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181. Vermont State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/vtstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 -  Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State’s own design. … Testing an Approach to Quality Improvement of Vermont’s Own Design Vermont aims to support 20 States … , including Maine, in development of a sustainable State Improvement Partnership (IP) and to evaluate … The proposed IP model and national network of IP States, the National Improvement Partnership Network …  Have Improvement Partnerships (IPs) made measurable improvements in the quality of children’s health

182. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Oklahoma Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-ok.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality improvement … Construct an effective, sustainable Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Cooperative (OPHIC) that … These conversations will lead to a quality improvement plan. … • Participation in a collaboration website and listserv to support ongoing quality improvement. … Oklahoma made these observations about working with practices on quality improvement: • Relationships

183. Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Integrates health literacy into planning, evaluation measures, patient safety, and quality improvement … cultivate health literacy champions throughout the organization; and set goals for health literacy improvement … Integrates health literacy into planning, evaluation measures, patient safety, and quality improvement … Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty … AHRQ’s Impact Case Studies  highlight healthcare improvement through use of our toolkits.

184. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) Screening Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/tcd/index.html
     September 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 Pediatric Quality Measures Program … Strategies       Strategic Road Maps       Multi-Stakeholder Approach to SCA Quality Improvement …       References Improvement Data       Michigan and New York Medicaid Program       Collaborating

185. Putting Quality Measures to Work: Lessons from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/qde-mmd-webinar-slides.html
     January 01, 2016 - figure illustrates that states aimed to calculate measures then use those measures to drive quality improvement … The figure also indicates that states used measures to drive quality improvement by (1) reporting results … to stakeholders, (2) aligning quality improvement priorities, and (3) supporting provider-level improvement … Make it possible to compare states, regions, and health plans Identify QI priorities and track improvement … $5,000 per percentage point improvement $25,000 per measure; $100,000 per provider 8 high priority

186. Key Driver Diagrams | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/key-driver.html
     July 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement … In addition, summaries of measure-specific improvement strategies implemented by health plans, associated … and implementation of change ideas for Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles (Institute for Healthcare Improvement … Given the NCINQ learning collaborative focused primarily on performance improvement at the health plan

187. EvidenceNOW: Northwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/northwest.html
     March 01, 2021 - Provide comprehensive practice support to build quality improvement (QI) capacity within these practices … Practice facilitators administer the Quality Improvement Change Assessment (QICA), a tool developed by … the Cooperative to determine a practice’s need for practice improvement assistance. … Update: The Quality Improvement Capacity Assessment (QICA) tool has proven to be one of the most valuable … Publications: Engaging Primary Care Practices in Studies of Improvement: Did you budget enough for

188. Using CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/using-data/index.html
     December 01, 2023 - 5: Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience of the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement … and Specialty Care After using survey results to identify aspects of patient experience in need of improvement … CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide The  CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide  (PDF, 156 KB … Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using CAHPS® Surveys. … How Two Provider Groups Are Using the CAHPS ®  Clinician & Group Survey for Quality Improvement  (PDF

189. Planning Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2019 - Why Should M+COs Care About CLAS Improvement? … It makes good business and health care sense for M+COs to undertake a CLAS quality improvement program … Identifying feasible priority areas for improvement of CLAS based on the assessment. … It is clearly easier to target areas for improvement armed with an understanding of the diversity of … A number of topics to consider for quality improvement projects are presented in this guide.

190. Module 4: Script and Slides (doc file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, or IHI … This is true of nearly all improvement work of course. … How will we know that a change is improvement? … What can we change to make an improvement? … Target improvement discussions and projects accordingly.

191. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus The nursing staff at Lurie Children’s Hospital had … How the Pediatric QI Toolkit Was Used Lurie Children’s Hospital used the improvement process laid out … Lead staff for improvement project Sangeeta Schroeder, M.D., hospitalist Lee Budin, M.D., medical … (Tool D.1), helped to get the team’s buy- in early in the quality improvement process. … Abstract Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus How the Pediatric QI Toolkit Was Used

192. Training Program Summary: Practice Coach Training for the North Carolina AHEC Practice Support Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2014 - Clinical improvement consulting. … guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures specific to hypertension improvement 4 IVD lipid … control improvement 4 Tobacco dependence change package—clinical guidelines, improvement strategies … guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures specific to hypertension improvement IVD lipid control … improvement Tobacco dependence change package—clinical guidelines, improvement strategies, and measures

193. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/h2h/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 … Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement … measures developed, family/caregiver written discharge instructions content was selected for a quality improvement

194. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/index.html
     March 01, 2024 - Español FAQs Home Health Literacy Health Literacy Improvement … Each tool describes concrete actions in one of these 5 areas: Start on the Path to Improvement Improve … We recommend that you start on the Path to Improvement with Tools 1 through 3. … Tool 2: Assess Organizational Health Literacy and Create a Health Literacy Improvement Plan will guide … you in assessing your practice and identifying focus areas for your improvement efforts.

195. Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/chronic-tool/index.html
     February 01, 2017 - Includes examples from practices that have made quality improvement pay.   … Organize Your Lead Quality Improvement Team     Key Change 1.2. … Familiarize Your Entire Team With Key Improvement Strategies Phase 2. … Assess Data & Set Priorities for Improvement     Key Change 2.1. …     The Business Case for Quality Improvement     Key Change 4.2.

196. Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/h2h/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 … Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources Pediatric Quality Measures Program … Strategies       QI Strategies for Improving Family/Caregiver Written Discharge Instructions Improvement … This toolkit was developed by the Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement Project (P-HIP), a consortium of

197. State at a Glance: Colorado | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/co.html
     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State's own design. … Colorado will hire and support quality improvement coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop and … implement a quality improvement strategy tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve … Testing a Quality Improvement Approach of Colorado's Own Design Colorado is supporting selected SBHCs

198. State at a Glance: New Mexico | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nm.html
     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State's own design. … New Mexico will hire and support quality improvement coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop … and implement a quality improvement strategy tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve … Testing a Quality Improvement Approach of Colorado's Own Design New Mexico is supporting selected SBHCs

199. Using CAHPS Health Plan Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/improve/index.html
     July 01, 2022 - The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide is a comprehensive … Research Meeting: Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using … 2020 AHRQ Research Meeting on "Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement … Summary of the presentations at the October 2020 research meeting on patient experience improvement methods … This case study focuses on the successful quality improvement methods employed by a health plan to improve

200. Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/donahue.html
     August 01, 2018 - (QI) initiative that provided primary care practices with onsite improvement coaches, tools, and resources … QI Consultants helped set goals for practice improvement, trained staff on QI methodology, and assisted … Model for Improvement. … After 1 year of working with a practice coach, 28 (37%) of the 76 practices had a high level of improvement … Of these, 18 practices also had a high level of improvement in clinical measures, and 10 had low improvement