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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Best_Practices_Hosp_Leaders_508.docx
March 13, 2013 - A patient is an individual to be cared for, not a medical condition to be treated. … Incorporate patient and family engagement into
the hospital’s strategic plan
A hospital’s strategic … plan can help lay out how patient and family engagement fits into organizational processes on a daily … care or a patient experience team with responsibility for these functions. … (e.g., about facilities and services or clinical information), communicate with physicians, make appointments
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May 22, 2013 - about their ability to take care of themselves
or the patient
– Hesitant to ask questions or raise … at admission
• May not start to think about discharge until later in the
stay
• May prioritize clinical … family throughout
the hospital stay
• Assess how well doctors and nurses explain the diagnosis,
condition … (continued 2)
• Daily:
– Educate the patient and family about the patient’s
condition
at every … Benefits of IDEAL Discharge Planning
for clinicians
• Improves information about the patient’s condition
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/35th-anniversary/index.html
April 01, 2024 - Congress also directs AHRQ, CDC, and CMS to partner on the development of a National Action Plan to reduce … The Road Map to Elimination (HAI Action Plan) is designed to help prevent HAIs in multiple healthcare … outcomes, and encourage the development of clinical registries and clinical data networks and other … Researchers found that 60 percent of the 80 ICUs evaluated went 1 year or more without an infection, … than $2 million in healthcare costs.
2014
AHRQ releases the report, Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition
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July 10, 2011 - David Kanouse
Well, a summary measure is a measure that summarizes performance of a clinical entity … There are also examples that you might imagine in the clinical quality domain. … So you
might have a roll-up measure about all experiences with a health plan and you might not realize … that
there are measures that have to do with your doctor as well as measures that have to do with plan … to the specific needs of somebody who’s
interested in how good is this hospital for the particular condition
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January 01, 2011 - or condition. … However, because the patients’ age, sex, or severity
of condition may increase their risk of death, … professionals use research evidence
in their clinical practice. … Users can
search the NQMC for measures that target a
particular disease or condition, treatment, age … range,
gender, vulnerable population, setting of care, or
contributing organization.
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April 01, 2019 - has over 47,000 employees and more than 7,800 active physicians as well as the
Scott & White health plan … What data do a physician, a nurse, or a physician’s assistant need at the point of care? … What data do C-suite leaders need to understand care continuity across service lines or
facilities? … behind a patient’s use of healthcare
services and find opportunities to help
better manage a chronic condition … , avoid or
reduce hospital stays, enhance preventive care, or otherwise improve the quality of care.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/teamstepps-pocket-guide.pdf
May 01, 2023 - communicating critical information
that requires immediate attention and action
concerning a patient’s condition … BACKGROUND
What is the clinical background or context?
“Mr. … care transition
y Hospital course or treatment plan
y Ongoing assessment
y Contingency plan
Action … Monitoring and Modifying the Plan
y Huddle—Ad hoc meeting to ensure continual
progression of care … to the goal; to re-establish
or affirm situational awareness, reinforce the
plan in place, or assess
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
October 01, 2015 - stay, permanent harm, a life-sustaining intervention, or death. … HCUP databases are derived from administrative data and contain encounter-
level, clinical, and nonclinical … The abstraction protocol used for MPSMS has only undergone minor changes since the PfP measurement plan … HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections.
2009. http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives … Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease: American College
of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2023-hp-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2023 - specialist as soon, as needed
Getting Care Quickly 21% 25% 54%
Got care for illness, injury or condition … care for illness, injury, or condition
as soon as needed
Child got check-up or routine care appointment … , injury, or condition
as soon as needed
Ch ild got check-up or routine care appointment
as soon … care for illness, injury or condition as soon as needed 58% 62% 62% 60% 51%
Got check-up or routine … Quickly for a Child 67% 67% 72% 71% 59%
Child got care for illness, injury, or condition as soon as
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November 01, 2018 - More topics in this section
Talking Quality
Plan … now look at data on automobile safety and gas mileage: No one needs to explain that vehicles differ or … their condition [2] or that safety problems are so pervasive. [3]
This false optimism limits the … , it is hard for them to recognize the importance of using evidence-based clinical process measures as … You have to help report users make decisions based on the information you provide or it is unlikely to
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - safer by improving the foundation of how physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together … It builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices and the science … organizations develop and deploy a customized plan to train staff in teamwork skills and lead a medical … Detecting and promptly reporting changes in a nursing home resident's condition are critical for ensuring … , Module Two addresses communicating changes in a resident's condition, and Module Three Addresses Falls
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September 01, 2023 - Clinical decision support (CDS) provides timely information, usually at the point of care, to help inform … , or providing suggestions for the clinical team and patient to consider. … A Roadmap for National Action on Clinical Decision Support
Structuring Care Recommendations for … Structuring Clinical Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support – 2010
Structuring Care Recommendations … School
Value of Clinical Decision Support – 2007
Influencing Patient Safety in Rural Primary Care
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/burnout-in-primary-care.pdf
February 01, 2023 - Burnout is a workplace-based condition where people experience overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism and … or clinical
staff) and ask more focused and more role-dependent questions. … • Ask clinical staff to identify points of frustration or count the number of clicks
necessary to … • Embed or co-locate behavioral health and social services in primary care, so clinical teams
can … • Consider the number of clinical sessions, patients per session, and/or relative value
units that
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/Child_Med_Eng_HP50_2155a.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Do not include care your child got when
he or she stayed overnight in a hospital. … In the last 6 months, did your child have an
illness, injury, or condition that needed
care right away … she go to a
doctor’s office or clinic to get health care? … Is your child able to talk with doctors
about his or her health care? … Your Child’s Personal Doctor
Getting Health Care From Specialists
Your Child’s Health Plan
About
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July 01, 2023 - maternity care condition. … In general, rapid responders should—
Possess specialized maternity care clinical skills, knowledge, … Core rapid response staff typically includes a maternity care provider (obstetrician or midwife) and … This refers to all staff caring for the patient knowing what the patient’s plan is through briefings … Use of transition communication techniques to ensure a shared mental model of plan of care and perceived
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December 01, 1999 - In the area of outcomes, gaps include the way child health outcomes are affected by specific clinical … approaches in everyday clinical settings, as well as by variations in the organization and financing … Strategy 2.1.2 : Promote enhanced administrative databases of children's clinical services. … (See the last section of this Strategic Plan.) … Personal health care services are primarily clinical services provided by physicians and other health
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January 01, 2024 - Staff Position (Table B-1)
• Other Clinical Staff or Clinical Support Staff had the highest percent … staff or clinical support staff 187 26%
Other position 43 6%
Total 725 100%
Missing 35 --
Overall … Other
Clinical Staff
or Clinical
Support Staff
# Medical Offices 65 51 70 45 35 74
# Respondents … Other
Clinical Staff
or Clinical
Support Staff
# Medical Offices 65 51 70 45 35 74
# Respondents … Other
Clinical Staff
or Clinical
Support Staff
# Medical Offices 65 51 70 45 35 74
# Respondents
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January 01, 2024 - Patient safety is the freedom from accidental or preventable injury produced by health care and the … As noted above, clinical investigations that seek to establish the efficacy or effectiveness of preventive … AHRQ does not fund comparisons of two known efficacy or effectiveness clinical interventions to determine … Approaches to integrate clinical care include primary care with community and social services and public … people with chronic illness, disability, and frailty, including solutions that enable or support care
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December 01, 2022 - Insurance-related carveouts or inadequate coverage, as well as cash-only models of care, also have the … instance, specific Medicaid funding streams exist for services not available in a commercial health plan … or Medicare benefit. … Because there is no reliable biomarker, such as blood pressure or hemoglobin A1c, for common behavioral … or starting medications.
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September 01, 2020 - decisionmaking are two different communication skills that clinicians often dance between depending on the clinical … Motivational interviewing is a specific skill for clinical situations where there are not a lot of options … Plus, we have a plan to make sure that all the home-based primary care programs receive the shared decisionmaking … They may also talk with the patient about their condition and treatment options. … Or is SDM best for determining the level of care needed?