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461. 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

462. Spotlight on Oregon -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-oregon-state-snapshot.pdf
     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.

463. Section 1: Overview of Key Communication Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/overview/index.html
     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

464. 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

465. 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.

466. 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

467. 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

468. 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

469. 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

470. State at a Glance: Georgia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ga.html
     March 01, 2019 - Evaluation Highlight No. 6 : How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve … Implementation Guide No. 1: Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Health Care … As one of the States in this tri-State partnership, Georgia is working to expand an existing CME to improve … Georgia aims to improve: 1) access to home and community-based services; 2) clinical and functional outcomes … To what extent did Georgia's efforts to expand the CME model improve quality of care for youth with serious

471. State at a Glance: South Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/sc.html
     March 01, 2019 - 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 … set of children's quality measures; (2) use health IT to automate quality reporting and feedback and improve … Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality Leveraging other HIE statewide infrastructure … To what extent did previous knowledge, skills, or experience related to using health IT to improve

472. 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?

473. 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

474. State at a Glance: North Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nc.html
     March 01, 2019 - Evaluation Highlight No . 3: How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent … 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 … attributes: (1) adequacy in addressing gaps in current EHR products for children; (2) capability to improve … To what extent did the State's medical home model improve quality of care for children with behavioral

475. Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/implementing-stewardship-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - Thus, implementing approaches to improve antibiotic use in ambulatory practices is essential. … A commitment poster is available in the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care (English … This will improve satisfaction among members of the practice as well as patients. … The Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care contains One-Page documents that can be used … In the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care, infectious conditions are stratified by

476. Co-producing a Diagnosis
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/08-diagnostic-cap-provider-training-slides.pptx
     August 01, 2021 - Co-producing a Diagnosis Provider Training Slides Toolkit for Engaging Patients and Families To Improve … Our goal as providers must be to partner with patients to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and effective … The 60 Seconds To Improve Diagnostic Safety strategy allows you the time to practice reflectively through … Some providers struggled with ways to time their 60 Seconds To Improve Diagnostic Safety. … If not, we will start our implementation of 60 Seconds To Improve Diagnostic Safety [insert date/time

477. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - The Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) is a change model designed to improve resident safety … To achieve results and improve the quality of care, a LTC facility needs to understand what resources … 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?

478. CUSP Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/cusp-mvpguide.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - You can redesign your care system through technical and adaptive work to improve patient safety and … The five-step CUSP process brings adaptive work into the change process and helps your team improve … CUSP Is Local CUSP can improve teamwork and safety culture on a large scale. … CUSP helps your team improve local safety culture by tapping frontline wisdom. … Step 5: Improve Teamwork and Communication Use tools to improve teamwork and communication in the unit

479. Summary of the Design Plan for the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/design_plan_for_chipra.pdf
     July 01, 2012 - • Grantees working in Category B will develop or enhance health information technology (IT) to improve … Among these is the patient-centered medical home, which aims to improve complex care management and … • Examining the contributions of demonstration activities to improve quality of care in relation … • What health IT or health IT enhancements were designed to improve the quality of children’s health … • How was the health IT used to improve quality of care for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, and

480. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.pdf
     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 … 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.