附录C: AHRQ Toolkits

Following is a summary of toolkits freely available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with the target audience identified.

AHRQ’s Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training Modules for Health Care Leaders and Professionals. For hospital leaders and health care professionals.

AHRQ Safety Program for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities Toolkit. For dialysis center clinicians.

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Control and Prevention Toolkit. For clinical staff.

Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit. For health care institutions and practitioners.

Community Connections Obesity Referral Toolkit. For clinicians and staff.

Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. For clinicians.

Dissemination Planning Tool. For researchers.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Information Design and Usability Toolkit. For primary care practices.

Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care, V4. For the emergency department.

Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data—Present on Admission (POA) Toolkit. For clinicians.

Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities. For nursing facilities.

Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety. For staff and patients.

Health Information Technology (Health IT) Evaluation Toolkit. For project teams.

Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals. This guide presents step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing patient flow improvement strategies to alleviate crowded emergency departments.

Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit. For clinicians and researchers.

Improving Your Office Testing Process. A Toolkit for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. For physicians’ offices, clinics, and other ambulatory care facilities.

Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk Research. For researchers.

Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net: A Toolkit for Primary Care Practices and Clinics. For clinicians.

Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit. For hospital administration.

National Quality Strategy Stakeholder Toolkit. For organizations.

Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Modules. For nursing homes.

Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators. For clinical staff and administrators. This is a stand-alone, pediatric version of the QI Toolkit.

Preventing Falls in Hospitals—A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. For hospital administration and staff.

Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals. For hospital staff.

Questions Are the Answer Toolkit. For clinicians.

Race and Ethnicity Data Improvement Toolkit. For hospital staff.

Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit. For hospital administrators.

The SHARE Approach. For clinicians.

Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety 2.0 (Team STEPPS). For clinicians and clinical staff.

Toolkit for Hospitals: Improving Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QI). For hospital administrators and staff.

Toolkit for Implementing the Chronic Care Model in an Academic Environment. For administrators.

Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). For clinical staff.

Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship. For hospital administrators and staff.

Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI). For hospital staff.

Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Intervention: A Systems Approach. For clinicians.

Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: A Resource Toolkit. For hospital staff and patients.

Source: Toolkits. Content last reviewed February 2017. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare

Research and Quality. www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/ahrq-toolkits.html