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201. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - To be successful, improvement efforts within hospitals need to have attention and active support from … This support will help to motivate our staff to engage fully in improvement activities. … use of the QI Toolkit for improvement Describes tools used by the hospitals to improve performance … Implementation Methods Slide 42 Improvement Methods Overview (Tool D.1.) … Any suggestions for future quality improvement tools?

202. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2019 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Safety Awareness Week 2019 AHRQ Summit and Roundtable on Research Priorities for Patient Safety Improvement … Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual health observance sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement … Involved Listen to a webcast featuring Jeff Brady, M.D., former Director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement

203. Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores (Webcast) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Speakers from health plans in Ohio and Oregon highlighted the specific improvement strategies they implemented … The Webcast also featured a newly revised version of the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide , a … Presentation slides (PDF, 1.64 MB)       Graham Bouldin, MSW Manager, Data Analytics & Quality Improvement

204. Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting From Algorithms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - for all Americans by investing in health systems research, creating strategies to support practice improvement … and providing data and analytics to identify opportunities for improvement. … Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement/Division of Practice Improvement … Physician, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement/U.S. … Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/Division of General

205. All Papers, Briefs, and Other Resources on the PCMH | PCMH Resource Center
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     December 01, 2011 - Building Capacity for Primary Care Quality Improvement These briefs describe the need for external … infrastructure to help primary care practices develop quality improvement (QI) capacity and describe … Decisionmaker Brief: Primary Care Quality Improvement No. 1 - Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary … Brief: Primary Care Quality Improvement No. 2 - Building Quality Improvement Capacity in Primary Care … Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators ( PDF

206. Understanding SOPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Ginsberg (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … . 8 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … Program • Initiated and funded by AHRQ since 2001 to advance the understanding, measurement, and improvement … ► the collection of data and informative reporting of patient safety culture data ► patient safety improvement

207. Module 28: Using the AHRQ Care Model Toolkit with Practices (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Use the toolkit to support improvement work with practices. … p=ACIC_Survey&s=35) and to the IPIP key driver model contained in Module 20 on quality improvement … Familiarize your entire team with key improvement strategies. … Phase 2: Assess Data and Set Priorities for Improvement Use data to set priorities. … the relevant changes, and example stories from practices that have made quality improvement pay.

208. Quality and Patient Safety Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Sign up: Patient Safety Email updates Sign up: Quality Improvement Email updates Sign up: National … Quality Measure Tools & Resources Quality improvement measurement, tools, and information, including … on Patient Safety Culture As part of its goal to support a culture of patient safety and quality improvement … excellence in health care delivery Privacy and Related Considerations for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

209. How PSOs Help Health Care Organizations Improve Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2016 - Through the survey review process, the PSO can identify areas for improvement, explain the results … The resulting increase in reporting of safety events can then lead to improvement in patient safety … culture and more opportunities for learning and practice improvement. … Patient safety culture improvement starts with assessment 2. … Implementation of such initiatives has been linked to improvement of patient safety culture in areas

210. EvidenceNOW: Ohio Cooperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2021 - partners that collectively have the resources, skills, and commitment to support primary care practice improvement … The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality improvement … broader and sustainable external QI support infrastructure by linking Ohio’s three Regional Health Improvement … factors associated with greater improvements in cardiovascular care at the heart healthy quality improvement … project and Cooperative that is focused on accelerating statewide CVD improvement structure.and reducing

211. St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2015 - The hospital's 2014 overall survey rating was in the 98 th percentile, an improvement from the 94 th … percentile in 2010, "We made tremendous improvement," added Ms. … Regular "improvement sessions" using HCAHPS survey results have helped assess system changes. … When patients are readmitted, each case is reassessed for improvement opportunities. Ms.

212. NAC Member Biography: Neil I. Goldfarb | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Goldfarb spent more than 30 years in healthcare research, quality improvement, and management positions … the school’s research agenda, while concurrently serving as director of ambulatory care performance improvement … His previous positions include executive director of a quality improvement consulting firm and vice president

213. PCPF Webinars | PCMH Resource Center
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     August 25, 2015 - information and practical strategies to help support practices in their ongoing work of primary care improvement … as learn some strategies to help build and sustain practices' ability to actually engage in quality improvement … Senior Advisor for Primary Care, AHRQ Part I: Harnessing the Power of your EHR for Quality Improvement … Tim Hogan, Coordinator of Quality Assessment and Improvement, University or Missouri's Department of … David Meyers, Acting Director for the Center of Evidence and Practice Improvement and Chief Medical Officer

214. CAHPS Webcasts & Recent Events | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - : Patient experience, patient safety, and provider well-being: Associations and paths for quality improvement … ) 2023 The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Using Database Results and New Narrative Items to Guide Improvement … (December 6, 2023) Addressing Emerging Needs for Patient Experience Measurement and Improvement (

215. Organization & Contacts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - About AHRQ Offices and Centers Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) Center for Financing … , Access and Cost Trends (CFACT) Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) Office

216. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2021 - The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality improvement … Goal Alabama’s Heart Health Improvement Project (HHIP) is designed to build primary care quality improvement … Alabama Cooperative Approach The Heart Health Improvement Project will use a three- pronged approach … including: (1) practice facilitation and technical assistance; (2) improvement through data transparency … Evaluation Alabama’s Heart Health Improvement Project evaluation plan will examine the effectiveness

217. An Overview of the CANDOR Process
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     August 20, 2015 - Supports continuous learning and improvement. … Many models in the literature define the steps of change that lead to a sustainable improvement. … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement identified six common elements of sustainability. … Build systems for collecting process, outcome, and quality improvement activity data. … Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008. Accessed March 22, 2014.

218. Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - kickoff meeting is an important part of initiating an improvement project at a practice. … It is only for those that will be helping to lead the improvement work. … When the facilitated improvement work is part of an externally funded project, this is a time to introduce … You can do this by including a physician in the meeting who has already completed the improvement work … If your facilitation is focused on a particular improvement project, such as implementing the Care

219. AHRQ Views Blog Post: With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - highlighted in a new blog post by Craig Umscheid, M.D., M.S., director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement … for all Americans by investing in health systems research, creating strategies to support practice improvement … and providing data and analytics to identify opportunities for improvement. … Current vacancies include: Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division , Center for Quality Improvement … Senior Staff Service Fellow , Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Application deadline:

220. System Redesign for Value in Safety-Net Hospitals and Systems: Challenges and Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - SHARE: More topics in this section Practice Improvement … quality improvement efforts to create changes that are well aligned across units and conditions. … Safety-net systems: Have long experience in process improvement using quality improvement tools. … business strategies, payment models, care delivery models, and process improvement. … Enhancing process improvement effectiveness: system redesign in safety-net systems.