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361. Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/key-driver.html
     September 01, 2021 - Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The following three Key Driver Diagrams … Provider groups had very limited resources to devote to quality improvement efforts in general, and to … Clinic performance data was shared and improvement plans were developed. … Examples of this activity are provided in the Improvement Data section of this toolkit. … QMETRIC also shared health plan performance data and discussed improvement strategies.

362. EvidenceNOW: Oklahoma Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/oklahoma.html
     March 01, 2021 - initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality improvement … These conversations will lead to a quality improvement plan. … Participation in a collaboration website and listserv to support ongoing quality improvement. … Oklahoma made these observations about working with practices on quality improvement: Relationships … "The success of the H2O project depends on the collaboration among health systems, quality improvement

363. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology1.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 … as the potential for different stakeholders to have different goals or perspectives for diagnostic improvement … depending on the paradigm, orientation, and purpose, through which we can view diagnosis and diagnostic improvement

364. Final Progress Report: Virtual Healthcare Environments Versus Traditional Interactive Team Training (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/taekman-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - There was a trend for improvement in the MBS condition (p=0.11). … We then compared the degree of improvement across training conditions by comparing immediate improvement … improvement (R=-0.60, p<0.001) and long-term improvement (R=-0.65, p<0.001). … The top 18% showed no improvement over time. … The greatest rates of improvement were on the order of 20% on the SAFE- Teams scale, with a median improvement

365. Human Resources Issues (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Human_Resources_Transcript_2011_02_01.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - I’m Lise Rybowski from the Severyn Group and I work on quality improvement projects for the CAHPS Yale … I have been a longtime advocate for the key roles HR plays in advancing quality improvement. … Slide 3 As I see it, there are three ways human resources can drive and support quality improvement … So being a role model of quality improvement in action throughout HR. … survey results for quality improvement.

366. Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Dissemination and Implementation of Innovations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-ok.html
     April 01, 2015 - Care Extension in Oklahoma AHRQ's IMPaCT grants were designed to support State-level primary care improvement … 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. … Arkansas: Arkansas currently has two quality improvement initiatives active at the State level that

367. Key Driver 6: Nurture Leadership and Create A Culture of Continuous Learning and Evidence-Based Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/nuture-leadership.html
     November 01, 2018 - Identify and support champions for learning, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement within … This is in addition to the reviews done by the practice’s quality improvement and clinical teams. … (Go to  Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into … Provide organizational and leadership support for evidence-based practice and quality improvement Like … (Go to  Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into

368. 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

369. Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to Know - Huben (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/4-2023hcbs-survey-webcast-huben.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Consultant, The Lewin Group 21 Helpful Resources • AHRQ CAHPS Guidance • AHRQ Guide to Quality Improvement … Lewin.com https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hcbs/index.html https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement … /improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html https://www.medicaid.gov/ https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid … promoted promising practices in HCBS CAHPS Survey implementation • Supported continuous quality improvement

370. HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - GINSBERG (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-ginsberg.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Ph.D., CPXP Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs Center for Quality Improvement … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems • CAHPS Program advances the understanding, measurement, improvement … patient experience −Measuring and collecting CAHPS data − Informative reporting of CAHPS data −Quality improvement … 10 Uses of CAHPS Surveys • Value-based purchasing • Public reporting • Accreditation • Quality improvement

371. Idaho State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/idstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 -  Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State’s own design. … The shared services model will support care coordination, practice coaching, quality improvement, and … Testing an Approach to Quality improvement of Idaho’s Own Design As part of the National Improvement … and hold cross‐State collaborative meetings with Utah’s improvement partnership on several topics, …  To what extent did the cross‐State Utah and Idaho improvement partnerships enhance quality of care

372. Healthlittoolkit2-Tool2A (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2-tool2a.docx
     June 02, 2025 - Prepare for Practice Change Doing Well Needs Improvement Not Doing Not Sure or N/A Tools to Help … ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 2-Create a Health Literacy Improvement Plan 13-Welcome Patients 3. … Our practice has a written Health Literacy Improvement Plan and collects data to see if objectives are … ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 2-Create a Health Literacy Improvement Plan 4. … ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 2-Create a Health Literacy Improvement Plan 2.

373. 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.

374. 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.

375. 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.

376. 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

377. State at a Glance: Utah | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ut.html
     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State's own design. … It is currently being used by improvement partnerships in five States. … Testing an Approach to Quality improvement of Utah's Own Design UPIQ continues its long tradition of … UPIQ is a founding member of the National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) and works with NIPN … for use in quality improvement projects among the 20 States with IPs.

378. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/curriculum/index.html
     February 01, 2022 - facilitators in the knowledge and skills needed to support the adoption of evidence and make meaningful improvement … Module 2: Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement ( PDF , 1.7 MB) Module 3: The … 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. … Module 8: Approaches to Quality Improvement ( PDF , 771.7 KB) Module 9: Using Appreciative Inquiry

379. 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

380. Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group Environmental Scan (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/healthcare-safety-competency-environmental-scan.pdf
     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.