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The ´óÏóAPP (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
Background Report on 2013 Retirement of CHIPRA Measures from the Child Core Set
This report describes the process used by AHRQ's Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare for Medicaid and CHIP to review and assess measures in the initial core set of healthcare quality measures for children (the child core set) and identify those measures appropriate for retirement.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0027-EF
Transitioning Newborns From NICU to Home
This toolkit includes resources for hospitals that wish to improve safety when newborns transition home from their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by creating a Health Coach Program, tools for coaches, and information for parents and families of newborns who have spent time in the NICU.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 12(14)-0054-EF
The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide: An Instrument To Assess the Understandability and Actionability of Print and Audiovisual Patient Education Materials
The PEMAT is a method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education materials. It is designed as a guide to help determine whether patients will be able to understand and act on information.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0002-EF
Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships: A Supplement to the Clinical-Community Relationships Measures Atlas
This supplement suggests 52 potential measures that could be developed to fill the gaps in existing measurements. The supplement also proposes a core set of 13 measures culled from both the existing measures in the Atlas and the 52 potential measures that have been judged to represent the essential aspects of clinical community relationships for prevention.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 14-0008-EF
Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs
This report summarizes the role of the built environment in the transmission of pathogens and discusses the impact that design features could have in mitigating transmission in healthcare facilities.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-0053-EF
Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative Interim Data Report on the National On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI Project
This interim data report discusses accomplishments and next steps in the National On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI Project.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-0071-EF
Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap
The Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap is a resource for understanding effective clinical-community resource relationships. The roadmap is rooted in a conceptual framework that depicts the interrelationships between several factors that may influence the effectiveness of linkages between primary care clinics and community resources for preventive services.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-M015-EF
Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
This report presents the results of an environmental scan of existing patient safety education and training programs. It presents data collected and cataloged on 333 current, active, and recurring patient safety education and training programs; a characterization of those programs by various factors, including sponsor, target audience, program objectives, delivery method, duration, and cost; and recommendations for potential future patient safety education and training efforts.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-0051-EF
Practice Facilitation Handbook: Training Modules for New Facilitators and Their Trainers
The Practice Facilitator’s Handbook is designed to assist in the training of new practice facilitators as they begin to develop the knowledge and skills needed to support meaningful improvement in primary care practices.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-0046-EF
Building Quality Improvement Capacity in Primary Care
This decisionmaker brief explores supports and resources for building quality improvement capacity in primary care.
Publication Date: Publication Number: 13-0044-2-EF
