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161. Prologue: Culture and Redesign for Improved Patient Safety (pdf file)
     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
     June 02, 2025 - 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

162. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection reduction in a pediatric safety engagement network. | PSNet
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     July 14, 2021 - the implementation and results of catheter-associated urinary tract infection  (CAUTI) prevention efforts … Prevention efforts included catheter insertion and maintenance bundles.  … catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention efforts

163. Understanding the Transformation Experiences of Small Practices With NCQA Medical Home Recognition (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-scholle.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Health Partners Research Foundation AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019162 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Almost 70 percent of surveyed practices involved front-line staff in improvement efforts, but only 15 … Supporting patient self-management was a key focus area for transformation efforts across practices. … Services • Quality & Safety • Health Information Technology Results of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons

164. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50742/psn-pdf
     December 18, 2019 - Prioritizing patient safety efforts in office practice settings December 18, 2019 Kravet SJ, Bhatnagar … Prioritizing Patient Safety Efforts in Office Practice Settings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prioritizing-patient-safety-efforts-office-practice-settings Few models … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prioritizing-patient-safety-efforts-office-practice-settings https://psnet.ahrq.gov

165. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/847723/psn-pdf
     April 19, 2023 - Efforts to improve the safety culture of the elderly in nursing homes: a qualitative study. … Efforts to improve the safety culture of the elderly in nursing homes: a qualitative study. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efforts-improve-safety-culture-elderly-nursing-homes-qualitative-study … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efforts-improve-safety-culture-elderly-nursing-homes-qualitative-study https

166. 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

167. 147-Cusp-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/147-cusp-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     June 02, 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

168. 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.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - 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.

169. 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.

170. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34055/psn-pdf
     March 07, 2005 - What is driving hospitals' patient-safety efforts? March 7, 2005 Devers KJ, Pham HH, Liu G. … What is driving hospitals' patient-safety efforts? Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;23(2):103-15. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-driving-hospitals-patient-safety-efforts This study evaluated the … professionalism, regulation, and market forces played in shaping an organization's patient safety efforts … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-driving-hospitals-patient-safety-efforts

171. North Carolina’s CaroMont Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201601.html
     January 01, 2018 - "After focused efforts in 2010, CAUTIs dropped to 31 events in 96,299 patient days and rose slightly … the CAUTI rate and the catheter utilization rate have seen a steady decline since focused improvement efforts … updates for about a year to management staff about their unit's catheter use to support CAUTI prevention efforts … Efforts are also made to raise general awareness about the need to remove catheters as soon as possible … All the team efforts to improve patient safety—the daily rounding, emails, huddles, nurse-driven protocol

172. Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/index.html
     September 01, 2015 - the field: Short profiles summarizing each project, including an overview of the transformation efforts … that were studied, summaries of the key impacts and challenges of those efforts, and the main lessons … the 14 grants, and a joint article about the importance of context in primary care transformation efforts … worked together to build a support system to assist primary care practices with their transformation efforts … The following materials have been developed to describe these efforts: Short profiles summarizing

173. 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.

174. Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk of Harm. | PSNet
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     December 06, 2017 - Book/Report Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce … Citation Text: Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk … Citation Citation Text: Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts … May 4, 2016 Progress Made Towards Improving Opioid Safety, But Further Efforts to Assess … July 25, 2018 Progress Made Towards Improving Opioid Safety, But Further Efforts to Assess

175. How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care–acquired infection prevention efforts. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-active-resisters-and-organizational-constipators-affect-health-care-acquired-infection
     September 15, 2010 - How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care–acquired infection prevention efforts … How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care-acquired infection prevention efforts … How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care-acquired infection prevention efforts … 2010 The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts … Resources The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts

176. 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.

177. 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

178. 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

179. 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

180. 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