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October 01, 2014 - Improving the Quality of Asthma Care
New Tools for States
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and its companion workbook, Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action. These materials were design…
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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.
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Contents
Slide 1. Cover Slide .
Slide 2. Learning Objectives .
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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: 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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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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November 01, 2020 - Information Quality Guidelines
Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies
HHS Information Quality Guidelines
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Guidelines
Customer Feedback
Section 515 of the Treasury an…
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December 01, 2012 - Five Major Steps to Intervention (The "5 A's")
Successful intervention begins with identifying users and appropriate interventions based upon the patient's willingness to quit. The five major steps to intervention are the "5 A's": Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange.
Ask - Identify and document tobacc…
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April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Toolkit and Resource Descriptions
The Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council provides information and guidance to empower individuals and organizations to develop a community-based advisory council. These co…
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April 01, 2018 - Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
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 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 G. Brochure
Part of marketing the patient advisory council includes developing brochures that explain the council's roles and goals. A photo of a sample brochure follows.
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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 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 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.
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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…
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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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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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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 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…