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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact3.html
July 01, 2024 - through adoption by healthcare systems and individual care providers, infrastructure development, and improvements … Act included a number of provisions specific to interoperability, health information exchange, and improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/webcasts/previous.html
June 01, 2023 - Surveys: A Primer for New Users (February 19, 2020)
Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case4.html
November 01, 2014 - These environmental process improvements were implemented not only in the LTC unit, but also in acute … Specifically, staff noted the following improvements stemming from the Lean project:
New policies … Overall, hospital staff reported moderate improvements in employee satisfaction and culture change. … As noted previously, improvements in clinical quality and patient safety were not sustained. … or experience improvements as a result of changes implemented through Lean.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/104-what-are-4-es.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Short-term improvements:
Implement a clinical decision support system for decolonization via electronic … Long-term improvements:
Conduct annual training workshops. … Reward efforts
Reinforce engagement
Sustain improvements
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AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention … interventions, refine approaches based on feedback, and share data broadly and transparently to drive improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/practice-survey-6mon-post-intervention-nw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - results for
introducing organization-wide change in care
Deliberately designing care improvements … as to make
clinician participation less work than before
Deliberately designing care improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Shaha.pdf
May 01, 2004 - years
of the initiative, all the while focusing on clinical, financial, and satisfaction
outcome improvements … further benefited from more than $3 million in combined cost
savings, as projects were executed and improvements … CPQ successes and outcome improvements reflected discipline, rigor and
cadence:
• Discipline—Every … Nov 18
2003
Feb 2004 Apr-May
2004
Phase
NOTE: The scale of this graph is altered to accentuate improvements … practicing physicians are empowered and
provided with the resources to achieve genuine and tangible improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact6.html
July 01, 2024 - EHR data are vital for quality metrics and performance evaluations, driving improvements in healthcare
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/caren-ginsberg-slides-6-11.pdf
June 02, 2025 - HAIs, reduce antibiotic resistance
• Build capacity in the health care system to
accelerate safety improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-rabson.pdf
January 01, 2017 - healthcare
stakeholders and consumers
Earned trust of the MA physician community
Statewide care improvements … by large scale
measurement and reporting initiatives
Infusion of the patient voice into care
improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spread.pptx
April 15, 2012 - A Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change. … Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief6.html
July 01, 2024 - Improvements were based on bringing patients directly to the computed tomography scanner for preliminary
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/activity/plan.html
February 01, 2024 - interventions will, in turn, prevent the targeted problem from recurring or will lead to your targeted improvements … one or two sentences what you hope will be achieved, who will be involved, and when and where the improvements … To achieve sustainable improvements, include reinforcement and refresher trainings as part of your plan … Use data to show improvements in patient outcomes, and leverage the power of stories from staff and patients … Doing so increases accountability and may identify solutions to challenges that are preventing targeted improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/Case_Study_Specialty_Practice_Updated.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Monitor
improvements for
sustainability.
http://www.ihi.org/
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THE SHORT STORY
Who? … The first performance improvements were in 2007; other
improvements became evident in 2008-2010. … • Continue to gather and examine data to monitor issues and improvements.
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2. … STEP 6: MONITOR
IMPROVEMENTS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
What Did the Specialty Practice Do? … However, it took 18 months to two years to see any of the
improvements in the operations and patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/compare/WR_751_AHRQ_Quigley_08_26_10.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Sustained improvements were reached by the middle of 2006.
How? … • Identified specific areas where it should focus improvements. … • Define a clear overall strategy and the related actions required
to achieve desired improvements … • Measure progress in making improvements by tracking specific measurable
behaviors identified in … Improvements definitely take time
especially in large complex environments.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast2-brady.pdf
June 02, 2025 - HAIs, reduce antibiotic resistance
• Build capacity in the health care system to
accelerate safety improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/video-transcript-spanish.docx
June 02, 2025 - So, I promise to help in any way I can to remove barriers that might hinder quality improvements.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.pdf
February 08, 2018 - and patient- and family-centered care policies helps you
understand where your organization can make improvements … It also
provides you with baseline data by which to assess improvements. … input from clinicians, hospital staff, patients, and families on
experiences, ideas for changes and improvements … (e.g.,
improvements in CAHPS Hospital Survey scores, decreases in length of stay, and
reductions in … leaders,
clinicians, hospital staff, patients, and families work together as partners to promote
improvements
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8.html
October 01, 2014 - No evidence was found suggesting improvements in process measures.
Telephonic Care Management. … Studies also found improvements associated with other interventions, including physician decision support … Seven studies implementing self-management and monitoring interventions reported significant improvements … Four in-person care management studies documented one or more improvements in cholesterol: two articles … Improvements in care and reduced self-management barriers among rural patients with diabetes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter4.html
August 01, 2022 - consumers providing reports means that reported information is actively used to design meaningful improvements … context, systems have a responsibility to actively use reported information in the pursuit of meaningful improvements … (rather than a single, individual report) that leads to learning and resultant activities to pursue improvements … reports) was a key approach to linking consumer reporting of patient safety events to patient safety improvements … One TEP member emphasized the lack of data linking public reporting to actual improvements.
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/kawdsumhernan.html
October 01, 2014 - health services researcher in the field of outcomes research with a focus on its applications to guide improvements