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2621. Preamble and Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications Example…

2622. Grantees Focusing on Hispanic and Latino Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2021 - Grantees Focusing on Hispanic and Latino Populations   Peter Yellowlees, M.D. “I have found it fascinating to see the way that almost all patients speak differently, using simpler phrases and less words, when using an interpreter. Their descriptions of clinical symptoms and histories is much ric…

2623. SDOH & Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2023 - SDOH & Practice Improvement Tools to help healthcare organizations address SDOH Tools To Help Healthcare Organizations Address SDOH AHRQ is actively engaged in assisting health systems and clinicians to improve healthcare through a better understanding of SDOH in communities and the social needs of patients…

2624. 2014 Chartbooks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2020 - Chartbook on Women's Health Care 2014 Chartbooks Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Women's Health Care Acknowledgments Women's Health Care Key Findings of the 2014 QDR 2014 Chartbooks Access to Health Care Affordability Communication and Care Coordination Effec…

2625. Videos About Telementoring and COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2021 - Videos About Telementoring and COVID-19 AHRQ grantee and Project ECHO founder Dr. Sanjeev Arora, M.D., took part in an in-depth interview with AHRQ's Office of Communications as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to unfold. In these video clips, Dr. Arora describes AHRQ's contribution to this innovative model, h…

2626. Why Does the Writing in a Health Care Quality Report Matter? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2011 - Why Does the Writing in a Health Care Quality Report Matter? Information is clear if the audience for that information can understand it. This simple rule poses a real challenge, because there are many possible audiences for a health care quality report and they may differ in background knowledge, literacy …

2627. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-O (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Appendix O. CAUTI Event Report Template When a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) occurs on your unit, teams can use this tool, adapted from a report developed by the North Carolina Quality Center, to identify root causes. Patient Medical Record Number Admit Date Diagnosis Did the patien…

2628. Final Progress Report: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Key Words: Medication errors/prevention & control *Medication reconciliation Organizational culture … improves generalizability, allowing other organizations to apply the lessons learned regardless of their culture … available to conduct medication reconciliation tasks as well as baseline questions on patient safety culture … with individual and organizational priorities (e.g., readmission reduction) and with stakeholders’ belief … Public Safety Announcements (PSA) on computer screen savers was an effective campaign to change the culture

2629. Barcode Medication Administration: Lessons Learned from an Intensive Care Unit Implementation (pdf file)
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      April 20, 2004 - where the “two-challenge rule” is practiced— is essential to the growth of an institutional safety culture … : “Designing systems for safety requires specific, clear, and consistent efforts to develop a work culture … It is also necessary for organizational leadership to promote and endorse a culture of support during

2630. Building an Ambulatory Patient Safety Learning Laboratory for Diverse Populations (ASCENT) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2021 - The ASCENT Lab developed, piloted, and implemented a needs-driven technical and culture-based solution

2631. Chapter 3. Data Collection and Analysis Using TRIPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - report falls more accurately when administration uses a clear fall definition and develops a strong culture

2632. Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - consider, such as placing a singular focus on client needs, hiring staff whose personal values and beliefs … Critical importance of program director: The program director plays a significant role in creating a culture … f Internal culture, staffing, and protocols: High-fidelity programs describe clients as “underserved … They also tend to hire staff whose personal values and beliefs align with this philosophy (or support

2633. Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/gilmerstudysnapshot/gilmerstudysnapshot.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - consider, such as placing a singular focus on client needs, hiring staff whose personal values and beliefs … Critical importance of program director: The program director plays a significant role in creating a culture … f Internal culture, staffing, and protocols: High-fidelity programs describe clients as “underserved … They also tend to hire staff whose personal values and beliefs align with this philosophy (or support

2634. Implementing Team Approaches for Improving Diabetes Care in Health Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2020 - Implementing Team Approaches for Improving Diabetes Care in Health Centers Slide Presentation by Hector P. Rodriguez Text version of a slide presentation made by Hector P. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH. Sign up: Quality Measure Tools Email updates Slide 1 Implementing Team Approaches for Improving Diabetes Ca…

2635. 5 Tk2 P2T8-Sample Antibiogram Phase 2 (doc file)
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      May 01, 2014 - : Of XXX cultures used to make the antibiograms, XX% were urine cultures, YY% were wound cultures, and … Z% were sputum cultures. … · The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: · E. coli: XX% of urine cultures · Enterococcus … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms · XX% of positive urine cultures were due … Gram positives · XX of XX (XX%) Staph. aureus cultures were MRSA.

2636. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis (doc file)
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      November 01, 2019 - antibiotics · Microbiology: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus species · Blood cultures … should be obtained in all patients with cholangitis · Blood cultures should be obtained in patients … with cholecystitis that have concomitant sepsis · Bile cultures should be obtained if the biliary tree … P. aeruginosa, and anaerobes; consider coverage for Enterococcus species · Review any prior biliary cultures … here] · [Place local recommendations here] · Narrowing and oral therapy · Narrow based on available culture

2637. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2022 - clinical trials and adoption after definitive trials must be determined based upon local needs and culture … Choose a 1-year period and count the number of unique patients who have a positive blood culture from … Use your current processes for identifying MRSA carriers using reported history, prior culture result … The order of approaching these key stakeholders will depend on the culture, standard processes, and … cultures, and history of MRSA to target those with devices

2638. 5 Tk2 P2T8-Sample Antibiogram Phase 2 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - : Of XXX cultures used to make the antibiograms, XX% were urine cultures, YY% were wound cultures, … and Z% were sputum cultures. … • The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: o E. coli: XX% of urine cultures o Enterococcus … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms • XX% of positive urine cultures were due … Gram positives • XX of XX (XX%) S. aureus cultures were MRSA.

2639. Technical Interventions To Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - The following are appropriate conditions for urine culture use: Evaluation of sepsis without a clear … , evaluate current processes for obtaining urine cultures (e.g., avoid urinalysis or urine cultures as … Have periodic audits on urine culture use in intensive care units to look for trends, especially if CAUTI … avoid inappropriate antimicrobial use in catheterized patients is to refrain from obtaining a urine culture … When a urine culture is positive in a catheterized patient who has no symptoms of infection, do not treat

2640. 5 Tk2 P3T8-Sample Pocket Card Long Version Phase 3 (doc file)
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      May 01, 2014 - Version 9” (4 @ 2.25”) x 3.25” Key Findings From the Antibiograms · Most of our data come from urine cultures … : Of 192 cultures used to make the antibiograms, 93% were urine cultures, 6% were wound cultures, and … 1% were sputum cultures. … · The leading organisms for positive urine cultures were: · E. coli: xx% of urine cultures · Enterococcus … Gram Positives · 11 of 14 (xx%) Staphylococcus aureus cultures were Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus