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2781. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - elements: ventilate with 4 to 6 cc/kg of the patient’s predicted body weight based on height and gender; measure … It may be as simple as providing disposable tape measures in patient rooms and including height as part … When a patient is admitted, the nurses or the respiratory therapist can measure the height, and then … Develop a process in which nurses can accurately measure a patient's height and make that information … Another important measure to standardizing protocol is assigning a custodian of the process.

2782. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mvp/ltvv-intro/ltvv-intro-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - elements: ventilate with 4 to 6 cc/kg of the patient’s predicted body weight based on height and sex; measure … It may be as simple as providing disposable tape measures in patient rooms and including height as part … When a patient is admitted, the nurses or the respiratory therapist can measure the height, and then … Develop a process in which nurses can accurately measure a patient's height and make that information … Another important measure to standardizing protocol is assigning a custodian of the process.

2783. Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Siddharthan.pdf
      January 10, 2005 - Health insurance companies use the CPT coding system extensively as a measure of resource allocation … The payback period measures the time it takes for a project to break even or the expected number of … as high as five times the direct costs, though an estimate of twice the direct costs is an accepted measure … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 356 Another financial measure often used to measure a return on

2784. Ventilator-Associated Event Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2017 - (IVAC+PVAP) Combined total number of IVAC and PVAP events   CALCULATING VAE MEASURES … events) + (# of PVAP) / (Total vent days)] * 1000 Additional instructions for calculating VAE measures … can be found in the Data Measures Guide ( PDF , 554 KB).

2785. Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS®in Action Webcast - Sorra (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - TeamSTEPPS ► 2 studies compared a group that used TeamSTEPPS versus a control that did not • SOPS measures … assessed ► 8 studies assessed all SOPS composite measures ► 6 studies examined specific SOPS composite … measures 22 Summary of Findings TeamSTEPPS improved SOPS patient safety culture scores… In multiple

2786. Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APP) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-148-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and CMS under the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures

2787. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2017 - Use of data to measure performance and drive improvement 6. … The following sections outline performance measures to consider. … One way to measure if an LTC facility’s safety culture is improving is to use a safety survey. … Quantitative Measures Quantitative measures provide objective data to assess progress toward meeting … Refer to more information on collecting urine culture collection rate data as a proxy measure for antibiotic

2788. Herring, Brad | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - ) Total Award: $622,700 Project Description: This research has three main aims: Construct measures … of the availability of public and private insurance to be used as exogenous measures of insurance status … Herring will develop measures of private and public health insurance availability and use them in preliminary

2789. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2022 - There is a need to define outcome measures in the hospice setting which are not overly complex but are … staff noted challenges associated with measuring advanced care planning beyond quantitative, objective measures … In tandem, quality measures should be aligned with patient outcomes in ways that do not create disincentives

2790. Practice Survey Codebook: CPCQ and PCMH-A (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/survey-codebook-baseline.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - FOA Required Reporting measurements of practice performance on cardiovascular disease prevention measures … Setting goals and benchmarking rates of performance quality on cardiovascular disease prevention measures … strategy and used continuously in meeting organizational goals ……10,11,12 PCMH- A_QI_Perfromance Measures … Optional item Performance measures Level D Level C Level B Level A are not available for the … limited in scope……4,5,6 are comprehensive – including clinical, operational, and patient experience measures

2791. CUSP Toolkit, The Role of the Nurse Manager, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2012 - List the quality improvement measures nurse managers use. … The Balanced Scorecard measures: Customer results. Internal processes. … Nurse managers can use the Balanced Scorecard when they want to measure the unit's progress. … Measuring the success of their CUSP intervention by using additional quality improvement measures.

2792. Research on Improving Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/research/index.html
      March 01, 2025 - The first goal is to learn how ambulatory care practices can use measures of patient engagement and shared … Frequency of sharing useful narratives with staff is associated with patient experience scores for multiple measures … For operational measures of patient experience (timely access to care and care coordination), increased … more confident staff and lower performance or no difference for less confident staff, depending on measure … For relational measures of patient experience (e.g., patient-provider communication and office staff

2793. Instructions for Numerator/Denominator Data Reporting for Cohort 1 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/reporting-instructions-sw.pdf
      March 31, 2017 - Metric: Choose which measure (metric) you will enter one at a time.

2794. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 12, 2025 - Children, Elderly, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Men's & Women's Health) Publications & Research Quality Measures … What do CAHPS® surveys measure?

2795. 57-Senior-Executives-Facilitator (doc file)
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      June 01, 2023 - : · We conducted a gap analysis to help us identify areas for improvement and set goals for outcome measure … We also reviewed [provide details on any other measures that were reviewed, for example, patient satisfaction

2796. Forming a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program Team: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Guided by measures. Informed by a systems view. Respect the wisdom of frontline staff! … Does it reflect how you will measure success?

2797. Strategies To Promote Psychological Safety and Organizational Safety Culture Related to Diagnosis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-4.html
      September 01, 2023 - Measure Dx is a tool that can provide practical guidance for starting a systematic process to gather … diagnosis from patients on patient and family advisory councils (PFACs) 32 or via patient experience measures

2798. Overview of the 14 Transforming Primary Care Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - investigators assessed the level of implementation achieved by the practices using an internally developed 28-measure … systems administrators, clinicians, and patients; assessed the impact of practice changes on quality measures

2799. Comparative Reports on Health Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2022 - presented in the form of stars, with two of the three stars indicating an average performance on the measure … The scores for patient experience with health plans use CAHPS rating and composite measures.

2800. 035-Ss-Pre-Launch-Activities (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - and follow-up data on intervention targets, such as MRSA burden and infections as well as on process measures … Creating a plan for how your surgical team will measure adherence and reinforce training is important