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221. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Drawbacks/Challenges: Claims data do not necessarily reflect costs of primary care transformation efforts … incurred by clinics Changes in cost trends can be caused by factors other than PCMH transformation efforts … Pre-established rapport with clinics providing data Web-based data collection tools for data collection efforts

222. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/methodology-options.html
     February 01, 2017 - Drawbacks/Challenges: Claims data do not necessarily reflect costs of primary care transformation efforts … incurred by clinics Changes in cost trends can be caused by factors other than PCMH transformation efforts … Pre-established rapport with clinics providing data Web-based data collection tools for data collection efforts

223. New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - between the hospital and iCareQuality, a Pennsylvania-based health care consulting company that supports efforts … Although Meadowlands began using CUSP in 2013, ongoing improvement and sustainability efforts were challenging … "We wanted to sustain quality improvement efforts at the bedside.

224. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - Device Days x 1,000) Future work will include both additional analyses and continued improvement efforts … Ongoing efforts continue to increase culture-related data submission, and future analyses will be conducted … the project and have either shown a reduction in CAUTI or maintained a zero-CAUTI rate from baseline, efforts … These efforts alongside the progress made toward achieving the project's stated goals are encouraging

225. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Health Information Technology Patient-Centered Care Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Differences in transformation efforts were assessed by ranking the … medical assistants and nurse care managers), EHR systems, time for education and quality improvement efforts

226. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health’s Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Care Coordinated Care Health IT Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts National Committee for Quality Assurance Level 3 PCMH recognition … Leadership focused transformation efforts on process improvement, and improved team functioning (including … shared goals, mutual respect, and within-team communication) was expected to occur naturally from these efforts

227. How to Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Identify any overlap or restriction on the efforts to create surge capacity readiness at a local shuttered … facility plans compared with current surge capacity needs and broad-scope regional emergency planning efforts … Ramp-Up Description: Once the catastrophic event occurs, facility opening efforts will be under way … through the efforts of individual management team members overseeing their area of focus (staffing, … Once needed staffing, equipment, and supplies are in place, and the facility has accepted patients, efforts

228. What We Learned: Five Key Lessons | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Only well-defined interventions with demonstrated significant results can be successful in national efforts … National Infrastructure The creation of a national infrastructure to set goals, coordinate efforts, … Of the units identified, about half dropped their rates since targeted efforts were implemented. … National Program for Local and Unit Audiences Hospitals and regions do not all begin improvement efforts … techniques and tools such as TeamSTEPPS®, Just Culture, Lean, and Six Sigma programs with the CUSP efforts

229. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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     January 01, 2017 - ASK: Having leadership involvement in CUSP efforts is critical, but why? … SAY: Improvement efforts are a shared responsibility. … team, we are helping to ensure that the team has access to resources to support its implementation efforts … and that its efforts are aligned with the goals of the health care organization. … SAY: The main concepts to bring with you on your quality improvement journey are— · Patient safety efforts

230. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2017 - growing in how to leverage APCD data for consumer-facing Web sites for price transparency, as well as for efforts … Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) have taken the lead in supporting and documenting current State efforts … These efforts include working to harmonize data collection and release across States and providing technical … They also provide tools such as report cards on States’ efforts on price transparency to help purchasers … Issues with data completeness, quality, standardization, and access hamper such efforts.

231. Facilitator Guide: Overview of the Improvement Model (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - These types of efforts and ultimately our frontline staff are the only ways to make significant improvements … With this project you can focus your attention and augment your tools with ideas to jumpstart your efforts … But for these improvement efforts to be successful, it takes much more than checking boxes. … First, they can help teams to prioritize their efforts by aligning safety team objectives with other … When change efforts fail, they often do for predictable reasons.

232. Forming a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program Team: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Slide 6: Why Engage Across Disciplines Successful efforts are— Informed by science. … implement new policies and procedures to achieve quality improvement goals and sustain patient safety efforts … Learns about CUSP and the Science of Safety, developing the lenses to lead change efforts. … Helps the team to understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts with those … Staff owns safety—use unit-level data and staff inputs to drive improvement efforts.

233. Facilitator Guide: Turn Data Into Action (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Meaningful Change SAY: In this module, you’ll learn about using data as part of your team’s improvement efforts … results from your safety culture assessment during a safety culture debriefing to meaningfully inform efforts … It is a critical part of accelerating your team’s improvement efforts. … It can help engage the staff and invigorate their efforts. … It lets them know that their efforts are appreciated.

234. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 5 Why Engage Across Disciplines Successful efforts … implement new policies and procedures to achieve quality improvement goals and sustain patient safety efforts … participation in safety work Learns about CUSP and the Science of Safety, developing the lenses to lead change efforts … hinder CUSP work Helps the team to understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts … domain score of ≥ 80% Staff owns safety—use unit-level data and staff inputs to drive improvement efforts

235. Sustainability-Tool (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - This tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your improvement efforts … Use this tool to ensure you have appropriate resources and strategies in place to sustain improvement efforts

236. Fallpxtool6A (doc file)
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     January 01, 2007 - tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your fall prevention efforts … this tool to ensure you have appropriate resources and strategies in place to sustain fall prevention efforts

237. TeamSTEPPS® for Office-Based Care - Readiness Assessment (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2005 - stronger teamwork and safety culture an appropriate strategy to address the needs or quality improvement efforts … right time to initiate a culture change (i.e., it will not compete with other quality improvement efforts … A lack of urgency and a vague rationale are two of the most common derailers of change efforts. … Sometimes leaders fail to sponsor efforts effectively because they simply do not know how to sponsor … already be occurring within the practice and determine how TeamSTEPPS can fit into and reinforce those efforts

238. National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report (pdf file)
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     February 21, 2016 - Colorado and New Mexico collaborated on efforts to enhance PCMH features of 22 SBHCs. … We developed an implementation guide that described and built on their efforts. … Still other States pursued promising ideas by building on previous efforts. … ) could not be practically implemented and therefore shifted funds to other grant efforts. … Nonetheless, our efforts to do so led to three positive developments.

239. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Are You Ready To Improve? (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience 6. … At the very least, recognize the impact of their absence on efforts to improve CAHPS performance and … Promoting clinical involvement in hospital quality improvement efforts: The effects of top management … Does publicizing hospital performance stimulate quality improvement efforts? … Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail. Harv Bus Rev 1995;73(2):59-67.

240. Getting Ready for Measurement: Overcoming Barriers and Taking Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - and Taking Next Steps Conclusion References HCOs are resource constrained, and efforts … in the best case scenario when leadership support and resources are available to support improvement efforts … measurement target, we recommend that HCOs new to measurement of diagnostic safety focus initial measurement efforts … Thus, research efforts must continue to inform and strengthen the rigor of measurement.