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221. 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

222. Optimizing the use of dose error reduction software on intravenous infusion pumps. | PSNet
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     August 02, 2015 - In this study, a pediatric hospital aimed to increase use of smart pumps with DERS from 46% compliance … Updating the drug library resulted in the largest increase in compliance and decrease in alerts. … Related Resources Pharmacy-driven performance improvement initiative to increase compliance

223. Anesthesia Risk Alert program: a proactive safety initiative. | PSNet
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     September 02, 2015 - Since implementation began in 2019, ARA compliance has exceeded 90% and has reduced the rate of adverse … Design and implementation of an analgesia, sedation, and paralysis order set to enhance compliance … August 9, 2023 Compliance with and barriers to implementing the surgical safety checklist

224. 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.

225. 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.

226. Surgical patient safety officers in the United States: negotiating contradictions between compliance and workplace transformation. | PSNet
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     December 31, 2018 - Surgical patient safety officers in the United States: negotiating contradictions between compliance … Surgical patient safety officers in the United States: negotiating contradictions between compliance … Surgical patient safety officers in the United States: negotiating contradictions between compliance

227. 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

228. 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

229. 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.

230. Georgia Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

231. 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

232. Medication Adherence | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Under examination is using these tools to track medication adherence (or compliance with); defined as … within e-prescribing systems The medication possession ratio (MPR) is a formula used to determine compliance … Analyzing variations in medication compliance related to individual drug, drug class, and prescribing

233. 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

234. 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.

235. VA Health Care: Steps Taken to Improve Practitioner Screening, but Facility Compliance with Screening Requirements is Poor. | PSNet
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     September 28, 2010 - Resource VA Health Care: Steps Taken to Improve Practitioner Screening, but Facility Compliance … Citation Text: VA Health Care: Steps Taken to Improve Practitioner Screening, but Facility Compliance … Citation Citation Text: VA Health Care: Steps Taken to Improve Practitioner Screening, but Facility Compliance

236. 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

237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849137/psn-pdf
     May 17, 2023 - trends-adverse-event-rates-hospitalized-patients-2010-2019 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-patient-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-hand-hygiene-compliance-patient-care

238. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853974/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2024 - This qualitative synthesis of 34 studies identified several factors that influence uptake and compliance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-checklist-implementation-project-impact-variable-who-checklist-compliance-risk

239. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866071/psn-pdf
     June 05, 2024 - the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery organizations: balancing regulatory compliance … the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery organizations: balancing regulatory compliance

240. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44813/psn-pdf
     February 15, 2017 - safety-and Use of the surgical safety checklist has been linked to improved patient outcomes, but checklist compliance … ORs that received real-time feedback had significantly higher compliance scores than those that just … surgical-safety-checklist-reduce-morbidity-and-mortality-global-population https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compliance-who-surgical-safety-checklist-deviations-and-possible-improvements