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Mod03-Gap-Analysis-Guide (pdf file)

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April 01, 2016 - Do staff have the opportunity to participate in event investigations and process improvement initiatives … Do staff have the opportunity to participate in event investigations and process improvement initiatives
Coordinating Care for Adults With Complex Care Needs in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Challenges and Solutions | PCMH Resource Center

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January 01, 2012 - ’s HCH standards; clinics have used the funds for registries, care planning, and patient-engagement initiatives … North Carolina Community Care Networks involve physicians in regional quality improvement initiatives … Several of these policies directly target complex-needs populations, and each of these initiatives raises … The ACA allows Medicare to participate in some state primary care home initiatives that are trying to … But many questions remain regarding the feasibility and sustainability of these initiatives and the potential
TeamSTEPPS: Rapid Response Systems (pdf file)

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January 01, 2008 - Quality and the Department of Defense have striven to optimize the lessons learned regarding multiple initiatives … PROVEN RESULTS SAY: Through implementing RRS initiatives, organizations have found positive results … To generate the greatest impact, teamwork-centered performance improvement initiatives or projects should … Performance improvement initiatives should have components of education, skill building, measurement
TeamSTEPPS Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2018 - The primary focus of the Ten-Step Guide is on TeamSTEPPS Initiatives that will be implemented within
EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Southwest Cooperative (pdf file)

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November 01, 2017 - In Colorado, the Cooperative team is also coordinating EvidenceNOW activities with other initiatives
Labor and Delivery Unit Safety (pdf file)

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May 01, 2017 - • Many externally developed examples are available as part of perinatal safety and quality initiatives … , shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, or cord prolapse o Synergy with related or similar initiatives
Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices (doc file)

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June 30, 2017 - There are many ongoing initiatives to determine fall rates using a standardized method across many hospitals … To learn more about these initiatives, see page 77 of the Toolkit.
Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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September 01, 2017 - There are many ongoing initiatives to determine fall rates using a standardized method across many hospitals … To learn more about these initiatives, see page 77 of the Toolkit.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care. (pdf file)

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February 01, 2011 - patients in areas such as: safe companion white paper to this brief.1 medication use, infection control initiatives
The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care. (pdf file)

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February 01, 2011 - patients in areas such as: safe companion white paper to this brief.1 medication use, infection control initiatives
The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care | PCMH Resource Center

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February 01, 2011 - prevent errors, and by including patients in areas such as: safe medication use, infection control initiatives
System Redesign for Value in Safety-Net Hospitals and Systems: Challenges and Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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December 01, 2017 - Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research Delivery System Research Initiative Initiatives
Conducting Cognitive Testing for Health Care Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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September 01, 2019 - Presentations on Reporting Project Checklists Related Resources Key Quality Initiatives
The Medical Home: What Do We Know, What Do We Need to Know? A Review of the Earliest Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model | PCMH Resource Center

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March 01, 2013 - Chapter 7 summarizes the evidence, discusses how to apply the evidence to current medical home initiatives … We also conducted targeted searches to identify studies of initiatives for which no start dates were … Most new PCMH demonstrations and initiatives are designed to serve all patients in the primary care practice … More evidence from ongoing evaluations of current PCMH initiatives is needed to determine whether the … Evaluation of patient centered medical home practice transformation initiatives.
AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring

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May 01, 2017 - Past adverse events related to EFM use Synergy with related or similar initiatives Interest and enthusiasm
Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)

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January 01, 2012 - They contribute through “informed choices, safe medication use, infection control initiatives, observing
Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2023 - Synergy with related or similar initiatives.
Development and Usability Testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Common Formats to Capture Diagnostic Safety Events (pdf file)

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January 01, 2022 - Recent initiatives such as the Primary-Care Research in Diagnosis Errors Learning Network demonstrate … expertise in healthcare quality and safety, and were involved in local and/or national organizational initiatives
Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report: Longitudinal Evaluation of the PSML Reform Demonstration Program (pdf file)

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May 01, 2016 - grants were designed to provide initial funding to States and health systems so they could explore new initiatives … This work resulted in PAMR data and contributed to preliminary quality improvement initiatives to improve … death certificate data, educate providers, evaluate readiness for patient safety initiatives, conduct … In addition, preliminary quality improvement initiatives are underway to improve the quality of death … certificate data, educate providers, evaluate readiness for patient safety initiatives, conduct reviews
Webinar: Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care: Sharing Progress and Resources from AHRQ's EvidenceNOW Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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March 01, 2024 - SHARE: More topics in this section EvidenceNOW EvidenceNOW Model Practice Facilitation EvidenceNOW Projects Advancing Heart Health Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Building State Capacity Managing Urinary Incontinence To…