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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4c.html
January 01, 2013 - Estimates of deaths prevented varied as a function of the underlying assumption: 12 percent mortality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool3_hosp_inv.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 3: Hospital Inventory
Tool 3: Hospital Inventory Tool
Purpose
Readmission reduction efforts at your hospital have likely proliferated over the past several years, and many of these efforts may have developed in isolation from each other. The purpose of this tool is to prompt a comprehensive inventory of all r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-patient-experience.pdf
June 02, 2025 - What is Patient Experience and How Does CAHPS Measure It?
WHAT IS PATIENT EXPERIENCE
AND HOW DOES CAHPS
MEASURE IT?
Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
14
What is Patient Experience?
Patient experience refers to what happened in a health care setting. It
encompasses the range of interactions that pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/child-hcahps-introducing-survey-database.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Introducing the Child HCAHPS® Survey Database webcast-Shaller
INTRODUCING THE CHILD
HCAHPS SURVEY DATABASE
Dale Shaller, MPA
Senior Advisor, CAHPS Database
CAHPS Database Overview
• Participation is voluntary and open to all users of surveys supported
by the Database
• Annual cycle of submissions and reportin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0238-table1.pdf
June 17, 2014 - Evidence Supporting the Importance of Availability of Care for Children Needing Treatment or Counseling Services
Table 1: Evidence Supporting the Importance of Availability of Care for Children Needing Treatment or
Counseling Services
Type of
evidence
Key findings
Level of
evidence
(USPSTF
ranking*)
…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/exh1.html
October 01, 2015 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Syn…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/printed-report.html
September 01, 2019 - Delivering Quality Reports in Print
While Web reports are becoming increasingly common, print used to be the most prevalent way to publish performance results and continues to be well suited to certain audiences. This medium enables sponsors to present text and graphics in a way that feels comfortable and famil…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-how-are-cahps-surveys-used.pdf
January 01, 2021 - How Are CAHPS® Survey Results Used?
HOW ARE CAHPS SURVEY
RESULTS USED?
Dale Shaller, M.P.A.
Principal
Shaller Consulting Group
Major Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Public reporting
• Value-based purchasing
• Recognition and certification
• Research
Major Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Public reporting
• Value-based…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Develop-an-Evaluation-Plan.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 6: Develop an Evaluation Plan
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation_shoulder-dystocia.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation
Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation
Purpose of the tool: The Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation tool …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/mcfarland-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Education levels varied from associate's degrees to MD/
PhD, with the majority reporting a master’s … Stringent (and varied) reporting
requirements can be burdensome. … Seriousness of harm varied from a minor temporary injury or near miss to an injury that
would permanently
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/share-conversation-starters.pdf
October 01, 2024 - The SHARE Approach: Conversation Starters
The SHARE Approach:
Conversation Starters
The SHARE Approach provides five elements to guide shared decision-making
discussions with patients. These can be used in any order, and you may need to use
some of the elements multiple times to reach a decision with your…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/05-SHARE-Cultural-Competence.pdf
October 25, 2024 - The SHARE Approach: Cultural Competence and Getting To Know Your Patient
The SHARE Approach:
Cultural Competence and
Getting To Know Your
Patient
Providers striving to deliver high-quality care to all patients understand that cultural
factors influence patients’ health beliefs, behaviors, and responses …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-intro-qi.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Introduction to Quality Improvement
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Introduction to Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement (QI) Basics
The QI Process
You will be helping practices to:
Identify areas for improvement.
Set goals.
Develop a plan that…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/gurwitz.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home
Research to Help Underserved Populations
Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness
Research Products
Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home
Description
The prevalence of off-label use of atypi…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/good-writing.html
July 01, 2011 - Why Does the Writing in a Health Care Quality Report Matter?
Information is clear if the audience for that information can understand it. This simple rule poses a real challenge, because there are many possible audiences for a health care quality report and they may differ in background knowledge, literacy …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section1.html
October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Example…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Set-the-Stage-for-Conducting-the-Survey.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project:
Step 1: Form a Project Team .
Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .
Step 3: Define Your Goals .
Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy .
Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey.
Step…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/friese-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Patient toxicity rates varied
across practices. … enormous variation in these practices. 3) Communication processes and use of
technologies are diffuse and varied … We found that perceptions of prescribers and nurses varied when it came to performing
behaviors consistent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/gold-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - disciplines.21-23
Although scribes are considered a distinct professional group, their composition is quite varied … require
scribes because of their difficulties with EHR use, it is likely that scribes, with their varied … Among scribe users, the difference in outcome measures
post-scribe compared with baseline varied, and