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121. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - example, quality of care may need to represent maintaining open lines of communication around patients’ goals … create disincentives for appropriate care (e.g., a return to the hospital for a hospice patient whose goals

122. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - Goals The goals of the CUSP implementation projects are to promote the adoption of evidence-based practices

123. Focusing on Health Equity in AHRQ's PCORTF Investments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research PCOR Strategic Framework Mission, Vision, and Goal … AHRQ’s commitment to using an equity lens through which to design and drive the implementation of the goals

124. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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     July 12, 2017 - Module Goals The goals of this introductory module are to identify the overall objectives of the training … that we develop a culture of safety for our patients, and prevention processes are ongoing with the goal … Critical success factors from the Team’s metrics and overall goal (i.e., reduce HAPI Stage 2 and above … The Team continues to have goals that are aligned with the organization’s culture and goals of preventing … Use critical thinking to include best practices in patients’ daily goals.

125. Module 1: Preventing Falls in Hospitals (doc file)
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     March 01, 2013 - Module Goals The goals of this introductory module are to identify the overall objectives of the training … that we develop a culture of safety for our patients, and prevention processes are ongoing with the goal … All these actions tangibly involved leadership in the patient care teams’ goal: to prevent patient falls … The Team continues to have goals that are aligned with the organization’s culture and goals of preventing … Use critical thinking to include best practices in patients’ daily goals.

126. Assembleteam (doc file)
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     August 24, 2012 - Remember that achieving the goals of the intervention rests with the CUSP team. … are ensuring the sustainability of the initiative and developing processes that will help support its goal … Full engagement in the initiative will require unit teams to actively support the project and its goals … This individual will organize and lead the CUSP team, articulate clear goals, make decisions using the … The team can use the tool to target a goal for improvement shortly after the culture assessment and every

127. Quality Improvement in Primary Care: External Supports for Practices (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - orientation guides practices to set priorities for areas to improve and the work needed to achieve these goals … practices, and even the most determined practice is likely to need new skills to meet its improvement goals … • Provides motivation and direction for QI goals. … services are provided to a primary care practice by an external facilitator or coach, with the goal … • Supports practices in identifying and achieving improvement goals; helps practices prioritize and

128. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - Develop a specific resuscitation bundle with end goals specific to the pediatric population.5 Develop … o Aim for end goals of pediatric sepsis resuscitation at central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) greater … Institute the goal that all pediatric services use the same protocol, including the emergency and pediatric … Recommended Practice: Adopt sepsis measures • Organizational performance goals need to be determined

129. Section 3: Are You Ready To Improve? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

130. Tool: STEP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

131. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2011 - to help hospitals develop effective partnerships with patients and family members with the ultimate goal … Until more formal goals are established, general goals can be to: • Provide feedback and advice for … • Purpose and goals of the council. … o Goals: [Edit as necessary.] … Because a key goal of the council is to elicit multiple points of view and allow time for discussion

132. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - For each HAC, the incidence, preventability, cost, and additional mortality were assessed and a goal … Estimates, Goals, and Projections for HACs at the Launch of PfP initiative in 2011 PfP Hospital- … National Incidence of HACs (2010) Estimated HAC Preventability as of 2010/2011 PfP Goal at … x Goal) PfP HAC Reduction Goal (Fewer HACs in 2014 * vs. 2010 Baseline) Estimated PfP Additional … Met Projected Reductions in Deaths Associated With HACs in 2014 if 2014 Goal Met Adverse

133. Strategy 6Q: Standards for Customer Service | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2020 - Help your team to commit to aiming high and setting ambitious goals. … Set service targets—stretch goals—that will have a significant impact on customer satisfaction and that … series of performance incentive programs for Customer Service Representatives that were tied to the goals … Results of Interventions at Harvard Pilgrim: Performance on Internal Metrics   Current Goal Q4

134. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Implementation Handbook) (doc file)
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     April 01, 2011 - to help hospitals develop effective partnerships with patients and family members with the ultimate goal … Overview of the IDEAL Discharge Planning strategy The goal of the IDEAL Discharge Planning strategy … is to engage patients and family members in the transition from hospital to home, with the goal of reducing … identified in providing high-quality care as patients leave the hospital: Helpful Links The goal … open family presence policy at Advocate Trinity hospital outlined guidelines for visitors with the goal

135. Half-Day Training Content | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Teaching Goals As noted in the introductory section, it’s important to continuously reinforce your … Specific goals for teaching this section include understanding both the situation monitoring key concepts

136. Teamcheckup (doc file)
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     August 07, 2012 - with project activities to improve safety. 3 All staff can communicate the project’s goals … between incidents on the unit. 5 There are good systems in our unit to ensure we meet the goal

137. Appendix 2: CED Compiled Public Comment Themes (xls file)
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     October 12, 2022 - Multiple comments proposed that AHRQ should undertake a similar exercise to this one, with the goal of … immediately post FDA approval; CED is not appropriate for a recently FDA approved therapy because the goals … of CED duplicate the goals of FDA. … Guiding questions could have been more focused on: “how to prioritize research criteria to meet the goals … Agrees with AHRQ’s stated goal of “transparency at all stages” of a CED, which includes a transparent

138. Module 1: An Overview of the CANDOR Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Describe the goals of the CANDOR process. Examine the steps in the CANDOR process. … The goals of the CANDOR process are to demonstrate respect for the patients, families, and caregivers … This table demonstrates just a few of the changes that must occur to realize the goals of the CANDOR

139. At Upcoming 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, AHRQ to Address Challenges Ranging from Patient Safety to Climate Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - I look forward to discussing and learning from all of you about your work advancing our shared goals … the role of primary care, healthcare systems, and partnerships with other sectors to achieve these goals

140. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - In Improving Diagnosis , NASEM outlined eight goals to reduce diagnostic error and improve diagnosis … Goal 8 is to provide dedicated funding for research on the diagnostic process and diagnostic errors. … A recommendation for meeting this goal is for Federal agencies to develop a coordinated research agenda