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1621. Meeting Minutes, November 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2016-11-nac/nacmtg1116-minutes.html
      August 01, 2017 - safety and to create new tools to improve it. … It generates measures and data used to track and improve performance and to evaluate progress. Dr. … It can seek to determine how collected information can be fed back into a system to improve care. … She provided a hypothetical example of a learning health system that seeks to improve stroke outcomes … Bierman added that it may be necessary to improve our capacity for measurement at the start. Dr.

1622. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/putoolkit_module2_tools.docx
      February 16, 2011 - developed by the Turning Point Initiative to assess if an organization has the needed systems in place to improve … Do you have a process(es) to improve quality or performance? … Do you have the capacity to take action to improve performance when needed? … Do managers have the authority to make certain changes to improve performance? … Do staff have the authority to make certain changes to improve performance? 6.

1623. New Ideas Lead to Big Changes in Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/cascades-east.html
      March 01, 2021 - and medium-sized practices, the team at Cascades East Family Medicine is always searching for ways to improve … "The practice is constantly developing new ideas to improve heart health care," shares Steven.

1624. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2015 - results, the hospital plans to extend the initiative to other units, and expand their efforts to improve … The results helped to identify several opportunities to improve as an organization, such as enhancing … her colleagues are exploring how this approach could work in other clinical areas and as a way to improve

1625. AHRQ Data Spotlight: Hypertension Control in Health Resources and Services Administration Health Centers (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-hypertension.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - HCs and healthcare providers can use the CQMs and HP 2020 measures to identify opportunities to improve … developed resources, such as treatment protocols, tools, and action guides that clinicians can use to improve … developed its EvidenceNOW initiative to help small- and medium-sized practices implement the ABCS to improve

1626. CAHPS Elicitation Protocol Webcast (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-rabson.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - hospitals, health plans, purchasers, patients, academics and government agencies working together to improve … language that encourages participation and completion of the 5Q protocol to increase response rates  Improve

1627. Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
      October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/modules/psi_resources.aspx Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve

1628. Understanding and Addressing High Rates of Refusal of Pneumococcal Vaccination Among African-Americans (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - We learned about how patients think about pneumonia and the pneumonia vaccine:  Strategies to improve … Questions remain regarding how to best use health care technology to improve communication with patients

1629. EvidenceNOW Leads to Huge Gains for Small Oklahoma Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/oklahoma.html
      March 01, 2021 - Busy solo primary care practitioner seeks a tenacious problem-solver who can help her practice improve … reporting so the practice could obtain payments for better EHR use These changes not only helped to improve

1630. Story Guides – Making Comparative Effectiveness Useful for Vulnerable Patients (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/allison.pdf
      December 19, 2014 - interactive video format using personal stories from real patients to increase dissemination and improve

1631. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey: 2023 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - Continuous Improvement 91% of respondents reported that the facility actively looks for ways to improve … Management Support for Patient Safety Managers encourage everyone to suggest ways to improve patient … (Item E2) 90% Management provides adequate resources to improve patient safety. … (Item E2) 90% 10.42% 43% 79% 87% 92% 98% 100% 100% Management provides adequate resources to improve … Identifying Areas To Improve: a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? b.

1632. Innovative Diffusion of Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/malone.pdf
      September 29, 2013 - professionals’ self-reported knowledge and ability to use associated materials; it did not sufficiently improve

1633. 2019 Community Pharmacy SOPS Database Report Executive Summary Infograpic (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2019-pharmacy-sops-execsum.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture provides step-by-step instructions on how to develop an action plan to improve

1634. Return on Investment Tool (doc file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.docx
      January 01, 2013 - tool provides a step-by-step method for calculating the ROI for a new set of actions implemented to improve … AHRQ QI Toolkit Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety … document, the term “improvement actions” refers to any hospital program or initiative that aims to improve … health plans, and other stakeholders assess and demonstrate the cost-savings potential of efforts to improve

1635. Human Resources Issues (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Human_Resources_Transcript_2011_02_01.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - By standardizing this process you can improve the quality and gain some consistently positive results … exercise that produces very unsubstantial feedback to employees and misses the opportunity to help them improve

1636. Practical Strategies for Gathering Feedback Directly from Patients (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Qualitative_Methods_2012_04_11_Transcript.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - Donna Farley, also a principal investigator for the CAHPS consortium, about how to identify areas to improve … from patients and/or families about their experiences of care that are also designed to enable you to improve … the course of this work -- in our experience, what we found is that almost everything that we do to improve … in our improvement activities that they often come up with solutions that actually help us and them improve … We also know it helps improve your clinical outcomes and safety.

1637. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/abx-stewardship-part2.pptx
      March 01, 2017 - Appoint a leader responsible for implementation Drug Expertise: Appoint a pharmacist leader Actions To Improve … These elements are Leadership Commitment, Accountability, Drug Expertise, Actions to Improve Use, Tracking … Your facility may have already begun implementing these core elements to improve your antibiotic stewardship … We hope that these resources will be useful as you help your facility improve its antibiotic stewardship

1638. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (doc file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.docx
      January 01, 2010 - between inpatient and outpatient providers3 Involving the patient and family in discharge planning can improve … More and more, hospitals are focusing on transitions in care as a way to improve hospital quality and … To improve quality and reduce preventable readmissions, [insert hospital name] will use the Agency for … Who: All clinical staff Involve the patient and family in care practices to improve confidence in caretaking

1639. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (pdf file)
      talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_chklst_508.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - inpatient and outpatient providers3 Involving the patient and family in discharge planning can improve … patient satisfaction.6,7 More and more, hospitals are focusing on transitions in care as a way to improve … To improve quality and reduce preventable readmissions, [insert hospital name] will use the Agency for … Who: All clinical staff  Involve the patient and family in care practices to improve confidence in

1640. Module 1: Using the Comprehensive Long-Term Care Safety Modules: Applying Safety Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Improve safety culture in LTC facilities. … Slide 11: Teamwork and Communication Concepts and tools to improve communication among LTC team members … and tools for working with residents and families to involve them in their care to increase safety, improve