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1. Primarycareeffortstoreducereadmissions-Envscan (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2020 - up care; and • Lack of participation of caregivers in discharge planning and follow up care. … Social workers provided home visits and intensive follow up for up to 3 months for patients as needed … o Arrangement of hospital follow up appointment, pre-discharge. … Ongoing follow-up or monitoring by care manager. … Project BOOST post-discharge follow-up call script; 5.

2. Memorial Hospital Uses AHRQ Resources to Cut Readmissions, Promote Patient Self-Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2015 - By designating discharge advocates who help patients understand their medications and schedule follow-up … Memorial Hospital adopted the RED strategy of making a follow-up phone call to each patient within 72 … Staff nurses call patients asking if they have pain, have filled their prescriptions, scheduled follow-up … Our nurses found that most questions patients have during the follow-up call revolve around clarification … "We're also making follow-up calls to patients who are discharged from our intensive care step-down unit

3. CAHPS Survey Administration: What We Know and Potential Research Questions (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2017 - A study of Medicare beneficiaries found that response rates continue to improve when up to 4 follow-up … to 5 or 6 follow-up calls per respondent. … • Using a mixed-mode of Web with mail follow-up can increase response rates. … Future research could further investigate how IVR follow-up compares to phone follow-up on mailed CAHPS … The effect of method of delivery on response to a nonresponse follow-up.

4. AHRQ’s RED Toolkit Inspires Improved Patient Discharge at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2015 - comprehensive discharge planning, patient education about hospital discharge, and post-discharge patient follow-up … By designating discharge advocates who help patients reconcile their medicines and schedule follow-up … The hospital introduced the teach-back method around patient medications, made follow-up calls to patients … hospital also provides discharged patients in need with certain medicines and transportation to two follow-up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

5. AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2015 - interventions focus on comprehensive discharge planning, patient education, and post-discharge patient follow-up … By designating discharge advocates who help patients reconcile their medicines and schedule follow-up … Patients who are discharged home receive a follow-up phone call within 72 hours" as well as three additional … The hospital instituted teach-back, follow-up appointments, patient call-backs, and other aspects of … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

6. Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2023 - his project was motivated by existing research that had found that providers still were challenged to follow-up … make usability improvements within the EHR that could enhance providers’ ability to acknowledge and follow … up on critically abnormal test result alerts.” … for a follow-up visit, and providing decision support instructions for next steps—were linked to better … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

7. Final Progress Report: Improving Safety After Hospitalization in Older Persons on High-Risk Medications (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - to each patient made a follow-up phone call within 14 days of the home visit. … Primary Trial Outcomes Intervention Days of Follow- up 7,281 Control Days of Follow- up 7,275 … Component 4 – Follow-Up Phone Call to Patient/Caregiver by Pharmacist: Follow-up phone calls were attempted … Of the 152 completed follow-up calls, 99 were completed within the 14- day follow-up period (53 calls … the follow-up timeframe).

8. Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - These tested instructions for pills follow the Universal Medication Schedule (UMS), which simplifies … This tool describes steps you can take to increase the likelihood that patients will follow through on … How and When to Take Their Medicines Taking Care of Myself How to Create a Pill Card Manual Follow … Up with Patients . … This tool explains the options for following up.

9. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2017 - An optional question designed for offices where patient follow up is a problem can be used. … Is there documentation that the patient was notified of the follow-up plan? yes q q no 6. … Is there documentation that the patient acted on the follow-up plan? … Did the patient receive follow-up care within the timeframe specified by your office policy? … Other options include letters, portal, follow-up visits, etc.

10. How Social Media Can Draw Visitors to a Quality Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - And we realized we needed to start-up and build a presence on these sites. … Some of the media-specific groups that we follow and that follow us are our local NPR affiliate WBUR … has a Common Health blog Web site and so we follow them on Twitter and Facebook, they follow us. … For example, with our latest release, we had really started building up a presence. … We were able to build up followers so we can really attribute some change to that.

11. CAHPS Emergency Department Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Follow-up after leaving the emergency room. … Communication about Follow-up. Overall Rating of the Emergency Department. …   Back to Top Connect With Us Sign up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

12. TeamSTEPPS® Diagnosis Improvement: Diagnostic Journey of Mr. Kane (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Kane to our pulmonary clinic for a thoracentesis to drain the chest fluid and told him to follow up … Kane to our pulmonary clinic for a thoracentesis to drain the fluid and told him to follow up with … I also suggested that he follow up with his primary care doctor for the results of the x ray and labs … I also suggested that he follow up with his primary care doctor for the results of the x ray and labs … Pt told to follow up with PCP re chest x ray and labs from current pleural drainage.

13. Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - the moment tests are ordered until the patient is notified of the test results and the appropriate follow … up is determined. … This toolkit walks teams through the measurement, screening, recognition, diagnosis, follow-up, and reduction …   Back to Top Connect With Us Sign up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

14. Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2015 - "We hear of our patients showing up at the pharmacy holding their After Hospital Care Plan, and bringing … These included planning for discharge from the day of admission, teach-back, making follow-up appointments … , follow-up phone calls for patients at high-risk for readmission, and—most importantly—the creation …   Back to Top Connect With Us Sign up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

15. AHRQ Slide Template 2004
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    January 01, 2013 - practices Program sustainability Inputs to toolkit Evidence review Expert panel In person meeting + follow-up … conference call Hospital workgroup Self-assessment + follow-up phone call In-person meeting + monthly … Safety Inspection List (3C) Added picture of typical patient room to show optimum environmental set-up

16. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2017 - Your doctor's office will give you instructions to follow in the days before surgery. … Be sure to follow all directions carefully. … Be sure to fill any prescriptions before surgery and follow directions as prescribed. … things to avoid (such as certain activities or foods), possible complications to look out for, when to follow … up with your doctor, and a number to call in case of problems.

17. AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Sign up:  Health Literacy and Shared Decision Making updates The Agency for Healthcare Research and … Tool User's Guide This tool is a comprehensive guide to help pharmacies assess how well they are set up … These tested instructions for pills follow the Universal Medication Schedule (UMS), which simplifies … study of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), a pharmacist conducted these calls to review medicines, follow-up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

18. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Infection Prevention Infographic AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide • Follow … • Follow the manufacturers’ and ASC’s instructions for cleaning and disinfecting medical equipment … of medication whenever possible. • Dedicate a multiuse vial to one patient if medication is drawn up … ASC, unless granted special permission to do so • Always cleaning their own hands ▶ CLEARLY SPEAK UP

19. Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients In Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Checklist to Prepare Patients for New Appointments, a set of best practices team members should follow … , a tool for patients to refer to and use at their current appointment, and take with them to their follow-up …   Back to Top Connect With Us Sign up … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter

20. Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd Edition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - 5 The Teach-Back Method Poster Teach-Back Questions for Informed Consent Lab Results Letter Follow … Up with Patients: Tool 6 Be Easy To Reach: Tool 7 Sample Automated Telephone System Menu Telephone … Spoken Communication     Communicate Clearly: Tool #4     Use the Teach-Back Method: Tool #5     Follow … Up with Patients: Tool #6     Improve Telephone Access: Tool #7     Conduct Brown Bag Medicine Reviews … for Email Updates To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter