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461. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/resources.html
     March 01, 2017 - This guide provides LTC facility teams with strategies to implement a quality improvement program to … successfully sustain improvements made during and after implementation of an infection prevention quality improvement … Tools Tools are available in the following topic areas: Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement

462. Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/index.html
     September 01, 2018 - offers strategies and resources to assist hospital team leaders, practice facilitators, and quality improvement … in Hospitals Training Program and the associated Fall Prevention Toolkit to guide systematic quality improvement … Roadmap for how to roll out the Training Program modules and companion Webinars in a systematic quality improvement … Examples of how hospitals have addressed common challenges encountered when doing quality improvement

463. ENSW Baseline Semi-Structured Interview Guide (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/interview-protocol-baseline-sw.pdf
     April 04, 2016 - or participate in research. 3) How would you describe this practice's past experience with quality improvement … b) What other practice improvement initiatives or quality improvement projects is your practice … different practices improve and change. 13) How would you describe your practice culture around quality improvement … or practice improvement? … PROBE: How much of shared understanding of quality improvement is there in this practice?

464. Spotlight on Georgia -- National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-georgia-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Georgia developed a quality improvement process for care management entities (CMEs) CMEs use intensive … The State started requiring CMEs to meet with quality improvement staff at a local university and State … agencies to discuss the CMEs’ performance and to identify strategies for improvement. … ) • Continue encouraging CMEs to pursue quality improvement activities even though it did not plan … to continue its formal quality improvement meetings or data feedback activities.

465. Spotlight on Florida -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstraiton Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-florida-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - • Facilitating quality improvement projects focused on perinatal care. … These efforts helped Florida to identify areas for quality improvement, but the time and resources … • Developed a tool to identify the quality measures that needed the most improvement. … The State also systematically identified priorities for improvement, but partly because of reporting … delays, Florida did not implement improvement strategies during the CHIPRA quality demonstration

466. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 4: An Introduction to Practice Organization and Management (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - What implications do these have for quality improvement work? Activity. … Capacity for continuous quality improvement 4. … This can include developing reports that link data to improvement efforts. … • Quality improvement. … Solicit their input on improvement goals and methods and look for ways to include them in the improvement

467. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Board Checklist (doc file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/board-checklist.docx
     May 01, 2017 - (Hospital-level culture scores do not allow targeted improvement.) 5. … Review the progress of safety and teamwork improvement monthly. 9.

468. HERO: New Mexico’s Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-nm.html
     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 infrastructure

469. Module 5: Visual Management - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-fac-notes.html
     June 01, 2017 - management helps your team monitor safety performance, safety standard work, and track concerns and improvement … The visual management board also includes a section for tracking improvement projects, on the bottom … Slide 6: Apply the Model for Improvement To Introduce a Visual Management Board Say: We recommend … To apply the Model for Improvement to any project, you should have aims, measures, and planned changes … The heart of the Model for Improvement is the “Plan-Do-Study-Act” cycle, which is basically another way

470. Evaluation Highlight No. 8: CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States Help School-Based Health Centers Strengthen Their Medical Home Features (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight08.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - • Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … Hiring practice facilitators to work with SBHCs on quality improvement projects. 2. … 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.

471. Implementation Guide for AHRQ's Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice - Training Modules (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/implementation-guide-making-informed-consent-informed-choice.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - ■ Choose one area for improvement. ■ Assemble a work group to develop an improvement plan. … Quick Start for Unit-Level Improvement ■ Take the HCP Module. ■ Choose one area for improvement. … You can: ■ Expand on or spread your initial improvement, ■ Choose another area for improvement, … Improvement Strategies and Implementation Suggestions Improvement Strategy Suggestions for Implementation … Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

472. EvidenceNOW: A Model for Heart Health and Beyond (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/evidencenow-story.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement … practices, including:  A 10.9% increase in smoking screening and cessation counseling  A 6.7% improvement … assumptions—anticipated payment reform, health information technology systems that support quality improvement

473. Culture Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/culture-checkup-tool.html
     July 01, 2023 - Focusing the culture conversation on group-level data removes the focus from individuals and fosters improvement … This tool can be used to target a goal for improvement in unit safety shortly after the initial culture … Survey on Patient Safety Culture) results and select an item for which responses indicate a need for improvement … your item-level results and consider discussing any item for which scores indicate an opportunity for improvement

474. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-5/guide.html
     September 01, 2017 - Slide 2 Say: A basic principle of quality improvement is: If you can’t measure it, you can … Dissemination of information on performance is critical to your quality improvement effort. … The best bet is to focus on improvement over time within your hospital units. … If you are not doing well in any key area, it provides an opportunity for improvement. … Prioritizing these opportunities for improvement. Developing and refining an Action Plan.

475. Healthy Hearts NYC Recruitment Memo (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/implementation-tracking-sw.pdf
     July 26, 2018 - DATA-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENT Completed data quality plan to determine data capacity to report ENSW measures … In progress, working toward Completed or is now regular, ongoing Uses data to inform quality improvement … quality measures: Off Reviews data reports monthly with QI team: Off Uses data to inform quality improvement

476. Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals
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     June 16, 2017 - very important to ensure you have things in place from the beginning to achieve and sustain the best improvement … Cost avoidance estimation Patient throughput Turnover reduction Leaders: Aligning improvement efforts … Collaborate With All Disciplines Hardwire Practices and Educate 28 Using Data for Continued Improvement … Share data with: Improvement Team. Frontline staff. … The ongoing quality improvement journey: next stop, high reliability.

477. Provider CHCANYS Qualitative Interview Guide (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/interview-protocol-qi-ny.pdf
     August 23, 2018 - Provider CHCANYS Qualitative Interview Guide HealthyHearts NYC Provider/Quality Improvement Team Lead … HealthyHearts NYC Provider/Quality Improvement Team Lead (CHCANYS) Qualitative Interview Guide 2 … Do you have a quality improvement (QI) team? If yes, what is their role? … I know your health center has some prior experience with formal quality improvement efforts? … HealthyHearts NYC Provider/Quality Improvement Team Lead (CHCANYS) Qualitative Interview Guide 10

478. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module5/module5_pressureinjury-msmt_slides.pptx
     July 02, 2008 - Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices ADD Hospital Name Here Module 5 1 Basic Quality Improvement … Principle If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. 2 2 Quality Improvement Principle Pressure … injury rates and prevention practices must be counted and tracked as one component of a quality improvement … Best practice plans for improvement. Unit goal. … There is always an opportunity for improvement if you aren’t doing as well as you’d like.

479. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 1: Instructor’s Guide to Using the PCPF Curriculum (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-1-instructors-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - The AHRQ 2010 Consensus Meeting on Practice Facilitation for Primary Care Improvement (Knox 2010) developed … Knowledge General Skills Specialized Skills Professional Skills 2 PF as a Resource for Practice Improvement … practice assessment 19 Conducting a Kickoff Meeting Meeting management 20 Creating Quality Improvement … 27 Helping Practices Optimize EHRs for Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation and Quality Improvement … Report on the AHRQ 2010 Consensus Meeting on Practice Facilitation for Primary Care Improvement.

480. How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children's health quality? Evaluation Highlight #13 (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - • Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … States and practices found that practice facilitators needed to undergo quality improvement (QI) training … Evidence for the impact of quality improvement collaboratives: systematic review. … NICU practices and outcomes associated with 9 years of quality improvement collaboratives. … Internal report from Tri-State Children’s Health Improvement Consortium (T-CHIC).