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421. Lessons in Safety Climate and Safety Practices from a California Hospital Consortium (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Singer.pdf
     April 01, 2003 - Significant hospital efforts appear to be underway, and attention to a number of lessons from past patient … safety efforts may benefit future undertakings. … Hospitals in the consortium also shared recommended practices from their efforts to respond to the results … Where program implementation efforts faltered, patient safety officers often attributed problems to … Further study of hospital efforts to improve safety culture is also needed.

422. Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) Collaborates with Medical Product Users to Create Specialty Subnetworks (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Engleman_86.pdf
     June 04, 2008 - the actual clinical users of the medical devices, MedSun is now implementing targeted surveillance efforts … • A variety of followup efforts were implemented to learn more about certain medical device issues … All LabNet reports are reviewed by the LabNet team, followup and potential patient safety efforts are … Preliminary efforts to measure the program’s success demonstrate that for the 6-month period prior to … These efforts should generate communication and collaborative partnerships between clinicians, the FDA

423. Communication Strategies for Sustainability: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/communication-strategies-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Say: Today we will discuss strategies to improve communication to sustain your safety program efforts … of staff buy-in of the intervention, staff engagement, and the consistency of initial implementation efforts … The key to addressing complex barriers to sustaining your quality improvement efforts often lies in communication … CUSP provides tools and a mechanism to sustain our implementation efforts over time. … You may want 8 hours of protected time each week for data collection efforts.

424. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-A (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-a.docx
     January 01, 2008 - some key roles, responsibilities, and tasks often lacking in support of hospital quality improvement efforts … proposing solutions to address barriers in the hospital’s culture and infrastructure that are impeding QI efforts … Recognizes, perceives, and directly relates to the emotions of others · Shows appreciation for the efforts … some key roles, responsibilities, and tasks often lacking in support of hospital quality improvement efforts … · Communicates truthfully and does not withhold relevant information · Shows appreciation for the efforts

425. Spotlight on Illinois -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-illinois-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - In this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … calculate measures and disseminate reports, the State faced constraints in pursuing State-level QI efforts … Despite these efforts, the practices used the database and secure email infrequently, citing limited … Continuing Efforts in Illinois After Illinois’s CHIPRA quality demonstration grant ended in February … • Partner with ILPQC to improve efforts to exchange perinatal data and to offer perinatal-focused

426. Spotlight on Wyoming -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-wyoming-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … integrated health IT into the CME Wyoming integrated its existing health information technology (IT) efforts … demonstration, the State focused less on integrating CME activities with these non- demonstration health IT efforts … Continuing Efforts in Wyoming After Wyoming’s CHIPRA quality demonstration ended in February 2016, the

427. Appendix A. Recommendations for Ideal Consumer Reporting Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/appa.html
     May 01, 2016 - consumer reporting of patient safety events be linked to quality and/or patient safety improvement efforts … Linking to Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Efforts. … The system should be linked to efforts to improve quality and patient safety.

428. Using the Core Set of Quality Measures for Children to Improve Children’s Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/childhealth/usingthecoresetofqm.pdf
     February 01, 2010 - The CHIPRA quality demonstration projects highlighted in Table 1 are important examples of the many efforts … Other important efforts include:  The Secretary of Health and Human Services releases an annual … Evaluating The Projects In the context of multiple efforts to improve measures of the quality of health

429. Project Report - Lean Sigma
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/assemble/assembleteam.pptx
     January 01, 2006 - Infection preventionists 18 18 The Senior Executive’s Role Helps the team prioritize improvement efforts … hospital departments (risk management, quality improvement, infection prevention) to ensure that CUSP efforts … are integrated into overall hospital quality improvement and patient safety efforts.

430. Chapter 1. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/diabetesnetwork/diabnet1.html
     October 01, 2014 - The capacity to improve patient self-management efforts. … Commitment of health center leadership for participation of staff and the health center in efforts to … clinician staff and fund raising, and had a director who wanted to enhance their quality improvement efforts

431. Implications for the Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/implications.html
     March 01, 2017 - Coupled, these forces may affect Guide development and dissemination, as well as practice recruitment efforts … Our Technical Expert Panel will also engage in development efforts, lending their experience and expertise … Efforts to develop culturally sensitive and appropriate approaches to reaching patients at all literacy

432. Patients Safer as Hospital-Acquired Conditions Decline in 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-interim-data-2015.html
     April 01, 2018 - National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts

433. National Quality Strategy: Using Levers to Achieve Improved Health and Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nqsleverfactsheet.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - The Strategy serves as a guiding force in the multitude of quality improvement efforts across the Nation … 2014 What You Can Do Learn more by visiting www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality, and tell us about your efforts

434. Evaluating the Process of Creating and Promoting a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/process.html
     November 01, 2018 - Did your outreach efforts find those in your audience who are not necessarily literate or Web literate … Evaluation in the Early Stages To refine your efforts, you can also evaluate the process in its early

435. Exhibit 2. Categories and Questions in the Environmental Scan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex2.html
     July 01, 2018 - How can we motivate hospitals to undertake patient and family engagement efforts? … What current hospital efforts and standards (e.g., HCAHPS, Joint Commission) can be linked with patient

436. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/index.html
     August 01, 2015 - qualitative research to explore the role of management practices in facilitating HAI prevention and reduction efforts … At that time, numerous efforts were underway to reduce HAIs, but much of this work had not yet been well

437. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
     April 01, 2025 - offers a brief introduction to the CUSP framework and how its principles can enhance MRSA prevention efforts … a number of tools created for this toolkit that can aid your team in implementing MRSA prevention efforts … to include your hospital’s infection prevention team and hospital and surgical team leaders in your efforts … Engaging and involving surgeons fully in MRSA prevention efforts is essential to success. … Common challenges to their participation in these efforts include limited time to devote to such efforts

438. VHA's Journey to High Reliability: Advancing Toward Zero Harm and Becoming a Learning Health System
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/high-reliability-journey-slides.pptx
     September 26, 2023 - Training and Lean Improvement Conducted HRO cultural assessment, site-specific planning and coaching efforts … operations at every organizational level Lead organized, measured and systematic continuous improvement efforts … /or facility Black Belt: Trains, coaches and consults with improvement project teams to help guide efforts … 19 HRO Outcomes Measures – Truman VA Medical Center (VAMC) Study Achieving Results (Targeted CPI efforts

439. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
     June 01, 2023 - AHRQ coordinates its efforts closely with PCORI and OS-ASPE as well as other HHS agencies. … Ongoing efforts in AHRQ’s Patient Safety and Quality portfolio include enhancing diagnostic safety, … This priority area aligns with the efforts of other HHS agencies. … CDS efforts are described further below. … These types of collaborative efforts can help promote inclusivity and engagement to build trust with

440. Final Progress Report: Rural Healthcare Quality Network (RHQN) – AHRQ Grant Pre-Intervention Study Results (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/huck-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Because of a number of delays, dedicated efforts by hospitals to improve performance on the selected … significant delay of approximately 1 year in initiating quality improvement activities because of efforts … • Significant delay occurred in initiating data collection efforts by hospitals because of the INHS … Lincoln Hospital administration and staff showed great leadership in the efforts to improve cardiac … • There is a lack of dedicated resources to implement interdisciplinary quality improvement efforts