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141. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Success in Preventing Falls in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Monthly fall prevention compliance audits were conducted on six inpatient units to ensure that the necessary … The Nursing Quality Specialist advocated for immediate process improvements to ensure the safety of the … Nursing Quality Specialist instructed Safety Coaches in April 2023 how interdisciplinary departments can ensure

142. Sharing the Care Plan: Brief | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - positioned to call attention to potential misunderstandings that affect the care plan and best able to ensure … forum for communicating with other team members about the goals for each patient and the care plan to ensure

143. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2025 - University of Colorado-Denver “Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure … Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School “If we want to ensure … Pharmacotherapy Skaggs College of Pharmacy University of Utah “With funding from AHRQ, I’ve helped ensure

144. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Ensure project goals and training are met within established timeframes. … Patients, to ensure the design is approached from their perspective. … stakeholders in the facility may include: Managers or directors that oversee frontline staff to ensure … Leaders from medical records to ensure forms and documentation are consistent with hospital policies. … Ensure that: Individuals responsible for accreditation and licensure in your organization are integrated

145. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Ensure project goals and training are met within established timeframes. … Patients, to ensure the design is approached from their perspective. … stakeholders in the facility may include: Managers or directors that oversee frontline staff to ensure … Leaders from medical records to ensure forms and documentation are consistent with hospital policies. … Ensure that: Individuals responsible for accreditation and licensure in your organization are integrated

146. Training Module 2 — Core Team Discussion Guide: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Facilitator Notes Suggestions: Ensure an adequate supply of disinfection wipes is available in all … Inform the residents that staff will be cleaning and disinfecting equipment between residents to ensure

147. Core-Discussion-Key (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Facilitator Notes Suggestions: · Ensure an adequate supply of disinfection wipes is available in all … Inform the residents that staff will be cleaning and disinfecting equipment between residents to ensure

148. Quick-Start Guide to Dissemination for Practice-Based Research Networks (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - Dissemination Planning To ensure that the project results will be used, research projects must develop … Adequate internal dissemination can also ensure that the project has a high profile within your PBRN. … and key actors of projects dealing with similar topics, both within the program and in others, to ensure … Messages Should Be Factually Correct Use plain language, and ensure that information is correct and

149. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - locations to decide where to place isolation and medication preparation rooms, where to place sinks, how to ensure … from correct medication administration, and where to locate slings and supplies for mobile lifts to ensure

150. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - is needed, based on appropriate indications discussed in previous modules, then the next step is to ensure … Engaging frontline clinicians in decision making helps to ensure buy-in from the staff. … It is important that the RN supervising the individual ensure that competency is maintained, usually … Ensure that this is included in your hospital’s policy. … Checklists can often help ensure that insertion is done aseptically.

151. Reviewing the Team's Performance: Debrief | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Debrief Checklist The Debrief Checklist shown below can help organize debriefs to ensure they are efficient … The team can use the checklist during a debrief to ensure that all information is discussed.

152. An Overview of the CANDOR Process
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     September 10, 2015 - Protecting the organization to ensure the event analysis is not discoverable during a potential lawsuit … Protecting patients from future harm, since the organization has a process to ensure continuous learning … Disclosure component of the CANDOR process. 7 Preparing Staff for a CANDOR Event Reporting System Ensure … Risk Management personnel should ensure all parts of the organization are using the event reporting system … Follow up 6 weeks later to ensure compliance. 3. Close case, satisfied. Determine “root causes.”

153. Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - (If it is impractical to find a neutral individual, ensure that at the beginning of each session, the … Designate a timekeeper to help ensure that the meeting length does not exceed 1–1.5 hours. … Ensure that the Anonymous Reporting Tool ( Appendix D ) is sent out to participants in all groups to … the conclusion of each individual focus group, discussion summaries and notes should be compiled to ensure

154. How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - it is prone to slip away unless mindfully and reliably tended. 24 Use of management approaches can ensure … Ensure capacity building among staff through: Formal learning opportunities for developing critical … Ensure capacity building among staff through: Formal learning opportunities for developing critical … Ensure resources are available to undertake the work.

155. Appendix 3: Data Abstraction (xls file)
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     June 24, 2022 - CMS Design Prospective (rather than retrospective) studies to ensure a more thorough and systematical … CMS Design Masking (blinding) to ensure patients and investigators do not know to that group patients … Innov (UK) Protocol Development of a data/statistical analysis plan to ensure methods and analytical … CMS Design Prospective (rather than retrospective) studies to ensure a more thorough and systematical … CMS Design Masking (blinding) to ensure patients and investigators do not know to that group patients

156. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Assemble the Team and Engage Leadership
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     May 01, 2017 - create project goals and timelines and outlines the project mission Coordinates with team members to ensure … Leadership 37 How To Engage Your Senior Executive and Develop Shared Accountability for the Work Ensure … members Encourage team members to contribute Promote active listening and learning from each other Ensure … Meet with hospital departments (risk management, quality improvement) to ensure that L&D CUSP efforts … Use the 4 Es to ensure team engagement— Engage them in the process Educate them about their roles Execute

157. Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - CAHPS includes a reporting format developed and tested to ensure effective communication of CAHPS results … Auditing of results to ensure consistent application of specifications and procedures helps ensure comparability … The enrollment requirement is designed to ensure that the enrollee has been in the MCO or health plan … Senior-level agency responsibility and sufficient staff resources are needed to ensure useful results … Cognitive testing to ensure that consumers understand questions and response options as developers intended

158. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - to 2 hours.6,8,9 Daily Rounds Assessment Include in the daily rounds a nutritional assessment to ensure … facilities may adapt the tool to allow for easy completion, using check boxes and short phrases to ensure … of Patients Every 1 to 2 Hours and Promotion of Highest Level of Mobility • Have senior leaders ensure … dietitian when nutritional elements could contribute to risk of nutritional deficiencies.7-9 o Ensure … standard hospital mattress.1,6-9 o Triage use of pressure-redistributing beds and mattresses.7 o Ensure

159. Diagnostic Stewardship in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - Intraoperative pathology consultation helps ensure the adequacy of biopsy specimens, confirm the diagnosis … cardiologists, clinical geneticists, and genetic counselors. 77 A multidisciplinary approach helps ensure … diagnostic stewardship to impact blood utilization Diagnostic stewardship principles are important to ensure

160. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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     June 02, 2025 - for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix O Automatic Endoscope Reprocessor (AER) Check to ensure … recommended in the AER manufacturer's written IFU Quality testing devices are available for many AERs to ensure … Storage ST91 Channels should be dry to help prevent bacterial growth and biofilm formation To help ensure