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261. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33575/psn-pdf
     March 15, 2025 - patient-engagement-and-safety PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure … care should be "respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensure … have focused on three areas: enlisting patients in detecting adverse events, empowering patients to ensure … Empowering patients to ensure safe care Patients are also being encouraged to take an active role in

262. Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3.html
     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

263. 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.

264. Fecal Contamination of the Peritoneum from Laparoscopic Trocar Injury: A Routine Operation Goes Wrong. | PSNet
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     March 03, 2021 - Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the University of California, Davis, Health must ensure … A finger is swept underneath the peritoneum to ensure no abdominal contents are adherent to the abdominal … In patients with adhesions or difficult entry, thorough evaluation is especially important to ensure … Following abdominal entry and insufflation, careful evaluation of the abdomen is necessary to ensure … Laparoscopic surgeons should be well versed in all methods of abdominal entry to ensure they can safely

265. Appendix 3: Data Abstraction (xls file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-appendix3-data-abstraction.xlsx
     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

266. 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

267. Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-2.html
     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

268. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4a_combo_psi03-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
     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

269. Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans | PSNet
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     July 23, 2024 - The team noted that they are grappling with how to ensure continuity in program implementation during … nurses Nursing workflows that allow for patient and family engagement to conduct the falls assessment, ensure … across three main processes: assessment, individualized preventative interventions, and auditing to ensure … Getting Started with This Innovation To begin, organizations should ensure completion of training modules … several essential elements, including the following: Nursing leadership support is essential to ensure

270. Disclosure Policy and Form (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-rev-team-confidentiality-form.pdf
     September 01, 2018 - However, to ensure that reports are scientifically rigorous, the EPC program adheres to a structured … review team to make the final decisions about the design, analysis, and reporting of the review To ensure … that there is broad input and to ensure that the EPC review team maintains its independence, the EPC … However, to ensure that reports are scientifically rigorous, the EPC program adheres to a structured … that there is broad input and to ensure that the EPC review team maintains its independence, the EPC

271. Diagnostic Stewardship in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship6.html
     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

272. 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

273. Senior Leader Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/checklist.html
     March 01, 2017 - Ensure all employees receive education concerning the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI … Ensure there is a clear threshold within the data, which indicates areas of concern that require immediate

274. Module IV- Skills for Successful Engagement (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/module-iv-skills-for-successful-engagement.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - § The facilitator uses a myriad of methods to ensure that all participants have an equal opportunity … § The facilitator is available to participants before group discussions to ensure they are prepared … attention to logistics § Ensure avenues for input Image: a photograph of four people in a conference … Working with one individual from a particular stakeholder group or type will only ensure that you have … For example: § Ensure diverse involvement where all stakeholders have a “voice” § Establish written

275. Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2020 - Ensure you have chlorhexidine in your central line kits. … Adjust the frequency as needed to ensure the cart is stocked at all times. … Develop a strategy to ensure unit staff members ask providers daily if any catheters or tubes can be … To ensure that staff ask the question, add it to a rounding form, called the Daily Goals Checklist … To streamline and ensure use of the audit form, bundle it with the CUSP Toolkit's Observing Patient

276. AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - Relevance The Digital Healthcare Research Program at AHRQ provides foundational research to ensure that … To ensure successful participation, please download the Webex app and/or test your system prior to the

277. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74021/psn-pdf
     October 25, 2021 - When you think about the pharmacy’s responsibility, it's really to protect patients and to ensure that … So, I think it's an ongoing process, regardless of your setting, establishing that culture to ensure … GL: There are definitely ways to ensure patient safety, no matter if you're part of an integrated system … From the patient’s standpoint, they, or their caregivers, need to ensure they are actively involved … Ensure that they understand why a medication change was made to their treatment.

278. Health care safety during the pandemic and beyond--building a system that ensures resilience. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2022 - They argue that more resilience needs to be built into the system to ensure safety efforts are sustainable

279. Designing a Deliberative Forum (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/delilberative-methods-design-abelson.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - Key considerations  Ensure that adequate time (1-2 days) is built in for participants to: o become … events can include large groups of 100 – 1000+ or smaller groups of 12-20 Key considerations  Ensure

280. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/about/index.html
     December 01, 2023 - Ensure staff members have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to implement best-practice safety measures … To ensure nursing home safety and quality improvement resources from the Network are available to all