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3081. Introducing a New Database for Users of the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey - GINSBERG (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-2021-webcast-ahrq.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - Competencies • Health Systems Research: Invest in research and evidence to make health care safer and improve … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress

3082. Urinary Tract Infections – Discussion Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-discussion-guide.docx
      September 01, 2022 - stewardship leader(s) is encouraged to ask all clinical staff which of the components of the AHRQ Toolkit To Improve … Also, remind staff how they can access the AHRQ Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care … (s) should generate conversation among staff members to determine how the practice can collectively improve

3083. Acute Sinusitis – Discussion Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-discussion-guide.docx
      September 01, 2022 - stewardship leader(s) is encouraged to ask all clinical staff which of the components of the AHRQ Toolkit To Improve … Also, remind staff how they can access the AHRQ Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care … (s) should generate conversation among staff members to determine how the practice can collectively improve

3084. Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix E | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/ape.html
      August 01, 2022 - increased frustration and anger for patients and can diminish the opportunity for hospitals to learn and improve … improved communication between providers and patients about risks to which they have been exposed will improve … The comprehensive toolkit will allow hospitals to improve the management of patient safety events by

3085. What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-4.html
      June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action … requires that healthcare leaders collaborate with other public and private community-oriented groups to improve … diagnostic safety efforts are better positioned to advance the well-being of their communities and staff and improve

3086. Section 1: Overview of Key Communication Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - hospital, medically complex patients may have multiple core teams with multiple leaders coordinating to improve … Debrief — A structured, intentional yet informal, quick information exchange session designed to improve … They collaborate and gain consensus on methods that will improve performance and safety. … The debrief is how teams learn from the treatment of one patient to improve and optimally care for future

3087. State at a Glance: Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/vt.html
      March 01, 2019 - agendas Evaluation Highlight No. 6 : How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve … Top of Page   Vermont's Objectives Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality Vermont's … The State's goal is to improve the collection and use of child health quality information by expanding … and other resources: The National Improvement Partnership Network: State-Based Partnerships That Improve … Network , which is helping 20 States develop sustainable State-level improvement partnerships working to improve

3088. State at a Glance: West Virginia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wv.html
      March 01, 2019 - Evaluation Highlight No. 6 : How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve … Evaluation Highlight No. 13: How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve … Article: Nine States’ Use of Collaboratives to Improve Children’s Health Care Quality in Medicaid and … the five grant categories: Showing how a core set of children's quality measures can be used to improve … Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality West Virginia will use a Web-based reporting system

3089. Science of Safety and Identifying Defects in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/science-of-safety-fac-guide.html
      February 01, 2017 - on systems rather than individuals, we realize that we can redesign care and delivery processes to improve … How can staff and others in the clinical area improve communication? … In order to do this effectively, providers must develop or improve the ability to learn from mistakes … Not only can we use those principles to improve the technical aspects of our work, such as low tidal … This brief video reinforces this idea by emphasizing how these principles can improve safety efforts

3090. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2010 - Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio P R O G R A M B R I E F The mission of AHRQ is to improve … the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by: • Using evidence to improve health … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ) program is to improve … Closing the Feedback Loop To Improve Diagnostic Quality Estimated Total Funding: $998,509 Develops … ways to close the loop of outpatient diagnosis in an effort to improve the quality of diagnostic and

3091. AHRQ's Health Services Research Dissertation Grant Program: New Starts Fiscal Year 2012 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/grants/active/dissrt12/dissrt12.pdf
      January 31, 2014 - Year 2012 Introduction The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to improve … the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by: • Using evidence to improve health … The results of this research will support efforts to improve the quality and effectiveness of prenatal … nine health care organizations in New Hampshire, to better understand if and how the PCMH model can improve … The goal is to understand better whether these programs improve the safe use of psychotropic medications

3092. Spotlight on Oregon -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - Oregon identified ways to improve child-focused quality measures Before the CHIPRA quality demonstration … Spotlight on Oregon January 2018 Oregon’s Goals: Improve the quality of care for children by— • Reporting … Practices also worked to improve population management by developing strategies to identify children … • Evaluation Highlight No. 6: How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve … Nine states’ use of collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality in Medicaid and CHIP.

3093. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.docx
      January 01, 2012 - Building patient and family engagement into your hospital’s current policies and practices can help: Improve … quality and safety Improve financial performance Improve CAHPS® Hospital Survey scores Improve patient … It is a critical part of what your hospital is already doing to improve quality and safety. … When your approach to care centers on patients and families, they become allies in your efforts to improve … Looking to improve financial results? Start by listening to patients.

3094. Highlight03 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight03.pdf
      September 08, 2015 - 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 10 grants, funding 18 States, to improve … How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health care? … Strategies to improve care include encouraging providers to assess patient risk using questionnaires … In addition to these four States, other CHIPRA States are working to improve care for adolescents … Utah Pediatric Partnership to Improve Healthcare Quality. Archived presentations.

3095. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/intro.html
      March 01, 2017 - fundamental to health care reform in the 21st century. 5 A growing body of evidence suggests that PFE can improve … the field of PFE in patient safety for hospitals and health systems is maturing, the use of PFE to improve … providers, and patients and families adopt new behaviors to increase patient and family engagement to improve … and associated tools and materials for engaging patients and families in the primary care setting to improve … Practices to improve patient safety thus include those that reduce the occurrence of preventable adverse

3096. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/implementing-guide.pdf
      March 01, 2017 - • Plan provides the steps to prepare to improve performance, including identifying opportunities … A few questions to reflect on as a team include— • Would it improve outcomes? … • How might it improve residents’ experience? … • How might it improve frontline staffs’ experience? … • How might it improve physicians’/nurses’ experience? • How will it help you care for residents?

3097. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Organization Program Implementation Program Impact What We Learned: Five Key Lessons Lessons on How To Improve … Collect and Use Timely, Accurate, and Actionable Data to Improve Performance     4. … Evolve Project Strategies and Emphases Over Time Lessons on How To Improve Future National Collaboratives

3098. Introduction and Purpose | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/introduction.html
      July 01, 2018 - for example, provide close to 95 percent of their own care. 1 It makes sense, then, that one way to improve … example, trips to the emergency room) that result from poor management of chronic conditions and to improve … Recent reviews suggest that self-management support can improve outcomes for different chronic conditions … programs used by health plans, insurers, employers, public providers, and payers such as Medicaid to improve

3099. Enhancing Performance Via Integrated Health Systems (ppt file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/casalino/casalino.ppt
      February 16, 2011 - providers into high performing organizations and give these organizations incentives to continually improve … these organizations and to movement of providers into them identify incentives for organizations to improve … depends on the way it is implemented and on the context within which it is implemented most attempts to improve … the demography of organizations in the delivery system continual efforts by these organizations to improve … hard to improve what you can’t measure we often measure less, rather than more, important things increased

3100. Oregon State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/orstateataglance.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded grants to 10 States under a 5‐year, $100 million effort to improve … the five grant categories:  Showing how a core set of children’s quality measures can be used to improve … will collect, report, and test the use of the initial core set of children’s quality measures and improve … categories are projects that (1) show how a core set of children’s quality measures can be used to improve …                                                                            Using Health IT to Improve