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441. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide is a research-based resource that offers materials to help nursing homes improve … Antimicrobial Stewardship Program : This toolkit uses collaborative and evidence-based approaches to improve … long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making to improve

442. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2007 - Publication Date: October 2007 Publication Number: 07-0051 Strategies To Improve … The program also explains techniques that pharmacy staff members can use to improve communication with … Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed its PBRN initiative in recognition of this work and its ability to improve

443. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Michigan Cooperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2021 - Unit and Tobacco Section Northwestern University Project Period: 2021-2023 Providing support to improve … Building State Capacity is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve … engaging with primary care practices to implement patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings to improve

444. Sample Notification Letters CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
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     April 07, 2017 - Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children.

445. Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2018 - There are two ways of achieving coordinated care: using broad approaches that are commonly used to improve … coordination is identified by the Institute of Medicine as a key strategy that has the potential to improve … Well-designed, targeted care coordination that is delivered to the right people can improve outcomes … everyday routines of a medical practice can be overwhelming, even when it is obvious that the changes will improve

446. Quality Improvement Study Framework (doc file)
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     April 13, 2017 - Quality Improvement Study Framework Element Definition Things To Keep in Mind The Purpose Define the problem and why it is important. · Avoid suggesting causes in the purpose statement. Cause determination will come later after the data have been analyzed. · Speculating about the cause of a problem before a th…

447. PQMP Asthma ED Visit Quality Metric Key Driver Diagram (pdf file)
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     March 10, 2021 - The national improvement partnership network: state-based partnerships that improve primary care quality … Global Aim: Improve care for children with asthma by understanding systems issues and creating

448. Sickle Cell Anemia Preventive Care Key Driver Diagram (pdf file)
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     January 29, 2021 - Global Aim To improve the quality of preventative care provided to children with SCA in the state … Improve clinic accessibil ity for all types of appointments.

449. How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States encouraging health care providers to put quality measures to work? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2013 - demonstration States are implementing 51 projects in five general categories: Using quality measures to improve … for practices to perform well on the Child Core Set measures, they will need strategies and tools to improve … Table 1: Selected QI Strategies Pennsylvania Practices Used to Improve Performance Measure Quality … Table 2: Selected QI Strategies South Carolina Practices Used to Improve Performance Measure Quality … Before systems or practices could measure improvement, they first had to improve documentation and convey

450. Variation in the Implementation of California’s Full-Service Partnerships for Persons With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - development of FSPs characterized by a “recovery orientation” that emphasizes doing “whatever it takes” to improve … In multiple studies, Housing First has been shown to improve residential outcomes of homeless people … Takeaway Points ■ Ample opportunity for improvement: FSPs in California have an opportunity to improve

451. Spotlight on Massachusetts -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - developing care teams and care plans.2 Spotlight on Massachusetts January 2018 Massachusetts’ Goals: Improve … State added information both on why measures are important and on steps policymakers could take to improve … • Developed resources to help practices and families improve care coordination. … • Implementation Guide No. 1: Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Health Care … families and providers, findings from the patient experience survey, and the learning collaborative to improve

452. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Working with Patient and Family Advisors
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     May 01, 2017 - environment in which patients, families, clinicians, and hospital staff all work together as partners to improve … family members as— Members of the health care team Advisors working with clinicians and leaders to improve … procedures, and practices Patients and family members who received care at this hospital and want to help improve … Program for Perinatal Care Working With Patient and Family Advisors Advisors: What They Do Help us improve … implement ways of improving the care experience for all patients and families Discuss and plan changes to improve

453. ENSW Baseline Semi-Structured Interview Guide (pdf file)
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     April 04, 2016 - about what happens internally and externally that might affect how your practice makes changes to improve … and providers, we’d like to understand how ENSW fits in. 5) How important are the objectives (to improve … PROCEDURES and PROCESSES The next set of questions will help us understand how different practices improve … a) How much do you think your patients care about what your practice does to improve cardiovascular … What do you hope this will do to improve your practice?

454. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Implement Teamwork and Communication
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     May 01, 2017 - Perinatal Care 12 Teamwork & Comm. 12 Debriefing1,2 Informal information exchange session designed to improve … What do we need to improve or change for next time? Debriefing Checklist Is communication clear? … Comm. 27 Implement Teamwork and Communication: What the Team Needs To Do Identify opportunities to improve … identified while learning from a safety defect Discuss with frontline providers how and where they want to improve … delivery CUSP and TeamSTEPPS employ successful tools and strategies that unit teams can implement to improve

455. Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix E | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

456. 2. Synthesis of Key Findings by Category | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Most Category B States planned to implement or improve electronic reporting from practices to an HIE … The addition of new staff members was viewed as an important factor in practices’ ability to improve … The addition of new staff members was viewed as an important factor in practices’ ability to improve … Colorado, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Utah implemented projects that aimed to improve health care … accuracy of 17 key birth certificate variables, and an initiative involving 28 NICUs to improve the

457. Implementation-Guide-Making-Informed-Consent-Informed-Choice (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Viewing these modules will mark the beginning of your effort to improve informed consent. … Has your hospital already decided to improve informed consent? … ♦ Improve an informed consent form for one test, treatment, or procedure. … ■ After rounding, huddle on ways to improve implementation of a strategy. … How to Improve. http://www.ihi.org/resources/ Pages/HowtoImprove/default.aspx 2.

458. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Cholesterol Management (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2016 - helping small- and medium-sized primary care practices across the country use the latest evidence to improve … pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation—while helping primary care practices improve … their capacity to use new PCOR evidence to improve the care they deliver.

459. Massachusetts 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

460. Creating a Learning Health Care System: The Role of Practice Facilitators in Primary Care (pdf file)
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     August 02, 2017 - million AHRQ-funded grant program dedicated to helping primary care practices implement evidence to improve … EvidenceNOW studies how external quality improvement support helps primary care practices improve the … way they work and improve the health of their patients. … Leadership and clinical staff have to share work and be versatile to improve workflows within the practice … , and PFs can help subtly lead practices to self-discovery about the things they need to change to improve