Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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1. Just Culture and Its Critical Link to Patient Safety (Part I) (17 May 2012)

   • Just Culture
   • Safety culture
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Just Culture
     • Safety culture
     • Culture of fear
     • Duty of Candour

   By Patient Safety Learning, June 26, 2019

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   • June 26, 2019

2. Guide to improving patient safety in primary care settings by engaging patients and families

   • Quality improvement
   • Patient / family involvement
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Quality improvement
     • Patient / family involvement
     • User-centred design
     • Patient safety strategy

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • September 5, 2019

3. Improving your laboratory testing process: A step-by-step guide for rapid-cycle patient safety and quality improvement

   • Information processing
   • System safety
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Information processing
     • System safety
     • Process redesign
     • Quality improvement
     • Risk management

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • September 5, 2019

4. Be more involved in your health care: Tips for patients (August 2011)

   • Patient
   • Patient / family involvement
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     • Patient
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Recommendations
     • Risk management

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • September 5, 2019

5. 20 Tips to help prevent medical errors: patient fact sheet

   • Risk management
   • Patient / family involvement
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Risk management
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Recommendations
     • Patient

   By Claire Cox, August 5, 2019

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   • 81 views
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   • August 5, 2019

6. AHRQ: Waiting room video – The question is the answer (29 April 2015)

   • Patient
   • Risk management
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Patient
     • Risk management
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Recommendations

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • 104 views
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   • September 5, 2019

7. AHRQ: Safety programme for nursing homes: On-time pressure ulcer healing (updated July 2018)

   • Care home
   • Recommendations
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Care home
     • Recommendations
     • Risk management
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Software

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • 89 views
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   • September 5, 2019

8. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits

   • Care home
   • Risk management
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Care home
     • Risk management
     • Readmission
     • Treatment

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • September 5, 2019

9. AHRQ: Preventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism: A guide for effective quality improvement (updated August 2016)

   • Surgery - Vascular
   • Hospital ward
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Surgery - Vascular
     • Hospital ward
     • Blood / blood products
     • Patient death
     • Risk management

   By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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   • September 5, 2019

10. AHRQ: Toolkit for improving perinatal safety (updated June 2017)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Communication problems
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Communication problems
      • Baby
      • Quality improvement
      • System safety

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 74 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • September 5, 2019

11. Toolkit to engage high-risk patients in safe transitions across ambulatory settings (December 2017)

    • Transfer of care
    • Risk management
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Transfer of care
      • Risk management
      • Patient / family involvement

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 48 views
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    • September 5, 2019

12. AHRQ: Toolkit to improve safety for mechanically ventilated patients (reviewed August 2017)

    • Devices
    • Oxygen / gas / vapour
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Devices
      • Oxygen / gas / vapour
      • Patient safety strategy
      • Risk management

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 58 views
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    • September 5, 2019

13. AHRQ: Toolkit to improve safety in ambulatory surgery centres (reviewed May 2017)

    • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Patient safety incident
      • Risk management
      • Quality improvement

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 63 views
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    • September 5, 2019

14. AHRQ: Toolkit to promote safe surgery (November 2017)

    • Treatment
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Treatment
      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Patient safety strategy

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 59 views
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    • September 5, 2019

15. AHRQ: Transitioning newborns from NICU to home: A resource toolkit (December 2013)

    • Transfer of care
    • Home
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Transfer of care
      • Home
      • Risk management
      • Baby

    By Claire Cox, September 5, 2019

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    • 72 views
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    • September 5, 2019

16. Computerised Provider Order Entry - Unintended consequences

    • Prescribing
    • Information processing
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Prescribing
      • Information processing
      • Cognitive tasks
      • System safety

    By Claire Cox, September 12, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 87 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • September 12, 2019

17. What is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)?

    • Quality improvement
    • Recommendations
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Quality improvement
      • Recommendations
      • Leadership
      • Organisational development
      • Organisational Performance

    By Claire Cox, September 20, 2019

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    • 67 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • September 20, 2019

18. AHRQ chartbook on patient safety: national healthcare quality and disparities report (October 2019)

    • Assessment and Recommendation
    • Methodology
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Assessment and Recommendation
      • Methodology
      • Risk assessment

    By Claire Cox, October 6, 2019

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    • 46 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • October 6, 2019

19. AHRQ: Toolkit to improve antibiotic use in acute care hospitals (November 2019)

    • Medication
    • Prescribing

    By Patient Safety Learning, November 22, 2019

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    • 71 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • November 22, 2019

20. AHRQ: TeamSTEPPS® – tools and tactics for good teamwork

    • Teamwork
    • Communication
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Teamwork
      • Communication
      • Care coordination
      • Team culture
      • Safety culture

    By lzipperer, January 13

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    • January 13