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261. About SOPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - the surveys, participating in the SOPS databases, and using the surveys for patient safety culture improvement … Identify strengths and areas for patient safety culture improvement. … resources  to assist survey users, including an Action Planning Tool, Data Entry and Analysis Tool, improvement

262. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement … A 3.4% improvement in prescribing aspirin for eligible patients. … assumptions—anticipated payment reform, health information technology systems that support quality improvement

263. Improving Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Making An Impact (pdf file)
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     November 17, 2020 - Interest to Declare Goals for Achieving High Value Care for People with Multiple Conditions We need improvement … This is a perfect time to build the way across “The largest room in the world is the room for improvement

264. Module 5: Visual Management - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2017 - management helps your team monitor safety performance, safety standard work, and track concerns and improvement … The visual management board also includes a section for tracking improvement projects, on the bottom … Slide 6: Apply the Model for Improvement To Introduce a Visual Management Board Say: We recommend … To apply the Model for Improvement to any project, you should have aims, measures, and planned changes … The heart of the Model for Improvement is the “Plan-Do-Study-Act” cycle, which is basically another way

265. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2021 - Veterans Affairs The aims of the meeting were to: (1) Provide agency updates related to diagnostic improvement … AHRQ (cont’d.) • Getting ready to start pilot testing Diagnostic Safety Measurement for Learning and Improvement

266. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - in the setting of existing FCR, including: physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, and quality improvement … Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) Toolkit includes a set of … Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement outlines … the latest evidence on how to lead a quality improvement effort to prevent hospital-acquired venous

267. AHRQ Signals Interest in Research To Improve Healthcare for People With Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 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: Data Scientist , Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/Division

268. Implementation Guide for AHRQ's Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice - Training Modules (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - ■ Choose one area for improvement. ■ Assemble a work group to develop an improvement plan. … Quick Start for Unit-Level Improvement ■ Take the HCP Module. ■ Choose one area for improvement. … You can: ■ Expand on or spread your initial improvement, ■ Choose another area for improvement, … Improvement Strategies and Implementation Suggestions Improvement Strategy Suggestions for Implementation … Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

269. How To Use the Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - These two guides address adaptive and technical work, which are both critical elements for improvement … modules are spread across the three phases that clinical teams will undergo as part of their quality improvement … A good place to start is the two guides, as well as the instructional module titled Overview of the Improvement

270. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - Slide 2 Say: A basic principle of quality improvement is: If you can’t measure it, you can … 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.

271. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - offers strategies and resources to assist hospital team leaders, practice facilitators, and quality improvement … Hospitals Training Program and the associated Pressure Ulcer 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

272. Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
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     June 16, 2017 - very important to ensure you have things in place from the beginning to achieve and sustain the best improvement … Cost avoidance estimation Patient throughput Turnover reduction Leaders: Aligning improvement efforts … Collaborate With All Disciplines Hardwire Practices and Educate 28 Using Data for Continued Improvement … Share data with: Improvement Team. Frontline staff. … The ongoing quality improvement journey: next stop, high reliability.

273. Public Health Department Collaborates With Health System To Improve Mortality Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 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, Patient Safety , Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

274. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) were created by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act to … The toolkit is a general guide to using improvement methods and focuses on the 17 Patient Safety Indicators … care and improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational and quality improvement … Guide for Hospitals presents step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing patient flow improvement … develop and deploy a customized plan to train staff in teamwork skills and lead a medical teamwork improvement

275. Notice of Intent: AHRQ to Establish Healthcare Extension Service | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - The initiative—AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service, State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvement—aims … Each Cooperative will convene a variety of public and private partners that are drivers of healthcare improvement

276. Data Spotlights | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Person-centered care among Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander home health patients needs improvement … Improvement in hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives

277. Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2023 - This multiphase quality improvement initiative was founded to help ensure that all U.S. … Pediatric Diagnostic Safety Research and Initiatives Across the Care Continuum Research and improvement … They also support efforts to expand the pediatric diagnostic safety research and quality improvement … Opportunities for Diagnostic Improvement Among Pediatric Hospital Readmissions. Hosp Pediatr. … Declaring Uncertainty: Using Quality Improvement Methods to Change the Conversation of Diagnosis.

278. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
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     July 22, 2021 - representatives on current work and future plans; (2) provide agency updates related to diagnosis improvement … has been added to address team function that includes diagnostic safety, as part of HRSA quality improvement

279. Resources for Advanced Practices (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - resources and training to advance physicians’ communication skills https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement … / improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/ communication/strategy6gtraining.html Motivational Interviewing … /improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6gtraining.html https://www.ahrq.gov … /cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6gtraining.html … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication

280. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - 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 Quality Improvement and Patient … Safety/Division of Quality Measurement and Improvement .