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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/virginia.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Virginia Cooperative
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve the heart health of their patien…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 1 Assessment and Planning
To ensure the success of any new program, it is customary to assess the environment and devise a detailed plan for implementation. The first phase of implementing an antibiogram program is to conduct a thorough assessment of the nursing home’s capacity a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.docx
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital, Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see how you are doing, and see if …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/phoneroleplay.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Phone Call Role Play
1
Phone Call Role Play
CALLER: Hello Ms. Smith, I am Brian, a nurse from [Hospital]. When you left the hospital,
Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help with this call. I am hoping to talk to you about your medical issues, see …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/James.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Prologue—Volume 1—Five Years Later—Are We Any Safer?
1
Prologue
Five Years Later—Are We Any Safer?
Brent C. James
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released To Err Is Human: Building a Safer
Health System,1 its seminal summary of preventable patient injuries suffered
within American hospitals, on November 29,…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal3.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Program Impact
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Executive Summary
Report Organization
Program Implementation
Program Impact
What We Learned…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-primary-care-workforce.html
May 01, 2024 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022
Primary Care Workforce
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022
Acknowledgments and Authors
Message from the Acting Director of AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Res…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/preventing-clinical-deterioration-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Cancer Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (CaPSLL): Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients
Principal Investigator: Matthew Weinger, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Co-PI: Daniel France, M.P.H., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN AHRQ Grant No…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-roleplay-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Role Play Scenarios
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Create a Safe
Medicine List Together
Role Play Scenario 1
Facilitator Instructions
1. Create props (index cards or post-it notes) to represent the medicine la…
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar05/mixedmethods.html
June 01, 2017 - Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research - Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement
Webinar #5: Mixed Methods (Slide Presentation)
This slide presentation was presented at a webinar on December 3, 2013.
Slide 1
Advanced Methods Webinars: Integrating Mixed…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-fac-guide.html
February 01, 2017 - Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events
Say:
Today, we will discuss monitoring ventilator-associated events.
Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Say:
After this session, you will…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/etchegaray2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Parent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture: Parent-Centered Safety Culture Tool
Parent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture: Parent-Centered Safety Culture Tool
Project Team: Jason M. Etchegaray, PhD (PI; RAND Corporation); Madelene J. Ottosen, PhD (The
University of Texas Medical School at Hous…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-slides-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Teach-Back
Teach-Back
AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in
Primary Care Settings by Engaging
Patients and Families
Presenter
Presentation Notes
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, funded the development of a Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/qi-action-slides.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Quality Improvement in Action Slides
Quality Improvement in Action
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019
April 2022
Objectives
Describe methods to identify your intensive care unit’s (ICU) focus area of improvement using quality improvement strategies
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/common-cold-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Antibiotic Use
The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnosis: Acute Viral Upper
Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
The “N…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1
IDEAL Discharge Planning Overview, Process, and Checklist
Evidence for engaging patients
and families in discharge planning
Nearly 20 percent of patients experience an adverse
event within 30 days of discharge.1,2 R…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide5/notes.html
August 01, 2022 - Module 5: Response and Disclosure
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Facilitator Notes
Say:
In Module 5 of the CANDOR Toolkit, we will discuss the Response and Disclosure component of the CANDOR process.
Slide 1
Say:
The goal of this module is to:
Define…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4c_pdi03-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
November 01, 2012 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4c
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 03: Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
Why focus on reta…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide1a.html
March 01, 2025 - Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 1: Product Development (continued)
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Table of Contents
Publishing and Communications Guidelines
Section 1: Product Development
Audio and Video Products
Appendix 1-A. Release Forms
Appendix 1-B. Trademarks
Appendix 1-C. …