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March 01, 2023 - Improvement Guide
Section 1: About the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide
Section 2 … Read the complete CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide
(PDF, 3.7 MB)
Read sections of the … ( PDF , 255 KB): Learn how improving patient experience may lead to positive clinical and business outcomes … of care (CC), customer service (CS), and health promotion/education (HP). … Connect With Us
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October 01, 2020 - This includes care your child got in
person, by phone, or by video. … In the last 6 months, did your child have an
illness, injury, or condition that needed
care right away … she get health
care in person, by phone, or by video? … Is your child able to talk with doctors
about his or her health care? … Do not include dental visits or care
your child got when he or she stayed overnight
in a hospital.
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July 01, 2023 - Feedback was robust from dozens of organizations representing views from the academy, clinical practice … assessable and actionable formats for sharing with the public, policymakers, healthcare executives, clinical … Primary care transformation that includes leveraging digital and clinical decision support and new models … AHRQ is already in the implementation phase of our Strategic Plan. … Connect With Us
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October 01, 2020 - of each other and use clinical information systems to ensure the right care is provided to the right … Implementing new clinical evidence, such as screening recommendations or treatment guidelines, usually … Change Strategies
Establish care teams and delineate team roles for clinical and non-clinical staff … plan. … This function could be handled centrally by the practice, or each clinical team could take responsibility
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October 01, 2016 - clinical outcomes. … well care or preventive services identified
through chart review or by the provider directly. … plan. … Matthew mentioned potentially contracting with a former or
new staff member with a clinical and IT background … The clinical team is working on a
master list of reporting requirements for each payer or program to
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
April 30, 2013 - Assess family presence or visitation policies
The family cannot be partners of the health care team … by giving them information about the patient’s
condition and next steps regularly throughout the hospital … of care, such as their skills in diagnosing,
treating, and obtaining positive clinical outcomes. … Plan the clinician training. … Train staff
Staff training should include physicians, nurses, and other clinical providers.
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July 01, 2012 - • Category C funding supports the development or expansion of provider-based care
models. … area for CMS, such as
long-term care or school-based models. … care or reduce costs? … decision support; (4) providing reports
to promote quality improvement in clinical settings and support … providers greater capacity for care
coordination (a common goal for health IT improvements) or gave
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/impguide2.pdf
September 08, 2015 - • Manages the individualized care plan for each youth. … The team ties the goals and strategies of the wraparound
plan to observable or measurable indicators … • Conduct CME
chart and care plan
reviews. … • Conduct chart and
care plan reviews. … Medicaid managed care for special need populations: behavioral
health as a “tracer condition.”
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/emerging/index.html
June 01, 2020 - such as the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®), AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs), Health Plan … Tools developed from this work will use existing data to determine whether mental or behavioral health … care, and pathology and clinical laboratory services, will be required to participate in ORYX™ as the … five national Children's health organizations—Child Health Corporation of America, Medical Management Plan … for use by health care purchasers or regulators.
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=1
January 01, 2024 - The objective of this secondary analysis of data from two clinical trials comparing buprenorphine and … The decrease in steroids and bronchodilators was related to a clinical pathway that discouraged their … No difference was seen at either first or second follow-ups between galcanezumab and fremanezumab or … This study investigated how team cognition occurs in care transitions from operating room (OR) to intensive … ) and nurses (OR, ICU).
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/CHSP-accomplishments-report-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - of oncology care affects the use of PCOR-based processes and related
clinical and economic outcomes … one or more hospitals and one or more
primary or multispecialty care physician practices, (2) two or … ),
• Related clinical outcomes,
• Cost of care, and
• Patient and family self-reports about the quality … factors for patients covered by a particular health plan rather than
community-level measures that … cardiovascular and
comorbid mental health conditions, as well as those with at least three Hierarchical Condition
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March 01, 2017 - clinical and cultural interventions. … improve resident safety, clinical
outcomes, and safety culture. … Clinical Interventions
Improvements in clinical care of residents begin with understanding the appropriate … clinical indications
for indwelling urinary catheter use. … or dementia
• Resident and/or family request
Use Regular Assessments
Review the clinical indications
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December 01, 2012 - collected and reported in a standard format that permits comparison of quality and data at the State, plan … Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Health Plan … measure set, which is a widely used instrument for health plan quality measurement and improvement. … The SNAC rationale for recommending this measure is that asthma is a common chronic pediatric health condition … The measure focuses on a clinical process (documentation of tobacco use and appropriate followup) that
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/chipra-final-report_0.pdf
February 21, 2016 - CMS plan future evaluations. … quality
measures reported regularly at the health system, health plan, or practice level rather than … - Implement policy and programmatic changes in clinical documentation procedures or
billing processes … The fact that States were not required to have comparison groups as a condition of their grant
impeded … Electronic specifications for clinical quality measures.
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-toolkit.pdf
December 01, 2017 - for each new change
Plan
Study
DoAct
Plan
Study
DoAct
Plan
Study
DoAct
you want to make. … q Routine check-up or screening q check current condition q identify the cause of symptoms q don … small changes to the plan … how lab results should be
communicated to patient, based on
clinical judgment. … understands/prefers.
6 MA
Determine how lab results should be
communicated to patient, based on
clinical
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/databases.html
January 01, 2023 - More topics in this section
Talking Quality
Plan … Hospital Measurement Sets
Databases Used for Hospital Quality Measures
Measuring Health Plan … individual hospitals and hospital associations, State and regional data organizations, health planning or … Despite certain limitations (lack of clinical detail, coding variations, time lags), quality experts … Connect With Us
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May 17, 2016 - These procedures should be done by a nurse,
physician, or other health care professional who has received … specific to the age of the child, type of central line, and other patient-related factors, such
as skin condition … the preferred agent, with ampicillin an acceptable alternative.16
Educational Recommendation
• Plan … that all personnel follow the safety protocols developed by the team to prevent BSI
and develop a plan … CHCA Clinical Improvement Collaborative
http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/about/index.html
http://www.cdc.gov
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January 01, 2007 - • Performance: You’ll be able to adapt to changes in the
care plan. … • Performance: You’ll be able to adapt to changes in the care plan. … You’ll be more efficient in providing care; you will have a plan, and you will know who is supposed to … • Performance: You’ll be able to adapt to changes in the care plan. … You’ll be more efficient in providing care; you will have a plan, and you will know who is supposed to
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6kculturalcompetence.html
March 01, 2020 - Often these individuals are unable to find information they can understand and use or to get care from … As a result, when these individuals need services or care, they experience linguistic, cultural, and … The availability of health plan forms in a needed format, such as large print or braille. … Known as The Racial and Ethnic Equality Initiative , this program trains Aetna clinical staff and providers … Health plan effects on patient assessments of Medicaid managed care among racial/ethnic minorities.
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www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/key_drivers_descriptions.pdf
February 01, 2019 - quality by
increasing the capacity of primary
care practices to implement the
best clinical evidence … Implementing new clinical evidence, such as screening recommendations or treatment guidelines,
usually … Change Strategies
Establish care teams and delineate team roles for clinical and non-clinical staff
There … plan. … This function could be handled centrally by the practice,
or each clinical team could take responsibility