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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/case-study-key.html
March 01, 2017 - Antibiotic Stewardship: Case Study Facilitator Key
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Instructions:
Divide into small groups of two to three people.
Ask each group to work through each part of the case scenario, pausing for discussion before moving to the next section.
Us…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/multiple/Calibrate-Dx-Quick-Start-Clinicians.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Scripts
Clinician’s Quick-Start Guide
to Calibrate Dx
A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions
What Is Calibrate Dx?
Calibrate Dx is a self-evaluation tool for clinicians to improve
their diagnostic decision making. The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality contracted …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/limit-info.html
November 01, 2018 - Limit Technical Information and Caveats in Quality Data Displays
It is very easy to say too much about each of your measures. Many health professionals worry that unless they provide the same level of detail in and around a graph as they would in a report for management or providers, or in an academic paper, th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-factraining-guide.docx
June 02, 2025 - When the change team is thinking about adding a meeting, the Facilitator will use the following questions
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/defining-diagnostic-error-a-scoping-review.pdf
April 27, 2022 - eventual appreciation of more
definitive information.”9 Although this definition has persevered,
thought … Third, many researchers
reference the NASEM report and definition, yet continue to use
pre-NASEM or thought … a leading patient safety issue in the United States.51
While acknowledging the disagreement among thought
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/needs-and-testing/index.html
May 01, 2019 - How Will You Test Aspects of Your Health Care Quality Report?
Given all the time, money, and effort you are investing in developing and distributing a quality report, you want to be sure that your report is as effective as possible. In other words, you want every aspect of the report to work as well as it can …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module2-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
Say:
In Module 1, we discussed the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections or CAUTI in the intensive care unit or ICU, as well as metho…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/bloodclots.pdf
May 01, 2009 - Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
Your Guide to
Preventing and
Treating Blood Clots
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
AHRQ Pub. No. 090067C
May 2009
Swelling
Clot
Vein
Blood clots can for…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/cusp-mvpguide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - We thought, “We are
already doing this stuff.” … We thought we
had covered all our bases.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-20-creating-qi-teams.pdf
September 01, 2015 - The middle column contains the organizational and
care processes thought to improve care and patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/cerner-q-a-session.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 1
EHR Q&A Sessions
Introduction
Prior to each EHR Q&A event, participants were asked to submit questions related to the
implementation of automatic referral in Meditech, Epic, and Cerner. Most questions concerned
diagnostic codes, embedding automatic referral into order sets, getting buy-in from physicians
regar…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/smith-werner-carayon-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - the discharge instructions had “too much
information” and provided specific feedback on what they thought
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/ed-boarding-summit-report.pdf
March 01, 2025 - What We Know About What Works and What Does Not Work
Three types of programs are commonly thought to … And I just remember thinking, “This can’t be American
healthcare.” … The issues discussed during the Summit suggest one productive path for action: employ a
systems-thinking … This stakeholder group would be charged with thinking broadly in the context of avoiding
blame and focusing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Anthony.pdf
January 01, 2005 - entire process and help clarify their interactions with
others involved; and, (4) the maps prompt new thinking … This work provided
structure to our thinking about the discharge process and will serve to display the … Each of the eight groups then described their new map
and the new themes or principles that they thought
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/OConnor.pdf
January 01, 2003 - To assess the failures of thinking underlying these patterns, we draw on
research conducted to explain … understanding of the
side effects or consequences of actions taken.40, 46 Many of the
pathologies of thinking
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/surgical-eng20-1451a.pdf
October 01, 2011 - your office visits before your
surgery, did this surgeon ask which way to
treat your condition you thought … During these visits, were clerks and
receptionists at this surgeon’s office as
helpful as you thought
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/case-study-key.docx
March 01, 2017 - BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Antibiotic Stewardship
Case Study Facilitator Key
Instructions:
1. Divide into small groups of two to three people.
2. Ask each group to work through each part of the case scena…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/support/help-consumers.html
March 01, 2016 - Help Consumers Start Conversations With Trusted Providers
A major goal of public reporting is to improve quality. This includes not only the quality of care received by an individual who uses the information to make a better decision, but also the quality of care overall.
One way to contribute to this kind …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/decide-medium.html
September 01, 2019 - How To Decide on a Medium for a Health Care Quality Report
How do you figure out which medium is right for your reporting project? If at all possible, try to base this decision on research with your audience. For example, you could ask them how they get information now and how they would like to get it. Then yo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improving-communication-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Improving Communication Between Members of the Practice Around Antibiotic Decisions – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
Improving Communication Between Members of the Practice Around Antibiotic Decisions
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Im…