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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/clinician/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Clinicians and Providers
Clinical information on evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines, medical effectiveness, pharmaceutical therapy, new technology, screening and preventive services, and outcomes research.
Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations
Evidence-based research provides the basis for sound…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/how-to-use.html
December 01, 2017 - How To Use the Toolkit
Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The toolkit has two complementary guides that should be used together and are a good starting point: Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery , and Surgical Complication Prevention . These two guides address adaptive and technical work, which are both crit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary/handoffs-and-handovers
September 13, 2021 - Handoffs and Handovers
September 13, 2021
Anonymous (not verified)
See Primer . The process when one health care professional updates another on the status of one or more patients for the purpose of taking over their care. Typical examples involve a physician who has been on call overnight telling an incoming …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-12/2023-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Task Force Methods to Mitigate Systemic Racism in
Clinical Preventive Services,”28,29 the USPSTF has worked
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apb.html
October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Appendix B. Prioritize Opportunities for Improvement
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Table of Contents
Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Overview
Get Ready
Pressure Injury Prevention Program Phases
Appendix A. RACI Chart
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/premortem-tool.html
January 01, 2017 - Premortem Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Problem Statement
Projects often fail due to many circumstances. Quality improvement programs, like the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) are no exception. Understanding potential barriers and complications to…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange_slides.pptx
June 02, 2025 - How To Manage Change
How To Manage Change
ADD Hospital Name
Module 2
QI Change Process
Change process strategies can be applied to other quality improvement (QI) efforts:
Hospital falls
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism after knee and hip replacement
Blood inco…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nc.html
March 01, 2019 - State at a Glance: North Carolina
Learn more about the CHIPRA quality demonstration projects being implemented in North Carolina.
North Carolina is featured in the following reports from the National Evaluation:
Evaluation Highlight No. 1 : How are CHIPRA demonstration States approaching practice-level qu…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/index.html
August 01, 2023 - Multiple Settings
Tools for Health Care Organizations
Calibrate Dx is a self-evaluation tool for clinicians to improve their diagnostic decision making. This resource provides structured exercises and tools to help clinicians learn from reviewing their clinical practice. Anyone whose scope of practice includ…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi1.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Chapter 1. Administration
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Administration
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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/mosurv14chap5.html
June 01, 2014 - Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Chapter 5. Overall Results
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Table of Contents
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Survey Administration Statistics
Chapter 3. Medical Office Characteristics…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/managing/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Managing a CAHPS Survey Project
By developing a comprehensive project management strategy early on, you can ensure that your survey project runs smoothly and that your team is prepared to handle any unexpected problems. This section offers tips and considerations relevant to three management objectives:
Eff…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/meeting-summary-031720.pdf
July 23, 2020 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care March Meeting Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health Care
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested “AHRQ to co…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_6.pdf
October 01, 2016 - New Models of Primary Care Workforce - Case Example #6: Henry Ford Health System
New Models of Primary Care
Workforce and Financing
Case
Example Henry Ford Health System6
New Models of Primary Care Workforce
and Financing
Case Example #6: Henry Ford Health System
Prepared for:…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-6.html
July 01, 2019 - Case Example #6: Henry Ford Health System
This report is based on research conducted by Abt Associates in partnership with the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and Bailit Health Purchasing, Cambridge, MA, under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33728/psn-pdf
May 01, 2012 - In Conversation With…David C. Classen, MD, MS
May 1, 2012
In Conversation With…David C. Classen, MD, MS. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdavid-c-classen-md-ms
Editor's note: David C. Classen, MD, MS, is Chief Medical Information Officer for Pascal Metrics and an
Associa…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2022-07-nac/nacmtg072122-minutes.html
December 01, 2022 - Meeting Minutes, July 2022
Virtual Meeting
Minutes from the July 21, 2022, virtual meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of May 12, 2021, Meeting Summary
AHRQ Director’s Highlights
Discussion of Healthcare Q…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/lessons-covid19-slides-07012021.pdf
July 01, 2021 - AHRQ National Web Conference - Slide
AHRQ National Web Conference
on Opportunities for Digital Healthcare:
Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Moderated by:
Arlene Bierman, MD, MS
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Presented by:
Jerry Osheroff, MD
Alex Krist, MD, MPH
Robert S. Rudin, PhD
July 1,…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/team-notes.html
December 01, 2012 - Assemble the Team, Facilitator Notes
CUSP Toolkit
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
Slide 3. The Unit-Based CUSP Team .
Slide 4. CUSP Team Memb…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/action-alliance-rfi-report-040323_LOCKED.pdf
March 01, 2023 - Patient Safety Action Alliance: Request for Information (RFI) Summary Report
Patient Safety Action Alliance
Request for Information (RFI) Summary Report
March 2023
Background:
At the direction of Secretary Becerra, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
launched a National Healthcare System Action…