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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/safety-assessment.html
March 01, 2017 - Staff Safety Assessment
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Purpose: To tap into your experience to determine risks that could harm residents.
Who should use this tool? Anyone who works in or provides services to this nursing home.
How should you use this tool? Provide as muc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/strategic-plan.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Strategic Plan
Information on the Agency's strategic plans.
As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports health services research initiatives that seek to improve the quality of healthcare in America. AHRQ’s m…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/bonafide-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Using data from Problem Analysis parent interviews, we worked with the
Integrated Product Design team
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module2/module2-obtaining-organizational-buy-in-support.pptx
August 14, 2015 - Module 2: Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit Module 2: Obtaining Organizational Buy-in and Support
Communication and Optimal Resolution
(CANDOR)
Toolkit
Module 2: Obtaining Organizational
Buy-in and Support
Module 2 of the CANDOR Toolkit describes the importance of obtaining organizational supp…
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/tools/huddle.html
May 01, 2023 - Monitoring and Modifying the Plan: Huddle
The Huddle is a tool for communicating adjustments to a care plan that is already in place. When a plan is or has to be altered due to changes in the patient’s condition or team membership, or the current plan is not working, either the designated leader or a situatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 2. Talking With Residents’ Family Members
These talking points are presented in Q&A format to encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses or prescribing clinicians and residents’ family members about antibiotics and the risks involved with taking antibiotics. The talking points are designed to: (1) ed…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-sops-riverside-handoffs-webcast-hansford.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Improving Hospital Handoffs Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey - Hansford and Murray
Assessing Patient Safety Culture to
Improve Hospital Handoffs
Ashley Hansford, BS, CPPS
Patient Safety Manager
Lauren Murray, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Director of Nursing, Med/Surg Unit
Riverside Health Sys…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/sppcii-facilitator-guide.docx
July 01, 2023 - Facilitator Guide for Hospital AIM Team Leads
Facilitator Guide for Hospital AIM Team Leads
What Is This Guide?
This guide is intended as a complement to the online training modules of the Safety Program for Perinatal Care II (SPPC-II) Teamwork Toolkit. It provides helpful information about scheduling and conducting …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/026-why-choose-cusp.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
Why Choose a CUSP Approach?
Surgical Services
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention |
Why Choose a CUSP Approach?
1
Educational Objectives
D…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/14-engaging-stakeholders.pptx
June 01, 2023 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Engaging Stakeholders
Developing a Vision for Your Improving Surgical Care
and Recovery Program
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0052
June 2023
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
1
Visit AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-Ba…
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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
Search All Impact Case Studies
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/cquips0702.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Pittsburgh Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Help Improve Nursing Home Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
December 2006
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine adapted AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture to survey nursing home staff as part of ongoing researc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/rfe-brochure.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Resident and Family Engagement: What is it? What are the benefits?
Resident and
Family
Engagement:
What is it?
What are the benefits?
What can I do as a resident
or family member to partner
with staff?
Where can I find more
information?
• Share your concerns, needs, and
observations
• Take an active role in …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexecsum.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Administration
Chapter …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/helpsmokers.pdf
May 01, 2008 - Help for smokers and other tobacco users
HELP FOR SMOKERS
AND OTHER
TOBACCO USERS
HELP FOR SMOKERS
AND OTHER
TOBACCO USERS
1
YOU CAN
QUIT
YOU CAN
QUIT
Quitting is hard. Many people try several times
before they quit for good. But they do succeed.
This booklet tells about ways you can quit.
…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/healthit.ahrq.gov/index.html
November 01, 2024 - AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program
AHRQ's digital healthcare initiative is part of the Nation's strategy to put information technology to work in healthcare. By making health information available electronically when and where it is needed, digital healthcare can improve the quality of care, even as it …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/2018mosopsdatabasereport-execsumm.pdf
April 01, 2018 - Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2018 User Database Report Part I Executive Summary
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Executive Summary
2018 Medical Offices Survey
Database Report
This overview of survey findings summarized how medical office employees
perceive 10 areas of patient safety cultu…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/summary.html
September 01, 2017 - EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care
Project Summary
EvidenceNOW is a large, national grant initiative dedicated to helping small- and medium-sized primary care practices across the country use the latest evidence to improve the heart health of millions of Americans. EvidenceNOW is built on the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/vanschaik-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: A Novel Debriefing Strategy for Interprofessional Simulation-Based Team Training
Final Progress Report
A Novel Debriefing Strategy for Interprofessional Simulation-Based Team Training
Principal Investigator: Sandrijn M. van Schaik, MD, PhD
Team Members:
• Naike Bochatay, PhD
• Deborah Fr…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/slides.html
December 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Facilitator Training Slide Presentation
Text version of slide presentation.
Slide 1: Overview of On-Time
AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Facilitator Training
Overview of On-Time
Slid…