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221. 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

222. Defining the PCMH | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Disseminating Evidence into Practice Health IT and Digital Health Health Literacy Quality Improvement … Quality and Safety The primary care medical home demonstrates a commitment to quality and quality improvement … to guide shared decision making with patients and families, engaging in performance measurement and improvement … Sharing robust quality and safety data and improvement activities publicly is also an important marker … Critical Components and Available Mechanisms (PDF, 715 KB) Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement

223. Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.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),

224. EvidenceNOW Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

225. 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

226. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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?

227. Action Planning Worksheets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Define the Problem, Challenge, or Opportunity for Improvement Objective: To specifically state the … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?   … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?   … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?   … or map the process — where the target problem or opportunity for improvement occurs — write down the

228. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

229. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.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

230. About This Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

231. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.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.

232. AHRQ Webcast Introducing the New SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 - Ginsberg (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2020 - AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Program Caren Ginsberg, PhD Center for Quality Improvement … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … . 7 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … and use best methods for development and testing • Advances the understanding, measurement, and improvement … ► the collection of data and informative reporting of patient safety culture data ► patient safety improvement

233. Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

234. TeamSTEPPS for Office-Based Care: Implementation Workbook | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Define the Problem, Challenge, or Opportunity for Improvement Step 3. … Develop a Plan for Sustained Continuous Improvement Step 8. … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?   … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?   … When will the improvement occur? Within what timeframe?    

235. Lessons from the Field: Making Performance Comparisons (pdf file)
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     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.

236. ACTION 4 Partnership Profiles (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2021 - Also partnered are quality improvement networks and quality improvement organizations who can more broadly … In addition, our Quality Improvement Network-Quality Improvement Organization partners have access to … Organizations-Quality Improvement Networks), and health services research institutions that focus on … ) Healthcentric Advisors Telligen The Joint Commission Improvement or Learning Cynosure Health … or Measurement Organizations (including Quality Improvement Organizations and Quality Innovation

237. 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

238. 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

239. Action Planning for the SOPS Surveys-Overview (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2019 - 6 Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Priorities Jeff Brady, MD, MPH Director, Center for Quality Improvement … • Practice Improvement: Create tools for health care professionals to improve care for their patients … . 7 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas of greatest impact • Extend patient safety improvement … Steering Committee on Patient Safety • AHRQ is co-leading with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

240. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into practice … Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. … Once a practice chooses a QI approach and tools and sets improvement goals, it can identify and test … team that meets regularly Quality improvement is a team sport – improving quality is everyone’s job. … These include the Model for Improvement (focused on continuous change made by rapid cycle testing),