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  1. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wvstateataglance.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - Virginia’s Objectives In West Virginia, a large proportion of the child population lives in rural areas … subset of the initial core set of children’s quality measures while identifying measurement gaps and areas
  2. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module3/mod03-gap-analysis-guide.pdf
    April 01, 2016 - Stakeholder category Job types Quality, Safety, and Risk Management Selected leaders from these areas … Emergency department ■ Operating room ■ Surgery ■ Obstetrics ■ Other high-risk or representative areas … Emergency department ■ Operating room ■ Surgery ■ Obstetrics ■ Other high-risk or representative areas … This will allow the facilitator and improvement team to determine the areas where a gap exists and serve … [List the priority areas] [Synthesize the comments] What major themes emerged?
  3. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK2_T4_Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_To_Improve_Communication_and_Decisionmaking.docx
    October 01, 2016 - Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus is now more common than methicillinsensitive Staph aureus in many areas … Other areas of antibiotic overuse are veterinary care, food production, and aquaculture. … Efforts to better regulate these areas are also under way.
  4. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7a.html
    August 01, 2017 - not currently using the Norton or Braden risk assessment, does your screening address the following areas … Assessment of Pressure Ulcer Care Plan Does the care plan for pressure ulcers address all the areas … Foam dressing may be used on areas at risk for shear injury.       28. … Foam dressing may be used on areas at risk for shear injury. True   28. … Do a hand check by placing palm up and feeling for a cushion of air under the heaviest areas of the body
  5. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023nhqdr-introduction-rev.pdf
    December 07, 2023 - • Categorizing the measures into six priority areas (e.g., Patient Safety, Healthy Living) that could … women, children, older adults, people with disabilities and at the end of life, and residents of rural areas … Tables in Appendix B display the 2023 NHQDR’s extensive collection of measures, organized into nine areas … Each area is further organized into sub-areas to help readers learn more about specific domains within … healthcare delivery (e.g., the Affordable Care area has sub-areas on Financial Burden of Healthcare
  6. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-overview-rev.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - The 6BBs address these key areas: • Addressing leadership support; • Revising and aligning clinic … support systems and processes for chronic pain and opioid management, helps you identify priority areas … ready for change, and directs you to resources to help you implement improvement in the areas you identify … The six key work areas are described below.
  7. Emerging Measures (doc file)

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/emerging/emerging.doc
    January 01, 2001 - demand for and use of quality measurement information generates interest in developing new measures in areas … · Conduct consumer focus groups to identify which areas of quality consumers perceive to be of greatest … In 2001, JCAHO announced four Core Measure Set Areas for introduction into the JCAHO hospital accreditation
  8. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/research-gaps.html
    June 01, 2020 - Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Study Methods Breadth & Focus Areas … the study’s key research questions focuses on identifying research gaps—understudied or underfunded areas … Below, we highlight key gaps in these areas, that is, research gaps raised by multiple study participants … All entries in both tables should be read as areas that need more or better research (e.g., the first … , it may then serve as a springboard to solution across a range of these gap areas.”
  9. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
    July 01, 2023 - Safer report , published in 2020, includes 47 evidence-based patient safety practices in selected harm areas … It includes evidence for more specific harm areas than the preceding reports.
  10. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/pa-spread-impact.pptx
    September 01, 2014 - Mission: Promote primary care in rural and medically underserved areas and train future generations of … located in a rural county 2 practices sites were in Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas … months later Allowed practices to self-assess their level of “medical homeness” in eight PCMH concept areas … PCMH Improvement Steady and sustained improvement across all practices in all eight PCMH-A content areas
  11. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/Culture-Check-UpTool.docx
    August 07, 2012 - Patient care areas that first assess culture before starting an intervention use feedback from frontline
  12. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/embrace.html
    April 01, 2013 - ll be hearing from two different organizations and their approaches to implementing CUSP in multiple areas … We also used the results of that patient safety survey in December to look at areas that had lower percent … the units that you indicate here, not all directly nursing units but most of them frontline nursing areas … people from those groups to participate in the training, but we also wanted to focus our efforts on areas … busy physicians and executives will probably always be a challenge, and we are interested in having areas
  13. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/pfcases.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - These are distinct areas that also work together as part of an Prevention & Chronic Care Program I … Other areas of focus vary by client needs. … Many of the topic areas covered in this orientation mirror those covered in the training provided to … Prior to each session of Coach University, HealthTeamWorks sends trainees a survey of the topic areas … useful to practices and build skills in less urgent areas later.
  14. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/compare/WR_751_AHRQ_Quigley_08_26_10.pdf
    April 01, 2010 - • Identified specific areas where it should focus improvements. … • Used the PHS data to establish performance baselines in several patient experience areas--emotional … • Based on analysis of the 2003 and 2004 patient experience data described in Step 2, identified areas … ; worked with PHS and CAHPS survey vendors to dig deeper and measure specific areas of concern. … These four areas were the same four areas identified by the hospital.
  15. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/overview-cusp-mvp-facguide.html
    February 01, 2017 - value the wisdom of frontline staff and see how everyone who works on our units or in our clinical areas … be actively engaged in the safety improvements that take place on their units and in their clinical areas … The second step is to use our developing system lenses to identify areas for improvement in the unit … Some clinical areas use an ongoing process in which forms are readily available so that staff members
  16. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/caren-ginsberg-slides-6-11.pdf
    February 07, 2019 - and evaluate progress of the US health care system. 7 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas
  17. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Generic_Dashboard_Data_2023.xlsx
    January 01, 2023 - Introduction Introduction-Generic Patient Safety Concern The tables in this workbook present generic data on Patient Safety Concerns submitted by AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) to the Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) through December 31, 2022. The tables include distributions of events and…
  18. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Cook.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Thus, little is known about the status of patient safety initiatives in rural areas or the extent to … Qualitative methodology seems particularly useful in resource-strapped rural areas where assignment … Although our project has added to the knowledge base relative to patient safety in rural areas, more … Voices from the margins: a context for developing bioethics-related resources in rural areas. … Not by technology alone…project seeks to assess and aid patient safety in rural areas.
  19. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-20-creating-qi-teams.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - To be effective, the team should include individuals representing all areas of the practice that will … The QI team meets regularly to review performance data, identify areas in need of improvement, and carry … You can also use it to help practices identify areas in which they feel they need to improve and want … Which areas will require outside expertise? … The most effective committees include representatives from all areas of the practice (physicians, PAs
  20. ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sdoh/health-systems-research.html
    December 01, 2022 - researchers summarized the emerging evidence for social needs interventions in healthcare, and identified key areas … HRSA Area Health Resources Files HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Professional Shortages Areas

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