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121. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
     December 01, 2017 - Safety Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements … developed a guide to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners to promote improvements

122. Breakout Session: Use of Data and Measurement in Improving Diagnostic Safety (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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

123. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - North Carolina Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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

124. SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-nh_webcast-ginsberg.pdf
     July 01, 2018 - HAIs, reduce antibiotic resistance • Build capacity in the health care system to accelerate safety improvements

125. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care November Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/fed-IWG-dxsafety-Nov19mtg.pdf
     November 15, 2019 - Improvements to interoperability of data; 5.

126. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
     January 01, 2018 - care, which is named the Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative, 6 and its work promises to make improvements … AHRQ’s patient safety programs continue to enable and guide improvements in health care delivery. … In addition to sustaining further improvements in the safety of hospital care, the Agency has substantially … from 2010 to 2013 and 2014 could have been partially due to increased EHR adoption and increases and improvements

127. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 8: Approaches to Quality Improvement (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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.

128. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/north-carolina.html
     March 01, 2021 - 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

129. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - To achieve CAUTI reduction and sustain these improvements, a strategy to address both culture and clinical … the effectiveness of a CAUTI reduction strategy, and finally, strategies for sustaining and spreading improvements … How will the changes and improvements be measured? … Return to Contents Utilize Data As part of the strategy to implement improvements, data to monitor … It also garners buy-in for improvements being implemented and gives the staff a voice to identify workable

130. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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.

131. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-toolkit.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - • After identifying a problem, you can use the Planning for Improvements tools to design a change … Design a change to reduce error in your office system by using a Planning for Improvements tool. … Using the Tool • Meet with critical staff relevant to the laboratory testingPLANNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS … PLANNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS ACTION PLANNING Purpose The Action Planning tool will help you and your … u If impractical: Revise the Action Planning Improvements Tool.

132. Module 6: Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/mod6-slides.html
     March 01, 2017 - Another line shows that if improvement is sustained, performance can even surpass the improvements made … Plan financial resources for maintaining improvements beyond the project end. … Reserve staff time away from normal duties to work on proposed improvements.

133. Research on Improving Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/research/index.html
     March 01, 2024 - interpretation of patients’ narrative feedback can motivate staff learning and behavior changes and lead to improvements … Follow-up Shadow Coaching Improves Primary Care Provider-Patient Interactions and Maintains Improvements … Many changes made during PCMH transformation are improvements that can be measured and monitored by CAHPS … multi-item, structured item set elicited a high percentage of comments with sufficient detail to inform improvements

134. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage.html
     October 01, 2021 - Research shows that when patients are engaged in their healthcare, it can lead to measurable improvements

135. Module 1: Script and Slides (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - Many participating ASCs have demonstrated improvements in safety practices. … SAY: Many change efforts fail to result in sustained improvements.

136. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Northwest Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-northwest.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - 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

137. Leading Indicators Group: (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool2b.docx
     January 15, 2016 - QI refers to a continuous and ongoing effort to achieve measurable improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness

138. Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/susan-edgman-levitan-intro-slides.pdf
     March 15, 2016 - • 3 goals • Cultivate an environment that encourages and sustains improvements in patient-centered

139. Underwood Surgery Center: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/tinsleyslides.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - not feel at ease to speak up during a case • Staff encouraged to share suggestions of what improvements

140. AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/tpcbib/index.html
     May 01, 2015 - Incremental improvements in PCMH model implementation yielded positive effects on quality of care for … Elements related to team-based care were associated with improvements in quality outcomes as well as … These differences came at no significant changes to overall costs at 12 months, indicating that improvements … PMID: 23222529 The authors tested the hypothesis that primary care PCMH improvements are associated … The degree of change in systems was positively correlated with improvements in physician and staff job