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361. Building State Capacity Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/interim-reports.html
     August 01, 2025 - The report describes quality improvement support strategies that cooperatives used to improve heart health … in practices, how the cooperatives and quality improvement programs will be sustained after the project … facilitators to establishing cooperatives and recruiting primary care practices to participate in care improvement … It also details the processes grantees used to provide quality improvement support services using practice … importance of early and ongoing engagement with payers to ensure alignment of incentives with quality improvement

362. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/introduction.html
     July 01, 2021 - and Adolescents Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure Key Driver Diagrams Quality Improvement … This toolkit includes materials to support users in working towards improvement in the safe and judicious … , Options that states, plans, providers, and patients and their families can apply during process improvement … Quality Improvement Strategies . Other Resources . … Process improvement teams can reference the key driver diagrams  to brainstorm and implement change

363. Diagnostic Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology10.html
     April 01, 2025 - Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis Introduction Perspectives on Diagnostic Improvement … Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence Clarification in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement … Terminology and Language Used by Patients and Caregivers Evolving Methods and the Future of Diagnostic Improvement … Shifting to a mindset of continuous improvement reframes challenges as opportunities to evolve systems … A reframed focus on the positives does not equate to ignoring opportunities for improvement.

364. A New Model of Tracheostomy Care: Closing the Research–Practice Gap (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Clair.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - The focus of the project is adapting the hospital’s existing performance improvement model to better … To address these issues, the Nursing Performance Improvement and Nursing Research Departments entered … to quality improvement, to performance improvement. … for a fundamental change in the performance improvement process at WRAMC. … Research utilization became the cornerstone of all nursing performance improvement projects.

365. Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group Environmental Scan (pdf file)
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     March 27, 2025 - McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement • Stephanie Mercado, … Adjacent topics are those that are needed to support safety science, such as continuous improvement, … Tools for Improvement and Implementation Safety Science- Adjacent • Continuous Improvement Methodologies … Improvement/Associates in Process Improvement IHI Tool: Change Concepts Worksheet 2019 A tool … for quality improvement teams to facilitate the generation of change ideas.

366. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Monitor and Sustain Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-monitor.pdf
     April 20, 2021 - The work of this stage focuses on setting up a plan for maintaining the improvement clinics have made … work to less intensive continuous improvement and sustainability … Who Should Attend Opioid improvement team Relevant Materials To Bring to This Meeting Agenda … Celebrate progress and make a plan for any areas that present an opportunity for improvement. … Staffing Your opioid improvement team has been instrumental in keeping this work moving forward.

367. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - 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.

368. Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Dissemination and Implementation of Innovations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-ok.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - In Oklahoma, primary care extension is grounded in a history of primary care practice improvement through … through the development of County Health Improvement Organizations (CHIOs). … Startup grants offered incentives for quality improvement work in the practices. … County-based efforts catalyzed group quality improvement among local physicians and brought diverse … Arkansas has a strong quality improvement environment in terms of reimbursement incentives, support

369. Ps-Privacy-Factsheet (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-privacy-factSheet.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - Privacy, Security, Confidentiality, and Privilege Considerations for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement … with the appropriate point of contact in your organization to: Confirm that all participants in the improvement … in planning any patient safety or quality improvement activity is psychological safety. … Confidentiality and privilege protections for patient safety and quality improvement work are often … ■ Additional Federal confidentiality and privilege laws apply to certain improvement activities

370. System Redesign Responses to Challenges in Safety-Net Systems (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - The goal of savvy improvement leaders at study sites is to spread and diffuse improvement so that the … Process Improvement Challenges Process improvement challenges facing safety-net systems include:  …  Improvement fatigue. …  Process improvement. … Process improvement tools: Study sites selected and used a variety of process improvement approaches

371. State at a Glance: Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/vt.html
     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State's own design. … To support the practices and their involvement in Blueprint activities and quality improvement efforts … Testing an Approach to Quality Improvement of Vermont's Own Design Vermont aims to support 20 States … , including Maine , in development of a sustainable State Improvement Partnership (IP) and to evaluate … The proposed IP model and national network of IP States, the National Improvement Partnership Network

372. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g2_pdi_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - in Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides (Tool G.1). … Glossary Glossary of Improvement Terms A glossary of common improvement terminology. … area, or evaluate an improvement project. … • Generate ideas for process improvement and innovation. … a change is an improvement?)

373. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/g2_combo_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Glossary Glossary of Improvement Terms A glossary of common improvement terminology. http://www.ihi.org … area, or evaluate an improvement project. … • Generate ideas for process improvement and innovation. … a change is an improvement?) … Improvement Tracker Monitor the impact of an innovation.

374. Putting Quality Measures to Work: Lessons from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2016 - figure illustrates that states aimed to calculate measures then use those measures to drive quality improvement … The figure also indicates that states used measures to drive quality improvement by (1) reporting results … to stakeholders, (2) aligning quality improvement priorities, and (3) supporting provider-level improvement … Make it possible to compare states, regions, and health plans Identify QI priorities and track improvement … $5,000 per percentage point improvement $25,000 per measure; $100,000 per provider 8 high priority

375. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/introduction.html
     July 01, 2021 - Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources This toolkit presents a children's health … may be used at the state-level for public reporting, public health/disease surveillance, and quality improvement … Health plans may use the measure for public reporting and quality improvement efforts within the organization … Quality Improvement Strategies . Improvement Data . Other Resources .

376. Module 1: PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview.pptx
     May 01, 2017 - Institute for Healthcare Improvement blog. http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs. … The hard part: Holding improvement gains. Quality Progress. … Sustaining Improvement. … The hard part: Holding improvement gains. Quality Progress. … Sustaining Improvement.

377. CAHPS 101 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-05-edgman-levitan.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - • Quality improvement • Public reporting • Value-based payment • Recognition and certification • … peers - Detect trends - Deeper focus on item-level results Identify strengths and areas in need of improvement … challenges Employ targeted strategies to improve patient experience 28 CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement … design and administration ► Best practices for public reporting, value-based purchasing, and quality improvement … Using CAHPS Surveys To Improve Patient Experience CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide Use of Survey

378. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-ginsberg.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Ginsberg AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP, Director, CAHPS & SOPS Center for Quality Improvement … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems • Program advancing the understanding, measurement, and improvement … of measuring PE and collecting PE data − informative reporting of patient experience data − Quality improvement … Collecting patient experience data using narrative protocols for purposes of facilitating quality improvement

379. Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) - Ginsberg (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Ginsberg AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP, Director, CAHPS & SOPS Center for Quality Improvement … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems • Program advancing the understanding, measurement, and improvement … of measuring PE and collecting PE data − informative reporting of patient experience data − Quality improvement … Collecting patient experience data using narrative protocols for purposes of facilitating quality improvement

380. Module 8: Organizational Learning and Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes8.html
     August 01, 2022 - After the resolution of a CANDOR event, information is fed into an organization’s performance improvement … metrics, which allows for improvement of CANDOR processes, and prevention of similar harm events in … 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. … Shared sense of the systems to be improved —The entire CANDOR process fosters a culture of improvement