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4201. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.docx
      April 05, 2013 - Information to Help Hospitals Get Started Key Takeaways Patient and family engagement is not a separate initiative. It is a critical part of what your hospital is already doing to improve quality and safety. Implementing the Guide is similar to other quality improvement efforts in that it takes time to initiate, i…

4202. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Best_Practices_Hosp_Leaders_508.pdf
      March 13, 2013 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) Information to Help Hospitals Get Started Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1 Supporting Patient and Family Engagement: Best Practices for Hospital Leaders The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality …

4203. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 5)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_5_InfoSession_508.pptx
      June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 5) Insert hospital logo here Become a Patient and Family Advisor: Information Session [Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation] Strategy 1: Patient & Family Advisor Information Session (Tool 5) Guide to Patient & Family Engag…

4204. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2022 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Preface Executive Summary Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement Chapter 2. An…

4205. Making a Case for Organizational Change in Patient Safety Initiatives (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Ramanujam.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Making a Case for Organizational Change in Patient Safety Initiatives 455 Making a Case for Organizational Change in Patient Safety Initiatives Rangaraj Ramanujam, Donna J. Keyser, Carl A. Sirio Abstract Objectives: Widespread organizational change is indispensable for significantly improved patient safety…

4206. Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kizer1.pdf
      April 01, 2004 - Safe Practices for Better Health Care 23 Safe Practices for Better Health Care Kenneth W. Kizer, Laura N. Blum Abstract Modern health care is highly complex, high risk, and error prone. Not surprisingly, health care errors and consequent adverse events are a leading cause of death and injury, even though wel…

4207. Systems-Based Practice: Improving the Safety and Quality of Patient Care by Recognizing and Improving the Systems in Which We Work (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Johnson_90.pdf
      June 10, 2008 - Systems-Based Practice: Improving the Safety and Quality of Patient Care by Recognizing and Improving the Systems in Which We Work Systems-Based Practice: Improving the Safety and Quality of Patient Care by Recognizing and Improving the Systems in Which We Work Julie K. Johnson, MSPH, PhD; Stephen H. Miller, M…

4208. Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Gandhi_22.pdf
      February 01, 2007 - Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH; Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH; Matthew Ditmore; David Kiernan; Robin Johnson; Elisabeth Burdick, MS; Claus Ham…

4209. High-Hanging Fruit: Improving Transitions in Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Perry_49.pdf
      March 27, 2008 - High-Hanging Fruit: Improving Transitions in Health Care High-Hanging Fruit: Improving Transitions in Health Care Shawna J. Perry, MD; Robert L. Wears, MD, MS; Emily S. Patterson, PhD Abstract Discussions about enhancing the safety of transitions in health care have been disjointed. Respected health care …

4210. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/sepsis-facilitator-guide.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis Acute Care Slide Title and Commen…

4211. Final Progress Report: National Claims-Based Quality Measures for Surgical Site Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/platt-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: National Claims-Based Quality Measures for Surgical Site Infections TITLE PAGE Project Title: National Claims-Based Quality Measures for Surgical Site Infections Principal Investigator: Richard Platt, MD, MSc, Professor and Chair, Department of Population Medicine, Executive Director, Harv…

4212. Final Progress Report: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/schnipper-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) Final Report to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Title of Project: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) Principal Investigator: Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH Team Members:…

4213. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2022, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2022-hospital-linkage-techdoc-021224.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2022, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2022, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health a…

4214. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Pilot Study Results (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/asc_pilotstudy.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Pilot Study Results Results From the 2014 AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture Pilot Study Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 540 Gaithe…

4215. Final Progress Report: What About Mom? Using Administrative Data To Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gregory-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - indicating Other Pregnancy Complications are specified in Korst et al (20) and were aggregated after testing

4216. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
      June 01, 2023 - by leveraging digital healthcare technologies, including – but not limited to – the development and testing

4217. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Group Practice Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/CHSP_2016_GPLF_tech_Dec2020.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - With charges for evaluation and management services, procedures, imagining, or nonlaboratory testing

4218. AHRQ Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Program Overview and Accomplishments, 2015-2020 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/CHSP-accomplishments-report-2021.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - identifying external factors that lead health systems to transition toward value-based payment, and testing … performance improvement mechanisms across different environmental and organizational contexts; and testing

4219. Studies in Meta-analyses (continued, 4) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/meta/meta04.html
      December 01, 2012 - Studies in Meta-analyses (continued, 4) This Clinical Practice Guideline used the references below in meta-analyses of research on treating tobacco use and dependence. Table 6.28. Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness and abstinence rates of medications relative to the nicotine patch (n = 86 studies) Abelin T…

4220. Candor-Impguide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/candor-impguide.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - Purpose: The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit Implementation Guide is a reference for organizational leaders who are committed to improving their response to unexpected patient harm events. The guide describes the CANDOR process, implementation phases, resources, and responsibilities to support s…