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401. IQI, PSI, and PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ SAS PROGRAMS Guidance for Using the SAS Programs and an Example of Output for One Hospital (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Programs and an Example of Output for One Hospital Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … using the data derived in a previous step Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 6 Tool B … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 7 Tool B

402. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Including patients in the design and implementation of initiatives to improve patient safety has given … Patient Safety and Midwest Airlines, implemented a patient partnership model as an intervention to improve … Walworth County, Wisconsin, Patient Safety Council invested in developing and implementing tools to improve

403. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve

404. Implementing Near-Miss Reporting and Improvement Tracking in Primary Care Practices: Lessons Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Near-miss events, where no actual harm comes to the patient, represent a lower‑risk opportunity to improve … Patient Safety Planning Grant RFA-HS-10-022 Regional Ambulatory Near-Miss Reporting and Tracking to Improve … We now also know that practices use the information from near-miss reports to improve care processes, … Understanding how practices on a wider scale use near-miss reports to improve practice processes is a … The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: developing an error reporting system to improve

405. Patient and Family Engagement for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Present tools to improve communication among patients, families, and clinicians. … Improve engagement of mothers and families in the birthing process and communication with the clinical … Advisors work with staff, clinicians, and leaders of the hospital to improve— Policies. … They help our hospital improve quality and safety of care by— Giving input and feedback. … They also can improve patient and family engagement during the birthing process.

406. Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Based on the understanding that all culture is local, and that work to improve culture must be owned … Punish Slide 17: Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve Outcomes 3 Image: Both system … Slide 18: Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve Outcomes 3 Image: Both system design and … Slide 19: Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve Outcomes 3 Image: Both system design and … Slide 20: Systems and Behaviors Work Together To Improve Outcomes 3 Image: Both system design and

407. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Improve Reporting of Medical Errors for LEP Patients. 4. … Strategies and tools to improve patient safety systems. … They can act as cultural brokers to improve the interaction between clinicians and patients. … • Improve Reporting of Medical Errors for LEP Patients. … Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency?

408. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … pressure-distributing surfaces.7-10 Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … integrity, and moisture status.7-11 Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 5 Tool D … /www.bradenscale.com/images/bradenscale.pdf Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve

409. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … used as the catheter insertion site.11 Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … ratios ○ Transfer from an outside hospital Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 5 Tool D … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 7 Tool D

410. Spotlight on West Virginia -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - implement components of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH)—a primary care model intended to improve … MHI = Medical Home Index West Virginia’s Goals: Improve the quality of care for children by— • Helping … • 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. … takeaways • Practices used CHIPRA quality demonstration funds to hire staff to carry out QI efforts and improve

411. Qi-Tip-Sheet-Primary-Care-Practices (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - A practice’s QI efforts are an important component of efforts to improve the quality of the health care … Many payers, providers, delivery systems, and other organizations are supporting QI initiatives to improve … For example, you may want to improve overall health outcomes for your patients or job satisfaction … current system works through your patients’ eyes, which can help you implement changes that will improve

412. Section 5, Table 3 (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - guidelines Recommendation: Performance improvement efforts in severe sepsis should be used to improve … Because rapid and appropriate treatment is likely to improve outcomes, early recognition of severe … To improve sepsis recognition, a computerized triage system alerted clinicians to children with abnormal … would expedite identification of septic shock, increase compliance with recommended therapies, and improve

413. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Board Checklist (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Improve the safety and teamwork climate using valid measures. 3. … Hold the executive team accountable for an explicit action plan to improve safety and teamwork.

414. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 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 … • Follow Protocol for insertion 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 … 7 days or more frequently if the dressing Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve

415. Statistical Process Control Slides
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     June 04, 2013 - system’s “control” Wide fluctuations = out-of-control systems Out-of-control indicates opportunity to improve … transitions is a start – impact requires understanding the cause and adapting the system to reduce variation (improve … the control) and improve performance.

416. Return on Investment Tool (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Return on Investment Tool Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality … tool provides a step-by-step method for calculating the ROI for a new set of actions implemented to improve … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool F … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 3 Tool F … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 4 Tool F

417. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 1. … physician assistants—can consult these tools before initiating empiric antibiotic therapy, which may improve

418. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     May 14, 2013 - AHRQ Slide Template 2004 Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis Presenter: Marcus Thygeson, MD Discussant: Jodi Holtrop, PhD, Moderator: Michael I. Harrison, PhD Sponsored by AHRQ’s Deliv…

419. State at a Glance: Massachusetts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - Evaluation Highlight No. 13: How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve … Manuscript: Nine States' Use of Collaboratives to Improve Children's Health Care Quality in Medicaid … and CHIP Implementation Guide No. 1: Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Health … of the five grant categories: Showing how a core set of children's quality measures can be used to improve

420. Study Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health Rehospitalizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2021 - Grantee Profile Highlights Work of David Newman-Toker, M.D., Ph.D., To Improve Accuracy of Stroke Diagnosis … determinants of health, such as insurance coverage, household income and residence in a rural area could improve … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of David Newman-Toker, M.D., Ph.D., To Improve Accuracy of Stroke Diagnosis … stroke diagnosis in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society to Improve