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401. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon1-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - science, improvement science, and education; and partners capable of disseminating research and … networks Key Words: Pediatrics, Improvement Networks, Pharmacogenomics, Safety, Quality Improvement … From the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease Quality Improvement Task Force. … ImproveCareNow: The development of a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease improvement network. … Development of process and outcome measures for improvement: lessons learned in a quality improvement

402. Using CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/using-data/index.html
     December 01, 2023 - 5: Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience of the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement … and Specialty Care After using survey results to identify aspects of patient experience in need of improvement … CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide The  CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide  (PDF, 156 KB … Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using CAHPS® Surveys. … How Two Provider Groups Are Using the CAHPS ®  Clinician & Group Survey for Quality Improvement  (PDF

403. National Quality Strategy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/NQS_overview_slides-2017.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - public and private stakeholders and provides an opportunity to align quality measures and quality improvement … – Continued improvement in Quality of health care, but wide variation exists across the National … Promote cardiovascular health through community interventions that result in improvement of social, … Promote healthy living and well-being through community interventions that result in improvement of … A medical leadership institution may incorporate quality improvement principles in their training.

404. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Oklahoma Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-ok.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality improvement … Construct an effective, sustainable Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Cooperative (OPHIC) that … 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

405. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a4_pdi_casestudy.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Case Study of Using the Pediatric QI Toolkit for Quality Improvement … Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus The nursing staff at Lurie Children’s Hospital had … Lead staff for improvement project Sangeeta Schroeder, M.D., hospitalist Lee Budin, M.D., medical … (Tool D.1), helped to get the team’s buy- in early in the quality improvement process. … Abstract Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus How the Pediatric QI Toolkit Was Used

406. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/evaluation/publications/supplement.html
     August 01, 2018 - Use of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small- to Medium-Size U.S. … Use of quality improvement strategies among small- to medium-size US primary care practices. … Practice facilitators' and leaders' perspectives on a facilitated quality improvement program. … Engaging Primary Care Practices in Studies of Improvement: Budgeting for Practice Recruitment In this … Engaging primary care practices in studies of improvement: budgeting for practice recruitment.

407. Module 4: Observation and Integration - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation-fac-notes.html
     June 01, 2017 - by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, or IHI.  … This is true of nearly all improvement work of course. … How will we know that a change is improvement ? … What can we change to make an improvement ? … Target improvement discussions and projects accordingly.

408. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
     March 01, 2013 - external reporting requirements, but are suggested to support internal health care organization quality improvement … The expected rates of improvement are shown in Table 1 . 30-day readmission rate. 30-day all-cause … Percentage of care transitions in the targeted area for which interventions show improvement. … Expected rates of improvement Measure Expected Improvement 30-day readmissions 2 percentage … For the purpose of quality improvement, the raw rates of rehospitalization are probably sufficient.

409. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
     March 01, 2013 - external reporting requirements, but are suggested to support internal health care organization quality improvement … The expected rates of improvement are shown in Table 1 . 30-day readmission rate. 30-day all-cause … Percentage of care transitions in the targeted area for which interventions show improvement. … Expected rates of improvement Measure Expected Improvement 30-day readmissions 2 percentage … For the purpose of quality improvement, the raw rates of rehospitalization are probably sufficient.

410. Vermont State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/vtstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 -  Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State’s own design. … 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 …  Have Improvement Partnerships (IPs) made measurable improvements in the quality of children’s health

411. Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/donahue.html
     August 01, 2018 - Program (previously known as the Improving Performance in Practice Program) is a statewide quality improvement … (QI) initiative that provided primary care practices with onsite improvement coaches, tools, and resources … QI Consultants helped set goals for practice improvement, trained staff on QI methodology, and assisted … Model for Improvement. … Of these, 18 practices also had a high level of improvement in clinical measures, and 10 had low improvement

412. Colorado State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/costateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement …  Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … Colorado will hire and support quality improvement coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop and … implement a quality improvement strategy tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve

413. New Mexico State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nmstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement …  Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … New Mexico will hire and support quality improvement coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop … and implement a quality improvement strategy tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve

414. Appendix D: Additional Readings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/appendix-d.html
     April 01, 2020 - several common factors that contributed to hospitals' success with the implementation of patient flow improvement … Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Patient Flow Improvement Strategies Kevin Van Dyke … Hospital Quality Improvement: Strategies and Lessons from U.S. … Success strengthens commitment to quality improvement and turns this temporal pattern into an ongoing … The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Improving Organizational Performance Gerald J.

415. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/introduction.html
     August 01, 2021 - Introduction Overview About Measure Specifications and Reporting Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources This toolkit presents a children's health … Tracking quality and improvement across pediatric settings. … Quality Improvement Strategies . Improvement Data . Other Resources .

416. Best Practices for Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Ginsberg Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/best-practices-survey-administration-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 6 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … • Initiated and funded by AHRQ since 2001 to advance the understanding, measurement, and improvement … Actionable for improvement purposes 5. … safety culture Raise staff awareness about patient safety Identify strengths and areas for improvement

417. Materials by Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - Materials by Topic Following are selected COVID-19 nursing home safety and quality improvement … topics including preventing the spread of COVID-19, vaccination, leadership, management and quality improvement … Leadership, Management, and Quality Improvement Nursing home administrators and others may benefit … from specific resources that address quality improvement, strategies related to management and leadership

418. Final Progress Report: Understanding the implementation of new practices in healthcare organizations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/nembhard-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Initial-phase improvement. … In our first model for each dependent variable (i.e., initial-phase improvement and later-phase improvement … figure below. 2008-2010 improvement: Hospital improvement in percentage of patients with STEMI … on Quality Improvement in Health Care. … Initial phase improvement.

419. Final Progress Report: Rural Healthcare Quality Network (RHQN) – AHRQ Grant Pre-Intervention Study Results (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/huck-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - attitudes and practices regarding best practice guidelines and information technology for quality improvement … • Survey topics included: – Leadership support for quality improvement – Hospital environment – … QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Interventions Each participating hospital was invited to send staff to a quality … improvement workshop hosted by the RHQN. … The purpose of the workshops was to introduce frontline staff to quality improvement methodology.

420. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) - Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-SOPS_101_Webcast-GINSBERG.pdf
     September 01, 2020 - Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … . 7 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … and use best methods for development and testing • Advances the understanding, measurement, and improvement … 9 National Steering Committee on Patient Safety • Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement