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7461. 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.

7462. Spotlight on Florida -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstraiton Grant Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-florida-state-snapshot.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model—a specific approach to primary care designed to improve … in Florida’s first PCMH learning collaborative Spotlight on Florida January 2018 Florida’s Goals: Improve … Nine hospitals participated in a QI project designed to improve delivery room management. … • Evaluation Highlight No. 6: How are the CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve … Nine states’ use of collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality in Medicaid and CHIP.

7463. Spotlight on Illinois -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-illinois-state-snapshot.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - engaged 15 practices in a learning collaborative designed to promote medical home transformation and improve … The learning collaborative provided Spotlight on Illinois January 2018 Illinois’s Goals: Improve the … • Despite the availability of resources intended to improve referrals and cross-clinician communication … • Partner with ILPQC to improve efforts to exchange perinatal data and to offer perinatal-focused … Nine states’ use of collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality in Medicaid and CHIP.

7464. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
      April 01, 2017 - it into the “how” by providing research-backed, practical tools that doctors and nurses can use to improve … between research and practice to achieve these goals: • Keep patients safe • Help doctors and nurses improve … “If you want a [return] on our basic and clinical investments at NIH, you need AHRQ to improve care … Quality AHRQ develops tools for doctors and nurses to improve safety, quality, and patient engagement … AHRQ supported clinicians in using data to improve care delivery for nearly 30,000 children who have

7465. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a3_pdi_selfassessment.docx
      May 12, 2016 - Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Readiness To Work on the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators, to evaluate your organization’s readiness to improve … AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Training We provide ongoing training for staff that helps them build skills to improve quality … Results focused · We continuously strive to improve and we benchmark our performance against

7466. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a4_pdi_casestudy.pdf
      December 01, 2015 - Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … description of the tools the hospital chose to use, as well as several of the key actions it took to improve … i Tool A.4 Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality … 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

7467. Spotlight on Wyoming -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-wyoming-state-snapshot.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Spotlight on Wyoming January 2018 Wyoming’s Goals: Improve services for children with complex behavioral … needs by— • Piloting a care management entity (CME) to improve coordination across child-serving … • CME providers used health IT to improve services. … • Work to improve the quality of CME services. … • Continue to improve the functionality of health IT and to educate CME providers about health IT

7468. Staff Member Survey for Physicians (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/physician-survey-post-intervention-nw.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - have many opportunities to grow in my work      People in our practice actively seek new ways to improve … job of assessing patients’ needs and expectations      Our practice uses data from patients to improve … rate your agreement whether these new guidelines will lead to better outcomes for your patients: Improve … outcomes for all my patients Improve outcomes for some patients Have no impact on outcomes … outcomes for all my patients Improve outcomes for some patients No impact on outcomes

7469. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/science-of-safety-facguide.docx
      January 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

7470. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/learn/learn-about-cusp.pptx
      May 01, 2017 - safety tools and approaches Based on the understanding that all culture is local, and that work to improve … Learn About CUSP AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care 16 Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve … Learn About CUSP AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care 17 Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve … Learn About CUSP AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care 18 Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve … Learn About CUSP AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care 19 Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve

7471. How CAHPS Surveys Measure Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/measure-patient-experience-podcast.html
      March 01, 2017 - and explains how CAHPS surveys capture information on patient experience that providers can use to improve … Agency tasked with developing and disseminating scientific knowledge, tools, and data to improve the … important to patients so that the survey gives you information that providers and facilities can use to improve … The surveys are all designed to provide information a health care organization can use to improve care … CAHPS surveys to identify strengths and weaknesses in their performance, determine where they need to improve

7472. 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

7473. 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

7474. Florida State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/flstateataglance.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 … In conjunction with Illinois, Florida will support collaborative quality improvement projects to 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

7475. 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

7476. 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

7477. 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

7478. The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
      June 01, 2018 - It also underscores why a national effort is needed to improve the quality of health care. … The Need for a National Effort While there have been successful efforts to improve health outcomes, … Support the focused development of quality measures that enhance and improve the ability to evaluate … and improve care. … The Council and the Forum are part of the Quality Commission's overall recommendations to improve the

7479. Georgia State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/gastateataglance.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded grants to 10 States under a 5‐year, $100 million effort to improve … 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 … categories are projects that (1) show how a core set of children’s quality measures can be used to improve …  To what extent did Georgia’s efforts to expand the CME model improve quality of care for youth with

7480. Maryland State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/mdstateataglance.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded grants to 10 States under a 5‐year, $100 million effort to improve … Maryland’s Objectives Maryland is working to expand its existing CME model to improve the quality and … Specifically, Maryland aims to improve: 1) access to home‐ and community‐based services; 2) clinical … categories are projects that (1) show how a core set of children’s quality measures can be used to improve …  To what extent did Maryland’s efforts to expand the CME model improve quality of care for youth with