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121. Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Tupper_73.pdf
     March 20, 2008 - Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals Strategies for Improving Patient Safety … Second, most rural hospitals provide only a subset of the services available at larger, urban facilities … , analysis of secondary data, and deliberations of a national expert panel, as well as a survey of … Prior to the Demonstration, the THA had organized and supported a network of the Critical Access Hospitals … The survey activity provided an opportunity for the group to share a common language and experience

122. CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Overview of the Questionnaire (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/questionnaire-overview.pdf
     March 20, 2017 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for the national implementation of … Services (CMS) funded the Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement at Boston Children … ld Version: Short Item 14 2 Nurses explained things to parent/[patient] in a way that was easy to … brackets refers to language that appears in the Adult version of these questions. … -- 30 -- Patient’s race -- 31 Preferred language -- 58 -- -- Language mainly spoken at home

123. Module 5: Resident and Family Engagement: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/mod5-facguide.html
     March 01, 2017 - Participation Residents and families are encouraged to participate in care and decision making at the … Residents and families should be given access to relevant health care information in ways that the resident … use a list of resident and family engagement practices to guide their efforts. … members can be challenging for a number of reasons, including language differences, health literacy … Inviting residents and families to present at staff orientations and in-service programs.

124. Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training for Health Care Professionals Audio Script | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/informed-choice/audio-script.html
     September 01, 2020 - Return to Contents Slide 3/Introduction Welcome and THANK YOU for your interest in improving the … I was the principal architect in the design and implementation of language access programs, including … 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 … Thank you for your commitment to improving the informed consent process for patients at your hospital

125. Depression Screening and Follow-up for Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-246-fullreport.pdf
     December 01, 2019 - Data from 5 the 2010-2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the National Health … of Latinos and 58.8 percent of African Americans did not access any mental health treatment in the … , and language at the health plan level (Escarce, Carreon, Veselovskiy, et al., 2011). … in a standard format that permits comparison (at minimum) at State, health plan, and provider levels … to expand efforts.

126. Turning Unstructured Microbiology Culture Data Into Usable Information: Methods for Alerting Infection Preventionists in a Health Information Exchange About Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article14.html
     June 01, 2014 - National Efforts to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus … At the suggestion of the IPs, we do not limit the look-back period in querying for a history of GNR MDRO … Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services. … Address correspondence to : Marc Rosenman, MD, Children's Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics

127. Turning Unstructured Microbiology Culture Data Into Usable Information: Methods for Alerting Infection Preventionists in a Health Information Exchange About Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article14.html
     June 01, 2014 - National Efforts to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus … At the suggestion of the IPs, we do not limit the look-back period in querying for a history of GNR MDRO … Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services. … Address correspondence to : Marc Rosenman, MD, Children's Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics

128. A Summary of the First Annual Workshop of AHRQ’s Comparative Health System Performance Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/chsp/events/coe-workshopissuebrief.html
     January 01, 2017 - Future efforts to build a compendium of resources to study health systems must consider ways to ensure … National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and RAND Corporation and a Coordinating Center at Mathematica … Developing a common language and definitions to inform health system research broadly. … (a) at least one hospital and a group of physicians (3+ primary care physicians [PCPs]) or (b) at least … The teams discussed their efforts to build their data cores and identify health systems in existing secondary

129. Introduction to the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit for Obstetric Hemorrhage - PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_1-introduction.pptx
     July 01, 2023 - Working toward the improvement of overall maternal health outcomes, AIM partners with state teams and … health systems to align national-, State-, and hospital-level quality improvement efforts and implementation … The SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit is comprehensive in its ability to teach language, skills, tools, and strategies … to improving maternal safety and outcomes in the United States. … in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Alliance for Innovation

130. Final2016Qdr-Cx (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr16/final2016qdr-cx.pdf
     October 01, 2017 - .....................10 ACCESS AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ............................ … Improving care requires facilities and providers to work together to expand access, enhance quality, … ACCESS AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE To obtain high-quality care, Americans must first … Measures of access to care tracked in the QDR include having health insurance, having a usual source … to promote early access, engagement, and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children

131. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - for all residents of a state using only data from in-state hospitals. … equity-informed approaches to health system consolidation and access; (5) whole person care; (6) and … Improving health equity through health care systems research. … via a systematic review of the peer-reviewed English-language health literature following the PRISMA … No health without access: using a retrospective cohort to model a care continuum for people released

132. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI (July 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - So in this study from JAMA in 1999, if you look at adult patients between ages 65 and 69, about 25 percent … I have to be down in another department. I have to go look at X-rays. … If you're going to look at the chart, read it before you step into the room, or look at it after you've … and engagement may be an important adjunct in our efforts to reduce CAUTIs. … out a participation report to all the state leads, and they usually turn that around back to you. 

133. Utilization of the PHQ-9 to Monitor Depression Symptoms for Adolescents and Adults: Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-245-fullreport.pdf
     December 01, 2019 - of Latinos and 58.8 percent of African Americans did not access any mental health treatment in the … , it is translated into many languages, and it is easy for the patient to complete and the provider … on race, ethnicity, and language at the health plan level (Escarce, Carreon, Veselovskiy, et al., 2011 … in a standard format that permits comparison (at minimum) at State, health plan, and provider levels … to expand efforts.

134. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=61
     January 01, 2024 - Advocacy at all levels is a vital service. … A mixed-method investigation of parent perspectives on early childhood behavioral services in primary … State Medicaid expansion was associated with a 9% increase in BCBAs per 100,000 children one year after … , Access to Care, Disparities, Health Insurance Fritz CQ , Hall M , Bettenhausen JL Child … supports to ensure caregivers can establish and maintain linkages with these services.

135. SHARE Approach Workshop Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/workshop/mod4-guide.html
     September 01, 2020 - Department of Health and Human Services' National Quality Strategy of better care, better outcomes, and … You can find out more about this on page 5 in Tool 9, along with other National and State health care … Take a look at the Decision Support Resources in Tool 8, beginning on page 10. … Improving hypertension control in diabetes mellitus: the effects of collaborative and proactive health … Bending the curve: options for achieving savings and improving value in U.S. health spending.

136. Fielding the CAHPS Health Plan Survey 5.0 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/fielding-the-survey-hp50-2013.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - (includes street address, city, State, and ZIP Code, each in a separate field) Telephone number with … The email should be personalized and contain an individualized ID and password to access the survey … of up-to- date sample information, run a sample file through a national change-of- address database, … send a sample to a phone number look-up vendor) … Unless you maintain a high response rate overall and make efforts to reach them, their views and experiences

137. Executive Summary: Implementing PCOR To Increase Referral, Enrollment, and Retention in Cardiac Rehabilitation through Automatic Referral with Care Coordination (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/takeheart-executive-summary.pdf
     August 01, 2023 - • Limited data access and data capacity. Access to data is critical for improving CR programs. … resources to undertake QI efforts at their CR programs. … many other health services providers and programs, such as: affordability, transportation, wait times … healthcare community were learning about improving access to, and operating CR in the context of the … the Public Health Emergency and Contract Modification Project Accomplishments at a Glance Evaluation

138. CHIPRA Measure 240: Parent Report of Discussion of Weight Concerns for Child (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-240-bmi-parent-full-report.pdf
     February 01, 2020 - Likewise, parents are essential partners in efforts to address obesity as a health problem (Jeffery, … In a 2010 report to Congress, Preventive and Obesity-Related Services Available to Medicaid Enrollees … Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can help improve access to preventive … in a standard format that permits comparison (at minimum) at State, health plan, and provider levels … Department of Health and Human Services.

139. CHCANYS Participation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/chcanys-qi-primer.pdf
     August 01, 2017 - New York State, a partner with NYU School of Medicine in HealthyHearts NYC, and do not necessarily … Department of Health and Human Services. … state and federal initiative measurements such as, but not limited to: Meaningful Use, National Quality … is a key component of successful QI efforts, and a necessary part of this initiative. … The QI team will need to focus our efforts on a targeted challenge, and formulate a SMAART goal (Specific

140. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities: Training Modules (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … To err is human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 1999. … Quality improvement projects use a step-by-step approach to improving care by taking a long, hard look … Quality improvement projects use a step-by-step approach to improving care by taking a long, hard look … Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality