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221. Frequently Asked Questions for Rural Postpartum Mental Health Challenge | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/rural-post-partum-challenge/about/faq.html
     July 01, 2020 - rurality, and AHRQ bases its definition upon the Health Resources and Services Administration’s rural areas … If a success story occurred in both urban and rural areas, is this eligible? … The link to determine whether or not the community is within the areas that HRSA defines as rural is:

222. AHRQ’s Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit a Popular Resource Among Medical Professionals in Rural Kentucky | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201408.html
     June 01, 2014 - services for health literacy considerations, raise awareness among the entire staff, and work on specific areas … participants a general overview of health literacy issues, a self-assessment survey that helped them identify areas … 15 medical practices completing the assessments showed remarkable improvements in the two or three areas

223. Illinois Hospitals Use AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0804.html
     October 01, 2014 - After the results of the survey of ENH staff were tallied, however, specific areas such as staff perception … of safety, teamwork, and communication emerged as areas for improvement. … "Show staff the areas where they have been successful or need improvements so that everyone knows what

224. Telehealth and Health Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/teledx-5.html
     August 01, 2020 - Two main areas that remain particularly challenging are differential access of connectivity to the internet … over the past two decades, many persist, especially for poor and uninsured populations in all priority areas

225. AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/844.html
     December 01, 2022 - AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement Issue Number … Today's Headlines: AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement … AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement In a new series … Council identified challenges and potential strategies to improve healthcare quality in four priority areas

226. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/index.html
     October 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas … support implementation of the Four Moments and improve antibiotic prescribing encompassing three critical areas

227. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - • Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

228. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid CHG and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.docx
     March 01, 2022 - · Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

229. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.docx
     March 01, 2022 - Use each of the six wipes for bathing skin areas as instructed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … CHG is safe to use on perineal areas, including the female labia and genital surface. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

230. Amplify Your Impact on Child Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/amplify-impact-webinar.html
     October 01, 2020 - Slide 4 Demonstration grantees* and partnering states implemented 52 projects across 5 topic areas … Initiate QI initiatives Prioritize, align QI areas. Increase provider, family buy-in. … The figure depicts the role of stakeholders in three areas: calculate measures, disseminate results, … The actions for initiation of quality improvement activities are prioritize and align areas, increase … The figure illustrates the role of stakeholders in improving the quality of service delivery in three areas

231. Making the Case That Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Slide 12 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 14 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 15 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 22 Where Are the Areas for Improvement? … Slide 23 Where Are the Areas for Improvement?

232. Participating in the SOPS Hospital Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/hospital/databases/submission.html
     August 01, 2024 - The core does not include staff positions, units/work areas, and background questions at the end of … Changes can only be made to:  Staff positions, Units/work areas, and Background questions at the end … If staff positions, units/work areas, and/or background questions are changed, they need to be cross-walked

233. SOPS Action Planning Tool Template (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-action-planning-tool-template.pdf
     July 31, 2024 - Identifying Areas to Improve 1a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? 1b.

234. Learning Health System Research Programs Within Delivery Systems (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/learning-health-systems/harrison-borsky-lhs-research-progams.pdf
     October 13, 2021 - New CEO renames, reorganizes program -- ► MDs replace researchers as leads of program’s focal areas … QI group. collaborate with QI unit Operations: ~ 35 FTEs;, PhD leaders for 3 Operations: project areas … : evidence review; focal areas (population health, community- analytics; implementation design, support … Areas: substantial leadership; support for residents’ research (training) studies; Testing, implementing … Some notable areas: modeling care demand & supply; rapid evidence reviews; analysis & feedback of available

235. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Executive Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - the suburbs of large cities), people in urban cores, medium and small cities, and nonmetropolitan areas … An exception is a narrowing disparity between large fringe metro and large central metro areas in terms … Key lessons from the 2021 NHQDR include: • Several areas in which the nation has invested in quality … vs. 213.4 visits per 100,000 population in non-low-income areas in 2018 … ) had significantly lower rates of dental insurance: 49.2% and 48.2% in micropolitan and noncore areas

236. Conducting a Comprehensive Skin Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar4_pu_skinassesst_final.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - any devices or compression stockings • Bony prominences (heels, sacrum, occiput) • Skin to skin areas … , such as the penis, back of knees, inner thighs, and buttocks • All areas where the patient— – Lacks … Skin integrity – Skin intact – Open areas, rashes, etc. 14 Parameter 1: Skin Temperature • Palpate … original shape in older or dehydrated patients. 16 Parameter 3: Skin Color • Compare adjacent areas … versus nonblanchable erythema • Purple or bruised looking skin • Paper-thin skin • Dark or reddened areas

237. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd Edition (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2_tool2.pdf
     January 22, 2016 - Primary Care Health Literacy Assessment will help you examine how your practice is performing in key areas … Care Health Literacy Assessment to identify the tools that will best facilitate improvement in the areas … Here are some typical comments: ■ “The assessment increased our attention to areas not previously … Doing so will help you confirm areas of improvement and identify new goals and objectives to update

238. Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-prevention.html
     March 01, 2017 - tests of change through the use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle that can lead to improvement in areas … and Action Plan ( Excel , 161.2 KB) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas

239. Outcomes by HCBS Participant Characteristics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find5.html
     December 01, 2012 - Finally, rates are almost all lower in urban areas (MSAs) than in nonurban areas. … The exceptions are Pressure Ulcer, which is effectively equal in urban and nonurban areas, and Infection … These areas can potentially be targeted with policies aimed at reducing hospital admissions among HCBS … This phenomenon may also be explained by the sickness of the population, because areas with more need … Unsurprisingly, the results for the overall HCBS population show consistently that areas with higher

240. National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Webinar Series (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/CMS-Aug-23-board-session.pdf
     August 22, 2023 - Four Pillars of the National Action Plan The Action Alliance will build upon the four foundational areas … Our board proactively adds to the agenda areas of quality oversight or concern 2. … Our board is very hospital-centric and does not ev aluate quality in all the areas we provide care … Board reviews trends or drivers of effective and appropriate care as defined for the different areas … to create deeper discussion on quality and eliminate low ROI areas off board agenda • Ensure that