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321. 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

322. CAHPS Webcasts & Recent Events | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/index.html
     August 01, 2025 - Methods for implementing and evaluating improvements in patient experience.

323. Gap Analysis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d5_pdi_gapanalysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - gap analysis as possible strengths or weaknesses (i.e., barriers) to be managed when implementing improvements

324. TO (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d5_pdi_gapanalysis.docx
     June 02, 2025 - the gap analysis as possible strengths or weaknesses (i.e., barriers) to be managed when implementing improvements

325. TO (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.docx
     June 02, 2025 - This tool is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the D tools for implementing performance improvements

326. Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements in Patient Safety Culture at UNC Medical Center Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/unc-webcast-transcript.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements in Patient Safety Culture … www.ahrq.gov/sops/index.html 1 Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements … Healthcare Research and Quality, Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements … patient safety priorities at AHRQ are to focus on areas of greatest impact, to extend patient safety improvements … Mazur, Slide 21 Third, we initiated quarterly safety rounds to further ask our employees where improvements

327. 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

328. 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

329. 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

330. 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?

331. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Practical Strategies for Improving Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html
     March 01, 2023 - Use this guide to help your organization: Cultivate an environment that encourages and sustains improvements

332. 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

333. 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

334. 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

335. Ohio’s Fairfield Medical Center Uses AHRQ Resources to Promote Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201529.html
     October 01, 2015 - Survey findings among maternity staff showed strong improvements in work cohesion.

336. Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/guide.html
     December 01, 2017 - Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements

337. 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

338. 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

339. 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

340. 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?