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  1. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/description.html
    October 01, 2020 - Once a practice chooses a QI approach and tools and sets improvement goals, it can identify and test … Regardless of which QI approach a practice chooses, the QI team can use it to set goals and develop and … What matters is that practices choose at least one, learn how to use it, set goals, and start making … Select internal QI measures, collect data, compare with goals and benchmarks, and act on data regularly … The goal, however, remains the same: making it simple for the practice and teams to be able to track
  2. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation_slides.pptx
    November 20, 2014 - Unit Teams and Wound Care Team to implement the new prevention practices. 3 Implementation Planning Goals … 4 4 Planning Goals Plan how you will: Put best practices into operation. … Pilot test the new best practices. 5 Planning Goals Plan how you will: Get staff engaged and excited … between the Implementation Team, the Wound Care Team, and the Unit Team Most familiar with the program goals
  3. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_4_PPT_508.pdf
    May 22, 2013 - hospital] • [Include story from leadership about importance of patient and family engagement and goals … including emotional health, functioning, and pain control – Patient experience • [Include specific goals … understanding – Discontinuity between inpatient and outpatient providers • [Add hospital data / goals … condition, and next steps in their care and use teach back • Listen to and honor the patient and family’s goals … can use the white board in the room to write questions or concerns – Elicit the patient and family goals
  4. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/carbon-emissions.html
    September 01, 2022 - In alignment with HHS goals, Reducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions: A Primer on Measures and Actions … The Biden-Harris Administration has set clear goals for the country to cut greenhouse emissions in half … examples in the primer are a starting point for healthcare organizations to achieve the emission-reduction goals
  5. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module2/module2_slides_fallprev.pptx
    August 24, 2017 - thrombosis or pulmonary embolism following knee and/or hip replacement Blood incompatibility ‹#› Module 2 Goals … How should goals and plans for change be developed? How do you bring staff into the process? … Small group work Working meetings ‹#› Finalize Team Members The first goal is to finalize the Implementation … Education department Within 6 weeks from initiative start Set target goals for improvement. … Education department Within 6 weeks from initiative start Set target goals for improvement.
  6. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/index.html
    January 01, 2021 - and manages programs for communicating and disseminating the results of Agency activities with the goal
  7. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/3-are-you-ready/index.html
    February 01, 2020 - In order to achieve the goals of better performance on CAHPS measures, health plans and ambulatory care … Use measurement and management's attention to keep the organization focused on the goals of QI efforts … However, sometimes teams focus on the training as the "end goal," making it important to set clear aims … Service savvy health care: One goal at a time. Lincoln: Authors Choice Press; 2007. … Their goal is to provide consumers with better information for making health care decisions.
  8. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Creating_an_Improvement_Culture_2011_10_01_Transcript.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - around quality and safety and we also put our finance goals right out there. … Now these goals are cascaded down the organization so every director has their goals, every manager … and supervisor, down to frontline staff and we show the results of these goals every month. … Here, our goal for fiscal year ‘11 is to be at the 95th percentile of patient satisfaction so the top … All of our leaders are on this; all of their goals are weighted.
  9. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/psml-planning-grants-final-report.pdf
    May 01, 2016 - Award: $295,837 Goals The goal of this project was to develop and implement user-friendly shared … Award: $293,225 Goals The goal of this project was to use malpractice claims from the institution … Award: $299,576 Goals The goal of this study was to develop and test an intervention to reduce … Award: $161,808 Goals The goal of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness and claim filing … Award: $299,458 Goals The goal of this project was to explore how to improve patient safety and
  10. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/notes.html
    August 01, 2022 - How does the team’s vision align with the organization’s patient safety and quality goals? … information in the plan that answers the questions: What, Who, When, and How: What to measure: Select a goal … These steps include developing a shared sense of purpose that is aligned with the vision and goals of … Alignment of information systems and personnel with the vision and goals is another important component … Set concrete goals. Model the skills that the organization wants staff to demonstrate.
  11. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-roleplay-final508.pdf
    April 03, 2018 - Tell the volunteer that the goal is to create a complete and accurate medicine list. … Tell the volunteer that the goal is to create a complete and accurate medicine list. … Tell the volunteer that the goal is to create a complete and accurate medicine list.
  12. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/index.html
    March 01, 2024 - all Americans, recognized that health literacy is foundational to achieving all its other health goals … health literacy universal precautions can serve both your patients' needs and your practice's other goals … For example, being health literate is important to achieve patient safety goals, such as reducing misdiagnosis
  13. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ahrq-network-factsheet.pdf
    February 01, 2022 - The Network’s Goals 1. Keep SARS-COV 2 out of nursing homes 2. … Background AHRQ’s Response The Network's Impact The Network’s 99 Training Centers The Network’s Goals
  14. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-111921.pdf
    March 11, 2022 - Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare Workgroup Goal … Moore Foundation, the Subcommittee on Health IT to Improve Diagnosis discussed their committee’s goals
  15. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module1/module1_slides_fallprev.pptx
    June 16, 2017 - Setting goals and plans for change Specific goals have been set. … A plan for making changes to meet those goals has been initiated. … Have a vision with clearly defined goals and an associated Action Plan. (Update every 6-12 months.) … The Team and its goals should be: Aligned with its organization’s goals of preventing harm. … Include practices in patients’ daily goals.
  16. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-1/slides.html
    September 01, 2017 - Setting goals and plans for change: ___ Specific goals have been set. ___ A plan for making changes … to meet those goals has been initiated. ___ A preliminary plan for sustaining the changes is in place … Have a vision with clearly defined goals and an associated Action Plan. … The Team and its goals should be: Aligned with its organization’s goals of preventing harm. … Include practices in patients’ daily goals.
  17. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gustafson.html
    February 01, 2024 - National Center for Health Services Research and Development), he set out to improve care, with the goal … Working with colleagues at Wisconsin, he placed computers in patients’ homes for up to 6 months with the goal
  18. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/step.html
    June 01, 2023 - By monitoring progress toward the team’s established goals, team members can alert the team when the … assessing progress , team members need to consider the following: Status of the team’s patients Goal … actions completed or that need to be completed  Continued appropriateness of the patient’s care plan Goals
  19. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2019-04-nac/nacmtg0419-minutes.html
    July 01, 2019 - The need to create programs and implementation plans to achieve goals over time. … Brady stated that the Agency’s goal is to reduce the rate of diagnostic errors occurring each year in … Masica added that there is an evidence gap relating to the setting of specific goals. … What goals might a healthcare system build into its annual plan? … The addition of pragmatic elements (including timelines) to AHRQ’s goals and issues.
  20. talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/patient-workforce-safety.html
    March 01, 2023 - Before the pandemic, hospitals were making steady progress toward achieving the kind of patient safety goals … While we may not achieve this vision, to make progress should be our goal.  … leaders, patient and family advocates, clinicians, payers, industry, and other stakeholders to make this goal

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