-4.pdf
January 01, 2011 - If the Patient's Medical History Is Unremarkable,
Laboratory or Neurological Testing Is Not Indicated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-5-attach-4.pdf
January 01, 2011 - If the Patient's Medical History Is
Unremarkable, Laboratory or Neurological Testing Is Not Indicated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
July 01, 2024 - organizations can move toward regionalization whenever
possible.41 Deploying mobile care units for diagnostic testing … (e.g., pulmonary testing, 3D mammography,
mobile magnetic resonance imaging) can expand access to technology … another approach to help avoid significant financial
outlay and provide easy access to diagnostic testing … incorporate modalities such as point-of-care ultrasound, wearable technologies, and new biomarker or
genetic testing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/weinger-france-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - design sessions using the MURAL platform66 to refine the RCS prototype prior to formative usability
testing … We conducted formative usability testing of the RCS with three medical oncologists, a thoracic
surgeon … engagement
DISCUSSION
Our study detailed a holistic, human-centered design process of creating and testing … Future work will need to focus on designing, developing, and pilot testing a parallel clinical response
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mcalearney-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Results: IDEA4PS improved clinical practice by designing, testing, and exploring the type and kind
of … Our Institute sought to improve clinical
practice by designing, testing, and exploring the type and kind … Our Institute improved clinical practice by
designing, testing, and exploring the type and kind of information … The Importance of Testing
Sets of Clinical Alarm Sounds to Provide Real-World HFE Impact.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - And after a lot of testing, a lot of experimentation, many groups have found that the three bulleted … And we decided to first look at testing and treatment for urinary tract infections. … We've standardized recommendations for testing, which I'll show you in a minute. … The next slide shows our algorithm for testing for urinary tract infection.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/references.html
May 01, 2023 - Developing a primary care patient measure of safety (PC PMOS): a modified Delphi process and face validity testing … Computerised physician order entry-related medication errors: analysis of reported errors and vulnerability testing … Developing and user-testing decision boxes to facilitate shared decision making in primary care—a study … Developing a primary care patient measure of safety (PC PMOS): a modified Delphi process and face validity testing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/burden-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Inpatient Provider Rounding Prioritization of Patients Ready for Discharge
Final Progress Report to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Title of Project
Inpatient Provider Rounding Prioritization of Patients Ready for Discharge
Principal Investigator and Team Members
Individual Organ…