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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits.html
September 01, 2017 - Program
Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics
Help … Toolkits To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection
Nursing … Prescribing clinicians can then use the antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic … The Working with a Lab to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing toolkit provides guidance and tools to help … toolkit (Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Choose the Right Antibiotic) provides guidance and tools to help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_2_ComTipsBroch_508.docx
February 24, 2011 - Family or friends can:
Give you comfort and support
Help you keep track of and understand information … of any concerns
Tell a doctor or nurse if they notice a change in your condition
Find a nurse when help … Family or friends can help you do this. … Use these suggestions to help:
Be prepared. … Your family and friends can help with this.
Speak up if something is unclear or confusing.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/hiring/index.html
December 01, 2018 - strongly recommended for the following reasons:
Working with an outside firm to conduct your survey will help … The use of an experienced vendor can help ensure that the collection and analysis of the survey data … These meetings and visits will help you determine whether you and the vendor can work well together.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/index.html
June 01, 2023 - Explanation of Key Concepts and Tools
This section contains explanations and illustrations to help … Situation Monitoring Tools
Situation monitoring tools provide the specific skills needed to help individual … team members achieve situation awareness and help teams maintain the shared mental models needed to … This table can help you select the tool or tools most relevant for specific needs.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/objectives.html
November 01, 2018 - Why Objectives Are Important
Well-defined objectives can help your organization stay focused on the … Education :
Help consumers understand and navigate a complex health system. … Help consumers ask more focused questions about care received.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6gtraining.html
March 01, 2020 - across cultures,
Communicating with "problem" patients,
Interviewing techniques (including skills to help … Institute for Healthcare Communication (formerly the Bayer Institute) offers a variety of workshops to help … Training in behavioral change concepts can help physicians identify patients who are likely to be receptive … To help physicians better understand the process of behavioral change, some medical groups and health … In particular, it is intended to help physicians learn and practice techniques for dealing with difficult
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=6
January 01, 2017 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help … Date: January 2017
Publication Number: 17-0018-EF
Behavioral Programs To Help … the Effective Health Care program discusses what researchers have found about behavioral programs to help … November 2016
Publication Number: A1617-EHC031-A
Behavioral Programs To Help … the Effective Health Care program discusses what researchers have found about behavioral programs to help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/teach/index.html
August 01, 2023 - lecture format—those same phones and laptops that might otherwise distract training participants can help … concepts and tools before the training, you’ll have more time for exercises or scenarios that will help … module that includes a facilitator guide, participant worksheets, and video segments that can be used to help … Laughing, acknowledging teamwork challenges shared by participants, and demonstrating your enthusiasm may help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes4.html
August 01, 2022 - Providing immediate and ongoing feedback to those who reported the event to help staff feel part of the … All of these sources help create a cohesive environment for informing the organization as to whether … The system should also include a process for followup and feedback to staff who report events to help … Continuous organizational learning as a result of identification of contributing factors that might help … Resources available to help your organization engage patients and families include:
AHRQ's Guide to
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day.html
September 01, 2023 - Experience Symposium in Boston, I’ll be pleased to highlight strategies and resources developed by AHRQ to help … This toolkit is designed to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners … AHRQ's QuestionBuilder App , available in both English and Spanish, is designed to help patients and
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/index.html
March 01, 2023 - To supplement and help to organize those ideas, this section presents selected strategies for improving … If your team wants to pursue a more intensive strategy, it can help to "start small" by breaking down …
Training To Advance Physicians' Communications Skills (6.G)
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Tools To Help … Public Reporting on Provider Performance
Public reporting on provider performance can help patients
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/qipcfactsheet.pdf
June 01, 2014 - Genevro, and David Meyers
http://pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/defining-pcmh
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What external supports can help … their performance, as
compared to external benchmarks (such as regional or national averages), and help … Facilitators help practices
identify ways to implement an
innovation or improvement
activity within … • Can help develop practices’
interest in QI work, often
by relating peer to peer. … Implement health
assessments with the help of evidence-
based guidance.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-intro.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Understanding SOPS® Surveys:
A Primer for New Users
Webcast
November 7, 2022
1:00-2:00 PM ET
Need Help … ► Use Q&A feature to ask for help
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How to Ask a Question
• Question and Answer
► Select Q&A
► Type … SOPS Databases
• SOPS Resources
• Q&A
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Understanding SOPS®Surveys: A Primer for New Users
Need Help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/phoneroleplay.pdf
February 14, 2013 - Lynn, your discharge educator, mentioned you’d receive a call checking in on things and I’m
glad to help … to you about your medical issues, see how you are
doing, and see if there is anything I can do to help … CALLER: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions so I can see if there is anything I can help
you with … PATIENT: That’s o.k., it might help as I want to do the best I can to get better. … going to ask you a few questions about each one of your medicines to see if there
is anything I can help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/index.html
September 01, 2023 - of States have developed systems and infrastructure to provide quality improvement (QI) support to help … State-based external quality improvement (QI) support infrastructure to increase the capacity of States to help … AHRQ has established a Technical Assistance Center to help support grantees at every stage of the process
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories.html
March 01, 2021 - A suburban father-son clinic where the whole family pitches in to help run the practice. … Learn more about how they effectively help their patients manage their high blood pressure .
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/web/pathways/measures.html
October 01, 2015 - is good news, but it provides a challenge to report designers: How to avoid overwhelming users and help … This means that you have to help people understand the categories, many of which they may not find intuitive … In the meantime, this page reviews a couple of well-tested approaches to help users manage what they … A Chart with Word Icons Linked to Data
Another option for using Web functionality to help people find … for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Quality Indicators demonstrates how a table can be designed to help
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/btpills/stayactive-tr.html
September 01, 2015 - Normally, clots develop to help stop bleeding after you've been cut or injured. … If you've been cut, a clot will usually form that will help stop the bleeding, but not all clots are … So blood thinner pills, also known as anticoagulants, work to help prevent your blood from clotting. … He or she can help make sure you take this medicine safely. … You can also get family and friends to help remind you until it becomes a habit for you.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-schoenthaler.html
March 01, 2024 - Schoenthaler received a 5-year AHRQ grant to help patients better manage their Type 2 diabetes.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/index.html
April 16, 2024 - Catalyzing Conversations on the Quality of Long-Term Care
December 14, 2022
With A Little Help … Disparities Report: We Still Have Much Work to Do
November 7, 2022
AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help