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3461. Intravenous Infusion Safety Initiative: Collaboration, Evidence-Based Best Practices, and “Smart” Technology Help Avert High-Risk Adverse Drug Events and Improve Patient Outcomes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Maddox_38.pdf
      March 26, 2008 - other 2 health care professionals in prioritizing implementation of IV infusion safety systems … unsafe dose settings, programming errors, and RD.31 The APSF urges health care professionals to consider … In October 2002, the new infusion system was installed on all units in our three- hospital health care … our case” to our health care system leadership. … Priority areas for national action: Transforming health care quality.

3462. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Training: Emergency Department Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/cap-ed-setting-slides.html
      January 01, 2018 - Acknowledgements This project was funded under contract/grant number HHSP233201500023I from the Agency for Healthcare … Provides option to add 1 to score if patient is found to be confused. … more intensive treatment—i.e., hospitalization or, where appropriate and available, intensive in-home health … care services—is usually warranted." i Moderate recommendation (Even if a majority would follow … A red arrow points to Recommendation: Home (30 d mortality 2.7%).

3463. Dissemination Planning Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/planningtool.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - potential users in the health care system. … IIddeennttiiffyyiinngg EEnndd UUsseerrss End users are individuals and health care professionals or … You may want to specify health care settings as well as types of clinicians or administrators. … care delivery associations. 1. … How do you think your end users obtain information about health care innovations?

3464. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Training: Primary Care Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/cap-pc-setting-slides.html
      January 01, 2018 - Acknowledgements This project was funded under contract/grant number HHSP233201500023I from the Agency for Healthcare … Provides option to add 1 to score if patient is found to be confused. … more intensive treatment—i.e., hospitalization or, where appropriate and available, intensive in-home health … care services—is usually warranted." i Moderate recommendation (Even if a majority would follow … in the hyperlink to revise the CRB-65 score accordingly.

3465. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: A Resource Toolkit (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/nicutoolkit.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - During orientation, introduce the Health Coach to the entire NICU health care team. … It is important for the Health Coach to be accessible to the familes and health care team, whether by … ■ Coaching families to collaborate with the health care team, including participation in rounds. … For a discharge to be safe and successful, make sure the health care team clearly knows and understands … contact the health care provider

3466. Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions, and Improves Outcomes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hueckel_27.pdf
      April 01, 2008 - Introduction In response to challenges from the Institute for Health Care Improvement and “The 100,000 … Examples of these proactive interventions by the Rover Team include assisting with venous access, clarification … patient transfer to a higher level of care (floor to PCU, floor to ICU, or PCU to ICU) over 50 percent … members of the multidisciplinary team; escalating respiratory therapies; establishing intravenous access … References 1 Institute for Healthcare Improvement. 100K lives campaign.

3467. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with a First Generalized Afebrile, Atraumatic Seizure: Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0198-fullreport.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - care relevant to children. … Service – care for children with special health care needs/chronic conditions: No. g. … by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and special health care needs. … Special Health Care Needs The medical records data abstracted for this study do not include indicators … Understandability CHIPRA States that the core set should allow purchasers, families, and health care

3468. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
      December 01, 2016 - care costs were saved from 2010 to 2014. … Similarly, we estimate an associated reduction of $19.9 billion in health care costs from 2011 to 2014 … health care system is as safe as it can possibly be. … AHRQ’s patient safety programs continue to enable and guide improvements in health care delivery. … expanded its efforts in order to extend the success that hospitals have achieved to all health care

3469. Final Progress Report: Demonstration Project To Refine, Automate and Test a Novel Emergency Department Trigger Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/griffey-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Scope 4.1 Background Emergency departments (ED) are a critical component of the U.S. healthcare system … Int J Qual Health Care 2013;25:6 640-7. 18. Mattsson TO, Knudsen JL, Brixen K, Herrstedt J. … Health Care / ISQua 2014. 19. … Quality & Safety in Health Care 2006;15:3 184-90. … Qual Saf Health Care 2008;17:3 216-23. 41.

3470. Innovative Use of Technology in Primary Care Delivery - Slide Presentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/innovative-use-pcr-091423.pdf
      September 14, 2023 - Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2 Welcome … Describe how the use of technology in primary care delivery advances AHRQ’s mission (to make healthcare … EXPERTS-PC (n=6, 5 patients/caregivers + 1 provider) Role Mean Sum of SDs Patient 6.4 3.383 Provider/Healthcare … CMC ED ADE visits result in hospital admission Chronic Conditions Functional Limitations Needs Health … Care Use CMC 49 Modifiable Root Causes MRCI = Medication Regimen Complexity Index – a weighted

3471. CAHPS QI The Case for Improving Patient Experience (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/The_Case_for_Improving_Patient_Experience_-2011_10_01_Transcript.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Podcast Available https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/News-and-Events/Podcasts.aspx Carla Zema The Agency for Healthcare … to you as you start to collect the information. … need to be changed and then you realize that you need to keep collecting it going forward in order to … desk next to me. … You can also access other quality improvement resources such as case studies detailing the use of CAHPS

3472. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
      October 01, 2016 - The tools seek to facilitate gathering critical information by nurses to communicate to prescribing clinicians … and/or to enable prescribing clinicians to make decisions based on the most recent guidelines. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2013. http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/healthcare/pdfs/GetSmartWeek_NursingHomes.pdf … In addition to providing standardized information to help with decisionmaking, a clinician will be provided … Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Long-Term Care Special Interest Group.

3473. SOPS™ ASC Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops-asc-webcast-transcript-non-ad.pdf
      February 01, 2019 - for Healthcare Research and Quality's work on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems … AHRQ is a science-based agency and what we do is invest in research and evidence to make healthcare … and evaluate the progress of the US healthcare system. … system. … To access the Q&A box, you may need to select the button with the three dots that's at the bottom of

3474. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections – Slides
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-slides.pptx
      September 01, 2022 - Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Toolkit Resources For more resources on asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections, please access … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by healthcare practitioners in accordance … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as … or not to treat?

3475. E. Subcommittee Template: Developing a National Standard Set of Granular Ethnicity Categories and a Rollup Scheme | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataape.html
      October 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement E. … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health … Care Quality Improvement Summary Reviewers 1. … Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System 6. Implementation A. … Categories and Coding The Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare

3476. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
      February 01, 2017 - Patients with SCD use many parts of the health care system, incurring significant costs. … Kauf and colleagues estimate the lifetime cost of health care per patient with SCD to be approximately … The cost of health care for children and adults with sickle cell disease. … care relevant to children. … by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and special health care needs.

3477. Improving Error Reporting in Ambulatory Pediatrics with a Team Approach (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Neuspiel_43.pdf
      March 05, 2008 - health care personnel.4, 5 These systems are also perceived as punitive and primarily rely on administrative … Health care personnel have limited experience in identifying faulty systems, which are responsible for … care delivery in ambulatory pediatrics. … Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Qual Saf Health Care. 2002; 11: 233-238. 14. Gandhi T, Weingart S, Borus B, et al.

3478. The SHARE Approach: Cultural Competence and Getting To Know Your Patient (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sdm/share-approach/05-SHARE-Cultural-Competence.pdf
      October 25, 2024 - Competence and Getting To Know Your Patient Providers striving to deliver high-quality care to … Invite them to explain what is important to them and how getting and staying well works in their community … Make it clear that your role is to help them choose from among options, not to make the decision for … Cultural brokers might include healthcare and social service workers and cultural group leaders. … Ask them to suggest resources your practice can use to learn more about your patients’ cultures.

3479. Public Reporting of Patients’ Comments with Quality Measures: How Can We Make It Work? (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140603_QI/reporting-patients-comments-transcript.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - standardized surveys to assess patients' experiences with their health care in multiple settings, including … and other aspects of the health care system. … We assume that patient comments also have some value to health care consumers. … Our goal for this research is to collect patients' reports of their health care that are representative … We know that those folks have a lot of contact with the health care system, and a lot to say.

3480. Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Campbell.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - : to make health care safe, we need to redesign our systems to make errors difficult to commit and create … care delivery system in the United States. … present and compare the data across health care systems. … other health care sectors. … Patient safety and healthcare error in the Canadian healthcare system.