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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-2.html
July 01, 2022 - Develop a project charter or work plan for improvements.
Establish measurement strategy. … Step 3: Develop a Project Charter or Work Plan for Improvements
A project charter provides a summary … Network include:
A multidisciplinary team fostered a facility-wide team environment for process improvements … identify areas of focus, explored depth of issues, and provided the team with a realistic idea of the improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=486
January 01, 2024 - The researchers tested the extent to which improvements in outcomes of care are explained by changes … Of the 5 outcome measures examined, they found that only improvements in the percentage of nursing home … They concluded that understanding the mechanism behind improvements in nursing home outcomes may be key … to successfully achieving broad quality improvements across nursing homes. … Collaborative networks for improvement and research offer the opportunity not only to make improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=493
January 01, 2024 - The researchers tested the extent to which improvements in outcomes of care are explained by changes … Of the 5 outcome measures examined, they found that only improvements in the percentage of nursing home … They concluded that understanding the mechanism behind improvements in nursing home outcomes may be key … to successfully achieving broad quality improvements across nursing homes. … Collaborative networks for improvement and research offer the opportunity not only to make improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/overview/contact.html
June 01, 2024 - Success stories from your organization about improvements in patient and workforce safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/material-guide.html
June 01, 2017 - -10
Planning Early for Sustainability
Slides 11-12
Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements … especially administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-material-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - · Slides 9-10
Planning Early for Sustainability
· Slides 11-12
Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements … especially administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/engagement.html
April 01, 2022 - Team Engagement
To make sustainable quality improvements, you need to recruit an enthusiastic
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www.ahrq.gov/news/funding-patient-safety-learning-laboratories.html
July 01, 2021 - applications for the creation and utilization of Patient Safety Learning Laboratories (PSLL) to explore improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/pclandscape.html
September 01, 2021 - collaboratives, health information technology support, and data, feedback and benchmarking to drive care improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/157-what-are-4-es.docx
October 01, 2024 - For long-term improvements, they will conduct personnel training in quarterly workshops on blood culture … By using the Action Hierarchy model, the hospital aims to achieve significant and lasting improvements … The aim of execution is not just to implement improvements, but to ensure the improvements are sustainable … Continuous evaluation allows teams to track successes, identify challenges, and make improvements. … This leads to steady improvements, and after 12 months, about 80% of units are consistently adhering
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www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/pharmacy/guide/part2.html
September 01, 2020 - The pharmacy is doing this but could make some improvements.
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3. … Frequent responses of "Our pharmacy is doing this but could make some improvements" indicate areas in … which the pharmacy could make some improvements in addressing the needs of their patients with limited
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/750.html
February 01, 2021 - Higher Medicare Advantage Ratings Linked to Improvements in Care Quality . … Despite those improvements, safety-related disparities persist in several areas of care. … Higher Medicare Advantage Ratings Linked to Improvements in Care Quality
The five-star rating system
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www.ahrq.gov/news/chartbook-patient-safety.html
February 01, 2021 - Despite those improvements, safety-related disparities persist in several areas of care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-plenary.pdf
September 28, 2016 - Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate:
2010 to 2014 (interim data)
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145 142
132
121 121 120
Unprecedented Improvements … quality
• AHRQ creates materials to teach and train
health care systems and professionals to
catalyze improvements … Agenda
National Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate:�2010 to 2014 (interim data)
Unprecedented Improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-fetters.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Incremental improvements in PCMH implementation would also yield positive
effects on quality of care … Incremental improvements in PCMH implementation were not associated
with cost savings for either population … Additionally, the PCMH
transformation efforts led to improvements in the process and quality of patient
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/execsumm.html
October 01, 2015 - Additionally, two studies linked increased care coordination and teamwork to improvements in clinical … Several of the studies linked improvements in clinical measures to specific PCMH processes such as care … Cost: Evidence from three studies suggests that improvements in continuity of care, teamwork, and other
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/executive-summary.html
March 01, 2017 - Additionally, two studies linked increased care coordination and teamwork to improvements in clinical … Several of the studies linked improvements in clinical measures to specific PCMH processes such as care … Cost: Evidence from three studies suggests that improvements in continuity of care, teamwork, and other
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/culture-checkup-tool.html
July 01, 2023 - This exercise will help you better understand your culture and consider interventions that lead to improvements … complete the Culture Item Discussion Form (next page) to document issues that surface and any suggested improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1_pdi_intro.pdf
January 01, 1993 - and assist senior and
quality leaders in assessing the readiness of their organization to implement improvements … Selected Best Practices and Suggestions
for Improvements
Includes introduction to indicator-specific … identifying areas in
need of further improvement
Section E: Monitoring Progress and Sustainability of Improvements … Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve Clinical Care
Section E: Monitoring Progress and Sustainability of Improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/toolkitchecklist/surgetkit1.html
July 01, 2018 - Action Checklist
Conduct debriefs with line managers to identify any problems or suggested improvements … Review patient transport problems or suggested improvements. … Review security problems or suggested improvements. … Review facility problems or suggested improvements. … Review outsourced services (food preparation, laundry, laboratory) for problems or suggested improvements