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441. Spotlight on Massachusetts -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-massachusetts-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Under the demonstration, practices— • Developed quality improvement teams. … Each practice’s quality improvement (QI) team included a senior leader, a clinician champion, a practice … challenges with family partner turnover, in part due to difficulty in defining the role of families as improvement … • Developing a coalition to lead quality improvement efforts in the State. … http://www.nichq.org/resource/family-engagement-guide-role-family-health-partners-quality-improvement-within-pediatric

442. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/tools-catalog/index.html
     August 01, 2015 - 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

443. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-toolkit.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - YOUR LABORATORY TESTING PROCESS A Step-by-Step Guide for Rapid- Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement … LABORATORY TESTING PROCESS A Step-by-Step Guide for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement … PROCESS IN YOUR OFFICE 4 Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Method for Practice Improvement … This tool can be used to assess your office’s readiness for quality and safety improvement. … Remember, it often takes a few tries to create real, measurable improvement!

444. Appendix E | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-ape.html
     April 01, 2018 - 438  -- Preoperative Complications 0 442 Transfusion Complications 4 630 Communication Improvement … Medication Reconciliation 2 634  -- Provider-Patient Communication 57 636  ---- Health Literacy Improvement … Logistical Approaches 56 655  -- Duty Hour Limitation 4 652  -- Laboratory Result Tracking Improvement … 2 653  -- Nurse Staffing Ratios 0 654  -- Scheduling Changes 3 603 Quality Improvement … 186 604  -- Audit and Feedback 1 605  -- Benchmarking 12 606  -- Continuous Quality Improvement

445. Module 1: Using the Comprehensive Long-Term Care Safety Modules: Applying Safety Principles: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module1/mod1-facguide.html
     March 01, 2017 - These tools supplement other quality and performance improvement initiatives, all of which aim to change … Say: Why is infection prevention and quality improvement important? … Why are we doing another quality improvement project? Slide 5: Is Your Facility Safe? … Slide 16: Implementing Change Successfully Say: If teams experience fatigue with improvement projects … Ask: Do you know which quality improvement initiatives are being implemented in your facility?

446. How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children’s health care quality? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.html
     June 01, 2015 - Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … A caregiver’s perspective could help a practice become aware of opportunities for quality improvement … Evidence for the impact of quality improvement collaboratives: systematic review. … Understanding the components of quality improvement collaboratives: a systematic literature review. … NICU practices and outcomes associated with 9 years of quality improvement collaboratives.

447. Oklahoma IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care Transformation in Colorado (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-co-success-story_0.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - with three other States to share the models they developed and to support those States in launching improvement … partnership between Oklahoma and Colorado that amplified Colorado’s existing primary care quality improvement … • Oklahoma, as well as New Mexico, provided consultation on Colorado’s statewide primary care improvement … A longtime leader in health care quality improvement, Colorado has several organizations that are experienced … about Oklahoma’s success and challenges in developing relationships with their local County Health Improvement

448. Pennsylvania State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/pastateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement … data directly from the health systems’ EHRs and reporting measures back to practice sites to drive improvement … impact of a model electronic health record format for children, and (5) test an approach to quality improvement … In addition, project staff will develop and test other electronic quality improvement projects based

449. Illinois State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ilstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - partnering with other States, the grants will support the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement …  Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … impact of a model electronic health record format for children, and (5) test an approach to quality improvement … Testing an Approach to Quality Improvement of Illinois’s Own Design Illinois will establish a public‐private

450. Supplements to Evaluation Highlight No. 2: How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight02.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - Home Measurement Tools The MHI is a self-assessment tool developed by the Center for Medical Home Improvement … chronic condition management, care coordination, community outreach, data management, and quality improvement … Quality improvement 6.1 Quality standards (structures) X 6.2 Quality activities (processes) Notes … Two of the MHI-RSF domains (Community Outreach and Quality Improvement) have only one item, so internal … Pediatrics 2002; 110:184-186. 5 Center for Medical Home Improvement.

451. Evidence Reports and Technical Reviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/epc.html
     August 01, 2018 - about long-term care Technical Review No. 9: Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement … Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 208: Quality Improvement … the Science Series Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 208: Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement

452. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/putoolkit_module1_tools.docx
     March 01, 2013 - 15) Background: The purpose of this tool is to identify resources that are available for a quality improvement … Monetary Resources Funds     Facility/Staff Resources Staff education programs     Quality improvement

453. Maternity Care Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/CHIPRA-BMI-Maternity-Care-Measures.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

454. Key Themes Across Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-themes.html
     March 01, 2017 - et al found substantial variation in the performance of PCMHs and that many had significant room for improvement … Often Required For some practices, transformation to a PCMH built upon years of previous practice improvement … , including quality improvement efforts, the adoption of EHRs, or a focus on shared decisionmaking. … As one investigator explained, "quality improvement efforts would stop if the one person who championed … Therefore the data extraction required for conducting quality improvement activities was very time consuming

455. CHIPRA quality demonstration States help school-based health centers strengthen their medical home features | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight08.html
     June 01, 2014 - Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … Key Messages Practice facilitators can support SBHCs’ adoption of quality improvement processes and … States use practice facilitators to help SBHCs with data-driven improvement. … A commitment to high quality and quality improvement is one feature of a PCMH. … and setting quality improvement goals through site visits, Webinars, and telephone calls.

456. HRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Labor and Delivery Unit Staff Safety Assessment (doc file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/assessment.docx
     May 01, 2017 - It may also be used as needed and serve as a continuous quality improvement tool. … _________________ Date: _______________________ Please describe any safety issues that require improvement

457. Spotlight on Maine -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-maine-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - • Formed the Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership focused on quality improvement (QI). … • Helping practices implement quality improvement projects. … Although practices found the reports useful for targeting improvement strategies, long delays in claims … The Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership worked with the State to select the topic for each 9 … • Provide ongoing support for the The Maine Child Health Improvement Partnership, which will continue

458. HERO: New Mexico's Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-nm.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Care Extension in New Mexico AHRQ’s IMPaCT grants were designed to support State-level primary care improvement … Kaufman’s background in medical education and a desire to take a broad approach to health improvement … and a toolkit, the team disseminated what they learned about how to create a statewide primary care improvement … assessment, HEROs worked with the primary care practices in their regions to assist them in practice improvement …  Kentucky: The HERO program consulted with Kentucky about opportunities for a statewide improvement

459. Slide 1
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/officebasedcare/module11/11_ts_office_impplan.pptx
     January 20, 2006 - Key activities include: Identifying a recurring problem or opportunity for improvement Developing a flowchart … Steps of Implementation Planning Create a Change Team Define the problem, challenge, or opportunity for improvement … your TeamSTEPPS intervention Develop an implementation plan Develop a plan for sustained continuous improvement … one member has completed TeamSTEPPS Master Training Ensure one member has experience in performance improvement … 05.2 Mod 1 05.2 Page ‹#› Page ‹#› Office-Based Care 7 Step 2: Define Problem or Opportunity for Improvement

460. Management Practices for Sustainability Module 5: Visual Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - The image shows how these elements are mutually reenforcing to effect sustained improvement. … * Quality improvement Slide 3: What Is a Visual Management Board and Why Is It Important? … huddle Helps your team see at-a-glance current status and trends in safety performance Tracks improvement … Safety status for today’s patients ✔ Safety metrics ✔ Safety training ✔ Leader standard work ✔ Improvement … Results of observations List and status of concerns Huddle agenda Slide 6: Apply the Model for Improvement