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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/nqs-fact-sheets/nqs-fact-sheet-0214.html
November 01, 2016 - Affordable Care Act, the NQS serves as a catalyst and compass for nationwide focus on quality improvement efforts … Affordable Care Act, intends to foster collaboration, cooperation, and consultation on quality-related efforts … year to discuss ongoing initiatives and best practices to prevent inefficient duplication of quality efforts … visiting the Working for Quality site and downloading the Stakeholder Toolkit, or tell us about your efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/cmsqualconf0615.pdf
September 01, 2015 - statewide after grant
– Showing how to do it, or how to do it better: improving
results of earlier efforts … : what these projects are building on
– Related, ongoing projects: many interactions with other
efforts … with seven Category C states (IL, MA, ME,
NC, OR, SC, WV) and one Category B state (PA)
Major efforts … by states to provide files
Essential to assess outcomes, impacts of state
efforts to assist future
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Prologue_Battles_Vol2.pdf
July 10, 2008 - of the organization at both the
macro and micro levels will limit the effectiveness of improvement efforts … Targeting improvement efforts on specific clinical processes as a change strategy seems to be an
effective … have shown us a powerful way for reinforcing and sustaining patient safety
and quality improvement efforts … can and do share success stories
and improvement strategies—as well as stories about unsuccessful efforts—so
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-brady-sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
February 05, 2019 - as a central body to galvanize
stakeholders and act as a focal point to prioritize
patient safety efforts … such as
leadership and culture
• AHRQ’s SOPS Program and Action Planning Tool
aligns with these efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-5.html
August 01, 2023 - Because diagnostic efforts cannot be extricated from the systems, circumstances, and environments within … For example, efforts to identify patients with diagnostic uncertainty and provide clinician feedback … Active efforts must be made to include diagnosis-focused clinical and health services research in the … They also support efforts to expand the pediatric diagnostic safety research and quality improvement … Increased pediatric advocacy efforts and research funding focused on diagnostic safety are also needed
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-5.html
August 01, 2023 - Because diagnostic efforts cannot be extricated from the systems, circumstances, and environments within … For example, efforts to identify patients with diagnostic uncertainty and provide clinician feedback … Active efforts must be made to include diagnosis-focused clinical and health services research in the … They also support efforts to expand the pediatric diagnostic safety research and quality improvement … Increased pediatric advocacy efforts and research funding focused on diagnostic safety are also needed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.docx
April 05, 2013 - Implementing the Guide is similar to other quality improvement efforts in that it takes time to initiate … improvement, getting commitment from leadership, selecting Guide strategies to implement, and evaluating efforts … Step 1: Identify opportunities for patient and family engagement efforts at your hospital
Step 2: Get … .6–8
Other hospital leaders, such as unit managers, ensure that engagement efforts occur daily. … Evaluating patient and family engagement efforts and attributing the results of engagement efforts can
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Pronovost_95.pdf
June 12, 2008 - Despite diligent efforts, most reporting systems are relatively new and focus on collecting
events. … across the institution and to evaluate whether these efforts improved patient safety are
limited. … How to conduct expert reviews and prioritize safety efforts? … .22 Strategies to prioritize patient safety efforts using aggregate data are
underdeveloped. … Clear process maps would help prioritize patient safety
improvement efforts.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips50.html
October 01, 2014 - Bluffs, Iowa, used information from AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture to support its efforts … The Web conference series was critical to the hospital's efforts to use the results of the AHRQ survey
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu1.html
October 01, 2014 - Tools and Resources
Because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure … monitoring pressure ulcers increased awareness among the staff and helped them better target their efforts … , the list of resources needed is likely to be broad and will require refinement as the improvement efforts … Supporters who have a sense of urgency have been identified
Efforts are underway to generate a sense … Leadership support has been assessed
If necessary, efforts are underway to generate this support
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu1.html
October 01, 2014 - Tools and Resources
Because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure … monitoring pressure ulcers increased awareness among the staff and helped them better target their efforts … , the list of resources needed is likely to be broad and will require refinement as the improvement efforts … Supporters who have a sense of urgency have been identified
Efforts are underway to generate a sense … Leadership support has been assessed
If necessary, efforts are underway to generate this support
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www.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
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight01.html
March 01, 2019 - , more generally, helped to bring a pediatric focus to a broad range of Federal quality measurement efforts … Practice-level quality measures aim to help providers target areas for QI efforts and assess the impact … complete information about their performance, which may help with planning quality improvement (QI) efforts … Demonstration States made substantial efforts to involve providers from child-serving practices to help … Practice-level reporting efforts could be accelerated through the provision of technical assistance to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
June 01, 2023 - Discuss how to prioritize your efforts and generate action plans to sustain the improvements you have … made through your enhanced recovery efforts. … collaboratively manage the implementation process—prompting changes in the organizational culture to support efforts … as influencers across the organization, including who will lead or co-lead ongoing enhanced recovery efforts … Actions To Remove or Mitigate
Enter Name of Person Responsible for Action
Providers' belief that efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/55-ohio-hhoi-payer-survey.pdf
May 01, 2022 - As part of these efforts,
we would like to partner with payers to have greater alignment and improvement … in health outcomes through greater
coordination of efforts. … survey so we can better understand who to
connect with in your organization to partner around these efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/cahps-program/research-summaries/index.html
April 01, 2020 - Efforts to improve the effectiveness of survey administration methods. … Evaluations of efforts to improve patient experience.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/next-steps.html
August 01, 2022 - as well as now having access to preliminary data on promising models, which should heavily influence efforts … Another project (PROMISES) focused Much of the development of these types of quality improvement efforts … Future work in this area would be a natural extension of AHRQ’s existing efforts to disseminate and encourage
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool5c.docx
January 29, 2013 - Measuring Progress Checklist
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.
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/healthcare-extension-services/technical-resources.html
January 01, 2025 - The logic model is a guide for planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. … developing state cooperatives for accelerating the implementation of evidence into practice to advise future efforts
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-safdar.html
December 01, 2020 - barriers to—the use of these practices can help clinical teams better understand how to standardize their efforts … "CUSP provided a systematic approach for all of our efforts, which led to much more favorable outcomes … These efforts helped UW receive the 2013 Partnership in Prevention award from the U.S.