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41. Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership.html
    July 01, 2021 - How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? … How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety?

42. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47207/psn-pdf
    July 19, 2018 - National quality program achieves improvements in safety culture and reduction in preventable harms … National Quality Program Achieves Improvements in Safety Culture and Reduction in Preventable Harms … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-program-achieves-improvements-safety-culture-and-reduction … The authors report significant improvements across measures of patient safety such as health care–associated … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-program-achieves-improvements-safety-culture-and-reduction-preventable-harms

43. Job Aid: Practice Assessments and Surveys (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-practice-assessments.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - surveys are simple and non-threatening ways for a practice to gather information, generate ideas for improvements … , and test and monitor improvements. …  Evaluate improvements on the specific domains measured by the assessment. …  Monitor improvements over time. Creating a custom survey Step 1. Choose the topic.

44. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37433/psn-pdf
    May 03, 2008 - Improvements in the safety of patient care can help end the medical malpractice crisis in the United … Improvements in the safety of patient care can help end the medical malpractice crisis in the United … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvements-safety-patient-care-can-help-end-medical-malpractice-crisis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvements-safety-patient-care-can-help-end-medical-malpractice-crisis-united-states … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvements-safety-patient-care-can-help-end-medical-malpractice-crisis-united-states

45. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42544/psn-pdf
    December 18, 2013 - Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post-discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements … Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post- discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-medication-changes-community-pharmacy-post-discharge- good-bad-and-improvements … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-medication-changes-community-pharmacy-post-discharge-good-bad-and-improvements … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-medication-changes-community-pharmacy-post-discharge-good-bad-and-improvements

46. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41018/psn-pdf
    December 21, 2011 - What stands in the way of technology-mediated patient safety improvements? … What stands in the way of technology-mediated patient safety improvements? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-stands-way-technology-mediated-patient-safety-improvements-study- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-stands-way-technology-mediated-patient-safety-improvements-study-facilitators-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-stands-way-technology-mediated-patient-safety-improvements-study-facilitators-and

47. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43515/psn-pdf
    July 03, 2016 - Targeting improvements in patient safety at a large academic center: an institutional handoff curriculum … Targeting improvements in patient safety at a large academic center: an institutional handoff curriculum … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/targeting-improvements-patient-safety-large-academic-center-institutional … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/targeting-improvements-patient-safety-large-academic-center-institutional-handoff-curriculum … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/targeting-improvements-patient-safety-large-academic-center-institutional-handoff-curriculum

48. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42413/psn-pdf
    July 31, 2013 - A handoff protocol from the cardiovascular operating room to cardiac ICU is associated with improvements … A handoff protocol from the cardiovascular operating room to cardiac ICU is associated with improvements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-protocol-cardiovascular-operating-room-cardiac-icu-associated- improvements-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-protocol-cardiovascular-operating-room-cardiac-icu-associated-improvements-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-protocol-cardiovascular-operating-room-cardiac-icu-associated-improvements-care

49. Pay-for-performance and patient safety in acute care: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pay-performance-and-patient-safety-acute-care-systematic-review
    October 09, 2024 - The researchers found that half of the included studies did not identify improvements in adverse event … rates after P4P, and that studies reporting improvements were of poor methodological quality. … December 16, 2014 Durable improvements in efficiency, safety, and satisfaction in the

50. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867676/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - facts, results of the root cause analysis and other investigations into the adverse event, and any improvements … A necessary next step is identifying and implementing system-level improvements to address latent errors … data and dashboards to monitor, compare, benchmark, and evaluate patient safety trends helps sustain improvements … went well are identified and used to standardize and scale up best practices, can promote sustainable improvements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-and-approaches-tracking-improvements-patient-safety https:/

51. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirement2.html
    February 01, 2014 - identification of an initial CCS, CHIPRA required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to post improvements … The January 2013 improvements were informed by deliberations of a 2012 National Advisory Council on Healthcare … Quality Measures for Children’s Healthcare (SNAC). 4,5 The 2013 work was intended to contribute to improvements

52. Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/guide.html
    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

53. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44033/psn-pdf
    April 22, 2015 - Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic … Quality improvements in decreasing medication administration errors made by nursing staff in an academic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvements-decreasing-medication-administration-errors-made- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvements-decreasing-medication-administration-errors-made-nursing-staff-academic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvements-decreasing-medication-administration-errors-made-nursing-staff-academic

54. AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service, State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/logic-model-healthcare-extension-service.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Co-develop healthcare extension services with stakeholders and identify locally appropriate and targeted improvements … stakeholders across multiple sectors to support improvement  Increased delivery of evidence-based improvements … refinement of improvement initiatives Outcomes  Increased national capacity for PCOR evidence- based improvements

55. Job Aid: “Last 10 Patients” Chart Audit (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-last10-patients-audit.pdf
    June 02, 2025 -  Generate ideas for improvements to reduce missed opportunities. …  Are the changes you are testing creating the desired improvements or do you need to make modifications …  Are improvements being maintained over time or is there backsliding?

56. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45631/psn-pdf
    July 02, 2017 - Implementation science: a neglected opportunity to accelerate improvements in the safety and quality … Implementation Science: A Neglected Opportunity to Accelerate Improvements in the Safety and Quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-science-neglected-opportunity-accelerate-improvements- safety-and-quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-science-neglected-opportunity-accelerate-improvements-safety-and-quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-science-neglected-opportunity-accelerate-improvements-safety-and-quality

57. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35487/psn-pdf
    September 12, 2016 - Safety improvements urged for MRI facilities. September 12, 2016 Mitka M. … Safety improvements urged for MRI facilities. JAMA. 2005;294(17):2145-8. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-improvements-urged-mri-facilities This news story from JAMA summarizes … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-improvements-urged-mri-facilities

58. How Are CAHPS® Survey Results Used? (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-how-are-cahps-surveys-used.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - learned about improving patient experience Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey to support improvements … patient-centred care: lessons from a quality improvement collaborative Conclusion: Small measurable improvements … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons

59. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47552/psn-pdf
    November 28, 2018 - Effect of changes in hospital nursing resources on improvements in patient safety and quality of care … Effect of Changes in Hospital Nursing Resources on Improvements in Patient Safety and Quality of Care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-changes-hospital-nursing-resources-improvements-patient-safety-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-changes-hospital-nursing-resources-improvements-patient-safety-and-quality-care-panel … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-changes-hospital-nursing-resources-improvements-patient-safety-and-quality-care-panel

60. 1 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/ExecSummcaseplancustsvce-RAND7607.pdf
    July 01, 2007 - The health plan made dramatic improvements in its customer service function. … It was clear that improvements should focus on the Member Services Department and on staff retention … • Set a goal to demonstrate customer service improvements in two consecutive quarters in 1999, … • Expected that its increased focus on customer service and some improvements in telephone service … • Continued to monitor CAHPS scores and other measures to make sure that improvements continued.