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401. Patient Exit Survey (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/11a-pfe-patient-survey.pdf
     August 01, 2021 - be shared with the care team and used to help celebrate successes and to identify opportunities for improvement … was adapted from the AHRQ Health Literacy Precautions Toolkit2 and helps identify opportunities for improvement

402. PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-pa.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Extension in Pennsylvania AHRQ’s IMPaCT grants were designed to support State-level primary care improvement … were held to provide practical training on planned care, process redesign, plan-do-study-act quality improvement … address specific questions and concerns, and assist the teams in monitoring and using data to define improvement

403. Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS American Indian Survey (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/american-indian/measures-american-indian-809.pdf
     December 11, 2017 - Related resource: The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/improve/index.html https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement … /improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS American Indian

404. Module 4: How to Implement the Fall Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_fall-prevention.docx
     September 20, 2017 - Examined your hospital’s current practices and identified aspects needing improvement (in Module 2). … teams follow a systematic approach to analysis and implementation, such as in the Plan, Do, Study, Act improvement … SAY: Many successful improvement efforts rely on Unit Champions, especially during the implementation … Their engagement is crucial to achieve the improvement objectives. … Keep in mind, the purpose of assessing staff education is to identify where there may be room for improvement

405. Puh-Implementation-Factraining-Guide (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-implementation-factraining-guide.pdf
     December 20, 2016 - We understand that to be in this training you already have experience with quality improvement programs … Is this approach different from other quality improvement or change processes you have been involved … o When referring to a quality improvement or QAPI cycle, the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model for improvement … o The change team should be reassured that process improvement cycles such as PDSA are successful ways … The On-Time implementation approach is similar to other quality improvement projects.

406. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - These two guides address respectively 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

407. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2016 - AHRQuality Indicators™ Metrics and tools that bring excellence to healthcare decision making, quality improvement … Diagnostic Safety Improvement AHRQ is the lead Federal agency investing in research to improve diagnostic

408. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2016 - AHRQuality Indicators™ Metrics and tools that bring excellence to healthcare decision making, quality improvement … Diagnostic Safety Improvement AHRQ is the lead Federal agency investing in research to improve diagnostic

409. Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report Implementation Handbook (doc file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
     August 01, 2010 - the Nurse Bedside Shift Report Strategy 4 Step 1: Form a multidisciplinary team to identify areas of improvement … improvement effort, planning and identifying areas of improvement are important parts of the process … Set aims to implement Nurse Bedside Shift Report Any quality improvement initiative requires setting … In March 2009, the three nurse champions attended a course focusing on quality improvement methods and … Bedside handover: quality improvement strategy to ‘transform care at the bedside.’

410. 3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/breadth-and-focus.html
     July 01, 2021 - Primary care improvement and transformation. … Primary care improvement and transformation in the IHS system. … Primary care improvement in community health centers. … and TEP participants noted that a hallmark of AHRQ-sponsored research is its focus on systems-based improvement … Although IHS has a focus on quality improvement for the Indian health care system it supports, the agency

411. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/cellulitis-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - The red bars show improvement in local inflammation. … The green bars show both cessation of lesion spread and improvement in inflammation. … Similar findings can be noted for improvement of local inflammation. … But, when these variables are combined in the third green bar, overall improvement is generally not … Think about areas for improvement in your practice and in your hospital.

412. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - advancing toward their decarbonization commitments, AHRQ contracted with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement … the contribution of diagnostic error to maternal morbidity and mortality, explains the rationale for improvement

413. Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/addressing-historical-racism.html
     April 01, 2021 - As a Federal health research and care delivery improvement agency, we believe we can contribute to solutions … professionals in their effort to achieve equity through our work in health services research, practice improvement

414. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement. Overall Rating on Patient Safety. … assessed by multiple survey items to enable reliable measurement and facilitate patient safety culture improvement

415. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 18, 2023 - Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing January 10, 2023 Open Communication, Involvement in Quality Improvement … December 20, 2022 AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement

416. AHRQ SHARE Approach Training and Implementation Success Story (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/shareddecisionmaking/success-stories/share_approach_success_story4_anthem-shu.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - consultant for New York-based health care providers under contract with Anthem, helping them with quality improvement … Shared decisionmaking is a core tenet of Anthem’s patient-centered care model for quality improvement

417. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/index.html
     April 01, 2024 - Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal intensive care unit to reduce harm … Design and develop improvement strategies to prevent AEs using a systems-based human-centered design … Develop pragmatic performance and improvement measures. … Researchers will use swimlane diagrams to analyze for areas of improvement. … The learning lab will leverage an interdisciplinary team of clinical and systems improvement experts.

418. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length … combination of objective criteria: Deterioration in respiratory status after a period of stability or improvement … Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length … Control and Prevention Epicenters’ Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative 14 What : Prospective quality improvement … Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length

419. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2013 - The report reduces the need to manually compile these data and enhances quality improvement monitoring … (DON), nurse managers, nursing supervisors Nursing leadership meeting Department heads Quality improvement … review DON or Assistant DON, nurse manager, dietitian, Rehab director, quality improvement director … meeting Administrator, DON or Assistant DON, nurse managers, dietitian, Rehab director, quality improvement … nurse, infection control nurse Nursing leadership Department heads, medical director Quality improvement

420. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
     December 01, 2020 - Findings • Access: From 2000 through 2016-2018, more than half (11 of 20) of access measures showed improvement … , 25% (5 of 20) did not show improvement, and 20% (4 of 20) showed worsening. … • Quality: Quality of healthcare improved overall from 2000 through 2018, but the pace of improvement … priority area and examples of large disparities, disparities worsening over time, and disparities showing improvement