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421. CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Evaluation Highlight No. 5 (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight05.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - Friendly internal competition and teamwork were useful improvement strategies Efforts by Pennsylvania … QI efforts were: • Investment in both the human and automated components of data extraction and … When it comes to sustaining QI efforts, not everything can be automated. … Otherwise, as a South Carolina practice explained, QI efforts are too easily disrupted when a practice … States as they encourage health care providers to use the Child Core Set measures to support QI efforts

422. Remember T.E.A.M.S. to Improve Safety Culture (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/improve/teams-infographic.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - M S Team Formation Excellent Communication Assess What’s Working Meet Monthly Sustain Efforts

423. Tool 5C: Measuring Progress Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/measure-progress-checklist.html
     January 01, 2013 - Word Version [29 KB] Background: This tool can be used to monitor progress on your fall prevention efforts … Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts.

424. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-transcript.doc
     June 10, 2014 - And I think we now recognize that preventing infections, your CUSP efforts, they work best when there … We need new groups to take ownership and leadership of efforts to improve antibiotic use. … antibiotic stewardship efforts. … And so these are goals that certainly, I think, all of you have in your CUSP: Stop CAUTI efforts, and … The next slide shows our efforts to improve documentation.

425. Dissemination Planning Tool (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/planningtool.pdf
     December 19, 2006 - These end users are the ultimate target for your dissemination efforts. … Evaluating Success Evaluating the success of your dissemination efforts is an iterative process. … (WHO IS IN A POSITION TO USE THE INFORMATION) I plan to involve users in my dissemination efforts by

426. 2. How will we manage change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu2.html
     October 01, 2014 - In addition, forming a team ensures that efforts will continue even if one or more members must step … In considering these roles during the change efforts, the Implementation Team needs to think not only … Improvement efforts tend to be most successful when teams follow a systematic approach to analysis and … If managers are already evaluated on the basis of their QI efforts and results, making this project a … Were those efforts successful?

427. Presentation: Program Overview
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-ltvv-slides.pptx
     January 01, 2017 - Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 3 Data Collection Drives quality improvement efforts … Mechanically Ventilated Patients 14 Data Measures Guide Data should drive all quality improvement efforts

428. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-3-gray-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Integral to MedStar Washington Hospital Center's Quality Efforts … process opens opportunities to discuss patient safety, and the results help shape our improvement efforts

429. PowerPoint Presentation
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed.pptx
     September 01, 2014 - Who are the champions guiding the department’s efforts in PFE? … progress Educate staff and patients/families Select one or two best practices to begin to expand PFE efforts

430. Implementation of an Evidence-based Protocol for Surgical Infection Prophylaxis (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Savino.pdf
     July 01, 2003 - nosocomial infections—and rank third with respect to cost.2 Prevention of SSI requires aggressive efforts … Review of the continuing medical education (CME) literature revealed that efforts to modify physician … behavior through education have had moderate success, at best.13 Many previous efforts have employed … Other educational efforts focused on nurses and ancillary personnel (i.e., operating room technicians … The focus of all educational efforts was to increase the “buy-in” of participants.

431. Discussion of Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/findings.html
     March 01, 2017 - Efforts to improve patient awareness of existing strategies to improve communication are warranted. … Efforts to reduce medication errors in the ambulatory care setting, including primary care, have focused … and listening to their responses, setting expectations for followup of diagnostic tests, and making efforts … Improvement efforts of this council have focused on improving communication and access, redesigning the … Overall, efforts to improve medication safety in primary care should improve not only safety, including

432. TeamSTEPPS 2.0: Module 9. Coaching Workshop | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module9/igcoaching.html
     March 01, 2014 - Coaches play a critical role in the success of your implementation and sustainment efforts by modeling … As such, TeamSTEPPS coaches play a critical role in both TeamSTEPPS implementation and sustainment efforts … Without accurate assessment, coaching efforts might be spent addressing the wrong problem or a nonexistent … to integrate TeamSTEPPS performance into the organization, such as efforts to include TeamSTEPPS in … In addition to including coaches in these organizational efforts, implementing such efforts serves as

433. Chapter 1: Attaining Zoning and Building Permits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp1.html
     May 01, 2014 - among clinic staff; multiple contributing factors; fixating on cost; mission statement; collaborative efforts … Building on Other Collaborative Efforts. … A project champion believes in the concept and encourages others to put their efforts behind it. … If you are leading efforts to build this bridge, you will need staff input and support. … supports staff as they implement "tests" of change, and encourages organizational changes so that the efforts

434. Quality Indicators Sensitive to Nurse Staffing in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Savitz.pdf
     March 01, 2004 - conducted a systematic review of literature from the past 6 years, identifying research and/or monitoring efforts … for the health care system,2 proposing quality enhancement initiatives to coordinate quality-related efforts … Many of these efforts represent an attempt to move closer to the point of care delivery. … Our review suggests that the following problems persist in our efforts to examine profession-specific … Does publicizing hospital performance stimulate quality improvement efforts?

435. Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/pu_training-impguide.docx
     October 01, 2017 - The checklist helps assess the progress of the team’s QI efforts. … Would this be a duplication of efforts?) … Adding costs and savings can add extra incentives to patient safety and quality efforts. … One hospital branded its pressure injury prevention efforts as Save Our Skin (SOS). … Be transparent with and update the tracking data from your prevention efforts.

436. Spotlight on Massachusetts -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-massachusetts-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … • Developing a coalition to lead quality improvement efforts in the State. … Massachusetts formed the Child Health Quality Coalition to lead the State’s child health QI efforts … Continuing Efforts in Massachusetts After Massachusetts’ CHIPRA quality demonstration ended in May 2015

437. Title of Presentation: (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/nashp-webinar-on-quality_measure-use.pdf
     September 21, 2015 - Program • Congressionally mandated in 2009 – $100 million program – One of the largest federal efforts … practices run reports from their charts or EHRs provided them more real time information to track QI efforts … quality measures • Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership formed to identify and coordinate efforts … of data or quality measure • Help practices read, interpret, and use practice-level reports for QI efforts

438. Assessing Indicator Rates Using Trends and Comparators (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b5_combo_assessingtrendscomparators.pdf
     March 20, 2016 - through decisions regarding which PSIs or IQIs are most important to address in quality improvement efforts … Trendlines also can be used to identify any changes in trends for QI rates related to quality improvement efforts … an improvement over the baseline trend, you have identified a possible effect of your improvement efforts … You should use caution in attributing such a change in trend to your improvement efforts, however,

439. Tk2 T4 Common Suspected Infections Tools To Improve Communication And Decisionmaking (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK2_T4_Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_To_Improve_Communication_and_Decisionmaking.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Already efforts have been successful in reducing unnecessary prescriptions for children with respiratory … Thus, resistance is a global issue, and efforts to reduce antibiotic overuse are being conducted worldwide … Efforts to better regulate these areas are also under way.

440. Characteristics of Frequent Users of Three Hospital Emergency Departments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/emergency-dept/frequent-use.html
     July 01, 2017 - The need to improve patient comprehension in all settings is well documented and there have been many efforts … solutions to the problem of excessive hospital revisits will have to emerge from coordinated, system-level efforts … These might range from limited efforts to create more accessible care options (e.g., non-ED-based after-hours … care) to broad-based efforts aimed at providing complex patients with resources and education to help … health care system linked to the community, would represent an especially important focus for such efforts