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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/35-year-history.html
May 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Continuing a 35-Year History, AHRQ Pursues Vital Pathways to Improve Patient Care
MAY
16
2024
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Not long ago, Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm visited AHRQ to update …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/142-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-leaders.docx
April 01, 2025 - CUSP Tip Sheet:
Engaging Senior Leaders in MRSA Prevention
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Purpose1-4
Senior leaders play an essential role in building staff engagement, ensuring accountability, and creating the infrastructure for safe care by providing necess…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/model-safety-long-desc.html
August 01, 2025 - Towards a Model of Safety and Care for Trauma Room Design
Principal Investigator: Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., Kent State University, Kent, OH AHRQ Grant No.: HS027261 Project Period: 09/30/19-09/29/24 Description: This learning lab sought to improve trauma room safety and efficiency by examining how the phy…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/nuture-leadership.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Driver 6: Nurture Leadership and Create A Culture of Continuous Learning and Evidence-Based Practice
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A maxim of organizational change theory is that leaders’ support for change is crucial. When it comes to making fundamental changes in a practice, however, more than support alone is…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - Figure 7.2: The Measure-vention Process
Figure 7.3 shows an excerpt from a measure-vention tool that … Figure 7.3: Excerpt From Automated Measure-vention Screening Tool (Enhanced Stoplight Method)
Potential
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - Figure 7.2: The Measure-vention Process
Figure 7.3 shows an excerpt from a measure-vention tool that … Figure 7.3: Excerpt From Automated Measure-vention Screening Tool (Enhanced Stoplight Method)
Potential
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-246-fullreport.pdf
December 01, 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends yearly
depression screening, using the PHQ-2 or another tool … The use of a standardized screening tool may help to reduce
misdiagnosis, which one study suggests occurs … Results from the screening tools, including the PHQ-9 tool, can be collected electronically
outside … through patient portals connected with the HER or through collection
during a visit, by filling out the tool … depression screening and follow-up, the measure looks for documented
results of a depression screening tool
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Rudman.pdf
January 01, 2004 - medication errors and the need to reduce their
incidence, technology often is seen as an important tool … their prevention; and they can capture patient care data in a timely manner,
making them a valuable tool … A
medication screening tool for cognitive aging
researchers.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Nieva.pdf
January 07, 2005 - From Science to Service: A Framework for the Transfer of Patient Safety Research into Practice
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From Science to Service: A Framework
for the Transfer of Patient Safety
Research into Practice
Veronica F. Nieva, Robert Murphy, Nancy Ridley,
Nancy Donaldson, John Combes, Pamela Mitchell,
Christine Kovner…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-williams.html
December 01, 2017 - The IHA Bundled Episode Payment and Gainsharing Demonstration Project
Abstract
Principal Investigator: Tom Williams, Dr.P.H.
Integrated Healthcare Association
Purpose
This study evaluated whether bundled payments can be an effective model for commercial health plans, hospitals, and physician organizatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/tab1.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Table 1. List of Important Measure Constructs, by DRA Domain
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Table of Contents
Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary
…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap6tab28.html
December 01, 2017 - Table 28. Logistic regression of characteristics associated with utilization of education and case management visits by adults with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
All project sites. Fiscal year 2010
Findings from a set of 16 grants on improving delivery systems and on spreading evidence-based practices t…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/overview.html
May 01, 2023 - Key Implementation Phases and Activities
The figure below provides an overview of the key processes required for any successful implementation.
Pre-implementation activities begin by assessing readiness and considering the goals of your implementation and how they will be measured.
Active implementation …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/quality-improvement-initiatives-toolkit.html
January 01, 2021 - Back to MUI Resources
Recruitment and Retention of Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Toolkit
Resource
Available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 832 KB)
Summary
Effectively engaging practices in a primary care quality improvement (QI) initiative, including…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/engagement.html
April 01, 2022 - Team Engagement
To make sustainable quality improvements, you need to recruit an enthusiastic team and keep members engaged by providing the relevant data, inviting team feedback, and creating necessary incentives. Accomplishing this will take time and frequent evaluation. Although the nuances of your approach …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/functioning.html
April 01, 2022 - Team Functioning
From your first team convening where you set your unit's goals for preventing infections, to celebrating and spreading successful strategies with other units, team functioning is essential to creating and sustaining a culture of safety. Common challenges addressed by these tools are how to stru…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwptab3.html
August 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Table 3. Types of HAI Prevention Activities
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Table of Contents
High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions
Case Studies
Key Findings
Conclusions
References
Table 1. Case Study …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod2-slides.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance: Slide Presentation
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance
AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF
September 2015
Slide 2
Setting the St…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit2-9.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 2.9. Lean Project Activities
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Table of Contents
Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare
Case 2. Central Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/tool-module.html
January 01, 2015 - ESRD Toolkit Modules
Modules contain PowerPoint slides, facilitator notes, video vignettes, and tools. Each module includes teaching tools and resources to support change at the unit level, presented through facilitator notes that take you step by step through the slides, tools, and videos.
Creating a Culture…