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341. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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     July 22, 2015 - The collaborative formed 13 regional teams and each selected improvement topics based on region and … a Quality Improvement Organization. … Many States used the existing structure of primary care or community health improvement efforts. … Quality Improvement in Primary Care: External Supports for Practices. … Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators.

342. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for children? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2014 - Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … To increase efficiency by having States build the infrastructure for quality improvement through small … During Idaho’s first year of work establishing its Improvement Partnership (IP), 5 for example, CHIPRA … Some partnerships include States with relatively equal levels of quality improvement experience and capacity … Illinois is also using a pediatrician on Florida’s staff with expertise in asthma-related quality improvement

343. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - By the end of 2000, Congress directed $50 million to AHRQ to fund patient safety research and improvement … Training the Patient Safety Improvement Corps In response to the need to expand the patient safety … It focused further on reporting systems, risk assessment, safety culture, clinical process improvement … : A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement  for clinicians. … The Agency is ever mindful of the challenges and improvement opportunities that remain.

344. SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Theresa Famolaro, MPS, MS, MBA (pdf file)
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     September 21, 2022 - Identify patient safety culture areas for improvement 2. … Communicate your action plan 37 Improvement Resource List 38 Improving Patient Safety in Nursing … evaluate whether known safety practices are In place In thei r organizations and to find areas for improvement … Action planning for patient safety improvement 1 Define your goals 2 Plan your initiatives 3 Communicate … Share Survey Results Action Planning Tool Improvement Resource List SOPS Nursing Home Database

345. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants Catalog of Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - of North Carolina Toolkit A step-by-step guide to creating and managing a health care delivery improvement … Kaufman, MD; Wayne Powell, MA; Charles Alfero, MA, et al Select to view article County Health Improvement … describes the history of primary health care extension in Oklahoma and the development of County Health Improvement … describes the history of primary health care extension in Oklahoma and the development of County Health Improvement … learning community and practice-level resources from PA Spread's medical home implementation and quality improvement

346. Equity Focus Recommended in Development and Use of Algorithms in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Up to 10 winners who describe how the use of patient safety resources resulted in measurable improvement … for all Americans by investing in health systems research, creating strategies to support practice improvement … and providing data and analytics to identify opportunities for improvement. … Physician/Director, Division of Evidence-Based Practice Centers / Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Scientist Administrator, Division of Digital Healthcare Research / Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

347. Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience webcast - Intro (pdf file)
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     January 28, 2021 - Our Focus Today • Overview of AHRQ’s CAHPS program • Foundational elements of patient experience improvement … plan customer service ► Improving patient-provider interactions in a large medical group • CAHPS improvement

348. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Midwest 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 … (Illinois Quality Improvement Organization [QIO]) Northern Illinois University (Illinois REC) Northwestern … of small practices in the region to a) implement point- of-care and population management quality improvement … Deploy an open-source quality measurement platform (popHealth) to establish a regional quality improvement

349. Management Practices for Sustainability Module 4: Observation and Integration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - The image shows how these elements are mutually reenforcing to effect sustained improvement. … *Quality improvement Slide 3: Benefits of Direct, Regular Observation: Surgical Safety Checklist Usage … unit SPD: Sterile processing department PAC: Postacute care unit  Slide 6: Apply the Model for Improvement … Use regular, direct observation by the unit supervisor Slide 7: Apply the Model for Improvement to … Slide 8: Apply the Model for Improvement to Observation–3 Cycle Question Preparation 1

350. Publications and Additional Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2021 - Child Health Quality (CHeQ) Partnership (8) Kaiser Permanente Washington/Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement … home (1) Patient safety (1) Preventative care (1) Preventative screening (1) Quality improvement … Medication management Improving Preventive Care for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: A Quality Improvement … Improving Preventive Care for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: A Quality Improvement Initiative. … Keywords: Sickle cell anemia, Quality improvement Statewide Asthma Learning Collaborative Participation

351. Publications and Additional Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2021 - Child Health Quality (CHeQ) Partnership (8) Kaiser Permanente Washington/Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement … home (1) Patient safety (1) Preventative care (1) Preventative screening (1) Quality improvement … Medication management Improving Preventive Care for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: A Quality Improvement … Improving Preventive Care for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: A Quality Improvement Initiative. … Keywords: Sickle cell anemia, Quality improvement Statewide Asthma Learning Collaborative Participation

352. Infographic - Strategies Used by Effective Practice Facilitators (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - medium-sized practices found that practices working with more effective facilitators had a 3.6% higher improvement … practice goals and challenges Remain flexible about what practices choose to focus on Tailor quality improvement

353. Section 1: Overview of Mutual Support Key Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Mutual Support Key Concepts and Tools  Implementation of TeamSTEPPS 3.0 Diagnosis Improvement … Specific— related to a specific task or behavior that requires correction, improvement, or reinforcement … Directed toward improvement— provides directions for future improvement.

354. Qi-Tip-Sheet-Primary-Care-Practices (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - How a Practice Facilitator Can Support Your Practice What Is Quality Improvement? … Quality improvement (QI) is the process by which a primary care practice continually assesses performance … Harvard Medical School Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Quality Improvement Tip … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality White Paper, Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality White Paper, Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement

355. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Supportive culture and infrastructure to support improvement 3. … Use of data to measure performance and drive improvement 6. … The first task is to focus on one improvement area. … Qualitative Measures Regardless of the improvement the LTC facility is trying to make, the root of improvement … Science of Improvement: Testing Changes. Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

356. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #4: Formative Evaluation
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     July 15, 2013 - Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement … Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement … organizational diagnosis” Involves data collection on… Actual degree of less-than-best practice (need for improvement … project plan Focuses on monitoring indicators of progress toward implementation or clinical quality improvement

357. AHRQ Views: A Unique Effort To Advance Care for People Living With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - for all Americans by investing in health systems research, creating strategies to support practice improvement … and providing data and analytics to identify opportunities for improvement. … National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/Division of Quality … Measurement and Improvement .

358. Improving-Facnotes (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Use structured briefings to improve communication and teamwork · Use debriefings and ongoing quality improvement … The results will help focus your quality improvement efforts and make the case that the teams in your … In this section, we will call this idea “continuous quality improvement.” … This version of the checklist also includes items recommended by the Surgical Care Improvement Program … This technique is taught in many quality improvement initiatives, including AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS.

359. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health's Medical Home (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - To develop each practice change module, Lean-based rapid process improvement workshops were held to … Process metrics for each module were posted and reviewed daily to facilitate performance improvement … Lean improvement tools were used if clinics consistently did not meet benchmarks established for each … This caused staff frustration and hampered quality improvement activities. … Leadership focused transformation efforts on process improvement, and improved team functioning (including

360. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 13 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2015 - youth-centered care, comprehensive coordinated care, linkage to and mobilization of community resources, systems improvement … ✓ ✓   WV 10 36 1 PCMH transformation, care coordination, using health IT for quality improvement … reporting on core measures, practice facilitation, maintenance of certification for the following: BMI improvement … , shared care plans, huddles, immunization rate improvement, standardization of developmental screening … collaborative PCMH : Patient-centered medical home PDSA cycle : Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle QI : Quality improvement