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201. Human Resources Issues (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Human_Resources_Transcript_2011_02_01.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - pivotal role in helping managers clarify and change and raise expectations when there are quality improvements … and so that they will help their teams speak the truth about quality and work together on achieving improvements … So HR needs to initiate performance-based recognition and ideally pay and/or incentives for improvements … And employee engagement is a prerequisite to teams sharing responsibility for making process improvements … with department teams in departmental QI initiatives to identify ways HR can help with hardwiring improvements

202. Presentation: Program Overview
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-slides.pptx
     January 01, 2017 - the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay (LOS), and mortality To achieve significant improvements … Cost efficiency Real cost reduction Revenue enhancement Balance sheet improvements Intangible improvements … a Business Case ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 17 Balance Sheet Improvements … Build a Business Case ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 18 Intangible Improvements … How can we realize these savings and patient improvements?

203. How to Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/toolkitchecklist/surgetkit1.html
     July 01, 2018 - Action Checklist Conduct debriefs with line managers to identify any problems or suggested improvements … Review patient transport problems or suggested improvements. … Review security problems or suggested improvements. … Review facility problems or suggested improvements. … Review outsourced services (food preparation, laundry, laboratory) for problems or suggested improvements

204. Enhancing Patient Matching in Support of Operational Health Information Exchange - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023808-grannis-final-report-2023.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - Specific Aim 3: We measured the matching accuracy improvements resulting from using combinations of … We evaluated best-practice matching data recommendations and novel algorithm improvements in the context … Specific Aim 3: Measure the matching accuracy improvements resulting from using combinations of three … Each of the 105 matching enhancement combinations that exhibited significant accuracy improvements in … Specific Aim 3: Measure the matching accuracy improvements resulting from using combinations of three

205. Development and Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Score Visualization to Improve Their Utilization (PROVIZ) | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-and-evaluation-patient-reported-outcome-score-visualization-improve
     January 01, 2023 - Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures may lead to improvements in clinical management, health outcomes … measures to assess patients’ experiences of illness and wellness has been increasing, and may lead to improvements … One factor is that some data metrics represent improvements in patient symptoms when their value increases … (e.g., physical function), whereas other metrics indicate improvements by decreasing values (e.g., pain

206. Introduction to the Pediatric 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/pdi/a1_pdi_intro.pdf
     January 01, 1993 - 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 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

207. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/execsumm.html
     October 01, 2015 - Additionally, two studies linked increased care coordination and teamwork to improvements in clinical … Several of the studies linked improvements in clinical measures to specific PCMH processes such as care … Cost: Evidence from three studies suggests that improvements in continuity of care, teamwork, and other

208. Multimethod Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Programs for PCMH Transformation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-fetters.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Incremental improvements in PCMH implementation would also yield positive effects on quality of care … Incremental improvements in PCMH implementation were not associated with cost savings for either population … Additionally, the PCMH transformation efforts led to improvements in the process and quality of patient

209. Research Summit: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-plenary.pdf
     September 28, 2016 - Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate: 2010 to 2014 (interim data) 2 145 142 132 121 121 120 Unprecedented Improvements … quality • AHRQ creates materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals to catalyze improvements … Agenda National Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) rate:�2010 to 2014 (interim data) Unprecedented Improvements

210. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/executive-summary.html
     March 01, 2017 - Additionally, two studies linked increased care coordination and teamwork to improvements in clinical … Several of the studies linked improvements in clinical measures to specific PCMH processes such as care … Cost: Evidence from three studies suggests that improvements in continuity of care, teamwork, and other

211. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44331/psn-pdf
     September 09, 2015 - temporal-trends-patient-safety-netherlands-reductions-preventable-adverse- events-or-end Patient safety advocates recognize the lack of appropriate measures to track improvements … degree to which the nonsignificant reduction in preventable adverse events may actually signify real improvements

212. Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety Measures Prioritized by Medicare (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/standalone_psi_casestudy.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - patient safety, and institutionalized a standard set of patient safety protocols that have led to improvements … the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) programs to monitor, report, and incentivize improvements … Impact The changes in care processes supported by the QI Toolkit resulted in the following improvements … months *While HMC began its work to improve performance on PSI 12 in 2010, documentation and coding improvements

213. Material Use Guide - Sustainability Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/material-guide.html
     June 01, 2017 - -10 Planning Early for Sustainability Slides 11-12 Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements … especially administrators, managers, and project leads Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements

214. Training-Tools-Material-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-material-guide.docx
     May 01, 2017 - · Slides 9-10 Planning Early for Sustainability · Slides 11-12 Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements … especially administrators, managers, and project leads Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements

215. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45120/psn-pdf
     September 11, 2016 - Prior studies of team training show improvements in safety culture, but its effect on patient outcomes … These improvements were present across different health care settings and team composition.

216. Culture Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/culture-checkup-tool.html
     July 01, 2023 - This exercise will help you better understand your culture and consider interventions that lead to improvements … complete the Culture Item Discussion Form (next page) to document issues that surface and any suggested improvements

217. Participation in a system-thinking simulation experience changes adverse event reporting. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/participation-system-thinking-simulation-experience-changes-adverse-event-reporting
     July 30, 2014 - This study found that improvements in systems thinking increase adverse event (AE) reporting patterns … prelicensure training include reinforcement of systems thinking principles to achieve patient safety improvements

218. Improving the quality of health care: who will lead? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-quality-health-care-who-will-lead
     June 14, 2011 - quality problems and their most prominent causes, including a series of obstacles that prevent necessary improvements … Overall, this article provides an overview of the challenges facing health care quality improvements

219. The impact of surgical safety checklists on theatre departments: a critical review of the literature. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-surgical-safety-checklists-theatre-departments-critical-review-literature
     October 19, 2012 - Exploring the improvements and challenges associated with checklists in the surgical environment , … September 22, 2017 Implementation science: a neglected opportunity to accelerate improvements

220. Safer Delivery of Surgical Services: a Programme of Controlled Before-and-after Intervention Studies with Pre-planned Pooled Data Analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-delivery-surgical-services-programme-controlled-and-after-intervention-studies-pre
     October 12, 2016 - The investigators found that integrated training that combines technical and social improvements, such … as Lean , resulted in more effective improvements.