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September 01, 2013 - Patient and Family Engagement
Facilitator Notes
The Patient and Family Engagement module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular approach to patient safety, and modules presented in this toolkit are interconnected and are aimed at improving patient safety. …
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December 01, 2012 - CUSP Toolkit: The Role of the Nurse Manager
CUSP Toolkit
The Role of the Nurse Manager module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses the role of nursing leaders for your quality improvement initiative.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide.
Slide 2. Learning Objectives
Slide 3. What is a Nurse Manager?
Slide 4. Wh…
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December 01, 2012 - CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides
The Spread module of the CUSP Toolkit helps an organization share, tailor, and implement the components of a process that have worked well at the unit level. The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture is local. T…
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April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Administration
Chapter 2. Determining Surgical Site Infec…
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September 01, 2019 - Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public
C. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Note: Last revised in 2006, these Guidelines also appear on the HHS Web site. AHRQ presents them here with a 2015 Update .
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Agency Mission .
Scope and Applicability …
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June 01, 2018 - Update to the "Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public"
In 2015, AHRQ issued an update to its Information Quality Guidelines of 2006 .
Section I, Agency Mission: The Agency's mission statement has been updated. The new mission statement is: The mission of the Ag…
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December 01, 2012 - Assemble the Team
CUSP Toolkit
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
Note : Slide content is presented below each of the images.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
Slide 3. The Unit…
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December 01, 2012 - Assemble the Team, Facilitator Notes
CUSP Toolkit
The Assemble the Team module of the CUSP Toolkit addresses CUSP team composition for your quality improvement initiative.
Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
Slide 3. The Unit-Based CUSP Team .
Slide 4. CUSP Team Memb…
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April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Chapter 2. Patient Safety Advisory Councils
The success of any team requires active participation from every member. The approach health care systems traditionally take neglects the most critical member of the team—the patient. Programs an…
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Appendix F. Meeting Evaluation
Each council member should be asked to complete an evaluation after each meeting, and meeting leaders should share the results of these evaluations at every meeting. A sample evaluation form follows.
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Appendix E. Meeting Ground Rules
To set the tone for the meetings and ensure all participants are comfortable, the meeting planner creates ground rules for patient advisory council meetings.
Sample ground rules for patient advisory counc…
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April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
References
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. CAHPS®: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. Accessed January 3, 2007. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/index.html .
Aspden P, Wolcott JA, Bootman L, Cron…
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April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Chapter 1. Introduction
This Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council is being made available to readers with the intent that it will provide information and guidance to empower individuals and organizations…
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Appendix B. Council Information Sheet and Application
A sample of the member information sheet and application for patients or caregivers for the Aurora Health Care Patient Safety Partnership Council follows. With minor edits, the informat…
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Appendix A. Project Goals and Objectives
Before they meet regularly, patient advisory councils need to establish project goals. Examples of project goals and objectives for small and large patient advisory councils follow.
A. Scope for a…
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Appendix I. Process Objectives, Measurements, and Evaluation Strategies
The tables below provide examples of objectives that can be adapted for a patient advisory council and ways to measure its success.
A. Create a Patient Advisory Coun…
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Appendix H. Advertisement
Part of spreading the word about the patient advisory council's project includes advertising in local media. A photo of an advertisement follows.
Return to Contents
Proceed to Next Section
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Acknowledgments
We are in the midst of an exciting national movement, endorsed by health care entities and patients alike, to engage patients and families as partners with their health care providers. Including patients in the design and i…
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Appendix C. Confidentiality Statement
Patient advisory council members must sign confidentiality statements as part of their membership processing. A sample follows:
A federal law called "HIPAA" (Health Insurance Portability and Accounta…
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Appendix D. Vision and Mission Statements
Sample vision and mission statements and objectives for patient advisory councils follow.
Vision
A safe, compassionate, innovative health care community that listens, learns, and responds colla…