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  1. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/ncepcr-at-a-glance-2024-annual.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Much of the content of the report is organized by eight key topic areas for primary care research. … AHRQ's primary care research grants aligned with mulitple key topic areas.
  2. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-yount.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Interviewed WPS subject matter experts (SMEs) and nursing home staff Identified key thematic areas … Conducted psychometric analyses Consulted with TEP and finalized items January 2023 33 What areas … • Six composite measures assessing specific areas of nursing home workplace safety: 1. … Identifying areas to improve 2. Planning your improvement initiative 3. … SOPS Nursing Home Survey Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set Survey Development Process What areas
  3. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/it/hitportfolio/index.html
    January 01, 2020 - Current research areas include usability, consumer-focused digital healthcare, clinical decision support … In addition, how e-prescribing standards work in a variety of practice settings, geographic areas, and … At various points in the project, CoPs formed to address these topic areas: Privacy and Security. … AHRQ and the NSF convened a workshop ( Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas … The research agenda can be found at Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas
  4. www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/about/learning-collaborative.html
    September 01, 2021 - disseminate information gained from the implementation of quality improvement methods around key topic areas … Specific areas of focus included best practices and innovations for quality measurement approaches as
  5. www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/index.html
    December 01, 2020 - Lawrence Casalino, Weill Cornell, Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research: Paper ( PDF … Topical Papers and Briefs Presentations, topical papers and briefs on advanced methods, critical areas
  6. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/webinars/webinar4_falls_usingriskassttools.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Assessment • Identifies patients at risk of falling • Provides baseline measure of patient-specific areas … • Tailor interventions based on patient-specific areas of risk. 17 All patients who fall once are … take • Recommended interventions • Case study • Using assessment tools 24 Morse Fall Scale Areas … status Oriented to own ability Overestimates or forgets limits 0 15 25 Steps To Take • Review areas … patient walked with short, steady steps to the bathroom. 34 Case Study: Morse Fall Scale 35 Areas
  7. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-bed-bathing.pptx
    March 01, 2022 - Let me help with hard-to-reach areas. … this is temporary and will go away once dry Air dry, do NOT rinse Massage (rather than wipe) into all areas … Remember, patients only feel comfortable cleaning normal skin: You will help them with hard-to-reach areas … as much as possible so that CHG will work on those areas. … but not without Apply to skin out of water stream for 2 minutes before rinsing Lathering all body areas
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-bed-bathing.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - Let me help with hard-to- reach areas. … is temporary and will go away once dry o Air dry, do NOT rinse o Massage (rather than wipe) into all areas … CHG for body wash, have them wash hair and face first, taking care to avoid contacting other skin areas … as much as possible so that CHG will work on those areas. … not without o Apply to skin out of water stream for 2 minutes before rinsing o Lathering all body areas
  9. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_data_into_action.pptx
    December 01, 2017 - It will help to provide focus, identify areas for potential improvement, and guide efforts to brainstorm … There are many tools and methods for improving your work areas culture of safety. … For many work areas, this may mean holding more than one survey debriefing discussion. … , a facilitator can use the Culture Check-Up Tool to help team members examine the roots of problem areas … On the frontline side, staff will post infection rates throughout the surgical areas, such as in the
  10. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1303.html
    April 01, 2013 - project was implemented with 1 percent of the hospital staff before initiating the survey in all clinical areas … Comparing the 2007 baseline results with results obtained in 2010 showed progress and improvement in most areas … University Hospital uses electronic medical records in all of its areas, including radiology and laboratory
  11. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pt1-transition-updated.pdf
    June 01, 2022 - Revising the staff positions and units/work areas; and 5. … In each hospital, providers and staff were randomly assigned by units/work areas, and then by staff … positions within units/work areas, to receive either HSOPS 2.0 or HSOPS 1.0; half received HSOPS 2.0 … /work areas, but this time they were assigned to receive one of three survey versions:. … , and then by staff positions within units/work areas, to receive either HSOPS 1.0 or HSOPS 2.0.
  12. www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/presentations.html
    December 01, 2017 - Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research | PowerPoint Version [ - 190 KB] Lawrence … Identifying Key Areas for Delivery System Research (   PDF version - 538.28 KB ).
  13. www.ahrq.gov/chain/research-tools/featured-certs/reducing-racial-disparities/index.html
    March 01, 2017 - Hospitals in one area of the country may have different needs than hospitals in other areas, because … Policies that promote care outside the hospital in areas with these challenges are needed to ensure that
  14. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktockt23.html
    October 01, 2014 - The Learning Network provides expertise to participating States in four key areas critical to ensuring … AHRQ staff provided technical assistance through several calls to discuss the following areas: selecting
  15. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0602.html
    October 01, 2014 - the Care Management department, reviews data from Banner's facilities in seven states and identifies areas … "We look at this data to identify specific areas that we can work on," Stander notes.
  16. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/multicenter-0701.html
    October 01, 2014 - The Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance System identified priority areas—health outcomes … Thirty-seven indicators reflecting key concepts in these priority areas were selected based on an extensive
  17. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201414.html
    August 01, 2014 - patient safety, diagnose and assess the status of its patient safety culture, and identify strengths and areas … Other areas that improved included frequency of events reported, teamwork within the units, openness
  18. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0605.html
    October 01, 2014 - The lowest areas were for "non-punitive response to error" and "hospital handoffs and transitions." … initiatives going on simultaneously with the survey, and some of the categories the survey revealed as areas
  19. www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/overview.html
    March 01, 2017 - Follow these steps to help you connect the improvement areas to the toolkit materials: Identify the … areas of patient safety culture that require improvement in your facility.
  20. www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/toolkitchecklist/surgetkit2.html
    July 01, 2018 - Restore heat or air conditioning as needed to all areas of the facility that will be occupied. … As determined by security expert, partition off areas of the facility that will not be used. … Shut off water to areas of the facility closed during normal use of the facility. … Determine if any additional specialty areas will be needed. … Determine if any additional specialty areas are needed.

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