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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201414.html
August 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Integral to MedStar Washington Hospital Center's Quality Efforts
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August 2014
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, a 926-bed teaching and research hospital in Washington, D.C., has used AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture since…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips52.html
October 01, 2014 - Nebraska Critical Access Hospitals Improve Safety With AHRQ TeamSTEPPS®
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December 2010
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) customized the coaching strategies used in the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®) curriculum fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/notes.html
August 01, 2022 - orientation of new staff, publicly recognizing key members of the team, and planning for turnover as leaders transition
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-slide-set.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
AHRQ Pub. No. 16(17)-0019-2-EF
May 2017
Patient and Family Engagement | ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
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Learning Objectiv…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-sbs.pdf
April 02, 2025 - NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Short Bowel Syndrome
Short Bowel Syndrome
Pathophysiology
■ Functional disorder caused by alterations of normal intestinal anatomy and physiology.
■ Shortened bowel combined with malabsorption; dependent on parenteral nutrition >3 months.
■ May result from: necrotizin…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhacrate2013.html
November 01, 2015 - nationwide PfP initiative, which aimed to save lives by preventing HACs and readmissions, and improving the transition
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/clinical-directors-network-inc.html
January 01, 2012 - Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
Status:
Active
Registered Date:
January 1, 2012
PBRN Acronym:
CDN or CDNetwork
PBRN Type:
Mixed Network (a combination of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, nursing and/or other specialties)
Network Category:
Established
C…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/strategy2/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-coordination/pcmh/define.html
August 01, 2022 - Defining the PCMH
The medical home model holds promise as a way to improve health care in America by transforming how primary care is organized and delivered. Building on the work of a large and growing community, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines a medical home not simply as a place…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0606.html
October 01, 2014 - HealthSouth Rehabilitation Facilities Use AHRQ Survey to Identify Top Performers
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April 2006
HealthSouth, one of the nation's largest health care providers, implemented AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in June 2005. Over 11,000 questionnaires were mailed to em…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201506.html
April 01, 2015 - Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Readmissions
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April 2015
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, a 257-bed complex in West Chester, Pennsylvania, part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, was one of 10 hospitals involved in AHR…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/index.html
August 01, 2021 - PQMP Measure Implementation and Quality Improvement
The second phase of the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP 2.0) was designed to support and strengthen pediatric quality measurement and quality improvement based on learnings from quality improvement demonstration projects that implemented and evaluated…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/022-optimizing-evc-webinar-notes_revised.docx
October 01, 2024 - Example: An Uptick in C. difficile Rates in the Department of Medicine
SAY:
Now, the presentation will transition … Upon investigation, the team learned that over a year ago, there was a transition from non-sporicidal
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-obhemorrhage.html
July 01, 2023 - Use of transition communication techniques assures a shared mental model of plan of care and patient
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/competencies-affinity-group/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group
Background The AHRQ National Action Alliance Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group provided a forum for identifying and exploring the patient and workforce safety competencies needed by our healthcare workforce to support the safety of healthcare delivery. …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2016-07-nac/nacmtg0716-minutes.html
November 01, 2016 - time they devote to advising the agency, and he thanked AHRQ staff for contributing to the ease of his transition
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/rapid-response/tool-rapid-response-systems.html
July 01, 2023 - Use of transition communication techniques assures a shared mental model of plan of care and perceived
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/it/hitportfolio/index.html
January 01, 2020 - AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: Federal Partnerships in Improving Health Care Quality
AHRQ's digital healthcare initiative is part of the Nation's strategy to put information technology (IT) to work in healthcare. Since 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has fund…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apa2.html
December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued)
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Table of Contents
Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home
A Resource Toolkit
Basic Components of the Health Coach Program
Family Information Packet Cover Sheet
Coaching in the …
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/hospital.html
June 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Hospital
Baloh J, Zhu X, Ward MM. What influences sustainment and nonsustainment of facilitation activities in implementation? Analysis of organizational factors in hospitals implementing TeamSTEPPS. Med Care Res Rev. 2021;78(2):146-56. Epub 2019/05/17. doi: 10.1177/10775587…