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1. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hospice-care-ensure-quality.html
   December 01, 2022 - Home News Blog AHRQ Views For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure … AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure … We need to understand patient values for end-of-life care and ensure the quality of care they receive … originally created December 2022 Internet Citation: For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure … https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hospice-care-ensure-quality.html  

2. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
   www.qualitymeasures.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. Care for the Caregiver Program Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide6.html
   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. 

4. Managing a CAHPS Survey Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/managing/index.html
   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 key … 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

5. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/insertion-checklist.docx
   March 01, 2017 - 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. … Consider attaching catheter to drainage system now, if not already attached, and ensure the drainage … Ensure the tubing in not kinked and the drainage bag is below the level of the bladder.

6. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Course Management Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/essentials/coursemgmt.html
   June 01, 2019 - These documents ensure that Master Trainers are familiar with the contents of each module and know the … Activities to Complete Prior to the Course Several actions should be taken prior to class to ensure … that all materials (handouts, supplies, etc.) are available. ___ Ensure that all needed equipment … is available and operational. ___ Ensure that the classroom setup is appropriate. ___ Check setup … sign the attendance roster. ___ ( At the start of the course ) Ensure that all participants have a

7. Provider Contact Information (pdf file)
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/dotphrase.pdf
   January 29, 2021 - Smartphrase (exclusive to Epic EMR) developed by Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital to ensure … QUALITY INITIATIVE: Ensure AVS instructions provide caregivers with daytime and after hours phone numbers … METHOD: Use a standardized smart phrase to ensure information can easily be entered into the AVS. … Pilot Phase May 14th - 31st During the initial implementation we need PHYSCIAN AND NURSING input to ensure

8. Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hard-questions-about-telehealth.html
   June 01, 2021 - There is much to be learned about telehealth to ensure that its future applications improve quality and … but instead ask “How can we learn from the use of telehealth today to ensure care is better tomorrow? … As we recommit ourselves to addressing historical racism and advancing health equity, we must ensure … has the potential to increase access for people living in rural and frontier communities, and we must ensure … we must not rely on assumptions; it is time to ask challenging questions and create the evidence to ensure

9. Aspirin Workflow: Ensuring Evidence-Based Care with Medical Assistants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/asprin-workflow.html
   November 01, 2018 - Workflow  (PDF, 112 KB, 1 page) This workflow shows how medical assistants can provide a check to ensure

10. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Course Management Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/essentials/coursemgmtappd.html
    June 01, 2019 - Ensure that your equipment is set up for audio and visual presentations. … One way to ensure that students are involved in the learning process is to encourage participation in … Ensure that all critical topics are covered. … Echoing—Restate the point to ensure that other class members were able to hear. … Intermediate-level facilitation—Reword the question to ensure understanding, prompt the participants

11. Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-m.pdf
    May 01, 2017 - Ensure appropriate personal protective equipment is worn at all times and that the reprocessing … Perform leak testing before manual cleaning to ensure the scope does not leak by using a wet or dry … Ensure use of proper connec- tors between scope and auto- matic endoscope reprocessor (AER). … drying cabinet per IFUs) with all valves open and removable parts detached but stored with scope; ensure … Ensure the facility has a written policy regarding storage time before endoscopes need to be reprocessed

12. Central Venous Catheter Insertion Bundle Facilitator Notes (doc file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-insertion-notes.docx
    April 01, 2022 - review supplies necessary for aseptic insertion of a central venous catheter—a CVC—and strategies to ensure … So, we will focus on “Step 1, Ensure Aseptic Placement,” which is a critical part of this lifecycle. … It is often difficult to ensure that essential supplies are always available in busy ICUs. … It also might be the case that there is not adequate staffing to ensure that a trained “observer” is … Each unit should designate a person to maintain CVC insertion supplies and ensure all staff have easy

13. Fallpxtool3M (doc file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool3m.docx
    November 14, 2011 - Ensure call bell explained and in reach. … Ensure eyesight is checked and patient is wearing glasses if needed. … Ensure glasses/hearing aid are worn or within reach. … If patient is likely to fall from bed, ensure bed is at the lowest possible height unless this would … Ensure medical staff, physical therapist, occupational therapist, social worker, and others on the team

14. Section 2: Explanation of Key Team Leadership Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/tools/index.html
    July 01, 2023 - To ensure that trainings reach all affected team members, it is essential to know which teams are targeted … Speaking in lay terms to ensure that patients and family caregivers understand the information being … Core Teams should be small enough to ensure situation monitoring, development of situation awareness, … Coordination functions, such as triaging emerging events and prioritizing decision making to ensure maximal … Manage and allocate resources effectively to ensure that team members have what they need to succeed.

15. Sustaining Stewardship Activities Acute Care (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/sustain-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - All of these are acceptable options, although having physician backing is always helpful to ensure … To maintain enthusiasm and to ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner, you may want to consider … You should ensure that your stewardship program has a clear mission statement and that the mission … You should also ensure that there is a method in place for extracting and reviewing antibiotic usage … Finally, you should ensure that you have a multidisciplinary antibiotic stewardship committee meeting

16. About TeamSTEPPS 2.0 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/about-teamstepps/index.html
    June 01, 2019 - The key objective is to ensure opportunities exist to implement the tools and strategies taught, practice … Ensure leaders emphasize new skills. … The goal is for leaders to engage in activities that will ensure continuous involvement in teamwork. … It is useful to ensure that measurement of pretraining factors is parallel with post-training factors … The change team should determine when organizational needs have changed and ensure the sustainment plan

17. Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/insertion-checklist.html
    March 01, 2017 - 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. … Consider attaching catheter to drainage system now, if not already attached, and ensure the drainage … Ensure the tubing in not kinked and the drainage bag is below the level of the bladder.

18. CUSP Toolkit, The Role of the Nurse Manager, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/nursing/nursing-notes.html
    December 01, 2012 - As part of their administrative duties, nurse managers can ensure the unit has the resources it needs … When hiring staff, nurse managers ensure the unit's staffing needs are met in the most economical way … Customer Focus Say: Nurse managers ensure the care delivered on their unit is customer focused. … By engaging these customers, nurse managers ensure the unit is able to deliver the highest quality of … Staffing costs Nurse managers ensure staffing costs remain within the budgeted amounts.

19. TeamSTEPPS Pocket Guide (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/teamstepps-pocket-guide.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - Communication Page 6 Closed-Loop Communication Using verbal feedback to ensure that messages … Monitoring and Modifying the Plan y Huddle—Ad hoc meeting to ensure continual progression of care … team outcome): Results from each team member maintaining situation awareness and communicating to ensure … that could alter the plan of care Uses STAR to prevent skill-based errors Fosters communication to ensure … that could alter the plan of care Uses STAR to prevent skill-based errors Fosters communication to ensure

20. Pocket Guide: TeamSTEPPS: Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/pocketguide.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Structure Identification of the components of a multi-team system that must work together effectively to ensure … Nurse: “BP is 96/62” 11 Communication Check-Back Using closed-loop communication to ensure that … Sender double-checks to ensure that the message was received Example: Doctor: “Give 25 mg Benadryl … behaviors Situation Monitoring Monitors the state of the patient Monitors fellow team members to ensure … toward the goal and identifies changes that could alter the care plan Fosters communication to ensure