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101. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_Ldr_Slide_508.pdf
     May 14, 2013 - initiatives, observing care processes, reporting complications • Reduction in preventable readmissions – Improved … patient outcomes • Emotional health, symptom resolution, pain control, physiologic measures – Improved … family engagement – Better response to the Joint Commission standards or other accreditation – Improved … performance • Decreased litigation and malpractice claims • Lower costs per case due to complications • Improved … medical errors • Research shows bedside shift report can improve: – Patient safety and quality • Improved

102. St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201511.html
     May 01, 2015 - Joseph's Hospital, a 72-bed facility in Breese, Illinois, has improved care and increased satisfaction … As a result, one unit developed an improved workflow system.

103. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship5.html
     August 01, 2024 - The benefits of diagnostic stewardship include improved efficiency and more appropriate use of healthcare … associated antibiotic use with these practices. 14 , 62-65 Diagnostic stewardship of rapid blood cultures improved … autonomy. 68,69 Designing diagnostic stewardship inteventions with the input of clinician end users has improved

104. Tool 12: Cross Continuum Collaboration Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool12_collaboration.docx
     September 20, 2016 - Central to developing improved processes for posthospital care is to work with cross-continuum providers … Collaboration is key to establishing a shared understanding and agreement of how processes can be improved … Collaboration is key to establishing a shared understanding and agreement of how processes can be improved … How can the processes to identify, refer, link, and connect within 48 hours of discharge be improved?

105. Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/summary.html
     June 01, 2018 - Measures are aligned so that positive change indicates improved access to care. … About 80% of measures of Person-Centered Care improved. … About 60% of measures of Effective Treatment, Healthy Living, and Patient Safety improved. … Fewer than half of measures of Care Coordination improved.

106. Cms-Quality-Strategy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/cms-quality-strategy.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Eliminating disparities is essential for performance excellence and improved community health. … • Falls are decreased • Visibility of harm is improved in all settings • Use of evidence-based … application of self-management practices in our programs • Improved visibility of self-management … • Updated and available information for use by patients • Improved patient confidence in managing … Improved care coordination and communication across providers and healthcare facilities are essential

107. 2015 Annual Progress Report to Congress: National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/reports/2015-annual-report.html
     November 01, 2016 - levers for quality improvement that are used by public and private organizations to chart a course for improved … , led by a 17 percent reduction in rates of hospital-acquired conditions; person-centered care improved … steadily, especially for children; care coordination improved as providers enhanced discharge processes … and adopted health information technologies; effective treatment in hospitals improved, as indicated … by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the Hospital Compare Web Site ; healthy living improved

108. Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Hispanic Population | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part1.html
     March 01, 2020 - Access improved: After years without improvement, the rate of uninsurance among adults ages 18-64 … Quality improved for most NQS priorities: Patient Safety improved, led by a 17% reduction in rates … Person-Centered Care improved, with large gains in provider-patient communication. … Healthy Living improved, led by doubling of selected adolescent immunization rates from 2008 to 2012 … Data and measures need to be improved to provide more complete assessments of two NQS priorities, Care

109. Nassau University Medical Center Uses AHRQ Resources to Improve Communication with Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201412.html
     August 01, 2014 - "Improved communication promotes an improvement of team dynamics, which translates into better patient … introduction of TeamSTEPPS, survey results have shown that communication with patients has steadily improved … "Our goal is to maintain the momentum, to keep our medical staff focused on improved processes with TeamSTEPPS

110. New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201701.html
     March 01, 2017 - CAUTI rates improved initially but were not sustained, with infection rates fluctuating up and down," … findings from the project included: A "just-in-time" education platform that used mobile technology improved … "The educational modules and hand-off tools have greatly improved our compliance with the CAUTI bundles

111. AHRQ Views: A Unique Effort To Advance Care for People Living With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/905.html
     March 01, 2024 - consists of nine multidisciplinary clinics that provide comprehensive care, develop and implement new or improved … trends between 2002 and 2022 in several areas, including: Patient-centeredness, in which 11 measures improved … Healthy living, in which 26 measures improved, 25 did not change, and four worsened. … Care coordination, in which 11 measures improved, 14 did not change, and three worsened.

112. Food Assistance Linked to Improved Health and Reduced Emergency Care Among Low-Income Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/853.html
     March 01, 2023 - Food Assistance Linked to Improved Health and Reduced Emergency Care Among Low-Income Children … Today's Headlines: Food Assistance Linked to Improved Health and Reduced Emergency Care Among Low-Income … Food Assistance Linked to Improved Health and Reduced Emergency Care Among Low-Income Children Participation

113. Discharge Instructions Quality: How the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Improved their Electronic Template for Family/ Caregiver Written Discharge Instructions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/iowa-case-study.pdf
     January 29, 2021 - Discharge Instructions Quality: How the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Improved … Discharge Instructions Quality: How the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Improved … Discharge Instructions Abstract University of Iowa (UI) Stead Family Children’s Hospital significantly improved

114. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ambulatory-safety.pdf
     July 01, 2010 - Focus Area(s): Impact of health IT on outcomes in ambulatory settings; improved use of effective alert … Focus Area(s): Improved use of effective alert strategies for decision support Type of Health IT: HIE … Focus Area(s): Improved use of effective alert strategies for decision support Type of Health IT: CDS … Focus Area(s): Relationship between health IT and workflow redesign; Improved use of effective alert … Focus Area(s): Improved use of effective alert strategies for decision support Type of Health IT: CDS

115. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Healthy Living | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part3-nqs6.html
     June 01, 2018 - 2013, the percentage of children ages 19-35 months who received the 4:3:1:3:3:1:4 vaccination series improved … From 2009 to 2013, the percentage of children who received all recommended vaccinations improved for … 2013, the percentage of obese adults who ever received advice from a health provider to exercise more improved … From 2010 to 2013, the percentage of adult home health patients whose ability to move or walk around improved … 2013, the percentage of adult home health patients whose episodes of shortness of breath decreased improved

116. Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools.html
     June 01, 2024 - They help clinicians and other healthcare staff hardwire improved practices into daily routines and keep

117. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/index.html
     December 07, 2021 - May 25, 2021 Primary Care Practices in AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative Improved … Acute Care of Stroke Patients May 4, 2021 Outreach in Rural Communities Improved … December 22, 2020 AHRQ Studies Suggest Integrated Health Systems Have Not Improved

118. Wisconsin Critical Access Hospital Sees Big Results with AHRQ’s CUSP, RED and TeamSTEPPS® | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201520.html
     July 01, 2015 - on—abstracting data, performing root cause analysis, and developing and implementing effective interventions for improved … Amery’s improved safety performance has helped attract more surgeons—including an ophthalmologist and … With TeamSTEPPS, "we have improved the structure for our eight quality initiative teams in promoting

119. Newman Memorial Hospital Implements AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips1301.html
     November 01, 2012 - Mitchell says, "By altering the completion process, the response rate improved and has been stable over … Improved education for all staff and recognition of staff concerns. … Cultural shift in patient safety, with improved safety awareness and reporting of issues and recommendations

120. 1 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/ExecSummcaseplancustsvce-RAND7607.pdf
     July 01, 2007 - CAHPS began in 1995, indicated that the customer service capabilities of the health plan needed to be improved … Customer service performance measures selected during the first iteration of the PDSA cycle improved … o Continue to reinforce the department’s focus on improved service. … o Established feedback reinforcement of improved performance by celebrating with Member Services staff … The plan held onto the gains it had made in improved customer service.