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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/culture-checkup.html
December 01, 2012 - Culture Check-Up Tool
CUSP Toolkit
Health care provider roles
Problem statement: Improving safety culture in a patient care area takes time.
What is culture? Attitudes reflect the norms, values, and beliefs in the unit and, in turn, create the culture. No matter what instrument you use to assess patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/3-are-you-ready/index.html
February 01, 2020 - For example, as you begin to develop ideas for changes, ask the people who will be implementing those … targets
Displaying commitment and loyalty to the organization
Demonstrating innovation through new ideas
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/impguide1step3.html
March 01, 2019 - Ideas for grant proposals and letters of support.
Time for networking with each other.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/explain.html
March 01, 2016 - Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores
It is best to keep your actual data displays as uncluttered and simple as possible. However, evidence from cognitive testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) suggests that there is some information that needs t…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/adjustment-scoring.html
January 01, 2023 - Making Adjustments to Health Care Quality Scores
One of the most thorny topics in quality measurement is the adjustment of scores across different plans or providers to account for differences in the characteristics of their patients or themselves. This page reviews key issues related to adjustments to scores…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/safetrans_toolkit.pdf
December 01, 2017 - There were similar ideas for improvement as well as
conflicting suggestions for changes to the toolkit … deferred
to consensus, evidence-based suggestions, or expertise-based suggestions when conflicting ideas … staff interviewed was limited by the project scope of work, but
still there was saturation of key ideas
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/safetransitions_finalreport.docx
November 01, 2017 - There were similar ideas for improvement as well as conflicting suggestions for changes to the toolkit … deferred to consensus, evidence-based suggestions, or expertise-based suggestions when conflicting ideas … of staff interviewed was limited by the project scope of work, but still there was saturation of key ideas
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/fillmore.html
April 01, 2022 - experienced PFs already working in the field, and (3) building a nationwide community of PFs to share ideas … graduated from the program where members can post questions, answer questions, and share resources and ideas
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202001.html
April 01, 2020 - Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools
Search All Impact Case Studies
April 2020
LincolnHealth, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, improved the timeliness of admitting patients from the emergency department into a hospital u…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/web/pathways/measures.html
October 01, 2015 - Let Consumers Select Measures or Measure Categories To Compare
Over time, more measures are being developed that are appropriate for consumer reporting. These measures assess different entities, address different aspects of quality, and in some cases, are specific to a particular disease or condition or a certa…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/framing.html
March 01, 2016 - Framing Health Care Quality Scores as Positive or Negative
Every time you make a decision on how to present an individual score or composite, you are “framing” the presentation. Framing refers to the emotional tone of the message you are communicating to consumers. For example:
A positive frame would accent…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/social-marketing.html
June 01, 2019 - Applying the Lessons of Social Marketing to a Quality Report
Social marketing is the application of the principles and techniques of commercial marketing to promote socially desirable goals. It has been applied extensively, and with considerable success, in efforts to encourage/discourage specific health beha…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit2.html
March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity
Chapter 2. Background: Case for Community Linkages
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Table of Contents
Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesi…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/estimator.html
April 01, 2013 - Do we have others lined up to share their ideas or ask their questions?
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/dev_adult_hp_survey.html
January 01, 2025 - Development of the CAHPS Adult Hospital Survey
The CAHPS Hospital Survey was conceived first and foremost as a tool for public reporting purposes. While many hospitals already conduct some type of patient survey, CMS needed a standardized instrument that would allow consumers to compare inpatients' perspectiv…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/it2-interview.html
November 01, 2024 - Interview with the IT2 Project Team
Project Overview: The Identify, Teach and Treat (IT2) project is implementing screening for urinary incontinence at the time of pre-visit automated appointment confirmation in women presenting to primary care practice (PCP) annual visits. IT2 is being implemented in Northwes…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - With your surgical quality team, document all ideas for intervention.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/physengagement-slides/Physician-Engagement-Sept-13-2011-508.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Project Report - Lean Sigma
Physician Engagement
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Story of cardiac surgeon not doing check list. Cardiac SICU one year zero infections, then BAM! two infections linked to one noncompliant cardiac surgeon. Or other example story of physicians not being engaged in QI
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One of the issues we hear our teams talk ab…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/premortem-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustainability and the Premortem Tool: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide 1: Sustainability and the Premortem Tool
Say:
This module will cover Sustainability and the Premortem Tool.
Projects can fail for many reasons, and the safe surgery project is no exception to this possibilit…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-03-nac/nacmtg0317-minutes.html
July 01, 2018 - Meeting Minutes, March 2018
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the March 16, 2018, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of November 3, 2017, Summary Report
Director's Update
Healthcare Cost and Utilizat…