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301. Improving Perioperative Patient Safety Through the Use of Information Technology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-StJacques_105.pdf
     March 29, 2008 - Opportunities abound for informatics-based improvements in perioperative care. … Opportunities for informatics-based perioperative improvements • Perioperative documentation templates … cases, the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) holds significant promise to bring dramatic improvements … have been undertaken to support patient data sharing, improve health care IT standards, and foster improvements … Through the design and implementation of such systems, the perioperative process can help maximize improvements

302. Impact Case Studies on the SOPS Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/resources/case-studies.html
     March 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey   AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Used to Set Baselines for Improvements

303. Final Progress Report: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Chicago Transplant Inquiry Study (PRACTIS) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/cook-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - the risk of transplant donor/recipient mismatch, to predict the conditions and processes in which improvements … the risk of transplant donor/ recipient mismatch, predicting the conditions and processes in which improvements

304. Building on Innovation to Become a Champion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/plymouth.html
     March 01, 2021 - Julie and the practice targeted blood pressure as an area where they could make additional improvements

305. Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-2.html
     June 01, 2021 - How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety?

306. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/summary.html
     August 01, 2022 - specific evidence-based interventions (e.g., clinical bundles, team communication) may be associated with improvements … disclosure and resolution program) In an extension of an existing program, UIC Medical Center showed improvements … The project reported significant improvements in communication processes, including a 52% increase in … The baseline rates were generally very low, with most CSAE improvements occurring in favoring intervention

307. Case Report on Ambulatory Safety and Quality (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-casereport.pdf
     September 05, 2017 - • Establish context: position specific improvements in larger context of promoting organizational … 2) To what extent was the toolkit useful for guiding lab testing process improvements? … As the practice manager in the small GIM practice said, “Making improvements in that bubble is sort … , and begin to plan to implement improvements. … Small General Internal Medicine Practice Improvements The GIM practice used the Patient Experience

308. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/index.html
     December 01, 2017 - Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements

309. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/tooldev.html
     January 01, 2015 - infection control practices and ways to improve them while creating systems and a culture to sustain the improvements

310. EvidenceNOW: Northwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/northwest.html
     March 01, 2021 - Assess the sustainability of changes made in QI capacity and ABCS improvements and develop a model of … It is associated with ABCS clinical quality measures and tracks closely with observed improvements in

311. Advancing the Science and Implementation of Patient Narrative Elicitation and Reporting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/2016-meeting-summary.html
     August 01, 2019 - health systems in the U.S. that have posted patient comments along with survey scores have seen dramatic improvements … What would it take for these kinds of improvements to occur in other health systems?

312. Section 3. Measuring Emergency Department Performance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section3.html
     April 01, 2020 - Change—Project-specific data collected during the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) process to test small-scale process improvements … This type of measurement is one of the most effective levers for achieving and sustaining process improvements

313. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 8: Approaches to Quality Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-8-approaches-to-qi.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - and specifically, how to carry out repetitive and systematic processes for testing and implementing improvements … But without discipline and the ability to assess the real effects of the improvements, these enthusiastic … will be to help practices develop the discipline of using a systematic process to develop and test improvements … This can be difficult in a practice that is enthusiastic about making improvements.

314. Project Evaluation and Debriefing (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - This tool is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the D tools for implementing performance improvements

315. Gap Analysis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - gap analysis as possible strengths or weaknesses (i.e., barriers) to be managed when implementing improvements

316. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/cahps-section-4-ways-to-approach-qi-process.pdf
     May 17, 2017 - Start your implementation of improvements with small-scale demonstrations, which are easier to manage … Seek a feasible number of measures that address the most important aspects of the improvements you are … A Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change. … If not, you can learn about and adapt one of the models described below to pursue improvements:  … Many of the improvements perceived by the staff are interrelated.

317. Tools for Sustainability: Premortem and Scorecard: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/premortem-scorecard-slides.html
     February 01, 2017 - Anticipate problems in order to help teams sustain improvements. … Slide 17: Premortem Exercise Step 2: Generate the reasons for this failure to sustain improvements

318. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - North Carolina Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-nc.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - Many practices have shown significant improvements, regardless of which measures the practices chose … work with the practice facilitators to put together data in imaginative ways and demonstrate marked improvements

319. Breakout Session: Use of Data and Measurement in Improving Diagnostic Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-breakout.pdf
     September 28, 2016 - Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate: 2010 to 2014 (interim data) 2 145 142 132 121 121 120 Unprecedented Improvements … Agenda National Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate:�2010 to 2014 (interim data) Unprecedented Improvements

320. Teamwork Tools and Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care-2/tools.html
     July 01, 2023 - members to improve care by immediately reviewing performance with the intent to strategize potential improvements