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41. AHRQ Announces Historic Funding Opportunities to Establish State-based Solutions to Accelerate Health Care Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/state-based-health-extension-cooperatives.html
    September 01, 2024 - implementation and dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) into health care delivery through improvements … Healthcare Extension Cooperatives provide scaffolding to local health care transformation by fostering improvements … organizations to build their capacity to implement patient-centered, evidence-based health care delivery improvements

42. Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/sustaining-guide.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - tools and links to resources is to provide long-term care (LTC) facilities with an approach to sustain improvements … Too often, well-meaning staff and clinical teams undertake patient safety projects, achieve improvements … , and then fail to maintain those improvements over time. … To sustain the gains and continue to make improvements to safety culture, the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey … allowing staff to provide input to allow for some customization that is controlled and tied to the improvements

43. Illinois Hospitals Use AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey to Improve Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0804.html
    October 01, 2014 - "We were tremendously impressed by the improvements" noted in each category, he continues. … In the short term, Grable advises hospitals to do two things to sustain recent improvements in patient … "Show staff the areas where they have been successful or need improvements so that everyone knows what

44. Introduction to the Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators: How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1_combo_intro.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - 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 the 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

45. Change Process Capability Questionnaire (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/120-alabama-change-process-capability-questionnaire.pdf
    October 11, 2021 - nor disagree Somewhat agree Strongly agree N/A 13) Deliberately designing care improvements … in order to make clinician participation less work than before 14) Deliberately designing care improvements

46. Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements in Patient Safety Culture at UNC Medical Center-Closing (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/5-unc-webcast-closing.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements in Patient Safety Culture

47. Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
    January 29, 2008 - Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient … Safety Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements … While small, these improvements are encouraging in terms of current proactive efforts to address patient … to help reduce errors.9 Early evaluations suggest that implementation of CPOE leads to significant improvements

48. Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/enabling-real-time.html
    April 01, 2025 - Practices identified as high-risk can implement tailored process improvements to avoid the negative impacts … proactive practice-level screening provides a chance for primary care practices to implement process improvements

49. Clinic Intervention Tracking Sheet (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/skills-qi-tracking.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Notes Team huddles including patient visit planning Use clinical quality measures data to drive improvements … Team huddles including patient visit planning Use clinical quality measures data to drive improvements … Notes Team huddles including patient visit planning Use clinical quality measures data to drive improvements

50. Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience webcast-Franchetti (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-improving-scores.pdf
    October 01, 2020 - with Member Services Quality Analyst • Listened to the poor-rated calls 18 Intervention: Process Improvements …  CAHPS Customer Service 2017 improvements have held and grown through 2020 20 Results: Rating … Neighborhood Common Challenges Opportunity Identification Intervention: Measurement Intervention: Process Improvements

51. Spotlight on Illinois -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-illinois-state-snapshot.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - • Fostered improvements on process measures. … staff turnover and in adapting and using electronic health records to support and track medical home improvements … Illinois facilitated improvements in the quality of perinatal care Illinois leveraged the CHIPRA quality … Practices participating in the structured learning collaborative reported improvements on the Medical … • Illinois facilitated improvements in the quality of perinatal care not only by offering educational

52. B. Legislation Cited in Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataapb.html
    May 01, 2018 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 200 8 , Public Law 110-275 § 118, 110th … Chapter 3 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 , Public Law 110-275 § 118 … Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 , Public Law 110-275 § 118, 110th

53. Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/key-drivers.html
    July 01, 2021 - The Key Driver Diagram contains specific provider-side interventions that can be employed to attain improvements

54. The Potential of Psychological Safety and Organizational Safety Culture To Improve Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-2.html
    September 01, 2023 - is reasonable, however, to think that the principles that enable error reporting and guide process improvements … can also enable improvements in diagnostic safety.

55. 46-Facilitators-Barriers (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
    June 01, 2023 - initial ISCR implementation goals, this tool can help you plan for the long-term sustainment of those improvements … Discuss how to prioritize your efforts and generate action plans to sustain the improvements you have … Sustainability is enabled by a combination of top-down and bottom-up supports to amplify and maintain improvements … Teams and leaders can highlight improvements in surgical outcomes for the practitioners and patients

56. Connecticut Hospital Reduces Emergency Wait Time, Adverse Events Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201806.html
    October 01, 2018 - wait times to 21 minutes, while AHRQ’s Safety Attitudes Questionnaire contributed to facility-wide improvements … ultimately, our CEO believes that this direct, regular face-to-face dialogue has resulted in many real-time improvements

57. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/facilitator-notes.docx
    March 01, 2017 - Anticipating financial resources needed to maintain improvements after the project ends allows you to … Show relevant data and share project experiences and stories with staff that illustrate improvements. … Also, allow staff time away from normal duties to work on project improvements. … ASK: In what ways does your facility sustain improvements? … What strategies could your facility use to sustain improvements moving forward?

58. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Overview (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-overview-rev.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - While anyone can use these materials to implement improvements in opioid medication management, the … Reported improvements in work life included increased confidence and comfort in caring for patients … These improvements contributed to an overall reported decrease in stress among providers and staff. … a Leadership Commitment Meeting to formally determine if, and when, you want to begin implementing improvements … Staff and clinician work life perceptions after implementing system-based improvements to opioid management

59. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Monitor and Sustain Guide (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-monitor.pdf
    April 20, 2021 - ............................................. 5 Launch the New Stage of Work: Monitor and Sustain Improvements … While anyone can use these materials to implement improvements in chronic pain and opioid medication … in at least annually to see if the processes are still working and that any new changes are in fact improvements … Six Building Blocks Toolkit 6 Launch the New Stage of Work: Monitor and Sustain Improvements You … Culture Measurement Infrastructure Staffing Launch the New Stage of Work: Monitor and Sustain Improvements

60. Gaps Identified | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/gaps.html
    March 01, 2017 - cause analysis, and failure modes and effects analyses, as well as the costs associated with safety improvements … literature assessed engagement of patients and families using surrogate measures such as health outcome improvements … Assessment of patient activation is also a potential measure that may be linked to patient safety improvements … not yet been described in primary care. 181 , 271–273 Whether these measures are directly related to improvements