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1. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for … We need to understand patient values for end-of-life care and ensure the quality of care they receive

2. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
   March 01, 2019 - More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions 1 MORE EFFORT IS NEEDED … TO ENSURE PATIENTS UNDERSTAND DOCTORS’ INSTRUCTIONS Did you know? … Federal programs are working to ensure that all Americans always receive health-literate care, including

3. How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2021 - How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings … Resource:   How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in

4. Physician Champion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2017 - Ensure physicians are educated about project goals and progress. … Ensure your intensive care unit (ICU) has an overarching protocolized approach to daily ICU patient management … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for the appropriate use of noninvasive ventilation. … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for using subglottic secretion drainage endotracheal tubes … Ensure infection control reports of ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates are reviewed with unit staff

5. Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home. (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/strategies-to-ensure-health-it-supports-pcmh.pdf
   February 01, 2011 - Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home. … Patient-Centered Medical Home Decisionmaker Brief Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered … HITECH and broader health reform legislation do offer some policy options, however, that could ensure … provide technical assistance and require close coordination incentives with delivery systems that can ensure … Moreno L, Peikes D, Krilla A. of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Strategies to Ensure

6. Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - for Use Purpose Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) insertion checklist can ensure … Ensure privacy and good lighting.     5. … Ensure all supplies are conveniently positioned.     2. … Prepare the antiseptic solution; ensure the resident is not allergic to iodine. … Ensure the tubing in not kinked and the drainage bag is below the level of the bladder.

7. 036-Ss-Nursing-Practice-Guide (doc file)
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   April 01, 2025 - Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Use this guide to help ensure … patient handouts for decolonization and patient/provider talking points · Follow up with patient to ensure … provided by facility, document receipt of CHG product by patient · Document followup with patient to ensure … provided to or used by patient · Document CHG bathing in pre-op if patient did not bathe at home · Ensure … they understand nasal product instructions · Ensure escalation of standard pathway is in place in the

8. Managing a CAHPS Survey Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2022 - Survey Project By developing a comprehensive project management strategy early on, you can ensure … This communication and coordination will ensure that the leaders of each sub-team consult with and inform … Ways to encourage good communication include the following: Ensure some overlap of membership in … you will need to monitor their progress, work with them to overcome any setbacks they encounter, and ensure … using a vendor to produce online or printed reports, your job is to oversee the vendor's work and to ensure

9. 52. What's New in 2008? 2000 Recommendations Changed for 2008 (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2014 - Recommendation: Sufficient resources should be allocated for clinician reimbursement and systems support to ensure … Guideline Update: Recommendation: Sufficient resources should be allocated for systems support to ensure

10. Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/maintenance-checklist.html
    March 01, 2017 - for Use Purpose Use of a standardized indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) maintenance checklist can ensure … Ensure the order for the catheter and balloon size matches the inserted IUC.     2. … Ensure the IUC is inserted into the device.     4. … Ensure the tubing does not go in and out of the urethra during cleaning.     10. … Ensure that the drainage bag is secured below the level of the bladder at all times and not resting on

11. Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/ahrq-info-quality-gdlns.html
    September 01, 2019 - Scope and Applicability of Guidelines for Agency AHRQ will ensure that disseminated information meets … It is AHRQ's goal to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information … Generally, it is the responsibility of AHRQ's Center Directors to ensure the utility, objectivity, and … Before disseminating information in any format, data are reviewed internally to ensure that they are … Staff must ensure that strong measures are in place to guarantee the integrity of research information

12. CANDOR Event Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - How to use this tool: Use the checklist to ensure that appropriate action is taken following an adverse … Assess and Inform Ensure the patient is stable, and provide emotional support to the patient/family … Monitor changes to ensure results.

13. Sustainability Checklist for Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2017 - Complete the Sustainability Scorecard Every 6 months Daily Care Processes  • Continue to ensure … a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation Daily *  • Continue to ensure … eligible patients are receiving a spontaneous awakening trial (SAT) Daily *  • Continue to ensure … a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation Daily *  • Continue to ensure … ARDS Daily * * These are daily evidence based best practices that we encourage you to use to ensure

14. Care for the Caregiver Program Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Ensure Team Effectiveness . … Develop an infrastructure to ensure effective support program deployment. … To ensure optimal team performance, it is important to have an infrastructure in place to ensure second-victim … Ensure “ready access” support for clinicians in high-risk clinical areas and teams. … to ensure the program is fulfilling its intent. 

15. Sustainability-Checklist (doc file)
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    January 01, 2017 - month Complete the Sustainability Scorecard Every 6 months Daily Care Processes Continue to ensure … conduct a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation Daily* Continue to ensure … that eligible patients are receiving a spontaneous awakening trial (SAT) Daily* Continue to ensure … conduct a delirium assessment for patients receiving mechanical ventilation Daily* Continue to ensure … or has ARDS Daily* *These are daily evidence based best practices that we encourage you to use to ensure

16. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/steps.html
    October 01, 2017 - that a facility staff will incorporate the On-Time reports into day-to-day prevention activities and ensure … The team discusses residents populated on the report to ensure that data on the report agree with staff … Step 12: Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out Once a new report is incorporated into a … conduct periodic monitoring of the processes surrounding the use of the On-Time reports in order to ensure … Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out 3 rd month to 4 th month (some facilities implement

17. The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems: Data Structure Overview (pdf file)
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    July 12, 2023 - Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. … Please ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color.

18. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-checklist.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Ensure physicians are educated about project goals and progress 3. … Ensure your intensive care unit (ICU) has an overarching protocolized approach to daily ICU patient management … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for the appropriate use of noninvasive ventilation 6. … Ensure your ICU has a protocolized approach for using subglottic secretion drainage endotracheal tubes … Ensure infection control reports of ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates are reviewed with unit staff

19. Prevention and Chronic Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2019 - Chronic Care Program works to expand the available evidence base for evidence-based practice and to ensure … To ensure these efforts are successful, there is a need to build and sustain the ability of primary care

20. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/timeline.html
    June 01, 2017 - On-Time program is to incorporate the On-Time reports into day-to-day prevention activities and to ensure … The team discusses residents populated on the report to ensure that data on the report agree with staff … Step 12: Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out Once a new report is incorporated into a … the QI staff, who may be assigned to conduct periodic monitoring of implementation strategies that ensure … Ensure Implementation Strategies Are Carried Out 3 rd month–4 th month (some facilities implement