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361. AHRQ-Sponsored Continuing Education Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - learning about the challenges in caring for patients with low health literacy as well as strategies to improve … nurse practitioners) design and implement a quality improvement plan that solicits patient input to improve … physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners) design and implement a quality improvement plan to improve

362. AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Results: Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/capacity-infographic.pdf
     April 01, 2018 - capacity as the attitudes, skills, structures, and processes that enable a primary care practice to improve … time 76% 52% EvidenceNOW is providing customized support to primary care practices to help them improve

363. Final Design Plan for the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Summary (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - The models include (1) the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), which aims to improve complex care … • 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 health IT used to improve quality of care for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP? … Program for Category B is to support demonstration States in using health IT effectively to improve

364. Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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     February 21, 2016 - to 2015, was one of the nation’s largest investments of Federal dollars aimed at learning how to improve … • Building partnerships to improve quality of children’s health care. … Lessons learned States can substantially improve their capacity to report quality measures for children … documentation before they can improve measure reporting. … The State also aimed to improve access to and the quality of CME services.

365. Health Literacy Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Literacy in the Inpatient Setting: Implications for Patient Care and Patient Safety Opportunities to Improve … Processes to Reduce Readmissions  (2016) Using the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit to Improve … English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (2012) Integrating Literacy, Culture, and Language to Improve … use and health outcomes related to differences in health literacy level and interventions designed to improve

366. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4k_combo_psi14-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … of postoperative wound dehiscence.1-3,7 Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … while preventing it from becoming too wet Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … /surgery/publications/Postoperativecare.pdf Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … /content/bedside-emergency-wound-dehiscence Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve

367. Vermont State at a Glance (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded grants to 10 States under a 5‐year, $100 million effort to improve … Vermont’s Objectives Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality Vermont’s health IT initiatives … The State’s goal is to improve the collection and use of child health quality information by expanding … categories are projects that (1) show how a core set of children’s quality measures can be used to improve

368. West Virginia State at a Glance (pdf file)
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     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 … 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

369. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4h_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety …  Consider using any of the following to improve oxygenation: face mask, high-flow nasal cannula, … (refer to the Surviving Sepsis Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety

370. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 2 Tool D …  Consider using any of the following to improve oxygenation: face mask, high-flow nasal cannula, … septic shock (refer to the Surviving Sepsis Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 4 Tool D

371. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/lepguide/exec-summary.html
     September 01, 2020 - Our research has identified five key recommendations to both improve detection of medical errors across … Improve Reporting of Medical Errors for LEP Patients Develop institutional strategies to empower … Improve team communication by using structured tools (e.g., check-backs), in conjunction with the care … AHRQ has created the TeamSTEPPS LEP Module to help hospitals improve patient safety for LEP patients. … They can act as cultural brokers to improve the interaction between clinicians and patients.

372. Visualization of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Competitions Bringing Predictive Analytics to Healthcare Challenge Cross-Sectional Innovation to Improve … increasing value-based care by leveraging technology and providing innovative tools to help organizations improve … health and community services may help AHRQ and others better plan for the use of limited resources, improve … Urban development to reduce heat island effects and improve canopy coverage in high HRI risk areas.

373. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Interventions to improve patient outcomes and reduce complications focus on the importance of getting … And, they were able to substantially improve the rate of spontaneous breathing trials being done with … Throughout this CUSP process, teams will improve teamwork and communication. … Tailor patient goals to improve the functionality and mobility of patients to at least some level of … Finally, use the ABCDE bundle to improve outcomes for your patients.

374. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Northwest Cooperative (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve … a rigorous evaluation of strategies that enhance the effectiveness of external practice support to improve … QI capacity, implement PCOR findings, and improve ABCS measures. 5. … The Cooperative helps the practices improve PQRS reporting of ABCS measures with a tailored Action … intervention in primary care [NAPCRG, 2017] • Using Electronic Clinical Quality Measures Data to Improve

375. Appendix D: Four Suggested Key Areas | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2014 - External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for … ARRA Grant: Swigonski Do organizations that have more external incentives to improve performance use … External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for … Quality-based financial incentives in health care: can we improve quality by paying for it? … Policy options to improve discharge planning and reduce rehospitalization.

376. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - highlights the need for more comprehensive policies and regulations surrounding prescription opioids to improve … It also noted that using telehealth for provider education and mentoring might improve patient outcomes … Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era found that telehealth may improve access to care and produce … A failure in the medication delivery system—how disclosure and systems investigation improve patient … Telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication to improve rural health: a systematic review.

377. Implementation Guide for AHRQ's Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice Training Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - Return to Contents Why Improve Informed Consent? … Why Improve Informed Consent in Your Hospital? … Has your hospital already decided to improve informed consent? … Use plain language and health literacy specialists to improve forms. … How to Improve . 2. Aarons GA, Horowitz JD, Dlugosz LR, Ehrhart MG.

378. Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/index.html
     December 01, 2017 - 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 … Most attempts to improve care involve multiple processes; how do we know which are important? … Continual efforts by these organizations to improve the health of their populations of patients. … Hard to improve what you can't measure.

379. AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Helping Small Primary Care Practices Build Capacity for Quality Improvement (pdf file)
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/evidence-now-improving-capacity.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - capacity as the attitudes, skills, structures, and processes that enable a primary care practice to improve … organization” EvidenceNOW is providing customized support to primary care practices to help them improve

380. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - It provides step-by-step guidance to help survey users develop an action plan to improve patient safety … long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making to improve … of Care: Ambulatory Care, Long-term Care, Hospital Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve … Diagnostic Decisions Self-evaluation tool for clinicians to improve their diagnostic decision making