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161. Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/scorecard-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - Improvements Say: The module covers how to design a scorecard for sustaining your surgical improvement efforts … implementation, describe how to design a scorecard to measure performance as a part of your sustainability efforts … training, the Science of Safety training is the premier component of staff exposure to your team’s work efforts … Use the safety culture improvements to validate the work efforts of your frontline staff.

162. AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
     July 01, 2023 - AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts in the 21st Century AHRQ's … These reports provide information the field needs to evaluate how to prioritize efforts to keep patients

163. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/ahrq-specific-plan-nqs2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - Strategy, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is leading integration of quality improvement efforts … Beyond leading National Quality Strategy implementation efforts for Federal, State, and private- sector … This includes facilitating statewide cost and price transparency efforts, and developing and spreading … As the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality leads these internal and external efforts to support … Many of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s successes in the past year relate to efforts

164. Transforming Primary Care Practice: Lessons From the New Orleans Safety Net (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-rittenhouse.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - University of California, San Francisco AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019139 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Services • Comprehensive Care • Coordinated Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … Additionally, medical school– affiliated clinics had to balance transformation efforts with their mission … were observed in these areas when clinics were no longer eligible for bonus payments for redesign efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons

165. Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/rev-finalreport-update-2021.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - For the past decade, payer and provider efforts to reduce readmissions have proliferated. … It is possible that broader PCMH-guided transformation efforts may provide an anchor for effectively … Similarly, care transition efforts may synergize with more general efforts aimed at promoting continuity … Several articles examined in the section about readmission reduction efforts led by payers show the … Promising practices and efforts in smaller, independent practices.

166. Fallpxtool1F (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool1f.docx
     January 28, 2013 - Use this tool to ensure you have not skipped any essential steps in your fall prevention efforts. … Efforts are underway to generate a sense of urgency if lacking. … If necessary, efforts are underway to generate this support.

167. 147-Cusp-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/147-cusp-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     August 21, 2024 - Helps CUSP Facilitator and their teams develop strategies for successful patient safety improvement efforts … areas in need of performance improvement and work to engage other providers to participate in change efforts … · How can I ensure accountability to support the CUSP team to excel in improvement efforts? … need of performance improvement, prioritize safety initiatives, identify resources for improvement efforts … hinder CUSP work. · Help the team understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts

168. 127-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/127-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Helps CUSP Facilitator and their teams develop strategies for successful patient safety improvement efforts … areas in need of performance improvement and work to engage other providers to participate in change efforts … · How can I ensure accountability to support the CUSP team to excel in improvement efforts? … need of performance improvement, prioritize safety initiatives, identify resources for improvement efforts … hinder CUSP work. · Help the team understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts

169. 5. Dissemination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen5.html
     April 01, 2018 - End users: The intended targets of our dissemination efforts; those whom we will target to adopt and … Content Our dissemination efforts have two components: a SATIS-PHI/CRC intervention implementation … toolkit and material and efforts beyond the toolkit. … In particular, as part of our efforts beyond the toolkit, we will disseminate our analytical findings … They are the principal target of our dissemination efforts beyond the toolkit.

170. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-synthesis-report.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - The transformation efforts studied by the TPC grants varied considerably in terms of the size, type, … Contextual factors play an important role in the success of transformation efforts. … Our team also described key outcomes of the primary care transformation efforts across the studies, … Approaches to Transformation The practice transformation efforts studied by the TPC investigators … Practices also used plan-do-study-act (or plan-do- check-act) cycles for quality improvement efforts.

171. Final Progress Report: Conference: Physician-Level Interventions: What Works to Improve Quality of Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/wolfson-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - On the private side, these interventions include efforts to collect and report physician-level clinical … data and patient experiences, incentive programs (including pay for reporting/performance), and efforts … areas as well, and the Affordable Care Act expanded more upon existing federal physician-directed efforts … Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic, and efforts to shape physicians’ choices through financial … At the same time, he and other commenters supported moving forward with efforts to promote organized

172. Step 3: Build the Stakeholder Group Structure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/impguide1step3.html
     March 01, 2019 - The tools listed in the box provide useful tips for organizing stakeholder engagement efforts, including … What additional resources will you need in the future to continue and possibly grow the efforts of the … Not only does securing funding allow you to continue your QI efforts, but as discussed in Task 3.5 , … Be sure to balance efforts to obtain new funding with work that supports current activities. … You also may be able to build discrete revenue streams into your QI efforts, both to support those efforts

173. Research Administration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/research-results/research/administration.html
     December 01, 2020 - recruiting and retaining practices, along with samples of the resources they developed and used in their efforts … researchers from ESCALATES (the EvidenceNOW national evaluation) examined cooperatives’ recruitment efforts … are also necessary.” ( Sweeney et al., 2018 ) To support future primary care researchers in their efforts … practices, the EvidenceNOW cooperatives have shared several examples of resources they used in their efforts

174. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - The project seeks to coordinate cardiovascular risk reduction efforts across the state to create efficiency … , synergy and reduce duplicative efforts, with a particular focus on Alabama’s most underserved areas … changes in hypertension control and rates of tobacco screening and counseling/referral for cessation efforts … things that excites me most about this project is that it provides an opportunity to leverage ongoing efforts

175. A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/guide.html
     October 01, 2015 - in health care organizations who want to predict or report the costs of primary care transformation efforts … Develop a Detailed Description of Study Setting and Transformation Efforts An important first step … Primary care transformation efforts can take a number of years to implement and are an ongoing process … In addition, detailed descriptions of study settings, practice change efforts, and what is included in … are those that are clearly attributable to these efforts, such as staff training on the PCMH or new

176. A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/practical-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - in health care organizations who want to predict or report the costs of primary care transformation efforts … Develop a Detailed Description of Study Setting and Transformation Efforts An important first step … Primary care transformation efforts can take a number of years to implement and are an ongoing process … In addition, detailed descriptions of study settings, practice change efforts, and what is included in … are those that are clearly attributable to these efforts, such as staff training on the PCMH or new

177. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Engaging Senior Leaders in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/engaging-senior-leaders.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - directly recognize the value of patient safety or more specifically your patient safety program’s efforts … Make it meaningful so they recognize the importance of your efforts and provide buy-in and support. … As you communicate the plan to improve CLABSI and CAUTI reduction efforts to the team, intentionally … Ensure that the senior leader knows of their efforts in order to show gratitude for their role. … Conversation Starters To engage a senior leader in efforts to reduce CLABSI and CAUTI, gather all the

178. How the CHIPRA quality demonstration elevated children on State health policy agendas | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight04.html
     October 01, 2013 - Key messages from these States include: States have aligned their efforts with—and used their CHIPRA … to integrate behavioral and physical health, and 4) quality measurement and improvement efforts. … Findings Participating States employed a range of strategies in their efforts to maximize the impact … These efforts can help broaden support for demonstration activities, as well as provide a mechanism for … However, the common thread running throughout these efforts is represented by the new connections being

179. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2015-cdc-agency-specific-plan.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Other ongoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention efforts include the work on patient safety … Strengthen national one-health surveillance efforts to combat resistance. 3. … also been closely aligned with Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation on State Innovation Models’ efforts … flow across partners; and to identify community health needs, service delivery gaps, and guide joint efforts … with both public and private health systems, supporting a greater focus on integrated, crosscutting efforts

180. 2012 Annual Progress Report to Congress National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/reports/2012-annual-report-part2.html
     November 01, 2016 - As we undertake the challenge of improving health care quality, our efforts must be driven by reliable … A focus on reducing quality-reporting burden on providers led to efforts to align quality measurement … efforts are underway throughout the Federal government and in each of the States. … Leading States have also undertaken efforts to align their quality measurement and improvement efforts … Among those efforts, Colorado and Ohio stand out as leaders in State and Federal measure alignment.