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581. Medical Home Transformation in Pediatric Primary Care--What Drives Change? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-cooley.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - McAllister, BSN, MS, MHA Institution: Center for Medical Home Improvement, Crotched Mountain Foundation … The practices used quality improvement (QI) techniques and other strategies to enhance care coordination … Results of Transformation Efforts Sustained gains in key PCMH domains were evidenced by a 21 percent improvement … score across all 12 practices at the end of the learning collaborative, and an additional 13 percent improvement … Coordination” and “Chronic Condition Management,” followed by “Organization Capacity” and “Quality Improvement

582. AHRQ Webcast Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 - Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2-ginsberg-sops-hospital-survey-2-0-webcast.pdf
     June 01, 2020 - AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Program Caren Ginsberg, PhD Center for Quality Improvement … • 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 … ► the collection of data and informative reporting of patient safety culture data ► patient safety improvement

583. Advancing Heart Health Research and Results: What We've Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Access increased capacity for quality improvement after EvidenceNOW  (PDF, 662 KB). … care researchers and providers across the United States who are interested in primary care practice improvement … Whether practices expand their capacity for quality improvement and implementation of new evidence into … The national evaluation will also examine: How each cooperative implements its quality improvement … interactions with other organizations (e.g., EHR vendors, local Regional Extension Centers, and Quality Improvement

584. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/putoolkit_module2_tools.docx
     February 16, 2011 - Prevention Toolkit Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit Module 2 Tools 2A: Multidisciplinary Team 2B: Quality Improvement … Quality Improvement Process Assessment Question No Somewhat Yes (fully operational) 1. … Are managers and employees evaluated for their performance improvement efforts (i.e., is performance … improvement in their job descriptions)? … Set target goals for improvement. QI department Within 8 weeks from initiative start 4.

585. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - Science of Improvement: Testing Changes. … Decide which of several proposed changes will lead to desired improvement Evaluate how much improvement … Science of Improvement: Testing Changes. … Science of Improvement: Testing Changes. … Science of Improvement: Testing Changes.

586. Overview (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE FACILITATION TRAINING PROGRAMS As part of its ongoing commitment to practice improvement … practices become patient-centered medical homes, but they can also help practices in more general quality improvement … Director - East Coast, HealthTeamWorks Kelly Bowland, M.S.M., Education and Training Manager/Quality Improvement … Fillmore College North Carolina Area Health Edu- cation Center Organization type Nonprofit quality improvement … updated and refined over time Adapted to internal staff needs Sample areas of training Quality improvement

587. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
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     October 01, 2015 - Endorse the PDIs as a tool for implementing and monitoring improvement. … To be successful, improvement efforts within hospitals need to have attention and active support from … This support will help to motivate our staff to engage fully in improvement activities. … Consider adding a descriptive title (e.g., “Opportunities for improvement in 5 PDIs”). … Identify priorities for quality improvement. Establish goals and performance targets.

588. Facilitator Guide: Turn Data Into Action (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Slide 1 Using Safety Culture Survey Results for Improvement SAY: Specifically, consider how your team … Debriefing is important because it turns data into information and helps accelerate improvement. … Studies show that debriefing survey results matters for improvement. … improvement plans. … It is a critical part of accelerating your team’s improvement efforts.

589. Appendix 1. Advantages of sharing “unblinded” performance data within a team, practice, or network* | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - Part Two: Design of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems Part Three: Three Strategies for Continuous Improvement … Performance improvement messaging for physicians: lessons from market research* While … Unblinded data allowed users to identify areas needing improvement, identify those in their practice … Atlas, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Primary Care Research & Quality Improvement Network, and Charlotte Ward … , M.P.H., System Innovation Analyst, Primary Care Operations Improvement Program.

590. A3 Combo Selfassessment (doc file)
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     June 27, 2014 - checklist, you can highlight capabilities that should be in place within your hospital before implementing improvement … for Change Management, to evaluate how ready your organizational infrastructure is to support quality improvement … This tool helps you assess how prepared the hospital organization is to implement improvement initiatives … Role in Quality Improvement Please indicate which of the following describe your role in quality improvement … efforts at your institution (check all that apply) |_| Senior leadership |_| Quality improvement team

591. Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 -  Regional multi-stakeholder health care improvement collaboratives. … https://cahps.ahrq.gov/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html. … https://cahps.ahrq.gov/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html https://pbrn.ahrq.gov … Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement Web site. http://www.nrhi.org/. … Performance improvement messaging for physicians: lessons from market research*

592. PowerPoint Presentation
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     April 15, 2012 - Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006.] … Bethesda, MD: USAID Health Care Improvement Project; September 2010. www.hciproject.org/node/1650. … Applying the Science of Improvement to Daily Work. Chicago: HRET; 2012. 6. … Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Knowledge Center. … Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006.

593. Appendix F. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2014 - One noted that the measure has room for improvement when compared to commercial rates. … that although the evidence for improvability was lacking, they also credited the measure for driving improvement … SNAC members believe that the importance and potential for improvement is strong, but an improved measure … Similar to the other well-child visit measures, this measure shows room for improvement, particularly … Several SNAC members noted that it is unclear whether there is room for improvement, and results may

594. Chapter 7. What’s Next? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/mosurv14chap7.html
     June 01, 2014 - Develop an understanding of your medical office's key strengths and areas for improvement. … Are there different areas for improvement for different medical office staff? … Step # 3: Develop Focused Action Plans Once areas for patient safety culture improvement have been … It requires publicly recognizing those individuals and units that take action to drive improvement. … This step is critical to realizing patient safety culture improvement.

595. CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture … Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006.] … Ongoing improvement efforts. Other priorities.  Return to Contents   Slide 8. … Bethesda, MD: USAID Health Care Improvement Project; September 2010. … Applying the Science of Improvement to Daily Work. Chicago: HRET; 2012.

596. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ 6 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … . 8 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … Program • Initiated and funded by AHRQ since 2001 to advance the understanding, measurement, and improvement … about patient safety culture Assess patient safety culture to identify strengths and areas for improvement

597. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - document, and test small changes, through the use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, that lead to improvement … Using PDSA To Improve Performance Upon identifying opportunities for improvement, develop and execute … tools you may implement to systematically address opportunities for improvement your team has identified … Example: Improvement in staff knowledge related to: Indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) ☐ Clinical indications … Monitor progress on each opportunity for improvement regularly.

598. Management Practices for Sustainability Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2017 - The image shows how these elements are mutually reenforcing to effect sustained improvement. … Slide 6: Apply the Model for Improvement To Improve Your Problem Solving What are you trying to … How will you know that a change is an improvement? … What can you change to make an improvement? … Slide 7: Apply the Model for Improvement To Improve Your Problem Solving–2 Plan: Lay out the specifications

599. Toolkit Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - It also explains how to use tools such as checklist templates, quality improvement study frameworks, … Teams Patient and Family Engagement Sustainability Training and Tools for Sustaining Improvement … developed to help ambulatory surgery centers sustain the gains achieved through implementing this quality improvement … Management Practices for Sustainability : These modules, developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

600. Presentation: Turning Data Into Action
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     December 01, 2017 - efforts. 1 USING SAFETY CULTURE SURVEY RESULTS FOR IMPROVEMENT AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery – … Debriefing is important because it turns data into information and helps accelerate improvement. … Studies show that debriefing survey results matters for improvement. … improvement plans. … It is a critical part of accelerating your team’s improvement efforts.