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  1. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.pdf
    February 08, 2018 - A careful process of identifying areas for improvement, getting commitment from leadership, selecting … Look at any quality information your hospital currently collects to identify areas for improvement. … Both leadership rounds and walkabouts are additional ways to gather data and identify potential areas … In cases where your hospital already has identified key improvement areas, ask the multidisciplinary … team to weigh in on and prioritize these areas.
  2. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiii.html
    June 01, 2010 - Measures and Gaps Program Performance Measures and Gaps Other Potentially Important Measurement Areas … Focus areas include barriers to employment, use of personal assistance services at home and at work, … interviews Total Items/indicators: Outcomes (O) and Performance Indicators (PI) by TN's 10 Focus Areas … Indicators are grouped into six broad areas: Consumer Outcomes, System Performance, Health, Welfare, … These six questions were added to both tools to provide the State with more information about select areas
  3. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/ahrq-conference-2015/hays-slides.html
    March 01, 2016 - demographic information for persons with newly diagnosed (incident) cancer in specific geographical areas … California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, New Jersey, Utah Metropolitan areas
  4. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/ahrq-conference-2015/cahps-preconf-hays.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - demographic information for persons with newly diagnosed (incident) cancer in specific geographical areas … , Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, New Jersey, Utah – Metropolitan areas
  5. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/index.html
    June 01, 2010 - Measures and Gaps Program Performance Measures and Gaps Other Potentially Important Measurement Areas … Measures and Gaps Program Performance Measures and Gaps Other Potentially Important Measurement Areas
  6. www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/conclusion.html
    April 01, 2017 - Varied measures in high-priority clinical areas theoretically feasible using APCD data. … Specifically, mental health and pediatric care are areas where APCD data can uniquely contribute to population
  7. Overview (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/overview.docx
    March 01, 2017 - Follow these steps to help you connect the improvement areas to the toolkit materials: 1. … Identify the areas of patient safety culture that require improvement in your facility. 2.
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module10/slmeasure.pptx
    February 03, 2006 - interventions (e.g., TeamSTEPPS) TEAMSTEPPS 05.2 Mod 10 2.0 Page ‹#› Measurement Survey Measures: 12 Areas … of Patient Safety and Two Overall Items Unit-level safety areas Hospitalwide safety areas Overall perceptions
  9. www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.html
    October 01, 2014 - As solutions are sought, it becomes more important to involve the areas and groups most affected by the … competitiveness of institutions that predominantly serve racial/ethnic minorities or are located in geographic areas … Identifying your organization's existing capacity and resources helps to determine your strengths and areas
  10. www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter1.html
    December 01, 2017 - At least one of the 14 project sites (i.e., Service Units) is located in each of the 12 IHS Areas: Aberdeen … Because of the large number of AI/ANs living in the Navajo and Oklahoma City Areas, two project sites … were selected from these areas, for a total of 14 project sites.
  11. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-10-implementation-guide.pdf
    April 16, 2022 - Your catchment area should encompass both the current areas from which your onsite CR program attracts … Some areas are experiencing gradual population declines but the number of persons at higher risk of … 3) How many patients in your current and potential catchment areas are eligible for CR in a given year … • Compare participation rates for referred patients that enroll and that do not in areas further … For example, if 40% of eligible patients nearby or in easy transportation areas enroll but only 10%
  12. www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/cre-toolkit/cretoolkit-tool2a.html
    April 01, 2014 - Not all areas listed may be relevant to your particular situation, so it's important to customize this
  13. www.ahrq.gov/pcor/index.html
    Areas of Interest PCOR Training Investments Preparing a new generation of researchers
  14. www.ahrq.gov/opioids/index.html
    Areas of Interest About AHRQ’s Work AHRQ’s data resources and analysis increase
  15. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements4.html
    June 01, 2018 - It has also been found that Black and Hispanic physicians practice in areas with larger Black and Hispanic … Therefore, residents of rural areas may have difficulty gaining access to care in trauma centers. … percentage of people who used trauma centers declined among residents of large central metropolitan areas … , medium metropolitan areas, and micropolitan areas.
  16. www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-in-2020.html
    January 01, 2021 - The Agency also maintained its commitments to address other vital areas, including efforts to end opioid … The network is addressing critical areas that include best practices in the use of personal protective … developing an Insight Platform to provide Federal, State, and local policy makers with essential data in areas … It was our fifth successful challenge and followed others that yielded creative advances in areas such
  17. www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/state-reports/index.html
    March 01, 2019 - Return to Contents Cross-Cutting Initiatives Building on the CHIPRA Grant Experience: Key Focus Areas … Building on the CHIPRA Grant Experience to Spread and Sustain Quality Health Care for Children: Key Focus Areas … Governments, public and private payers, providers, advocates, and other stakeholders to build on critical areas … of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program’s success in the key areas of focus.
  18. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-chg-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - effective at removing germs, it is important that CHG cloths be applied with a firm massage on all skin areas … Make sure that after the CHG cloth is applied, the skin fold areas are allowed to fully dry. … Help them clean hard-to-reach areas and clean the 6 inches of all lines, tubes, or drains closest to … Again, help them clean hard-to-reach areas.
  19. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-ASC-webcast-2023-0509-hare.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - to staff who work at more than one ASC ► Answer about the site where they received the survey 15 Areas … (3 items) • Response to Mistakes (3 items) • Management Support for Patient Safety (3 items) 16 Areas … Identifying areas to improve 2. Planning your improvement initiative 3. … Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed in the SOPS ASC Survey SOPS Databases SOPS ASC Database Why
  20. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/pharmacy/pharmwebinar/psopswebinartrans.pdf
    October 29, 2013 - those areas. … So the survey assesses 11 dimensions of Patient Safety Culture or areas, with 36 items. … And some of those areas are shown here. A lot of it seems to focus on communication. … about working on the survey is it definitely points out areas for improvement. … So, one of the areas that we did look at was a transitions component early on.

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