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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-14-collecting-performance-data.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Collecting Performance Data Using Chart Audits and Electronic Data Extraction
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation
Curriculum
Module 14: Collecting Performance Data Using
Chart Audits and Electronic Data Extraction
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care ww…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Creating a Work-Around to Implement Fall Risk Screening For Older Adults Using Appointment Notes Case Study
Focus on High Leverage Change: Risk Assessment
Creating a Work-Aro…
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/hospitals-clinics/10-tips/index.html
June 01, 2018 - 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored hundreds of patient safety research and implementation projects, offe…
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=25
Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal2.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Program Implementation
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/035-ss-pre-launch-activities.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Preoperative Surgical Decolonization Prelaunch Activities
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Develop a CUSP Team
In the AHRQ Safety Program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-scale-improvements.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Job Aid: Helping Practices Scale Improvements
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid: Helping Practices Scale Improvements
Once a practice has tested and refined a change using plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles, they are
ready to implement. Strategies you and a practice can us…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-5.html
March 01, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Next Steps and Barriers
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Table of Contents
Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Introduction
Foundations of Diagnosis Education
Current State of Diagnosis Education
Competencies To Improve Diagn…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/ui-ehr-materials.docx
June 02, 2025 - Urinary Incontinence EHR Materials
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Urinary Incontinence EHR Materials
WI-INTUIT Team – University of Wisconsin
Resource Description: This document contains options for note text and after visit summary language to be included in your EHR.
This project was funded under grant n…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
February 01, 2024 - Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting
Principal Investigators: Anuj K. Dalal, M.D., and David Bates, M.D., MSc., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
AHRQ Grant No.: HS26613
Project Period: 09/01/18-06/30/22
Description: The overall goal of this learning lab was to i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/nurse_empower-slides/How-CUSP-Enables-Nurse-Empowerment-Nov-15-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
CLABSI Supplemental Call Series
How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment
November 15, 2011
Presenters:
Pat Posa, RN, BSN, MSA
Joanne Timmel, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Slide *
CLABSI Supplemental Call Series
Pat Posa, RN, BSN, MSA
System Performance Improvement Leader
St. Joseph Mercy Heath Syste…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/optimize-health-it.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Driver 3: Optimize Health Information Systems to Extract Data and Support Use of Evidence in Practice
Print this page to PDF
Accurate and actionable data are needed to put evidence into practice, and clinical information systems can facilitate or hamper a practice’s ability to generate and use data. Pract…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-section-5-table-3.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Table 3. Evidence for Timely Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis of Septic Shock
Table 3: Evidence for Timely Fluid Bolus for Treatment of Children with Severe Sepsis or Septic
Shock
Type of
Evidence
Key Findings Level of
Evidence
(USPSTF
Ranking*)
Citations
Clinical
guidelines
Pe…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions4.html
June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
OR-to-ICU Transitions
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
Introd…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter8.html
December 01, 2017 - ARRA ACTION: Comparative Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery Systems for American Indians and Alaska Natives Using Enhanced Data Infrastructure
Chapter 8. Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Data
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Table of Contents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-packet-va.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Heart of Virginia Healthcare
Heart of Virginia
Healthcare
Restoring the joy in primary care.
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Heart of Virginia Healthcare is one of seven cooperatives in the country funded by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s EvidenceNow initiative.
Of…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/07b-accountability/index.html
June 01, 2018 - Accountability
CUSP Toolkit
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together.
Accountability [6 min. 11 sec.]
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PKBU2upH2sA
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/index.html
October 01, 2016 - Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
Toolkit 2. Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic (Concise Antibiogram Toolkit)
Toolkit 3. The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implem…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6a-openaccess.html
March 01, 2020 - Strategy 6A: Open Access Scheduling for Routine and Urgent Appointments
Contents
6.A.1. The Problem
6.A.2. The Intervention
6.A.3. Benefits of This Model
6.A.4. Implementation of This Model
6.A.5. Challenges of This Model
6.A.6. Examples
References
Download Strategy 6A:
Open Access Sch…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/assess-psc-hsop-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Assess Patient Safety Culture Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Assess Patient Safety Culture Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Slide 2: Lear…