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6681. Next Steps and a Call to Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions6.html
      June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action Next Steps and a Call to Action Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Actio…

6682. Health Applications for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2021 - Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments Health Applications for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in…

6683. Information for Specialty Audiences | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2018 - Information for Specialty Audiences Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Several of the Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals tools and archived Webinars may be of interest to the following audiences. The relevant toolkit information is organized by these audiences. Emergency Department (ED) Emerge…

6684. The Science of Safety:​ Principles in Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/science-of-safety.html
      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Science of Safety:​ Principles in Practice Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention …

6685. Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Vane.pdf
      February 01, 2005 - Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments 469 Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments Elizabeth A. P. Vane, Edward Drost, Daryl Elder, Yvonne Heib Abstract The United States Army per…

6686. 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

6687. 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*

6688. Module 1: Script and Slides (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview-facnotes.docx
      May 01, 2017 - for Sustainability, Module 1: Overview SAY: This module was created by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement … SLIDE 5 Title: What Does it Take To Sustain Improvement? … The testing was focused on one large center with a foundation of quality improvement, and one smaller … center with less training around quality improvement methods. … methods like the Model for Improvement, which the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has been teaching

6689. Vt-Spotlight (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.pdf
      July 01, 2015 - • Helping States develop improvement partnerships. … Vermont supported the development and expansion of improvement partnerships State improvement partnerships … With this support, NIPN— • Provided technical assistance to improvement partnerships in more than … • Reports from States: Vermont developed a paper that describes the work of the National Improvement … • NIPN provided valuable support to improvement partnerships in more than 20 States, but, without

6690. Spotlight on Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2015 - Helping States develop improvement partnerships. … Vermont supported the development and expansion of improvement partnerships State improvement partnerships … The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN), operated by the University of Vermont, helps States … With this support, NIPN— Provided technical assistance to improvement partnerships in more than 20 … Reports from States: Vermont developed a paper that describes the work of the National Improvement

6691. 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.

6692. Workshop A4 & B4: Building a Multi-Organizational QI Support System
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      September 01, 2014 - care at every visit Patient self-management support Risk stratification of patients Celebration of improvement … Using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to rapidly test improvement ideas NCQA PCMH Standards Linking with community … PCMH Improvement Steady and sustained improvement across all practices in all eight PCMH-A content areas … Clinical Improvement In the statewide aggregate, PA SPREAD practices achieved significant improvement … Diabetes outcome measures (A1c, BP, LDL) trended towards improvement but did not show statistical significance

6693. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a3_pdi_selfassessment.docx
      May 12, 2016 - 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

6694. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (pdf file)
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      May 12, 2016 - , you can highlight capabilities that should be in place within your hospital before implementing improvement … 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 … • We emphasize human behavior and work redesign as the keys to improvement. … Role in Quality Improvement Please indicate which of the following describe your role in quality improvement

6695. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a3_combo_selfassessment.pdf
      May 12, 2016 - , you can highlight capabilities that should be in place within your hospital before implementing improvement … This tool helps you assess how prepared the hospital organization is to implement improvement initiatives … • We emphasize human behavior and work redesign as the keys to improvement. … • We have undertaken quality improvement initiatives to address performance on one or more of … Role in Quality Improvement Please indicate which of the following describe your role in quality improvement

6696. West Virginia State at a Glance (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement … the initial core set of children’s quality measures while identifying measurement gaps and areas for improvement … impact of a model electronic health record format for children, and (5) test an approach to quality improvement … ) and personal health records (PHRs) and will modify the PHR developed by the West Virginia Health Improvement … West Virginia will provide coaching and technical assistance in quality improvement approaches, the

6697. Table 1. Summary of Model State Initiatives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - NC AHEC and CCNC offered practice facilitation on performance improvement, advanced care planning, meaningful … Primary Healthcare Extension System, made up of the CHIOs, received help from Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement … CHIOs engage in the development of County Health Improvement Plans and strategic prioritization processes … Program offered mini-grants to CHIOs for QI activities related to county health improvement objectives … AHEC = Area Health Education Center; CCNC = Community Care of North Carolina; CHIOs = County Health Improvement

6698. Table 1. Summary of Model State Initiatives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/model-summary.html
      February 01, 2017 - NC AHEC and CCNC offered practice facilitation on performance improvement, advanced care planning, meaningful … Primary Healthcare Extension System, made up of the CHIOs, received help from Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement … CHIOs engage in the development of County Health Improvement Plans and strategic prioritization processes … Program offered mini-grants to CHIOs for QI activities related to county health improvement objectives … AHEC = Area Health Education Center; CCNC = Community Care of North Carolina; CHIOs = County Health Improvement

6699. Methods (continued, 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - For example, hospitals have the ability to include items related to quality improvement initiatives in … is proactive, not reactive. 122,123 A culture conducive to quality improvement will encourage, if not … initiative, advocate for improvement, have relationships with clinical staff, disseminate data from … the initiative, and procure resources to support improvement. 132 The patient safety literature shows … Physician involvement in quality improvement and other initiatives can be critical to their success.

6700. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/key_drivers_descriptions.pdf
      February 01, 2019 - Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into practice … Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. … Once a practice chooses a QI approach and tools and sets improvement goals, it can identify and test … team that meets regularly Quality improvement is a team sport – improving quality is everyone’s job. … These include the Model for Improvement (focused on continuous change made by rapid cycle testing),