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241. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices (doc file)
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     June 30, 2017 - Slide 2 SAY: A basic principle of quality improvement is: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve … Dissemination of information on performance is critical to your quality improvement effort. … The best bet is to focus on improvement over time within your hospital units. … If you are not doing well in any key area, it provides an opportunity for improvement. … Prioritizing these opportunities for improvement. Developing and refining an Action Plan.

242. Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities This manual … presents an interdisciplinary quality improvement initiative for a falls management program. … person-centered care and improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational and quality improvement

243. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - This guide provides LTC facility teams with strategies to implement a quality improvement program to … successfully sustain improvements made during and after implementation of an infection prevention quality improvement … Tools Tools are available in the following topic areas: Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement

244. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - the Health Care System (2) Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (1) On-Time Quality Improvement … Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) (4) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) (1) Patient Safety Improvement … Pressure Ulcers (5) Prevention (66) Primary Care (13) Provider: Pharmacist (2) Quality Improvement … Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient Self-Management, Policy, Quality Improvement … Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

245. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - the Health Care System (2) Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture (1) On-Time Quality Improvement … Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) (4) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) (1) Patient Safety Improvement … Pressure Ulcers (5) Prevention (66) Primary Care (13) Provider: Pharmacist (2) Quality Improvement … Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient Self-Management, Policy, Quality Improvement … Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

246. Improving Health Equity through Research and Action: Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - Practice improvement: AHRQ moves actionable knowledge derived from the body of scientific evidence … help healthcare decision makers understand health system performance and where opportunities for improvement … Practice Improvement AHRQ sponsored a public workshop series as part of an ongoing consensus study … Improving Health Equity through Research and Action Health Services and Systems Research Practice Improvement

247. 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

248. Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2018 - offers strategies and resources to assist hospital team leaders, practice facilitators, and quality improvement … in Hospitals Training Program and the associated Fall Prevention Toolkit to guide systematic quality improvement … Roadmap for how to roll out the Training Program modules and companion Webinars in a systematic quality improvement … Examples of how hospitals have addressed common challenges encountered when doing quality improvement

249. Understanding Quality Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - additional investigation and may serve as the starting point for program management initiatives or quality improvement … quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/uses/index.html#mgmt For more information on quality improvement … Presence of quality improvement programs. … Program management or quality improvement initiatives may be considered. … A report card on quality improvement for children's health care.

250. AHRQ Stats: Relationship Between Electronic Nicotine Use and General Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - its research priorities guidance to include healthcare quality and safety; delivery and practice 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. … Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety .

251. Bleeding Risks Increase When Blood Thinners and Aspirin Are Taken Together | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Register for Training in TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement . … Register for Training in TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement Virtual and limited … March for two new TeamSTEPPS training curricula: AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS 3.0 and TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement … TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement uses the TeamSTEPPS principles to explore how healthcare teams can

252. Puh-Electronic-Reports (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2014 - Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) total assessment score display as indicators for ulcer improvement … ; DON = director of nursing; ADON = assistant DON; CNA = certified nursing assistant QI = quality improvement … CNA = certified nursing assistant; DON = director of nursing; ADON = assistant DON; QI = quality improvement … internal reports, monitor and analyze pressure ulcer patterns and rates, and develop facilitywide improvement … Users and Potential Uses Key: DON = director of nursing; ADON = assistant DON; QI = quality improvement

253. PS Grantee Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - Engagement (3) Pain Management (2) Pressure Ulcers (2) Rural Settings (2) Surgical Quality Improvement … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety subdivision … Grant Number: R01 HS 22903 Topic(s): Pressure Ulcers Publication Date: June 2020 Quality Improvement … Grant Number: R01 HS 023800 Topic(s): Risk Assessment, Surgical Quality Improvement Publication Date

254. Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Improvement is the ultimate goal. Slide 3: Why Collect VAE Data? … Slide 21: How Will I Use My Data To Drive Improvement? … Just by looking at this one simple case, we can see several opportunities for improvement. … Where are the opportunities for improvement? … Slide 27: Opportunities for Improvement Say: So how can your unit improve? 

255. Food Assistance Linked to Improved Health and Reduced Emergency Care Among Low-Income Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - AHRQ Seeks New Director of Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement . … AHRQ Seeks New Director of Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Applications are being accepted … for individuals interested in serving as director of AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … vacancy  and others at AHRQ, including: Senior Staff Fellow , Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

256. 4. How do you implement the fall prevention program in your organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - In section 2 you examined current practices and identified aspects needing improvement; in section … Ability to collaborate with all key stakeholders in the improvement process. … In section 6 , we will move to sustaining your improvement efforts. … In section 1 we discussed the importance of leadership support for improvement efforts. … that gives staff and managers on the improvement team authority to change procedures as needed.

257. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 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. … Current vacancies include: Health Scientist Administrator , Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Statewide perinatal quality improvement, teamwork and communication activities in Oklahoma and Texas.

258. Puh-Impmenu (doc file)
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     December 15, 2016 - Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing Menu of Implementation Strategies The On-Time Menu of Process Improvement … assessment documentation Nurse shift change report Nursing assistant shift report Quality improvement … documentation Nurse shift change report Rehab Department internal review Quality improvement

259. Puh-Impmenu (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2016 - On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing Menu of Implementation Strategies The On-Time Menu of Process Improvement … assessment documentation Nurse shift change report Nursing assistant shift report Quality improvement … assessment documentation Nurse shift change report Rehab Department internal review Quality improvement

260. CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - succeeded in reducing the health literacy demands they place on patients, and as a tool for quality improvement … their survey results, providers could do the following: Identify specific topic areas for quality improvement … Related Resources CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide , AHRQ Health Literacy Measurement Tools