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1. Hospital Language Services: Quality Improvement and Performance Measures (pdf file)
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   May 08, 2008 - health status and diminished access to health care are frequent challenges. … the delivery of language services in hospitals and other health care settings. … We used Nerenz and Neil’s paper, “Performance Measures for Health Care Systems,”16 to help us develop … preferred language for health care delivery. … Impact of interpreter services on delivery of health care to limited-English-proficient patients.

2. 2021: An AHRQ Year in Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2022 - The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network was a vital contributor to HHS’s response … In October, AHRQ launched a free Spanish-language version of our QuestionBuilder app to help Hispanic … The Agency also strove to revitalize primary care , expand access to high-quality behavioral healthcare … conditions, and ensuring that our data analytics are useful for healthcare decision making at Federal … , State, and local levels.

3. National Pcep Meeting White Paper (doc file)
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   May 05, 2014 - , state, and national level. … An important model for the healthcare system of facilitating transformation and disseminating innovation … York City that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health … community health workers (thus providing employment opportunities as well as improving access to care … A health care cooperative extension service: transforming primary care and community health.

4. Expanding and Enhancing All Payer Claims Database System Capacity in States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2018 - for States seeking solutions to facilitate cost containment and health care reform. … States at the forefront of aggregating health care claims data from payers are facing unique challenges … the value of the data in improving the cost and quality of the health care delivery system. … to individual State design efforts. … Nonclaims Payments APCDs provide comprehensive information about health care costs and services, but

5. EvidenceNOW: Virginia Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2021 - health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve … a changing health care system. … for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). … made presentations at several national conferences as well as produced a webinar. … Managing Change in Primary Care: A Heart of Virginia Healthcare Report [NAPCRG, 2017] Joy in practice

6. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Virginia Cooperative (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2017 - health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve … United States as a whole, Virginia experiences racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in access … a changing health care system. … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). … presentations at several national conferences as well as produced a webinar.

7. Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science (pdf file)
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   April 02, 2020 - significance of diagnostic safety in its report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care.3 Among NASEM’s … Improving diagnosis in health care - the next imperative for patient safety. … Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. http://iom.nationalacademies.org/Reports/2015/Improving-Diagnosis-in-Healthcare.aspx … Measuring errors and adverse events in health care. … Patient-centered insights: using health care complaints to reveal hot spots and blind spots in quality

8. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions - Toolbox (pdf file)
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   July 28, 2016 - to state or national averages] or [insert how current rates compare to top 10% performers]           … and supports, or have a contact at the State Medicaid agency who can assist with these issues; and … care ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE  History of receiving behavioral health services  Concern … All individuals determined to require urgent mental health care are initially assessed and treated at … abuse treatment and other health care services at its clinics or through Courage Recovery Center community

9. Defining Diagnostic Error: A Scoping Review to Assess the Impact of the National Academies’ Report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (pdf file)
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   April 27, 2022 - Scoping Review to Assess the Impact of the National Academies’ Report Improving Diagnosis in Health … landmark report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, and proposed a new definition of diagnostic error … Key Words: diagnostic errors, patient-centered care, delivery of health care, medicine (J Patient … goal is to reduce patient harm.14 The publication of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care consolidated … National Academy of Medicine. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care.

10. Module 5: Resident and Family Engagement: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Collaboration Residents, families, providers, and health care leaders collaborate in policy and program … the resident and their family, can work as partners to improve health care quality and safety. … Slide 15: Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool Say: Establishing trust and a relationship is … AHRQ developed a tool to help residents and family members get to know the health care team. … Residents and families should be given access to relevant health care information in ways that the resident

11. Questions and Answers: AHRQ Webinar on Shared Decisionmaking for Chronic Conditions and Long Term Care Planning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - , the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) hosted a National Webinar on the topic of shared … Care System: Shared Decisionmaking for Aging Veterans: It's a Team Effort Moderator: Arlene Bierman … Are there any best practices for when the vet lives in another state and family members are scattered … If a patient is given a new diagnosis, say of diabetes, I would be very quick to offer the services of … to access a service that is not covered by VA.

12. Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training for Health Care Leaders Audio Script | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Summarize the principles of informed consent in health care. … Priority should be given to persons named in health care proxy or power-of-attorney documents, and the … (See Wellness Hospital's Language Access Plan for details on our interpreter services.) … hospitals and health care systems have chosen this path. … In the Resources section, you will find a Health Care Language Services Implementation Guide that can

13. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2020 - About the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report For the 17th year in a row, AHRQ is reporting … , as well as disparities, for access to healthcare and quality of healthcare. … • Healthcare context (e.g., access to high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate, and … Quality Access to Healthcare and Disparities Access Health Insurance Improving Measures Worsening … About Treatment From Other Doctors Improving Trend: Home Health Care Provider Communication Worsening

14. Implementation Guide for AHRQ's Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice - Training Modules (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Care Leaders (Leaders Module) and Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training for Health Care … Patients and health care teams alike benefit when a patient’s consent to treatment is fully informed … 9). 4Use the Health Care Professional Survey in the Appendix C to understand the extent to which physicians … not look at the form 6 r I was not asked to sign a form Go to Question 23 33Implementation … Staff to exclude: Any staff member who is not eligible to participate in the health care provider training

15. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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    July 12, 2017 - In: Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices … In: Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices … In: Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices … What’s in it for me?” Talk to them in their language. … You can look at current pressure injury metrics to see what’s working and what’s not.

16. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Experiences from the Frontline (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - In situ simulations: Trainings that allow health care teams to practice teamwork and communication and … across the health care delivery system. … to conduct in situ simulations than in earlier efforts and develop a more organized framework to ensure … GOING FORWARD The WakeMed teams took full advantage of their health care system’s supportive culture … KEY STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS A culture of safety across the health care system.

17. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Experiences from the Frontline (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - In situ simulations: Trainings that allow health care teams to practice teamwork and communication and … across the health care delivery system. … to conduct in situ simulations than in earlier efforts and develop a more organized framework to ensure … GOING FORWARD The WakeMed teams took full advantage of their health care system’s supportive culture … KEY STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS A culture of safety across the health care system.

18. Meta-LARC: Meta-network Learning and Research Center (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2016 - Presentations made at national conferences are often also made to the team, and all members have the … “The patient’s perspective is being hailed as a pillar of the health care system." … The goals of the PCRC are to (a) perform clinical studies that will improve health care delivery and … will be helpful in health care research for years to come. … J Prim Health Care 2014;6(1):6.

19. Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training for Health Care Professionals Audio Script | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Patients and health care teams alike benefit when a patient's consent to treatment is fully informed … I was the principal architect in the design and implementation of language access programs, including … trainings for health care interpreters and bilingual staff. … And be sure to note your patient's preferred language and need for interpreter services in his or her … You should always look at your patient when you are talking and when your patient is talking, not at

20. AHRQ EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity: Interim Evaluation Report II (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2024 - care practices in their state, and recruit at least 50 practices to participate in a quality improvement … Taking innovation to scale in primary care practices: the functions of health care extension. … The respondent did not specify whether they intended to reach out to national, state, regional, and/or … During the next meeting they look at what available data the practices have, identify any trends in … To what extent and in what ways were the Cooperatives successful at using new state-level capacity to