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4641. Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/mowebinar_2014/funaro-0914slides.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture 45 45 YUMA DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND CLINICS Bev Funaro, RN Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs 46 46 Yuma Clinic Background • Participate in the Hospital and Medical Office surveys • Administered survey in 2011 and 2…

4642. Be Prepared! A Guide for Patients and Families (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/bepreparedpt_famguide.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Be Prepared! A Guide for Patients and Families Be Prepared! A Guide for Patients and Families How can you prepare for appointments? We are using two new tools to help you prepare for appointments and be an active member of the health care team. ■ ■ ■ The Patient Prep Card helps you think about what you want t…

4643. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program Press Release Date: July 6, 2022 Antibiotic prescribing at ambulatory care clinics was cut almost in half in clinics that participated in a safety program funded by the Department of Health and Human Servic…

4644. Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting from Algorithms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2023 - Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting from Algorithms Press Release Date: December 15, 2023 A new paper addresses the use of algorithms in healthcare, their impact on racial/ethnic disparities in care, and approaches to identify and mitigate biases. A paper published toda…

4645. Henry Ford Hospital Unit Lowers C. diff Infections by 90 Percent Using AHRQ Safety Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2025 - Henry Ford Hospital Unit Lowers C. diff Infections by 90 Percent Using AHRQ Safety Program Search All Impact Case Studies June 2025 Using AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP ), Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit reduced the incidence of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections in its ne…

4646. AHRQ Commemorates 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ Commemorates 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency MAR 7 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. I am thrilled to announce that 2024 represents a momentous milestone: the 35th anniversary of the Agency for Healthcare …

4647. Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2015 - Primary Care Transformation AHRQ recognizes that revitalizing the Nation’s primary care system is foundational to achieving high-quality, accessible, and efficient health care for all Americans. The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) (also referred to as the primary care medical home, advanced primary care, o…

4648. A Mixed Methods Review of Person and Family Engagement in the context of Multiple Chronic Conditions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/mcc-summit/mcc-summit-vick-wolff.pdf
      November 01, 2020 - A Mixed Methods Review of Person and Family Engagement in the context of Multiple Chronic Conditions A Mixed Methods Review of Person and Family Engagement in the context of Multiple Chronic Conditions Judith B. Vick, MD MPH Jennifer L. Wolff, PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Uni…

4649. Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160413/edgman-levitan-intro.pdf
      April 13, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network April 13, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET www.cahps.ahrq.gov CAHPS Webcast Series • Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®…

4650. Delivery System Research Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2020 - Delivery System Research Initiative ARRA Grants Initiative Findings from a set of 10 grants on improving delivery systems and on spreading evidence-based practices through delivery systems; recommendations and methods for advancing delivery system research. Improving the way that care is delivered is critic…

4651. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024 As we celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) also marks its 35th anniversary. This milestone, under the banner "Today's Research, Tomorrow's Healthcare," highlights our dedication to transforming healthcare through…

4652. 052-Sample-Script-Patient-Ed-Mupirocin (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/052-sample-script-patient-ed-mupirocin.docx
      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting Surgical Site Infection Teaching Patients How To Decolonize With Mupirocin: Key Points & Sample Script Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries​ Properly teaching patients why preoperative decol…

4653. Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2018 - Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care Acknowledgments Health Care For Hispanics National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety National Quality Strategy Priority: Healthy Living Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Hispanic…

4654. 037-Ss-Bed-Bathing-Chg-Cloths-Protocol (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Pre-Op Surgical Decolonization Protocol for Staff: Bathing With 2 Percent Chlorhexidine No-Rinse Cloths Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries The following protocol details the process for performing skin decol…

4655. 048-Talking-Points-Patients-Chg-Bathing (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Talking Points for Patients: Chlorhexidine Bathing Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries​ Patients may have questions regarding chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing to prevent surgical site infections (SSI). B…

4656. Final progress Report: Anticholinergics and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly with Depression (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The MDS is a national, standardized assessment tool that forms the foundation of a comprehensive assessment … This scale assesses various domains of cognition, such as memory, orientation, etc., and is a valid tool … The Charlson Comorbidity Index is a validated risk adjustment tool that classifies or weighs patients … Medicare Part D data: A valuable tool for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomic research. … A comprehensive clinical assessment tool to inform policy and practice: applications of the minimum

4657. Final Progress Report: Surveillance for Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Pediatrics (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bailey-kilbridge-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - comprehensive analysis of patient care data.(49,50) A large collaborative recently reported a “trigger tool … Text Information Extraction System (caTIES), a publicly available natural language processing (NLP) tool … A study pharmacist (KB) who was blinded to the assessments of the automated system used a trigger tool … The criteria in the trigger tool matched the criteria used by the automated system. … in the neonatal intensive care unit: development, testing, and findings of an NICU-focused trigger tool

4658. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Medical Office Survey: 2020 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Improvement ............................................................. 38 AHRQ Action Planning Tool … Define your goals (2) Plan your initiatives (3) Communicate your action plan The Action Planning Tool … AHRQ Action Planning Tool The Action Planning Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture is … Action Planning for Improvement AHRQ Action Planning Tool Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Medical

4659. Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2023 - feedback during ED encounters), which directly impairs the feedback process.89 AHRQ has developed a tool … The morbidity and mortality conference as an adverse event surveillance tool in a paediatric intensive … Unscheduled return visits to the emer- gency department with ICU admission: A trigger tool for diagnostic … Aaronson E, Borczuk P, Benzer T, Mort E, Temin E. 72h returns: A trigger tool for diagnostic error. … Performance of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Identify PICU Patients at High Risk for Clinical

4660. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu.html
      December 01, 2017 - It was a great communication tool. … This was a quick SBAR style tool to get the information about the infections to the staff in a very non-punitive … So, it's been a great tool and a lot of the other departments have been adapting this as well. … people are very interested, and I would be more than happy to share because we found it was a great tool