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281. AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/951.html
     March 01, 2025 - Opportunity for Improved Patient Safety and Cost Savings in Children Prescribed Multiple Medications … Opportunity for Improved Patient Safety and Cost Savings in Children Prescribed Multiple Medications … An AHRQ-supported study in JAMA Network Open identified opportunities for improved patient safety and

282. 1. Update on AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/update.html
     August 01, 2025 - these six key activities: Coordinate primary care research activities across AHRQ NCEPCR updated and improved … This resulted in the development of new PBRN resources and improved PBRN Registry , as well as additional … evidence on how primary care influences patient care and outcomes and how primary care delivery can be improved

283. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47932/psn-pdf
     August 21, 2019 - effective care transition communication: implementation of an electronic medical record-based tool for improved … Effective Care Transition Communication: Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Tool for Improved

284. Enhancing Complex Care Through an Integrated Care Coordination Information System - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - This project investigated whether care for patients with complex needs can be improved by implementing … functions in the ICCIS can be used by the clinics; and 3) evaluate whether these system changes lead to improved … In the quality improvement arm, quality measures improved by 14.2 percent as compared to 8.9 percent

285. A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: are there financial rewards for improved quality? | PSNet
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     April 27, 2019 - A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: are there financial rewards for improved … A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: are there financial rewards for improved quality? … A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: are there financial rewards for improved quality?

286. National Web-Based Teleconference on Health IT: Quality Metrics and Measurement (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/quality-metrics-slides-042811.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - significantly  9 measures improved faster than over the preceding year  4 others improved at the … same rate compared to the preceding year  1 improved but at a slower rate  1 did not improve, and … • If HIT is used to support a comprehensive QI strategy, care can be significantly improved. … More Rapidly After Intervention Heart Failure Measures Improved More Rapidly Diabetes Measures Improved … More than Outcomes Prevention Measures: 3 Improved at Same Rate Osteoporosis: Rate of Improvement

287. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started
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     July 23, 2010 - initiatives, observing care processes, reporting complications Reduction in preventable readmissions Improved … patient outcomes Emotional health, symptom resolution, pain control, physiologic measures Improved CAHPS … patient and family engagement Better response to the Joint Commission standards or other accreditation Improved … Improved patient outcomes. … functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures such as blood pressure and blood sugar levels.3 Improved

288. Obsrounds (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Communication among disciplines can be improved if viewed through the eyes of an objective observer. … foster collaboration among disciplines or practice domains, and target areas where communication can be improved

289. Spotlight on North Carolina -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-north-carolina-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - • Improved existing practice-level quality reports. … • Improved performance on quality measures. … Practices improved delivery of recommended preventive services through use of the medical home model … Practices used new EHR features for improved capture of information about children The Model Children … • Although some EHR vendors improved their systems to conform to the Format, many were slow to build

290. The Bettering Lives Utilizing Electronic Systems (BLUES) Project: Improving Diabetes Outcomes in Mississippi with Health Information Technology | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - electronic health record (EHR) in the management of diabetes would enhance health care delivery and lead to improved … The LDL results improved at the EHR sites, indicating a positive effect of the EHR. … EHRs combined with adequate training and tools result in improved process of care measures, such as timely … appropriate exams and lab testing; greater patient satisfaction; enhanced diabetes-related outcomes; improved

291. Bringing High Performing Systems to Small Practices - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-high-performing-systems-small-practices/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - information technology (IT) are being made to improve quality of care, and though there is evidence of improved … Preliminary Impact and Findings: The preliminary analysis of technical assistance was associated with improved … Providers with five visits improved 3.9 percentage points more than those who had received no visits … over the study period, and providers who received eight visits improved by 5.6 more percentage points … However, while financial incentives for quality measures were significantly associated with improved

292. OpenNotes: Giving Patients Access to Medical Notes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/opennotes-2.pdf
     April 01, 2016 - OpenNotes has been associated with improved medication adherence, improved communication, increased

293. Team-Based Care: Improving Safety, Engagement, and Joy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teambased-2.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - ■ Improved care outcomes for your patients ■ Enhanced teamwork and communication between you, your … staff, and your patients and their families ■ Improved professional satisfaction How can I get started

294. Volume 3: Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Micronutrients and Health: A Critical Appraisal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutritn3tp.html
     April 01, 2018 - Conclusions: The reporting quality of SRs has improved 3 years after publication of SR reporting standards … Improved adherence to consensus methods and reporting standards should improve the utility of nutrition

295. A Low Literacy Multimedia Approach to Disseminate Bilingual Diabetes CERSGs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/hahn.pdf
     December 19, 2014 - Both study groups in both languages improved in terms of comprehension of the educational material by … Participants in the intervention (DHelp-TT) arm who reviewed material on pills improved more than those

296. Using Precision Performance Measurement to Conduct Focused Quality Improvement - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-precision-performance-measurement-conduct-focused-quality-improvement/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - During the year after the start of the intervention, performance improved significantly for 14 measures … , improved non-significantly for another (hemoglobin A1c control), and declined for one. … Another four measures improved during the post-intervention period, but the rates of improvement were … Performance improved significantly for eight of the 16 measures during Phase 2. … Performance had improved significantly during Phase 1 for all of these eight measures.

297. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854631/psn-pdf
     October 18, 2023 - patient-safety-culture-effects-errors-incident-reporting-and-patient-safety-grade Safety culture is associated with increased error reporting, improved … multilevel-analysis-us-hospital-patient-safety-culture-relationships-perceptions-voluntary https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improved-safety-culture-and-teamwork-climate-are-associated-decreases-patient-harm-and

298. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-260-improved-cancer-outcomes-executive-summary_0.pdf
     May 01, 2023 - Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review … No. 260 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 260 Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer … hospital stay with soybean and fish oil.34, 45 One medium-risk-of-bias study of glutamine reported improved … for patient- reported symptoms.33 23, 43 One study of probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids reported improved … Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes.

299. Communication and Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-comm.html
     September 01, 2015 - Trends: From 2005 to 2012, overall rates for potentially avoidable hospitalizations for all conditions improved … Rates improved among men and women. … From 2005 to 2012, overall rates of potentially avoidable hospitalizations for chronic conditions improved … The rates improved among both men and women. … Trends: From 2007 to 2012, the overall rate of admissions with hypertension improved from 63.4 to

300. Appendix F. Interventions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - email reminders on adherence to clinic appointments: a pilot study Yes No Moderate Evidence of improved … behaviors and lower utilization Yes Yes Moderate Evidence of improved outcomes using care navigators … Improved safety, quality, and outcomes were achieved. … Self-confidence for self-care improved. … Improved outcomes after 1-year.