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41. Four Missouri Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Compliance with completing the medication lists with medication strength and dose increased from 55 to … Navigator" function in the electronic medical record and employed a multidisciplinary team to drive compliance … collect and report on medication reconciliation accuracy across all nursing units to further improve compliance … Continuous and transparent audit and feedback were used to improve compliance.

42. Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool (xls file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/hand-hygiene-observational-audit-tool-tt.xlsx
    December 01, 2021 - NURSING HOME NAME: CCN NUMBER (optional): TRACKING YEAR: TRACKING START DATE (mm-yyyy): GOAL COMPLIANCE … Rate Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate - - - - - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A … for Job: Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate - - - - - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A … for Location: Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate Month_1 Month_2 Month_3 Month_4 Month_5 Month_6 Month_7 … for Location: Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate - - - - - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A

43. Daily Care Processes Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/daily-care-processes-guide.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - Monitor Compliance With Evidence-Based Interventions It is important to monitor compliance with evidence-based … Head of bed elevation compliance should be reported to unit staff on a regular basis. … Monitor Compliance With Evidence-Based Guidelines It is important to monitor compliance with evidence-based … Areas of poor compliance can be identified and rectified. … Identify Barriers to Implementation Overcome Barriers to Compliance With Tools Phase 3.

44. Strategy 6R: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/strategy6r-reminder-systems.html
    March 01, 2020 - generally agree with preventive measures and guidelines, there is substantial evidence that physician compliance … illnesses and alleviating symptoms, preventive measures are often overlooked. 8 One way to improve compliance … It is important to note that significant rates of non-compliance with preventive procedures may indicate … An overview of interventions to improve compliance with appointment keeping for medical services. … Requiring physicians to respond to computerized reminders improves their compliance with preventive care

45. Communication Strategies for Sustainability: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2017 - Sample Generated Report Image: Graph labeled "My Historical Performance" with a subtitle of "SAT compliance … Slide 21: Monthly SAT Compliance Rate Image: Graph depicting percentages of spontaneous awakening … Slide 22: Monthly SAT Compliance Rate Image: Graph at top labeled "Spontaneous Awakening Trials" … Slide 23: As SBT Compliance Rises, VAE Rates Plummet Images: Two graphs are shown. … The top graph is titled "Spontaneous Breathing Trials (SBT) Compliance Rate (High Performers)".

46. 015-Ss-Hand-Hygiene-Periop-Fg (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - ) setting, despite previously high hand hygiene compliance. … However, they realized that because of the high compliance over a year ago, they stopped measuring and … The Staff Safety Assessment revealed potential lapses in hand hygiene compliance in the PACU area. … Additionally, the CUSP team noted that once hand hygiene compliance was above the goal of 90 percent, … To help improve compliance, CUSP team members should reinstitute measuring hand hygiene compliance weekly

47. Term of Award: AHRQ Data Management Plan Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2021 - For grant applications that result in a Notice of Award (NOA), compliance with the accepted DMP will … ), annual progress reports, and final progress reports, and will develop mechanisms to monitor such compliance

48. The Impact of Standardized Order Sets on Quality and Financial Outcomes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Ballard_12.pdf
    February 02, 2008 - We investigated the effect of this order set on in-hospital mortality, compliance with evidence-based … Clinical quality indicators included inpatient mortality, readmission within 30 days, and compliance … The core compliance index was based on eight of the national quality measures for pneumonia: 1. … PN-7 influenza vaccination. 5 The core compliance index was calculated as the proportion of … The adjusted effect of order set use on core measure compliance was modeled using logistic regression

49. Facilitator Guide: Deep-Rooting Your Data (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data_facnotes.docx
    December 01, 2017 - Process measures identify process compliance, such as hand hygiene. … SAY: When you collect data on your processes, compliance for each intervention is visible. … Low compliance rates point to inconsistent areas in the care delivery. Share your data. … Use this data to eliminate variations in daily care practices and drive compliance. … Make it clear that greater compliance leads to fewer infections.

50. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
    December 01, 2017 - Process measures identify process compliance, such as hand hygiene. … Say: When you collect data on your processes, compliance for each intervention is visible. … Low compliance rates point to inconsistent areas in the care delivery. Share your data. … Use this data to eliminate variations in daily care practices and drive compliance. … Make it clear that greater compliance leads to fewer infections.

51. Making Healthcare Safer III: Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - Clostridium difficile : Hand Hygiene CDI rates Staff compliance Hand contamination 11 … reinforces compliance with other practices. … Surveillance may improve compliance with other PSPs when it is part of a multi-component intervention … Multimodal and redundant communication policies can improve communication compliance in settings with … Patient Identification Errors: Patient Identification Errors in the Operating Room Compliance

52. Final report: To Quantify the Impact of the Existing vs. Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance during Pretreatment QA Tasks (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mosaly-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - and (2) error detection and procedural compliance. … The time-out compliance was calculated by counting number of relevant time- out components ‘not missed … The error detection and procedural compliance was calculated as the average score of error detection … and the 2-RTT workflow on the improved error detection and procedural compliance scores. … Performance was measured objectively via assessment of compliance with pretreatment quality assurance

53. Contemporary Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Clinical Issues Involving Pregnant Patients (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2024 - of citations, as well as the common hospital approaches to their corrective action plans to regain compliance … Common themes in hospital-submitted plans of correction: To regain compliance with EMTALA, hospitals … Administrators at hospitals that are successful at maintaining EMTALA compliance generally maintain … • Compliance with the policy is reviewed and staff educated to understand and fully implement the … • Hospital polices are periodically refined, staff educated, and compliance audited.

54. Georgia Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips90.html
    October 01, 2014 - Once programmers made a minor change to the electronic form, compliance with collection of a complete … As a result of these efforts, compliance with the collection of a complete medication list increased … Over 7 months, compliance with the collection of a complete medication list increased from 12 to 77 percent … As a result of these efforts, compliance with the collection of a complete admission medication list

55. 021-Ss-Mrsa-Surveillance-Fg (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - checklists daily or weekly to use them as a source of real time data collection to monitor pathway compliance … Then, track work processes to see what is not working and how things might be changed to improve compliance … and ask them why they think this is happening and what can be done to improve compliance. … Prompting this type of reflection will get them engaged and enlist their help to improve compliance. … One effective approach in increasing patient understanding and compliance with preoperative instructions

56. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-mvpguide.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - Audits were conducted to evaluate the overall compliance with the lung protective protocol in place. … Once the strategy is implemented, take measures to assure compliance. … Monitor Compliance With Evidence-Based Guidelines It is important to monitor compliance with evidence-based … low tidal volume compliance rate (≥4 and ≤8 mL PBW) (all patients) • Actual low tidal volume compliance … without ARDS) • PEEP compliance rate (≥5 cm H2O) (all patients) • PEEP compliance rate (≥5 cm H2O

57. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
    September 26, 2019 - Training, monitoring, compliance auditing, and feedback systems are also effective for improving compliance … Not provided Researchers implemented “enforcement of CP compliance.” … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance. … Moderate Focuses on how work environment can affect CP compliance. … Poor CP/infection control compliance is implicated, but monitoring was not done.

58. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2011 - bundle was established and has been in use since then Initial challenges were physician buy-in and compliance … Look constantly at your processes for opportunities for improvement Monitor every insertion and share compliance … our CCU since July 2008 If you make the process simple and convenient, you are more like to achieve compliance

59. 2-Overview-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - The Sample ISCR Pathway Checklist can also be used for real-time data collection to monitor pathway compliance … The Sample ISCR Pathway Checklist can also be used for real-time data collection to monitor pathway compliance … A Pathway Audit Tool to help you measure compliance with ISCR process measures. … measures you’ve shared with stakeholders so you can provide regular updates on changes in process measure compliance

60. Missouri Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process Using AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips93.html
    October 01, 2014 - Over 6 months, compliance with the collection of a complete home medication list increased from 43 to … Over 4 months, compliance with collection of a complete home medication list increased from 63 to 73 … Over 8 months, compliance with collection of a complete home medication list improved from 90 to 100