Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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1. 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, 20 September, 2019

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   • 20 September, 2019

2. Strategies to improve patient safety: Final report to congress required by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (15 December 2021)

   • Leadership
   • Patient safety strategy
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Leadership
     • Patient safety strategy
     • USA

   By Mark Hughes, 4 January

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   • 4 January

3. AHRQ: SOPS Bibliography

   • Standards
   • Policies / Protocols / Procedures

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 October, 2020

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   • 17 October, 2020

4. AHRQ: Health Literacy

   • Communication
   • Transparency
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Communication
     • Transparency
     • Communication problems
     • Perception / understanding
     • Health literacy

   By Patient Safety Learning, 14 October, 2020

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   • 14 October, 2020

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

   • Teamwork
   • Communication
   • (and 3 more)

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

   By lzipperer, 13 January, 2020

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   • 13 January, 2020

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

   • Medication
   • Prescribing

   By Patient Safety Learning, 22 November, 2019

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   • 22 November, 2019

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

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

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     • Assessment and Recommendation
     • Methodology
     • Risk assessment

   By Claire Cox, 6 October, 2019

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   • 6 October, 2019

8. 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, 12 September, 2019

   • 0 comments
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   • 12 September, 2019

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

   • Transfer of care
   • Home
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Home
     • Risk management
     • Baby
     • NICU/SCBU

   By Claire Cox, 5 September, 2019

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   • 5 September, 2019

10. 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, 5 September, 2019

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    • 5 September, 2019

11. AHRQ: Toolkit to improve safety in ambulatory surgery centres

    • 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, 5 September, 2019

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    • 5 September, 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
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    • 5 September, 2019

13. 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, 5 September, 2019

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    • 5 September, 2019

14. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
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    • 5 September, 2019

15. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
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    • 5 September, 2019

16. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
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    • 5 September, 2019

17. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
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    • 5 September, 2019

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

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

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

    By Claire Cox, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 467 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 5 September, 2019

19. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 595 views
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    • 5 September, 2019

20. 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, 5 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 566 views
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    • 5 September, 2019

21. 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, 5 August, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 526 views
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    • 5 August, 2019

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

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

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 June, 2019

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    • 26 June, 2019