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2561. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-3-gray-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Teamwork • Communication Openness • Communication About Error • Organizational Learning—Continuous improvement … awareness about patient safety; • Assess patient safety culture; • Identify strengths and areas for improvement … entire survey process opens opportunities to discuss patient safety, and the results help shape our improvement

2562. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pu_measurement.docx
      January 01, 2016 - Slide 2 SAY: A basic principle of quality improvement is: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve … Continued monitoring will help you understand where you are starting from, and whether your improvement … Therefore, your quality improvement efforts should focus on incidence rates. … Sharing information on performance is critical to your quality improvement effort. … If you are not doing well in one of these key areas, there is an opportunity for improvement.

2563. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-synthesis-report.pdf
      July 22, 2015 - For some practices, transformation into a PCMH built upon years of previous practice improvement or … Although a number of definitions exist, efforts to transform into a PCMH go beyond quality improvement … A variety of processes were used by practices to implement continuous quality improvement as a part … Practices also used plan-do-study-act (or plan-do- check-act) cycles for quality improvement efforts. … , including quality improvement efforts, the adoption of EHRs, or a focus on shared decisionmaking.

2564. Module 3: Component Kit (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - Applying the Model for Improvement To Advance Problem Solving 4 6. … Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/resources/pages/tools/sbartoolkit.aspx. … Such issues will often require dedicated, cross-functional quality improvement initiatives. … Applying the Model for Improvement To Advance Problem Solving You can introduce Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA … Figure 4 reminds you that many improvement projects involve a series of PDSA cycles.

2565. Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With and Attitudes Toward Pediatric Quality Reporting (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/chipra-primary-care-physician-reporting.pdf
      December 01, 2016 - ; ER, emergency room; EHR, electronic health record; Qis, quality improvement specialists; and BMI, … Why do some primary care practices engage in practice improvement efforts whereas others do not? … Periodic Survey #76 Quality Improvement Executive Sum- mary. … Health care quality- improvement approaches to reducing child health disparities. … Partnering health disparities research with quality improvement science in pediatrics.

2566. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0082maternity.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - and Gynecologists National Committee for Quality Assurance Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement … Measurement as a Tool for Improvement: Performance measurement serves as an important component in a … quality improvement strategy but performance measurement alone will not achieve the desired goal of … To that end, the PCPI will work with quality improvement collaboratives and other initiatives to ensure … Importance of Topic and Opportunities for Improvement Maternity Care was prioritized as a topic for

2567. Implementing the New CAHPS® Protocol for Obtaining Patient Comments About Their Care (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2018 - report content, display, access, and distribution – Thoughts about how to facilitate taking action for improvement … comparisons to peer groups where possible – Show trends over time – Provide links to “helpful tips” for improvement

2568. Spotlight on South Carolina -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - South Carolina engaged practices in pediatric quality improvement (QI) activities South Carolina convened … The State also reported that its analysis suggested that practices showed improvement on 16 of 21 Child … South Carolina’s Goals: Improve the quality of care for children by— • Helping practices build quality improvement … with electronic health record (EHR) data from the 18 practices participating in the CHIPRA Quality Improvement … The reports would then allow practices to identify areas needing improvement, track progress, and compare

2569. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 23: Documenting Your Work With Practices (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-23-documenting-work-with-practices.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Understand the importance of documentation for internal quality improvement and performance monitoring … What experiences have you had in the past documenting improvement work with other organizations? … This means any substantive work that supports the practice’s improvement goals. … For example, a quality improvement group in Los Angeles uses a combination of Smartsheets and Google … Transparency and the ability to collaborate and share information are essential to effective improvement

2570. Understanding the Transformation Experiences of Small Practices With NCQA Medical Home Recognition (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - Almost 70 percent of surveyed practices involved front-line staff in improvement efforts, but only 15 … percent included patients on quality improvement committees or teams. … Practices with Level 3 recognition were more likely to have EHRs and to use measurement-based quality improvement

2571. Wyoming State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wystateataglance.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement … impact of a model electronic health record format for children, and (5) test an approach to quality improvement … Cheyenne WY 82002 307‐ 777‐6032 Roxanne.Homar@wyo.gov To learn more about the CHIPRA CME Quality Improvement

2572. Maryland State at a Glance (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/mdstateataglance.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement … impact of a model electronic health record format for children, and (5) test an approach to quality improvement … @ssw.umaryland.edu www.ssw.umaryland.edu/theinstitute To learn more about the CHIPRA CME Quality Improvement

2573. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - North Carolina Cooperative (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2017 - cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality improvement … initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality improvement … Support Strategy All practices receive 12 months of intense practice support, including onsite quality improvement … • 54 percent showed improvement in hypertension control.

2574. Sustaining Fall Prevention Practices at Your Hospital (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/webinars/webinar6_falls_sustainingpractices.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - Your Quality Improvement (QI) Specialists will follow up with you after this webinar to address them … ll know you have successfully implemented this program when you’ve had 3 to 6 months of consistent improvement … specific goals. 19 Repeated Use of Cycle Hunches Theories Ideas Changes that result in improvement … review 22 Process measures answer the question: “Are we doing the things we think will lead to improvement

2575. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/learn/learn-about-cusp.pptx
      May 01, 2017 - Safety Tools Kotter’s 8 Step Process for Leading Change TeamSTEPPS® Six Sigma Institute for Healthcare Improvement … Model for Improvement Plan-Do-Study-Act Root Cause Analysis Failure Mode Effect Analysis Just Culture … national-level innovators in patient safety Dovetails with, and supports, a range of quality and safety improvement … Develop a plan for sustained improvement. Understand the Science of Safety Step 8.

2576. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - Opportunity for Improvement……………………………………………………………………………….. … Reasons for Prioritizing Improvement in ADHD High Impact Topic Area An article in the Journal of … The American Medical Association (AMA)- convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (the … The American Medical Association (AMA)-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement® (the … Opportunity for Improvement There is a need to follow up on adherence to the new AAP ADHD Guideline

2577. Slide 1
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      September 05, 2012 - and Chronic Care Management Prior to the iCARE trial, the largest multi-site trial of diabetes care improvement … MA intervention arm has 8.4% point improvement in LDL-C control 21 LDL-C- controlled below 100 mg/dL … CHW intervention arm has 6.1% point improvement (p=0.10) 22 Blood Pessure- controlled below 140/90 63.7 … Patient experiences of care quite low- need for improvement and appear to be difficult to change over …   Clinic Functionality Staff Relationships Quality Improvement

2578. Coordination (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Coordination_of_Care_2012_05_01_Transcript.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - plans, purchasers, consumers, academics, and even government agencies, all working together to promote improvement … But the EHR definitely is a place where we see lots of improvement in some of these systems-based measures … Yes, it’s important to measure, that’s an important parameter in understanding whether your improvement … In our next podcast, Lisa Sergy will be with us to talk about customer service improvement strategies … For more information on strategies to improve coordination, check out the CAHPS Improvement Guide on

2579. Spotlight on Alaska -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - implementing the features of a PCMH; the facilitators also helped the practices to implement quality improvement … • Encouraging improvement on child-focused quality measures. … Alaska fostered improvement on child- focused quality measures Alaska used the Core Set of Children’ … • Alaska used a subset of Child Core Set measures to drive quality improvement at the practice level … • The State planned to continue to help practices use EHRs more effectively for quality improvement

2580. Measure: Accurate ADHD Diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_fs_14-p005-1-ef.pdf
      October 01, 2014 - public comment period convened by the American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement … Current Measure Use American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification, Part 4 Performance Improvement … Related Measures ● This measure is an enhancement of the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement … Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Steering Committee on Quality Improvement … Minneapolis, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; March 2012.