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561. Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Improving (pdf file)
     talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-aian-diabetes.pdf
     December 01, 2018 - Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Improving ve or even HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR UNCONTROLLED DIABETES IMPROVING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES Did you know? More than 100 million people living in the United States ha diabetes or are at risk for diabetes.1 American Indians and Alaska Nati…

562. Meeting Minutes, November 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - reported that AHRQ’s support for investigator-initiated and targeted research spans the agency’s program areas … Total grant funding in these areas of research for FY 2017 is estimated to be $192.3 million.

563. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis
     talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar03/logic_models.pptx
     July 15, 2013 - funded integrated models 1% tax on incomes > $ million to fund public mental health services in specific areas

564. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4b Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PSI 05: Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count Why Focus on Retained Fore…

565. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2011 - Patient and family advisors help identify what your hospital is doing well and also help pinpoint areas … Patient and family advisors can offer: • Insights about a hospital’s strengths and areas where changes … Some hospitals create competitions to recognize the clinical areas that identify the largest number … quarterly meeting to talk about how the experience is going and to identify whether there are any areas … Be sure to include all areas accessible to patients and families, Strategy 1: Working With Patient

566. Module 4: How To Implement the Fall Prevention Program in Your Organization—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - crucial, because once patients are off the unit floor, other hospital Team members in those testing areas … Fall prevention should be included in four areas of training: Annual fall prevention education for

567. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - individuals with darkly pigmented skin.8 o Ask patients and/or caregivers, as appropriate, to identify any areas

568. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Keep patient care areas uncluttered. Follow safe patient handling practices. 3.2.2. … They apply across all hospital areas and help safeguard not only patients, but also visitors and staff … Zones:A Strategy for Supervising Cognitively Impaired Patients Some hospital units have designated areas … These areas have enhanced staffing to observe patients more closely. … aspects of the care plan for patients who needed to be transported between the unit and procedural areas

569. AHRQ Privacy Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - The tool provides practical tips in four areas: Preparation.

570. Memo from the Director: Equal Employment Opportunity and EEO Complaints Process (pdf file)
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     March 27, 2023 - Memo from the Director: Equal Employment Opportunity and EEO Complaints Process AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY Subject: Equal Employment Opportunity and EEO Complaints Process Memo from the Director The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is committed to ensuring and promoting the f…

571. Patient Safety Organizations: A Summary of 2014 Profiles (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - However, the majority of these facilities were found in metropolitan areas with populations greater

572. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-5/guide.html
     September 01, 2017 - For example, if your fall rate is high, what specific areas should you focus your energies on? … Ensure that the care plans address all areas of risk.

573. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - It also helps a team communicate the rationale for focusing on certain areas. … into spreadsheet models without the limitations imposed by templates with fixed input and output areas … Teams can also use them to pinpoint certain areas of interest (e.g., did the patients find the new form

574. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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     July 12, 2017 - 14 SAY: The Toolkit is focused on engaging an interdisciplinary Team, including members from many areas … The data tell you: What areas of your prevention plan can be improved.

575. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
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     August 31, 2017 - Pressure injury prevention should be included in four areas of training: · Annual education for all staff … pressure injuries in patients. · The importance of the Unit Champions. · Communication of successes and areas

576. SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey - English (doc file)
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     January 01, 2023 - SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey - English SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey Language: English Purpose: This supplemental item set was designed for use with the core SOPS® Medical Office Survey to help medical office…

577. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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     July 22, 2015 - Gabbay and colleagues, who studied the Chronic Care Initiative in Pennsylvania, identified three main areas … In their study of safety net clinics in New Orleans, declines were observed in the areas of access, … after PCMH implementation revealed small but statistically significant improvements in four of seven areas … This body of work also highlights a number of areas for future research. … practices and 60% solo practices Varied in size Michigan (including urban, suburban, and rural areas

578. Burnout in Primary Care: Assessing and Addressing it in Your Practice (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - to support continuous learning and the collective development of strategies to address identified areas … • The Maslach Burnout Toolkit™ includes the Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS) – an additional 28-item … improvement, and conduct small tests of a change before rolling it out more broadly.32 Below we describe areas

579. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
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     April 24, 2015 - URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy Purpose The purpose of urinary catheterization is to facilitate urinary drainage when medically necessary. Urinary catheters should be evaluated every day for need and remo…

580. Prioritization Worksheet (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2016 - In those areas marked with a no, your organization will need to address these barriers before an improvement