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61. 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

62. 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

63. 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?

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. Sustainability Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/fac-notes.html
    October 01, 2020 - Also, reserve staff time away from normal duties to work on proposed improvements. … Ask: In what ways does your facility sustain improvements? … What strategies could your facility use to sustain improvements moving forward? … Ask: In what ways does your facility sustain improvements? … Ask: In what ways does your facility sustain improvements?

68. Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/index.html
    June 01, 2023 - Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements … patients, families, and health professionals in primary care settings work together as partners to promote improvements

69. Technologically Enhanced Community Health Worker Delivery of Personalized Decision Aid: iDecide.Decido (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/heisler.pdf
    December 19, 2014 - Participants in the iDecide group reported significant within-group and between-group improvements in … diabetes distress. iDecide participants had improvements in A1c levels from baseline and were more

70. Frequently Asked Questions - RFA-HS-24-004: State-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives to Accelerate Implementation of Actionable Knowledge into Practice (U19) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/fund-opps/RFA-HS-24-004-faq-112524.pdf
    November 25, 2024 - Could applicants propose improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice in Washington, D.C … Yes, applicants may propose improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice work in one of … As a reminder, applications that describe proposed improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice … Initiative – Evidence-based improvements Must applicants substantiate that the initiative of focus … The initiative must be based on patient-centered healthcare delivery improvements, with the definition

71. 114-Mrsa-Prevention-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/114-mrsa-prevention-learning-from-defects.docx
    October 01, 2024 - This tool will help your teams identify system factors that contribute to defects, plan improvements, … and sustain those improvements. … multiple steps in the process (e.g., research and understand the problem, develop a plan, implement your improvements

72. Slide 1 (ppt file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/business_case-slides/The-Business-Case-for-CUSP-Jan-17-2012-508.ppt
    January 01, 2012 - Connecting the Dots (From Fewer Infections to More Profits) Improvements in quality and patient safety … can yield Cost efficiency Real cost reduction Revenue enhancement Balance sheet improvements Intangible … improvements Cost Efficiency Model Improved HAI rate yields Increased capacity Increased work … follow-up visits and procedures Increased revenue and increased cash Balance Sheet Improvement Improvements

73. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: From Concept to Action (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/bindman-summit2016.pdf
    May 01, 2016 - quality • AHRQ creates materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals to catalyze improvements … Unique Role: Evidence and Implementation Evidence Tools for Implementation Data and Measures Improvements … AHRQ:�A Short History How AHRQ Makes a Difference AHRQ’s Unique Role:�Evidence and Implementation Improvements

74. Key Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp3.html
    August 01, 2015 -   We found that all of the sites' CLABSI prevention efforts focused on three main areas: clinical improvements … , process improvements, and organizational improvements.

75. Exhibit 6.11. Lean Tools for Horizon Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit6-11.html
    November 01, 2014 - .* Department-specific process improvements: Kaizen events/Lean projects, Six Sigma projects, Workouts

76. Final Progress Report: Improving ED Quality and Safety by Enhancing Operations and Quality Management (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/khare-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - operational and quality management characteristics and to identify and implement generalizable process improvements … operational and quality management characteristics to identify and implement generalizable process improvements … Additional process improvements included developing a standard process for changing intravenous lines … However, the process improvements were less successful, because the hospital had very limited resources … and were unable to provide consistent data about the impact of the improvements. 7 List of Publications

77. Readiness Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/pre/ready.html
    January 01, 2024 - perceptions of existing safety culture, identify specific culture strengths or weaknesses, and assess improvements … These data can also help measure progress after implementation and ensure that improvements are sustained

78. Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/scorecard-fac-notes.html
    December 01, 2017 - Facilitator Notes AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Slide 1: Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements … It signals where your team receives passing marks and where improvements are needed. … Use the safety culture improvements to validate the work efforts of your frontline staff.

79. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-2.html
    July 01, 2022 - Develop a project charter or work plan for improvements. Establish measurement strategy. … Step 3: Develop a Project Charter or Work Plan for Improvements A project charter provides a summary … Network include: A multidisciplinary team fostered a facility-wide team environment for process improvements … identify areas of focus, explored depth of issues, and provided the team with a realistic idea of the improvements

80. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-2.html
    July 01, 2022 - Develop a project charter or work plan for improvements. Establish measurement strategy. … Step 3: Develop a Project Charter or Work Plan for Improvements A project charter provides a summary … Network include: A multidisciplinary team fostered a facility-wide team environment for process improvements … identify areas of focus, explored depth of issues, and provided the team with a realistic idea of the improvements