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3081. Using Six Sigma® Methodology to Improve Handoff Communication in High-Risk Patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Mistry_114.pdf
      May 05, 2008 - Objective: The objective for this project was to better understand and improve the postoperative handoff … the current study was to apply performance improvement concepts to the handoff process in order to better … CR) monitoring within 3 minutes (unit standard). 2 Methods Six Sigma Methodology In order to better … (Figures 1 and 2) Discussion To better understand and improve the handoff communication process … When conversation is better than computation. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2000; 7: 277-286. 37.

3082. Using Lean Six Sigma® Tools to Compare INR Measurements from Different Laboratories Within a Community (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hurley_55.pdf
      March 07, 2008 - A better understanding of the INR formula was needed. … To better understand how the labs came up with vastly different MNPT values, the data from those 20 … Tweaking is intuitive to most people, since it attempts to make minor process changes to achieve a better … charting increases for managing anticoagulation patients, additional analysis must be performed to better … Safe Practices for Better Healthcare 2003. Washington, DC: The National Quality Forum.

3083. Hospitals in Colombia Use AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1303.html
      April 01, 2013 - learning and continued improvement and for hospital leadership support were both 80 percent, which is better … In my area of service or specialty, it is common, in order to ensure better outcomes, that a preliminary

3084. Elements of Access to Health Care: Timeliness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements3.html
      June 01, 2018 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.

3085. Measures: Safe and Judicious Antipsychotic Use in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p011-1-ef_0.pdf
      March 01, 2015 - Assess Appropriateness/Overuse of Antipsychotics in Youth: For these measures, a lower rate indicates better … Measures to Assess Management of Youth on Antipsychotics: For these measures, a higher rate indicates better

3086. How to Incorporate Self-Management Support into your Practice (Video Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2016 - Because we're just mirroring to the patient what they're telling us so that they can better understand … But there definitely was a moment when I realized this is so much better.

3087. 2. What Is a Clinical-Community Relationship? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlas2.html
      March 01, 2013 - Patients who participated in the program reported better diets, more physical activity, and less smoking … provided evidence of patients' improved healthy behaviors such as increased physical activity, and better

3088. Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Improving (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-aian-diabetes.pdf
      December 01, 2018 - Lower rates are better. … Lower rates are better.

3089. Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/consortium-southeastern-hypertension-control.html
      March 12, 2015 - PBRN Mission Statement: To empower health care professionals, patients, and the public with better

3090. Integrated Physician Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/integrated-physician-services.html
      August 10, 2015 - enhancing patient outcomes through modified disease management parameters with the goal of achieving better

3091. Dramatic Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths, Especially Among Blacks (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/qdr-infographic-opioids.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.

3092. Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief 21 Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dx-safety-21-diagnostic-stewardship.pdf
      August 01, 2024 - Policy Forum yielded several suggested solutions, including mechanisms to expand access to pathology, better … Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: the relationship between diagnostic stewardship

3093. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - a series of focus groups held before creating the online social network to generate hypotheses and better … What the evidence shows about patient activation: better health outcomes and care experiences; fewer

3094. National Opportunity To Improve Infection Control in ESRD (NOTICE) Phase Two Final Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/finalreportphase2.pdf
      September 29, 2014 - evidence-based infection prevention strategies with a focus on culture change leads to improved outcomes and better … those that exist for larger projects such as On the CUSP: Stop CLABSI and CAUTI or the HEN, would have better … happen because the tool is used rather than any data collected from the tool; however, projects need a better

3095. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Design and Implement Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-design.pdf
      February 18, 2021 - It is better to prioritize activities and focus on doing them well. … Think about a relevant story where care could have been better if tracking and monitoring were functioning … How could it be done better?

3096. Analysis of Requirements for Coverage With Evidence Development (CED) - Topic Refinement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-topic-refinement.pdf
      November 01, 2022 - the most recent guidance document.6 In April 2012, the Obama Administration stated that CMS should better … Perceived need for beneficiaries to be studied in their usual sites of care to better reflect the … We added a sentence to better characterize what we understand to be the intent of such studies.

3097. Appendix III (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiic.html
      June 01, 2010 - Measures are organized in a matrix, along five quality domains (The Basics, Staying Healthy, Getting Better

3098. Appendix III (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiif.html
      June 01, 2010 - quality of its home-based service delivery system and to identify where changes may be necessary to better

3099. Developing a Taxonomy for Coding Ambulatory Medical Errors: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/pace.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - We modified the taxonomy based on the first 357 reports to better describe primary care errors.

3100. Final Progress Report: Identifying Unnecessary Irradiation of Patients With Suspected Renal Colic (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/moore-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - AUC ranges from 0.5 to 1, with higher scores indicating better prediction.