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2561. Medication Therapy Tools Help Pharmacists Educate Patients, Improve Adherence and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2019 - Medication Therapy Tools Help Pharmacists Educate Patients, Improve Adherence and Safety Search All Impact Case Studies November 2017 AHRQ’s Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management make it easier for pharmacists to help patients understand and correctly manage their medication…

2562. K Award Grantee Interview: Christopher Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/landrigan-transcript.html
      June 01, 2016 - K Award Grantee Interview: Christopher Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H. Transcript The following is a transcript of grantee responses to the following questions: What is the primary focus of your research? How has funding from AHRQ helped to advance your research? Why did you choose to focus on this topic? …

2563. AHRQ Evidence Reviews: Catalysts for Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ Evidence Reviews: Catalysts for Practice Change JAN 19 2022 By Lionel Bañez, M.D., and David Meyers, M.D. Lionel Bañez, M.D. Medical research keeps advancing while clinicians are busy taking care of patients. It is a const…

2564. Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-practice-assessments.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys Primary Care Practice Facilitator Training Series 1 Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys Overview Practice assessments and surveys are simple and non-threatening ways for a practice to gather information, generate ideas for improvements, and test and…

2565. New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2015 - New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety Search All Impact Case Studies July 2015 Description New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system, uses several AHRQ resources to improve patient care…

2566. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes Feeding Tubes Types of Devices ■ Nasogastric (NG) tube: non-weighted, polyurethane tube for use more than 10 days. ■ Gastrostomy tube: tube protrudes from anterior abdominal wall; most common initial gastrostomy device. ■ Button/skin-level gastrostomy: …

2567. Applying the Lessons of Social Marketing to a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2019 - Applying the Lessons of Social Marketing to a Quality Report Social marketing is the application of the principles and techniques of commercial marketing to promote socially desirable goals. It has been applied extensively, and with considerable success, in efforts to encourage/discourage specific health beha…

2568. New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots Search All Impact Case Studies May 2012 Seven New York hospitals revised their protocol for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after their State Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), IPRO, participated in a series of on…

2569. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 2: Daily Huddles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-slides.html
      June 01, 2017 - Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 2: Daily Huddles Slide 1: Management Practices for Sustainability Module 2: Daily Huddles Management Practices for Sustainability Module 2: Daily Huddles Slide 2: A Frontline Management System To Promote Safety Standard Work Image: This image shows th…

2570. Supplemental-Interpreter-Hpcahps-Adult 2157-4A (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0 Supplemental Items: Interpreter Services Population Version: Adult Supplemental Items for the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0 Topic: Interpreter Services Population Version: Adult Language: English Users of the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in or…

2571. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 13) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_13_ShortTerm_HO_508.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 13) Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1 Working With Patient and Family Advisors on Short-Term Projects Are you (or is your unit) planning to work on a short-term project to improve quality and safety? Partnering with patient and family a…

2572. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 13) (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 13) Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 13) Working With Patient and Family Advisors on Short-Term Projects Are you (or is your unit) planning to work on a short-term project to improve quality and safety? Partnering with patient…

2573. AHRQ Issues Report to Congress on Burden of Sepsis in U.S. Hospital Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Issues Report to Congress on Burden of Sepsis in U.S. Hospital Care Report finds the emergence of COVID-19 significantly changed the epidemiology of sepsis Press Release Date: September 16, 2024 The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased …

2574. Appendix B.1: Evidence on Effectiveness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap Appendix B.1: Evidence on Effectiveness Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap Executive Summary 1. Introduction and Purpose 2. Priority Questions and Recommendations 3. Conclusion Re…

2575. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0: Interpreter Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2020 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0: Interpreter Services Population version: Adult Download these items: English: ( Word , 38 KB); Spanish ( Word , 32 KB; PDF , 148 KB) Users of the CAHPS ® Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the need…

2576. AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2023 - AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN Responding to Current Needs and Using the Surveys to Improve Patient Experience Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA MGH Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation Massachusetts General Hospital/Yale CA…

2577. Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Pati…

2578. RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2014 - RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio Search All Impact Case Studies September 2014 Two years after introducing AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit and seeing patient satisfaction improve and avoidable heart failure readmissions decrease,…

2579. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients Search All Impact Case Studies November 2019 St. Luke’s University Health Network—a non-profit, integrated network providing services at nine hospitals and more than 300 sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey—is improv…

2580. Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2020 - Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools Search All Impact Case Studies April 2020 LincolnHealth, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, improved the timeliness of admitting patients from the emergency department into a hospital u…