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221. Curriculum Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2021 - Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement Advancing Pharmacy Health … Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty is a set of modules to … help pharmacy faculty integrate health literacy and health literacy quality improvement into courses

222. Introduction (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - supporting widespread adoption of new models of care delivery and the use of continuous quality improvement … new and experienced practice facilitators in the knowledge and skills needed to support meaningful improvement … development of competencies that practice facilitators need for supporting primary care practice improvement … This part aims to build expertise that is valuable for facilitators regardless of the specific improvement … Core competencies include quality improvement techniques and measurement skills.

223. Learning Health System Competencies: Training the Next Generation of Researchers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - development program to build a critical and sustainable LHS research workforce to foster system-wide improvement … To ensure that research and quality improvement done in health care settings adheres to the highest ethical … Improvement and Implementation Science. … to health systems and that answers health system questions, using health system data for system-wide improvement

224. Working Together to Tackle Our Most Pressing Safety Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Kudos to our colleagues at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for raising awareness and moving … Patient safety measurement must evolve to more effectively support patient safety improvement.     … Experience teaches us that patient safety improvement is most successful when an expansive, inclusive … Brady is Director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety .

225. Building the Workforce | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Improvement and Implementation Science .  … Demonstrate knowledge of what activities constitute research as opposed to quality improvement activities … Demonstrate awareness of the value and limitations of sub-group analyses in LHS research and improvement … Competencies Demonstrate the ability to employ specific quality improvement methods to reduce avoidable … Demonstrate the ability to employ specific implementation science or quality improvement methods to study

226. Sign Up for TeamSTEPPS Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - TeamSTEPPS Program TeamSTEPPS Updates Welcome Guides Curriculum Materials Diagnosis Improvement … in April 2024, AHRQ will offer virtual and limited in-person TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and TeamSTEPPS Diagnosis Improvement … TeamSTEPPS Diagnosis Improvement Course This training applies the TeamSTEPPS framework to the specific … TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and TeamSTEPPS Diagnosis Improvement training are available at no charge to participants

227. EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - regional cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality improvement … initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality improvement … have high cholesterol levels. 6 Specific Aims Build primary care practice capacity for quality improvement … for quality measures Active practice facilitation consisting of regular meetings with a practice improvement … use of patient and family advisory councils and other activities, to ensure that practices' quality improvement

228. EvidenceNOW: Virginia Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality improvement … practice facilitators and physician faculty to help practices solve specific challenges in quality improvement … measures, allowing them to compare their performance to other practices and informing their practice improvement … have not submitted data are part of health systems that have experienced disconnects between quality improvement … of Virginia Healthcare Report [NAPCRG, 2017] Joy in practice as an enabling strategy for quality improvement

229. Improving Value and Efficiency in Hospitals and Medical Offices: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Sets (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - The paper guides leaders and quality improvement teams through an in-depth examination of a systems … Lean Healthcare: 6 Methodologies for Improvement from Dr. … Lean Healthcare: 6 Methodologies for Improvement from Dr. Brent James 8. … Quality Improvement Savings Tracker Worksheet 9. … Using Change Concepts for Improvement Composite Measure 3.

230. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into practice … Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. … Once a practice chooses a QI approach and tools and sets improvement goals, it can identify and test … team that meets regularly Quality improvement is a team sport – improving quality is everyone’s job. … These include the Model for Improvement (focused on continuous change made by rapid cycle testing),

231. Case Studies of Leading Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs—Program Snapshot: Vermont Blueprint's EQuIP Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The teams meet at least monthly to review data and plan data-guided improvement. … Active improvement work and preparation for PCMH recognition. … Holding the gains and continuous improvement. … “Quality Improvement Coach Competencies.” January 2010 Hiring criteria and approach. … “Quality Improvement Coach Competencies.”

232. AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in Virginia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - VHQC, Medicare's Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization for both Virginia and Maryland … "PACE performance results greatly exceeded program goals for our pressure ulcer improvement activities … Lindsey, B.S.N., R.N., a VHQC improvement consultant. … "We worked one-on-one with the PACE staff to promote improvement techniques such as changing positions

233. AHRQ National Advisory Council to Meet Virtually on March 18 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - presentations by AHRQ leaders: Review of Recent Agency Accomplishments in Health Systems Research, Practice Improvement … , and Data and Analytics by Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Center for Quality Improvement … Bierman, M.D., M.S., Director of the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement; Joel W.

234. AHRQ Mourns the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s initiative to help primary care practices improve their patients' heart health through quality improvement … Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships and established its  Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … David’s impact at AHRQ is immeasurable, and he leaves a legacy that advances quality improvement in primary

235. TeamSTEPPS 2.0: Module 11. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2014 - If no, pass through climate improvement and return to pretraining assessment. … Continuous improvement includes going back to training to lead to more culture change. … Define the Problem, Challenge, or Opportunity for Improvement. … Develop a Plan for Sustained Continuous Improvement. Develop a Communications Plan. … Ensure one member has experience in performance improvement.

236. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Northwest Cooperative (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality improvement … Provide comprehensive practice support to build quality improvement (QI) capacity within these practices … Practice facilitators administer the Quality Improvement Change Assessment (QICA), a tool developed … by the Cooperative to determine a practice’s need for practice improvement assistance. … http://www.escalates.org Northwest Cooperative Update The Quality Improvement Capacity Assessment

237. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
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     May 21, 2013 - Available at: http://www.ipfcc.org/pdf/getting_started.pdf Institute for Healthcare Improvement The … Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care. … Its Web site for providers contains resources and improvement tools to promote health care quality and … Improvement and Information AHRQ’s Web site has tools, resources, and case studies related to quality … improvement along with links to quality information for consumers.

238. About Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - topics in this section Health Literacy About Health Literacy Health Literacy Improvement … Most recently, Healthy People 2030 , which establishes national objectives for health improvement, has … AHRQ’s health literacy work spans from developing improvement tools , to designing professional training

239. TeamSTEPPS: Research/Evidence Base | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Program TeamSTEPPS Updates Welcome Guides Curriculum Materials Diagnosis Improvement … Medications Physician/Nurse Collaboration Primary Care Reproductive Health Safety Culture and Safety Improvement

240. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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     February 16, 2011 - Prevention Toolkit Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit Module 2 Tools 2A: Multidisciplinary Team 2B: Quality Improvement … Quality Improvement Process Assessment Question No Somewhat Yes (fully operational) 1. … Are managers and employees evaluated for their performance improvement efforts (i.e., is performance … improvement in their job descriptions)? … Set target goals for improvement. QI department Within 8 weeks from initiative start 4.