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421. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Monitor and Sustain Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-monitor.pdf
     April 20, 2021 - See the Clinical Education Opportunities resource for ideas. … − Continuing to adapt and improve in response to new evidence-based guidelines. … Resources include a model policy, tapering guidelines, and tips for having difficult conversations with … Recommended Assessments This page contains clinical assessment tools, such as the Opioid Risk Tool and … Resources for Practice Facilitators These resources support the practice facilitator in helping clinics

422. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/009-antibiotic-stewardship-guide.docx
     October 01, 2024 - More than 95% of adverse events associated with antibiotics have clinical ramifications, such as additional … Finally, the unit champions should engage frontline providers on the unit to practice routine, daily … Many units have clinical pharmacists who are already integrated into daily work, but if this is not the … Then, develop strategies to integrate guidelines into practice. … Clinical team members should develop skills and strategies to ensure they can work together effectively

423. Surgical Complication Prevention Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/guide-surgcomp.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - (TRIP) model, which is designed to close the gap between evidence-based guidelines and bedside practice … Your safety team can better understand these defects by auditing your clinical practice. … Whenever possible, simplify guidelines into specific behaviors. … Surgical Safety Work in Practice When we informed our clinical staff that we were focusing on antibiotic … Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.

424. Table 2. Self-management Support Content and Prerequisites for Coaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/design-table2.html
     July 01, 2018 - Applicable clinical practice guidelines. Information on resources available.

425. Tables 1-7 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chirpa-215-scd-ed-tables.pdf
     January 01, 2002 - guidelines All children with SCD who have fever (greater than 38.5°C or 101°F) and other signs of … Ideally, children with SCD are followed at a practice or center that allows for comprehensive management … Clinical guidelines A child with fever or pallor and listlessness should always be initially evaluated … Clinical guidelines Infectious processes are a serious cause of morbidity in the child with SCD, … Clinical For children with SCD who present with fever or III Wang CJ, et al.

426. Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - But the new guidelines indicate this might not be the best choice. … Also included in these guidelines are weight-based dosing of cephalosporin. … Your SUSP team can audit your current practice. … Considering auditing your practice and identifying areas for improvement. … Each clinical area will have problems with different things at different times.

427. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - CHCA Clinical Improvement Collaborative http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/about/index.html http://www.cdc.gov … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, 2011. … www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/guidelines/bsi-guidelines-2011.pdf. Accessed May 17, 2016. 12. … Group B Strep, Overview of 2010 Guidelines. … to prevent neonatal bloodstream infections Recommended Practice: Site Selection Recommended Practice

428. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4b_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - units; and representatives from quality improvement and information services to develop evidence-based guidelines … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Protocol. … .4b • Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH Tool) http://www.npuap.org/resources/educational-and-clinical-resources … http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service- http://www.npuap.org/resources/educational-and-clinical-resources … Bloomington, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; January 2012.

429. Final Progress Report: Team-Based Safe Opioid Prescribing (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/parchman-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - rural areas as well.9 As evidence accumulates to support more judicious use of LtOT for chronic pain, guidelines … guidelines requires changes to clinic systems and workflows of healthcare teams across the entire clinic … program to improve Opioid Management in Primary Care Practice. … Successes and failures in the implementation of evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice. … Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement.

430. Documentation and Coding for the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b4_pdi_documentationcoding.pdf
     March 15, 2016 - ○ Incorrectly applying the coding guidelines for principal diagnosis, especially when two or more … Guidelines for achieving a compliant query practice. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY … CPT and ICD-9-CM coding for surgical residents and new surgeons in practice. … -.pdf https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/2016-Official-ICD-10-PCS-Coding-Guidelines-

431. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 20) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6s.html
     June 01, 2014 - , ACTION-Get With the Guidelines Inpatient Registry). 1 Date: Measure released in 2007 2 and updated … Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Performance Measure Writing Committee reviewed a list of 39 elements from practice … on Performance Measures guidelines. … guidelines with the highest level of evidence, including links to clinical outcomes. 2 Logic Model … /Conceptual Framework: The measure is based on clinical guidelines. 2 Country: United States Past

432. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 12, 2025 - Centers (EPCs) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Funding & Grants Guidelines Health Care Information … share some or all administrative staff, such as receptionists and schedulers, and share some or all clinical … The survey can be administered to multiple medical offices within a practice, health care system, or … Please visit the International Survey Users page for a list of current languages and translation guidelines … The surveys were designed to be administered to all types of staff, including clinical and nonclinical

433. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201906.html
     November 01, 2019 - At the time of the initiative, she served as the coordinator for clinical quality improvement in the … Designation of OB clinical risk manager. … Checklists/guidelines: Preeclampsia guidelines. Nursing documentation checklists. … This practice helps the entire staff remain focused on improving safety and sustaining improvement in … throughout the hospital customize the TeamSTEPPS curriculum to make it relevant to their respective clinical

434. Cholesterol Management in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-academic-detailing-guide.pdf
     July 07, 2015 - These are general recommendations only; specific clinical decisions should be made by the treating physician … based on an individual patient's clinical condition. … While prior guidelines focused on LDL targeting, the ASCVD approach uses patient risk to guide treatment … in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice … Guidelines.

435. Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit3-minimum-criteria.html
     September 01, 2017 - Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes do not meet clinical guidelines … Implementing the toolkit involves five steps: Incorporate the communication tools into standard practice … Incorporating communication tools and related policies into standard practice is much more likely to … This will help prescribing clinicians follow the guidelines and prepare them to expect the nursing staff … Incorporate the potential infection SBAR forms into daily practice.

436. Acute Care Learning From Defects
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - factors are related to stewardship resources including information technology resources Negative: No guidelines … Factors Negative Contributing Factors Vancomycin unnecessarily started empirically Develop local guidelines … infections that discuss the limited situations in which empiric vancomycin may be necessary Ensure guidelines … Negative Contributing Factors Vancomycin not discontinued when cultures revealed E. coli Develop guidelines … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by health care practitioners in accordance

437. Final Progress Report: Toward safer opioid prescribing for chronic pain in high risk populations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/robinson-papp-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Key Words: chronic pain; HIV; opioids; opioid prescribing guidelines 3. … practice. … foreseeable that the opioid pendulum will swing, and that people and institutions will sometimes use guidelines … Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2019, 12;16:100468. 3. … Evaluation Tool (SOPET) for Assessing Adherence to the Centers for Disease Control Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

438. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/north-carolina.html
     March 01, 2021 - support on: Evidence-based CVD prevention Patient-level health outcomes Implementation of clinical … Components of the practice support include: Optimizing the use of the EHR to extract clinical quality … Implementing evidence-based protocols and clinical algorithms to encourage the use of standing orders … and clinical decision support tools in the EHR. … facilitators in the field are increasing the uptake of evidence-based guidelines in participating primary

439. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Oklahoma Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-ok.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - • Practice facilitation, in which practice enhancement assistants become temporary members of the … standards for health IT and, ideally, providing measure specifications at the same time that new clinical … guidelines are introduced. … Improving practice quality takes more than learning the evidence for guidelines. … Program, 2016; Oklahoma State Health Department, 2016; and Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service Clinical

440. Protocol - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Medicare Eligible Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/sleep-apnea-protocol.pdf
     June 09, 2020 - Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Medicare Eligible Patients Evidence-based Practice … For CQ 2, we will review existing systematic reviews and guidelines. … We will also search the ECRI guidelines Trust21 for relevant guidelines published in the last 5 years … practice guidelines. … Practice parameters for the indications for polysomnography and related procedures.