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9941. Content Calls for the Nationwide Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2013 - Content Calls for the Nationwide Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) These webinars occurred during first national CUSP implementation project where hospital teams pioneered the use of CUSP. That project focused on reducing central line-associated blood stream infections, Becaus…

9942. Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2013 - Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) The CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.  The OMB Control Num…

9943. Health Plan and Sickle Cell Clinic Communication Process and Meeting Planning (2c.6) (pdf file)
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      February 04, 2021 - Health Plan and Sickle Cell Clinic Communication Process and Meeting Planning (2c.6) Health Plan and Sickle Cell Clinic Communication Process and Meeting Planning (2c.6) This diagram illustrates the process for communications between clinic and health plan staff to ensure patients with SCD are receiving appropriate…

9944. Module 3: Communication
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      January 13, 2022 - Module 3: Communication Module 3 Communication To Improve Diagnosis TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis Improvement … Welcome to the TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement Course. … part of a team should follow the Self-Paced Learner’s Roadmap found on the TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement … questions, and other activities, participants can use results from these activities to help shape local improvement … The TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement modules are: Introduction. Diagnostic Team Structure.

9945. Module 4: Systems Change: Preparing and Understanding Your Data To Foster Systems Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2022 - , and the value of monitoring data so it can be used to make system refinements and promote further improvement … Topics covered in this module include: Explaining data and the value it brings to planned improvement … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Worksheet . … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Project Planning Form . Accessed July 1, 2021. … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit .

9946. Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2022 - increase organizational improvement capacity. … Development and testing of the Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey (SQuIPS) . … Assessing Quality Improvement Team Processes - A Meeting Observation Tool. … Challenges in patient safety improvement research in the era of electronic health records . … Development and testing of the Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey (SQuIPS) .

9947. Training Program Summary: Practice Coach Training for the North Carolina AHEC Practice Support Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2014 - Clinical improvement consulting. … guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures specific to hypertension improvement 4 IVD … lipid control improvement 4 Tobacco dependence change package—clinical guidelines, improvement … guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures specific to hypertension improvement IVD lipid control … improvement Tobacco dependence change package—clinical guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures

9948. ONC Agency Specific Plan for the 2014 National Quality Strategy (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - ONC Agency Specific Plan for the 2014 National Quality Strategy National Strategy for Quality Improvement … Practice transformation and health IT enabled quality improvement requires both clinical decision support … The Office of the National Coordinator envisions an electronic health records quality improvement feedback … Human Services Entrepreneurs Program for multi-stakeholder public–private collaboration and process improvement … Services’ quality measurement and reporting enterprise. 1 National Strategy for Quality Improvement

9949. Idaho Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocols for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement … The 60-page guide details how to start, implement, evaluate, and sustain a quality improvement strategy … According to team leader, Nolan Bybee, RRT, Performance Improvement Director, "There was also significant … Administrative support for quality has grown, physician engagement in quality improvement efforts is … increasing, and additional resources are being committed to care process improvement."

9950. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 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* Confidential … Recognition that health care quality is not where we as a Nation want it to be, and the pace of improvement … effectively integrate clinical advances into routine medical practice; The reality that collective improvement … that physicians’ awareness of their own performance builds a critical and necessary foundation for improvement

9951. An Overview of the CANDOR Process
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      August 20, 2015 - Supports continuous learning and improvement. … Many models in the literature define the steps of change that lead to a sustainable improvement. … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement identified six common elements of sustainability. … Build systems for collecting process, outcome, and quality improvement activity data. … Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008. Accessed March 22, 2014.

9952. Final Progress Report: Virtual Healthcare Environments Versus Traditional Interactive Team Training (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - 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

9953. National Center for Pediatric Practice-Based Research and Learning (C-PRL) (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2015 - Practice-based quality improvement/research networks: Full speed forward. … /Quality-Improvement-Innovation-Networks/Pages/Practice-Improvement-Networks-Projects.aspx http://www.aap.org … /en-us/professional-resources/practice-support/quality-improvement/Quality-Improvement-Innovation-Networks … /quality-improvement/Quality-Improvement-Innovation-Networks/Pages/Safe-and-Healthy-Beginnings-Improvement-Project.aspx … http://www.aap.org/en-us/professional-resources/practice-support/quality-improvement/Quality-Improvement-Innovation-Networks

9954. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (pdf file)
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      October 28, 2009 - engagement • Assessing patient- and family-centered care practices at your hospital • Quality improvement … Available at: http://www.ipfcc.org/pdf/getting_started.pdf Institute for Healthcare Improvement … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care … Its Web site for providers contains resources and improvement tools to promote health care quality and … related to quality improvement along with links to quality information for consumers.

9955. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)
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      March 01, 2017 - An improvement that has become part of the organizational culture and has been maintained regardless … of workforce turnover is an example of a sustained improvement. … Due to the high level of variability in health care, quality improvement must be continuously integrated … · Are other quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) initiatives aligned? … Most importantly, Baptist uses this data to refine its improvement plan.

9956. Strengthening National Efforts to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - Hines Abstract National improvement campaigns to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are … Factors that affect which initiatives and parts of the improvement campaign will be rapidly adopted and … effort will yield and whether the improvement effort will be viable. … Cambridge (MA): Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006. … The checklist—a tool for error management and performance improvement.

9957. Strengthening National Efforts to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - Hines Abstract National improvement campaigns to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are … Factors that affect which initiatives and parts of the improvement campaign will be rapidly adopted and … effort will yield and whether the improvement effort will be viable. … Cambridge (MA): Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006. … The checklist—a tool for error management and performance improvement.

9958. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2016 - The Framework for Improvement Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery Chapter 3. … . 37 That guide was based on success in VTE prevention 38-41 and quality improvement principles at … The purpose of that publication and this update is to assist hospital improvement teams to close the … The basic principles and essential elements to reach breakthrough levels of improvement in care have … A proven quality improvement (QI) framework to coordinate steps toward breakthrough improvement.

9959. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2016 - The Framework for Improvement Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery Chapter 3. … . 37 That guide was based on success in VTE prevention 38-41 and quality improvement principles at … The purpose of that publication and this update is to assist hospital improvement teams to close the … The basic principles and essential elements to reach breakthrough levels of improvement in care have … A proven quality improvement (QI) framework to coordinate steps toward breakthrough improvement.

9960. Planning for Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - Consider the types of resources that will be needed for long-term maintenance of your improvement efforts … Managers can use this information as the basis for improvement of the work unit; evaluation of individual … Methods for problems solvable at the front line and skill in improvement methods. … "Sustainability: Ensuring continuity in improvement." … Institute for Healthcare Improvement [White paper]. 2005. 8 Go to, e.g., Shook J.