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261. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) has increased rapidly 1 The complexity of procedures continues to increase … One center noted a 10 percentage-point increase in patient safety culture survey, attributed to the use

262. How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children's health quality? Evaluation Highlight #13 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - learning collaborative activities, practices in all nine States featured in this Highlight reported an increase … and practice staff reported that a combination of strategies described below helped the practices increase … This strategy was one of several used by Maine that ultimately led to an increase of 11.1 percentage … Increase in reported immunization rates is statistically significant (p<0.05). … The gains typically took the form of an increase in (1) the practices’ scores on self-reported surveys

263. Supporting Patients Recovering From COVID-19 (SPaRC) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/coronavirus/long-covid-care-network/sparc-grantee-profile.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - an expanded focus on underserved populations, 2) evaluate and refine the SPaRC Long COVID program to increase … JH PACT has supported over 1,500 patients and conducted over 6,000 visits The SPaRC program aims to increase

264. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/index.html
     October 01, 2014 - Those who are unwilling to quit now should receive interventions to increase their motivation to quit … Effective treatments exist, however, that can significantly increase rates of long-term abstinence. … For patients unwilling to quit at this time, provide motivational interventions designed to increase … Explain how these medications increase quitting success and reduce withdrawal symptoms. … Recommend that the patient start or increase physical activity.

265. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/erepguide.html
     April 01, 2016 - Increase in bladder and/or bowel incontinence. … Three or more different behaviors (an increase in behaviors or change in types of behaviors from the … Urinary Incontinence Increase . … Bowel Incontinence Increase . … If the resident had an increase in the number of shifts or number of episodes of bowel incontinence,

266. Module-5-Slides (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-5-slides.pdf
     December 31, 2022 - Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research and Education Trust (HRET): TAKEheart AHRQ’s Initiative to Increase … automatic referral can’t be implemented; care coordination processes can be developed and strengthened to increase … S.M.A.R.T.* goal for your project (see the discussion in Module 1 & 2) Example Aim Statement: We aim to increase … We intend to see a 30% increase in current participation rates by December 31, 2022.

267. 31. Ten Key Guideline Recommendations (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide31.html
     October 01, 2014 - Seven first-line medications (5 nicotine and 2 non-nicotine) reliably increase long-term smoking abstinence

268. 29. Ten Key Guideline Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide29.html
     October 01, 2014 - However, effective treatments exist that can significantly increase rates of long-term abstinence.

269. Confidential Performance Feedback and Organizational Capacity Building to Improve Hospital Patient Safety: Results of a Randomized Trial (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Layde_34.pdf
     March 14, 2008 - viewed as complementary, rather than competitive.6 Implementing the systemic changes needed to increase … hospitals receiving regular, confidential, hospital-specific reports of medical injury rates would increase … building organizational capacity in addition to the same patient safety reports would achieve a greater increase … The performance feedback + organizational capacity-building group actually showed an increase in reported … This might, for example, have accounted for the increase in reported central venous catheter complications

270. Chapter 4. Evaluation Design (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/diabetesnetwork/diabnet4a.html
     October 01, 2014 - Glucose screening offered on demand in one clinic Policy felt to increase blood glucose tests performed … but can also increase laboratory costs for clinic. … Simple pictures on materials and tools have helped to increase interest and understanding. … The likelihood for success of tools chosen for a learning network may increase if more time is dedicated … This clinic had a significant increase in goal setting and also demonstrated a decrease in the average

271. Section 8: The Care Management Evidence Base (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8a.html
     October 01, 2014 - One study showed that, when indicated, provider profiling and feedback helped increase medication use … One study found that provider education helped significantly increase provider adherence. 8 Activation … reminders, provider profiling and feedback, and provider education all helped decrease utilization and increase … One study found that using patient reminders helped to significantly increase the number of patient followups … One study found that provider education helped to significantly increase the number of reported information

272. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/overview-off-ventilator-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Every day a patient is on the ventilator causes an increase in health care costs. … If the ventilator days were reduced by just 20 percent, patient throughput would increase, increasing … What they found is that through this collaborative process, they were able to increase the number of … They were able to increase spontaneous breathing trials by 16 percent. … Not every patient can reach the pinnacle of early mobility, ambulation, but every increase in range of

273. Safe Medication Administration: Oxytocin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool-safe-oxytocin.html
     July 01, 2023 - A standard dosing protocol (i.e., starting dose, incremental dose increase, frequency of increase, and … Increase maintenance IV rate or administer 500 cc LR IV bolus. … Increase maintenance IV rate or administer 500 cc LR IV bolus. … Increase infusion rate 1-2 milliunits /min. every 30–45 minutes until— Adequate contraction pattern … Increase infusion rate 6 milliunits /min. every 15 minutes until— Adequate contraction pattern

274. Section 8: The Care Management Evidence Base (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8c.html
     October 01, 2014 - management and decision support for providers were the main interventions used to decrease utilization and increase … One study found that using in-person care management interventions helped increase LDL screening rates … studies found that self-management education, like in-person care management, helped to significantly increase … Randomized controlled trial of an informatics-based intervention to increase statin prescription for

275. CHIPRA 119 Section 5, Literature Review and Discussion (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-119-section-5-lit-review.pdf
     March 19, 2012 - Massage therapy was found to increase infant temperature. … Prone position has been found to increase peripheral perfusion. … There was a correlation between mother temperature increase and baby foot temperature increase. … Feeding episodes occur during a transient increase in body temperature. … This leads to an increase in T4 and T3, causing fat oxidation and heat production.

276. 49. 10 Key Guideline Recommendations (Number 6) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide49.html
     October 01, 2014 - Seven first-line medications (5 nicotine and 2 non-nicotine) reliably increase long-term smoking abstinence

277. Improving Your Response Rates on the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Podcast Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/rrpodtrans.pdf
     August 01, 2013 - This podcast will provide you with information on tips and tools to increase your survey response rates … Rebecca, you had three hospitals in your system increase survey response rates by at least 29 percent … Theresa Famolaro It’s interesting that you mentioned competition as a way to increase your response

278. The Impact of Standardized Order Sets on Quality and Financial Outcomes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Ballard_12.pdf
     February 02, 2008 - Conclusion: Evidence-based pneumonia order sets can reduce inpatient mortality and increase delivery … This process is intended to increase the overall standardization, quality, and efficiency of care. … Strategies to increase awareness and encourage use of the order set included: 1. … To increase standardization and improve quality of care, such tools and strategies are under development … The substantial increase in use of the order set over the 19-month study period suggests that health

279. 105. Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide105.html
     October 01, 2014 - If the patient is not willing to try to quit, provide or arrange an intervention designed to increase

280. 65. For the Patient Willing To Quit (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide65.html
     October 01, 2014 - Explain how these medications increase quitting success and reduce withdrawal symptoms.