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121. Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief3.html
     July 01, 2024 - Simulation can also serve as a risk mitigation strategy or can be designed to ascertain whether improvements … Obstruction Presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) A series of six simulations using iterative improvements

122. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/implguide-pt1.html
     October 01, 2015 - $1,600 in additional cost per patient. 9   The Solution To achieve CAUTI reduction and sustain these improvements … effectiveness of a CAUTI reduction strategy, and finally, strategies for sustaining and spreading your improvements

123. Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/carecoordination.html
     June 01, 2018 - exists across the National Quality Strategy (NQS) priorities: Effective Treatment measures indicate improvements … Improvements in access were led by sustained reductions in the number of Americans without health insurance

124. Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/ssi-prevention-tools.html
     April 01, 2025 - Prevention (PDF, 858 KB) This tool is a questionnaire to identify what teams are currently doing and where improvements … questionnaire to identify what resources the hospital has regarding MRSA and SSI prevention and where improvements

125. Using CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/using-data/index.html
     December 01, 2023 - Group Survey to determine where primary and specialty care organizations are performing well and where improvements … Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, reward physician practices and groups that have demonstrated improvements

126. EvidenceNOW: Ohio Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-OH-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - Determine patient, provider, clinic, and other contextual factors associated with greater improvements … efectiveness of the heart healthy QIP overall and by subgroup; and (3) factors associated with greater improvements

127. EvidenceNOW: A Model for Heart Health and Beyond (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/evidencenow-story.pdf
     September 01, 2021 -  In almost e very Cooperative, practices with lower baseline QI capacity made larger improvements … facilitation, and more months with at least one practice facilitation visit, were associated with larger improvements

128. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 7) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_7_Story_Hndout_508.docx
     June 02, 2025 - What improvements would you suggest to make things better for other patients and families?

129. Impact Case Studies on the CAHPS Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/impact-case-studies/index.html
     June 01, 2025 - Southern California Health Center Uses AHRQ Surveys for Patient Feedback and Improvements .

130. PowerPoint Presentation: Premortem for Sustainability
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_premortem.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - barriers and complications to aid project implementation Anticipate problems to help teams sustain improvements … potential barriers to and complications of project implementation can help teams prepare to sustain improvements … scenario might look like. 7 Premortem Exercise Step 2 Generate the reasons for this failure to sustain improvements

131. 105-What-Are-The-4-Es-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/105-what-are-the-4-es-notes.docx
     April 01, 2025 - to identify safety hazards, report incidents, and contribute to developing and implementing safety improvements … For long-term improvements, the team will conduct personnel training in annual workshops. … 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.

132. A Path Forward for Diagnostic Safety Improvement Leadership | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-5.html
     June 01, 2021 - How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety?

133. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - several elements including cost efficiency, real cost reduction, revenue enhancement, balance sheet improvements … , and intangible improvements. … Slide 17 Balance Sheet Improvements ASK: How can quality improvement impact balance sheets? … Slide 18 Intangible Improvements SAY: The parts of the basic business cycle addressed so far can be … How can we realize these savings and patient improvements?

134. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Culture Check-Up Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/culture-checkup-tool.docx
     May 01, 2017 - 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

135. Policy Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/resources/rice/ceproj.html
     October 01, 2014 - The project goal is to facilitate and guide improvements in this process. … Their report will include questions to address and suggestions for process improvements in a future,

136. National Quality Strategy Priority: Effective Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs5.html
     October 01, 2015 - renal replacement therapy improved overall and among Whites but there were no statistically significant improvements … There were no statistically significant improvements overall or among any ethnic group.

137. Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix C | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apc.html
     August 01, 2022 - Is there a process in place for rapid dissemination of critical process improvements?         … Is information related to disclosed outcomes linked to performance improvements?        

138. Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/enabling-real-time.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - Practices identified as high-risk can implement tailored process improvements to avoid the negative … proactive practice- level screening provides a chance for primary care practices to implement process improvements

139. A Tale of Three Practices: How Medical Groups are Improving the Patient Experience (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/CaseStudyPatientExperience_July2011FINAL_revised20110728.pdf
     July 01, 2011 - This brief presents an account of how three practices in different parts of the country have achieved improvements … improving, it took nearly two years for operations and patient experience data to reflect these improvements … Performance data continue to be reviewed to 13 monitor for ongoing improvements as a result of … The program intends to drive change in local health care markets that will result in measureable improvements … Plan: Targeting After Visit Information Do: Implementing the After Visit Summary Study: Tracking Improvements

140. PBRN Impact Profile: West Virginia Alliance for Creative Health Solutions. Inc. (WVACHS) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/pbrn/pbrn-impact-profile-wvachs.pdf
     August 26, 2025 - ’m proud to stand with our dedicated partners as we transform local challenges into lasting health improvements