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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/connected.html
February 01, 2021 - Ideas for Staying Connected
Resource: Ideas for Staying Connected
This website provides … ideas and activities for staying connected to family and friends, to members of the larger community,
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/index.html
July 01, 2025 - Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS)
Take part in a national study to evaluate … View a Webinar Recording What Is the IDEAS Project? … AHRQ is leading Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS), a national study to evaluate … What Is the Timeline for IDEAS? … How Can I Learn More About Participating in IDEAS?
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/idea
January 01, 2023 - Instead of brainstorming out loud, each member of the brainstorming team writes their ideas on paper. … several individuals who all discuss a particular subject, voicing and discussing their opinions and ideas
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/calibrate-dx.html
July 01, 2025 - open through September 2025
As part of the Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? Who can participate? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS? How will RAND support participating sites? … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS?
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/webinar-recordings.html
March 01, 2025 - The AHRQ-funded Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) project is recruiting healthcare … The following informational webinars on the IDEAS project and the resources were held from October 29 … Recordings General IDEAS Project Overview October 29, 2024 YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/measure-dx.html
July 01, 2025 - Enrollment Closed
As part of a project called Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? Who can participate? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS? How will RAND support participating sites? … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS?
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/brainwriting
January 01, 2023 - Uses
To generate ideas. … EACH TEAM MEMBER WRITES UP TO FOUR IDEAS on their paper. … UP TO FOUR NEW IDEAS ARE ADDED to the ideas that were generated by the previous team member. … The newly added ideas should build off of what is already written on the sheet. … Tools for generating ideas and choosing among them. In: O'Mara P, editor.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/affinity-diagram
January 01, 2023 - Uses
To organize several ideas, such as after brainstorming. … To aid in the identification of primary themes in a set of ideas. … Note: If ideas or data have already been generated, skip to step 3.
2. GENERATE IDEAS. … Record the ideas using index cards or sticky notes.
3. … CLUSTER IDEAS that are similar to each other into groups.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/966.html
July 01, 2025 - Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety
Issue Number
966
AHRQ News Now is a weekly … July 15, 2025
Today’s Headlines: Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety . … Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety Diagnostic safety events are common and pervasive … The AHRQ-funded Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) project is recruiting groups … learning strategies to improve diagnostic safety with added support and other benefits, visit the IDEAS
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/engage-patients-toolkit.html
July 01, 2025 - Safety – Enrollment Closed
As part of the Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? Who can participate? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS? How will RAND support participating sites? … Why should I (or my organization) participate in IDEAS? … What is needed from sites to participate in IDEAS?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-creative-strategies-lee.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Creative idea: An idea that is novel and useful
Creative
Improvement
Ideas
Process
Improvement … with community
and social services
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Innovation That Starts At Home:
Fostering Staff’s Creative Ideas … • What are key challenges to using staff’s creative
ideas as a source of improvement? … Matters
The implementation of creative ideas is associated with better
patient care experiences in … and motivate further
sharing
Conclusion: Pursue Creative Ideas
• Creative ideas for patient experience
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-meetings.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Generate as many ideas as possible. It’s quantity over quality.
2. … Don’t criticize or judge anyone’s ideas or evaluate ideas at this stage.
3. … Wild ideas are good; don’t censor ideas that sound “crazy.”
4. Build on others’ ideas. … Write down all ideas. Categorize, but do not censor or leave any ideas off the list.
5. … At
this point, it’s not productive to push for additional ideas.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/patient-narratives-webinar-quality.pdf
June 02, 2025 - engagement
Challenge 3:
Human avoidance
of negative
feedback and
difficult situations
Creative
ideas … important domains
Actionable information
• Gives specific insight into experiences
• Offers creative ideas … dissatisfied)
Health care workers
who are aware of
problems
(the dissatisfied)
More creative
ideas … expectation, hope
Requirements for success
Information
Resources
Workforce engagement
Creative ideas … The challenges to requirements
Information
Resources
Workforce engagement
Creative ideas
Poll
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-creative-strategies-transcript.pdf
April 01, 2019 - breakthrough, radical ideas. … Creative ideas need support to survive, and teamwork makes these ideas better. … sharing of ideas. … So if you're interesting in implementing creative ideas, I think you have to think about
these ideas … We know that many people have ideas but
they may feel interpersonally risky sharing their ideas, because
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/relations-diagram
January 01, 2023 - BRAINSTORM IDEAS about the issue. Record the ideas on note cards.
3. … DETERMINE WHETHER THE IDEA IS RELATED TO OTHERS and then group related ideas in close proximity on the … Ideas with the highest number can be considered the key ideas. … Identify which ideas have mostly outgoing arrows - these are the basic causes. … Disadvantages
Not effective for lists with more than 50 ideas.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/04-pt-narratives-support-px-strategy-lee.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Experience Strategy (Webcast) - Lee
Patient Narrative Research Insights
Leveraging Patients’ Creative Ideas … For Learning and Innovation
Yuna Lee, MPH, PhD
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Elicitation of Patients’ Creative Ideas
Draw … actionable items
per idea) and creative (3.34 score out of 5) responses
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How Patients’ Creative Ideas … Patient Narrative Research Insights - Leveraging Patients’ Creative Ideas For Learning and Innovation … Elicitation of Patients’ Creative Ideas
How Patients’ Creative Ideas May Prompt Organizational Learning
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/key-driver.html
July 01, 2021 - visual representation of the desired outcome, primary drivers, secondary drivers, and associated change ideas … These key driver diagrams support the selection and implementation of change ideas for Plan-Do-Study-Act … As the direction of the QI work becomes more focused, consider the provided actionable change ideas and … focused primarily on performance improvement at the health plan level, the key driver diagrams and change ideas … However, given the complex, dynamic, and integrated nature of health delivery systems, many of the change ideas
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-appendix-c.pdf
June 16, 2021 - z Appoint someone to record the ideas that come from the session. … z Withhold and postpone your judgment of ideas. … z Encourage and remain open to all ideas and suggestions. … z Build on ideas put forward by others. … It is a good idea to collate the ideas and distribute them promptly to the group.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/nominal-group-technique
January 01, 2023 - When generating new ideas becomes difficult.
How do I use this tool?
1. … Each group member reveals one of their ideas at a time until every idea is recorded. … Ensure that each member in the group contributes ideas. … PRIORITIZE THE IDEAS using a method such as multivoting . … Tools for generating ideas and choosing among them. In: O'Mara P, editor.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/lead-by-example.html
December 01, 2022 - Leading by Example Learning Module
This learning module offers ideas to help boost morale, build … This brief video offers ideas to help boost morale, build trust, create a positive work environment,