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101. Understanding Quality Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - Examples : The percentage of children age 2 who receive the appropriate immunizations. … This is determined by dividing the number of children age 2 with the appropriate immunizations by the … Appropriate physician and other provider activities are carried out to deliver care. … Percentage of patients with asthma for whom appropriate medications are ordered. … Example : Standards exist for the appropriate types, number, and timing of vaccinations for children.

102. Common Problems Identified During Peer Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Proposed methods not appropriate to answer research questions.

103. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Slide 2 Learning Objectives List 3 ways to improve compliance with the appropriate indications … UC without appropriate indication: Women: twice more likely than men. … Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31: 319-326) Image: Screen shot from paper showing examples of appropriate … Image: Bar chart titled: "Appropriate reason for plcement". … The results were sustained for more than 6 months Slide 15 How to Improve Appropriate Urinary

104. Talking Quality: Reporting to Consumers on Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Select Measures To Report Learn about health care quality measures and how to select ones that are appropriate … Resources Learn what you can do to make the content of your report clear and appropriate … Care Quality for Consumers What can you do to make the content of your report clear and appropriate

105. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competency Check vs. Observational Audit (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - identify additional differences between competency checks and observational audits and when each is appropriate … Bookmarks Passed Bookmarks are present in large documents Color contrast Passed manually Document has appropriate … Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI Headings Rule Name Status Description Appropriate … nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top

106. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (pdf file)
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     January 10, 2001 - ‘‘(C) Such other activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, except that a grant may not … —The Director shall work with appropriate public and private sector enti- ties to facilitate public access … —An entity described in this para- graph is an entity that is determined to be appropriate by the Director … —Appropriate technical and scientific peer review shall be conducted with respect to each application … —The Director shall— ‘‘(1) take appropriate action to ensure that statistics and analyses developed

107. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)
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     April 02, 2025 - · Use indwelling catheters only when medically necessary · Use aseptic insertion technique with appropriate … reminder systems to target opportunities to remove catheter · Use external (or condom-style) catheters if appropriate

108. Sample Scenario for Umbilical Cord Prolapse In Situ Simulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Team considers etiology for deceleration and performs appropriate diagnostic measures (e.g., vaginal … Trigger #3 When appropriate during the flow of the simulation, facilitator provides card to provider … Team initiates appropriate clinical response per any protocols, checklists, or cognitive aids. … Team considers etiology and performs appropriate diagnostic measures.       … Provider makes determination whether safe vaginal delivery can occur within an appropriate amount of

109. Introducing electronic screening tools for developmental delay and autism into pediatric primary care: Special Innovation Feature (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - pediatricians’ offices are an important tool for early identification, intervention, and referral to appropriate … screening tools by hand, and enter the results into EHRs, developmental screenings may not occur at all appropriate … decision-support tools (such as automated referral letters to Early Intervention Program resources and age-appropriate … family handouts) for the provider to access as appropriate. … of referral resources in the system’s clinical decision-support tools should lead to higher use of appropriate

110. Potential Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2013 - clinical practices C Clinic/clinician delivery system capability D Clinic/clinician appropriate … prevention goals M Patient health literacy N Patient health numeracy O Patient appropriate … infrastructure U Community resource capacity to deliver preventive services V Community resource appropriate … efficiency due to the use of clinical-community relationships EE Percentage of patients who received appropriate … working with client UU Percentage of clients referred to a community resource who received appropriate

111. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - procedures should be done by a nurse, physician, or other health care professional who has received appropriate …  Educate the patient, if appropriate, and caregivers about CLABSIs.10  Ensure that the person … the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10 Recommended Practice: Site Selection • Select appropriate … o Follow appropriate dressing assessment and replacement according to best practices specific to the …  Explain procedure to patient/caregiver (as appropriate).  Position patient.

112. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - procedures should be done by a nurse, physician, or other health care professional who has received appropriate …  Educate the patient, if appropriate, and caregivers about CLABSIs.10  Ensure that the person … the use of gloves does not obviate hand hygiene).10 Recommended Practice: Site Selection • Select appropriate … o Follow appropriate dressing assessment and replacement according to best practices specific to the …  Explain procedure to patient/caregiver (as appropriate).  Position patient.

113. Reducing Unecessary Urinary catheter Use in the Emergency Department: How to Implement the Process (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Department of Emergency Medicine Learning Objectives List 3 ways to improve compliance with the appropriate … UC without appropriate indication: Women: twice more likely than men Very elderly (≥80 years): 3 times … population, and half of the women aged 80-years-old or greater who had catheters placed did not have an appropriate … Guidelines (Gould, et. al, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31: 319-326) * Alt text: Examples of Appropriate … pts admitted per year about 160,000; drop from 9% to 6% if sustained over 1year) * How to Improve Appropriate

114. Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention - Webinar slide notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - . · Using personal protective equipment (PPE) as appropriate whenever contact with nonintact skin, bodily … Ensure appropriate patient placement 2. … They each discussed implementation strategies appropriate to their units. … Stocked isolation carts were in place, signs were posted as appropriate, decisions were made prior to … Important elements of contact precautions are patient placement, hand hygiene, appropriate use of PPE

115. Adherence and Skills Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - Hospitals should use the assessment documents that are appropriate to the protocol option that they choose

116. Antibiotic Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Appropriate selection, dosing, and redosing ensure that the antibiotic concentration in surgical site … Question 5: Indicate if an appropriate antibiotic was administered based on the procedure type (example … Question 5: Indicate if an appropriate antibiotic was administered based on the procedure type (example

117. Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief 21 Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2024 - Concurrent initiatives in imaging stewardship, for instance, aim to increase appropriate use of imaging … Although these interventions increased appropriate test use, little evidence is available thus far to … ■ Staff education on appropriate specimen collection procedures, monitoring, and feedback to staff … Blood utilization teams can help promote appropriate test interpretation and, hence, safer and more … Effectiveness of practices to support appropriate laboratory test utilization: a laboratory medicine

118. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - • Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate uses of urinary catheters according to HICPAC, … • Formulate talking points to advocate appropriate urinary catheter protocols and decisions. …  Is there an appropriate indication for insertion? … Let’s examine her clinical situation and whether the order for a urinary catheter is appropriate. … Is this the most appropriate action in this case?

119. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/ena-slides.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - • Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate uses of urinary catheters according to HICPAC, … • Formulate talking points to advocate appropriate urinary catheter protocols and decisions. …  Is there an appropriate indication for insertion? … Let’s examine her clinical situation and whether the order for a urinary catheter is appropriate. … Is this the most appropriate action in this case?

120. Sample Scenario for Postpartum Hemorrhage In Situ Simulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Team initiates appropriate clinical response per any protocols, checklists, or cognitive aids. … Team initiates appropriate clinical response per any protocols, checklists, or cognitive aids (e.g., … Expected behavior/performance (not in any particular order): Team continues appropriate clinical … Team initiates appropriate clinical response as per any protocols, checklists, or cognitive aids.   … The printed cards can be handed to the simulated patient or participating staff members at appropriate