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181. Discharge Instructions Quality: How the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Improved their Electronic Template for Family/ Caregiver Written Discharge Instructions (pdf file)
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     January 29, 2021 - Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital was one of eight … hospitals that participated in the 12-month Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement Project’s (P-HIP) … Lead staff for improvement project Kelly Wood, MD Kirstin Manges, MSN, PhD Quality measure Family … Process As with all improvement projects, forming an effective team is a crucial step. … Dr Manges was able to support the quality improvement and conceptualization of the work, and able to

182. Creative Strategies to Improving Patient Care Experience Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2019 - For example, process improvement. … Creative ideas for patient experience improvement abound. … Is your workforce dissatisfied with improvement? … And the staff have an opportunity to contribute to improvement. … How do we embed improvement into daily life?

183. AHRQ’s Core Competencies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cpi/corecompetencies/index.html
     September 01, 2019 - Practice Improvement AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and frontline clinicians … decision makers understand how the US healthcare system is working and where there are opportunities for improvement

184. EvidenceNOW: Ohio Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-OH-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - partners that collectively have the resources, skills, and commitment to support primary care practice improvement … The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality improvement … broader and sustainable external QI support infrastructure by linking Ohio’s three Regional Health Improvement … factors associated with greater improvements in cardiovascular care at the heart healthy quality improvement … project and Cooperative that is focused on accelerating statewide CVD improvement structure.and reducing

185. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality improvement … Goal Alabama’s Heart Health Improvement Project (HHIP) is designed to build primary care quality improvement … Alabama Cooperative Approach The Heart Health Improvement Project will use a three- pronged approach … including: (1) practice facilitation and technical assistance; (2) improvement through data transparency … Evaluation Alabama’s Heart Health Improvement Project evaluation plan will examine the effectiveness

186. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Safety Awareness Week 2019 AHRQ Summit and Roundtable on Research Priorities for Patient Safety Improvement … Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual health observance sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement … Safety Awareness Week Activities Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., former Director of the Center for Quality Improvement … Jeff Brady M.D. , Director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, on LinkedIn. … Learn more about AHRQ's work in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement .

187. AHRQ-Sponsored Continuing Education Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - Quality Improvement Patient Self-Management Support: Recertification Project for Clinicians (MOC Part … help clinicians (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners) design and implement a quality improvement … several external resources on self-management support to aid clinicians in developing their quality improvement … Project for Diversely Trained Clinicians (MOC Part IV & PA-QI) —AHRQ developed an evidence-based practice improvement … diversified clinicians (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners) design and implement a quality improvement

188. Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/index.html
     July 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … Children and Adolescents Key Driver Diagrams       Key Driver Diagrams for Target Measures Quality Improvement … Strategies       Change Ideas to Improve Target Measure Performance       Quality Improvement in Action … This toolkit was developed by the National Collaborative for Improvement in Quality Measures (NCINQ),

189. State Snapshots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2021 - State-specific healthcare quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement … Pinpoint statewide healthcare quality weaknesses to better target improvement initiatives. … States more accurately identify their strengths and weaknesses, thereby highlighting targeted areas for improvement … The State Snapshots can be of great value to you in your quality improvement efforts if you are interested … Do you know how this tool interfaces with other AHRQ products, such as the Asthma Care Quality Improvement

190. EvidenceNOW Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/index.html
     September 01, 2022 - lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement … Learn how external quality improvement support helps primary care practices improve the way they work … partners who collectively have the resources, skills, and commitment to support primary care practice improvement … At its core it will use the EvidenceNOW model of primary care practice improvement support. … also focus on increasing integration between primary care and specialty care practices and aligning improvement

191. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
     December 01, 2017 - 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. … use of the QI Toolkit for improvement Describes tools used by the hospitals to improve performance … Implementation Methods Slide 42 Improvement Methods Overview (Tool D.1.) … Any suggestions for future quality improvement tools?

192. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/index.html
     September 01, 2021 - prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident and family engagement, quality improvement … , and sustainability to guide your facility through implementing an improvement project to reduce HAIs … Toolkit The toolkit is organized into three main sections that your facility can use to implement an improvement … Sections Each section contains customizable resources that your facility can use to implement an improvement … project, the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI, which involved a national quality improvement

193. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/overview.html
     July 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … Introduction Overview About Measure Specifications and Reporting Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare … Child HCAHPS allows for the tracking of quality improvement within individual hospitals and for the comparison

194. About This Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/guide/about.html
     September 01, 2020 - Español FAQs Home Health Literacy Health Literacy Improvement … topics in this section Health Literacy About Health Literacy Health Literacy Improvement … Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit About This Guide General Toolkit Guidance Path to Improvement … Review both documents side-by-side prior to starting health literacy-related quality improvement (QI) … In Section 2, Path to Improvement , we address Tools 1 through 3, which are aimed at helping practices

195. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/overview.html
     August 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources This NQF-endorsed measure (NQF#2797) … Health plans may use the measure for public reporting and quality improvement efforts within the organization … This would allow MHPs to identify members to target for improvement in performance scores.

196. EvidenceNOW Infographics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/results/infographics.html
     January 01, 2023 - infographics provide visual snapshots of the program improvements in delivery of heart health and quality improvement … A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices  (PDF, 838 KB) Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement

197. Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/key-drivers.html
     July 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … Introduction Overview About Measure Specifications and Reporting Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The Center of Excellence for Pediatric

198. Lessons from the Field: Making Performance Comparisons (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-performance-comparisons.pdf
     October 01, 2019 - What level of improvement can be expected for measures--and in what time frame – taking into account … Several of the informants also spoke of the importance of setting incremental improvement targets … benchmarks or targets, depending on the circumstances and goals (e.g., improvement vs. … ◦ Improvement may be observed for individual entities, however observing improvement at higher levels … Benchmarking: a method for continuous quality improvement in health.

199. Spotlight on Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.html
     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

200. Title of Presentation: (pdf file)
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     September 24, 2015 - quality of care • Report results to stakeholders • Align QI priorities • Support provider-level improvement … Make it possible to compare states, regions, and health plans – Identify QI priorities and track improvement … for providers to improve care • CHIPRA state strategies – Formed multi-stakeholder quality improvement … $5,000 per percentage-point improvement $25,000 per measure; $100,000 per provider 8 high … Helping Providers Improve Supporting Provider Improvement Slide Number 14 Slide Number 15 Engaging