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7521. 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

7522. 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

7523. 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

7524. Module 1: Script and Slides (doc file)
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      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

7525. 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

7526. SimCare: A Model for Studying Physician Decisionmaking Activity (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - processes with respect to diabetes care, and identify both specific strengths and opportunities for improvement

7527. Tool 1: Readmission Data Analysis and Interpretation (xls file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Tool 1: Readmission Data Analysis and Interpretation Instructions Tool 1. Readmission Data Analysis and Interpretation Brief Description: A quantitative readmission analysis tool. Purpose: Analyze hospital administrative data to evaluate readmission patterns. Understanding readmission patterns is critical to design…

7528. Final Progress Report: Enhancing the Disclosure Of Medical Errors to Patients (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Enhancing the Disclosure Of Medical Errors to Patients FINAL REPORT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Title of Project: Enhancing The Disclosure Of Medical Errors To Patients Principal Investigator and Team Members: Thomas H. Gallagher, MD Carolyn Prouty, DVM Mary Lucas Organizati…

7529. Post-fielding Surveillance of a Guideline-based Decision Support System (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - Post-fielding Surveillance of a Guideline-based Decision Support System 331 Post-fielding Surveillance of a Guideline- based Decision Support System Albert S. Chan, Susana B. Martins, Robert W. Coleman, Hayden B. Bosworth, Eugene Z. Oddone, Michael G. Shlipak, Samson W. Tu, Mark A. Musen, Brian B. Hoffman, …

7530. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae 6-1 6. Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Authors: Elizabeth Gall, M.H.S., and Anna Long, M.P.H. Reviewer: Caroline Logan, Ph.D., and Pranita Tamma, M.D. Introduction Background Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteria…

7531. Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2020 - Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery Systems Research Slide Presentation by Jeff Alexander On February 16, Jeff Alexander made this slide presentation at the AHRQ Expert Meeting on the Challenge and Promise of Delivery System Research. Sign up: Quality Measure Tools Email updates Slide 1 Methods a…

7532. Overcoming Barriers to Medicine Adherence (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Overcoming Barriers to Medicine Adherence Overcoming Barriers to Medicine Adherence What Patients Might Say Possible Solutions My medicine makes me feel sick. Prescribe a substitute medication; change the dose. I feel fine. I don’t need any medicine. Explain in plain language how the medicine affects the bo…

7533. 113-Cleaning-Monitoring-Methods-One-Pager (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - In the patient care environment, quality of cleaning can be measured by which and what percentage of high-touch surfaces (HTS) are adequately cleaned and disinfected. Below, the four most common methods of monitoring are discussed, including their pros and cons. Observation1-3 · A supervisor or trained staff conducts …

7534. Albuquerque Police Department Uses AHRQ Resources for Crisis Intervention Team Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - Albuquerque Police Department Uses AHRQ Resources for Crisis Intervention Team Training Search All Impact Case Studies May 2017 In 2016, Albuquerque Police Department (APD) became the first law enforcement agency in the Nation to train its officers through videoconferencing with psychiatrists, based on the …

7535. 023-Optimizing-Evc-One-Pager (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - In the patient care environment, quality of cleaning is measured by which and what percentage of high-touch surfaces (HTSs) are adequately cleaned and disinfected. Below, the four most common methods of monitoring are discussed, including their pros and cons. Observation1-3 · A supervisor or trained staff conducts visu…

7536. A-1. CCRM Measurement framework | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-1. CCRM Measurement framework Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Potential Measure Development Methodology Potential Meas…

7537. A-4. Measure 1: Patient recall of referral to local agencies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-4. Measure 1: Patient recall of referral to local agencies Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Potential Measure Development…

7538. A-9. Measure 6: Clinician confidence in ability to instruct patient/family in proper use of local agency referral | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-9. Measure 6: Clinician confidence in ability to instruct patient/family in proper use of local agency referral Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive S…

7539. A-8. Measure 5: Clinician perception of parent interest in referral | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-8. Measure 5: Clinician perception of parent interest in referral Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Potential Measure Deve…

7540. A-6. Measure 3: Parental confidence in being able to use a local agency referral | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-6. Measure 3: Parental confidence in being able to use a local agency referral Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Potential…