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4121. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4c_combo_psi06-pneumothorax-bestpractices.pdf
      May 20, 2016 - .4c Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PSI 06: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Why Focus … tracks performance using these metrics based on a standard performance improvement methodology (e.g., FOCUS-PDSA … practice with minimum observation criteria.6,7 • Consider identifying a subset of practitioners (e.g., focus … Data-Updated.html Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PSI 06: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Why Focus

4122. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement NQI 01/PDI 05: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Why focus … tracks performance using these metrics based on a standard performance improvement methodology (e.g., FOCUS-PDSA … practice with minimum observation criteria.6,7 • Consider identifying a subset of practitioners (e.g., focus … Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement NQI 01/PDI 05: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Why focus

4123. CAHPS Transcript: Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160413/hp-survey-strategies-webcast-transcript.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - Edgman-Levitan (opening), Slide 5 So our focus today is going to be an overview of the updated CAHPS … And they will focus on the strategies they used, how they overcame barriers, their results, and again … And so it really allows us to have focus -- like a focus group with these consumers. … It’s -- we have -- actually, in our organization, we have four key drivers we focus on. … And that’s led to a really strong organizational focus on cultural competence among staff.

4124. Physician and Staff Engagement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - To engage staff in these efforts, it is also necessary to focus on adaptive work. … addressing engagement through caring, one step is to keep patients as the "North Star" and the ultimate focus … Slide 13: Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivation Say: It is important to focus on the difference … Intrinsic motivators focus on concepts such as autonomy, mastery, and purpose. … business, work, and management, theorizes the most effective way to achieve sustainable motivation is to focus

4125. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Best_Practices_Hosp_Leaders_508.pdf
      March 13, 2013 - In defining service excellence, the strategic plan emphasized the organization’s focus on patient-and … The strategic focus on service excellence led to several specific initiatives, including allowing family … Using FOCUS, leaders restructured hospital processes and policies, including recruitment and hiring, … how to translate FOCUS values into individual behaviors. … New employees also sign a statement indicating their commitment to FOCUS values.

4126. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2008 - • Select a target population to be the focus of the project goals. … • Limit the scope, focus, and duration of project. … • Number of focus groups conducted. • Number of patient and provider interviews completed. … • Number of focus groups. … • Number of attendees at focus groups (response rate = # invited/# attended).

4127. Improving Hospital Inpatient Nursing Care: A Case Study of One Hospital's Intervention to Improve the Patient's Care Experience (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2010 - • Identified specific areas where it should focus improvements. … • Decided to focus on improving emotional support as a priority issue. … Clear differences in perspectives emerged from the focus groups. … Emotional support was chosen as the area of focus. … focus on patient service.

4128. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - To engage staff in these efforts, it is also necessary to focus on adaptive work. … addressing engagement through caring, one step is to keep patients as the “North Star” and the ultimate focus … Slide 12 Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivation SAY: It is important to focus on the difference between … Intrinsic motivators focus on concepts such as autonomy, mastery, and purpose. … business, work, and management, theorizes the most effective way to achieve sustainable motivation is to focus

4129. Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) Collaborates with Medical Product Users to Create Specialty Subnetworks (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Engleman_86.pdf
      June 04, 2008 - the FDA an opportunity to obtain more “real-time” information from subnetwork participants through focus … MedSun sites also help the FDA understand device issues by responding to surveys, participating in focus … ICDs had been the focus of highly publicized recalls in 2005 and 2006, and CDRH receives thousands of … The first is the ability to create, in a streamlined manner, focus groups to address old or emerging … KidNet’s focus is on identifying and reporting all medical device-related adverse events that occur

4130. Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2018 - The three main research projects of this center focus on understanding and addressing high rates of … The three main research projects of this center focus on reducing the overuse of potentially harmful

4131. Preamble and Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section1.html
      October 01, 2015 - Device-Associated Infections Resident Physicians as Safety Champions Sustainability Preventing CAUTI: Focus … help teams that include RPs address risks related to invasive devices in the hospital setting, with a focus

4132. 5. Dissemination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - efforts beyond the toolkit, we will disseminate our analytical findings from the practice surveys and focus … Assessment of clinician beliefs and behaviors related to CRC screening (based on the survey and focus … Assessment of patient attitudes regarding the CRC screening process (based on the focus groups). … content and findings from our study's intervention, such as lessons learned from the practice survey and focus … The trade journal manuscript will focus on the process of implementing the intervention and will be geared

4133. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2017 - training materials and tools for this bundle offer key safety elements for these situations, with a focus … L&D unit staff are able to focus on patient care and have confidence that untoward events (change in … The key safety elements focus on the use of an established approach to managing and documenting episodes … The key safety elements focus on a hemorrhage response protocol that provides a standardized approach … Slide 29 Now let’s focus on the remaining three key safety elements with more general application

4134. Timing the Distribution of a Healthcare Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2016 - Trusted Information Sources An alternative to comprehensive coverage is to be selective about where you focus … It convened focus groups to better understand what information people need to support decisions about … Once you have identified potential information sources, focus your efforts by equipping those sources

4135. Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2014 - 91% 93% 26 Implementation & Use of CG-CAHPS in the Practice • Monthly Stoplight Report • Focus … Utilize On Demand Reports and comments to determine areas that need focus.

4136. Module 2: Example (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - Visual management board with safety focus What questions do we hope to answer with this test? … (1) Can team develop a visual management board for daily use with a safety focus? … Visual management board with safety focus What questions do we hope to answer with this test?

4137. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Planned Visits (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-6l.pdf
      August 01, 2017 - his or her chronic illness,3 they can fill the gap left by acute care visits that—because of their focus … Implementation of This Intervention Based on experience with planned visits that focus on better medication … Institute recommends the following steps to conducting planned visits:4  Choose a patient population to focus

4138. Facilitator Guide: Implementing Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - However, a shorter list can focus your effort and help communicate the concept within the organization … That’s the basis for the SSI prevention bundle: focus on the elements in the bundle, as those are the … Focus first on the potential barriers for clinicians. … Slide 16 Develop a BIM Action Plan SAY: Step 5—Now focus on the plan of action. … Identify and focus on the defects in your surgical unit.

4139. Content-Specific Versus Process-Focused Checklists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction Content-Specific Versus Process-Focused Checklists Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction Introduction Rationale for Use Content-Sp…

4140. Table 1. Overview of studies on the effectiveness of checklists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction Table 1. Overview of studies on the effectiveness of checklists Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction Introduction Rationale for Use…