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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/toolkit-sustain.html
December 01, 2017 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/StatisticalProcess_032513comp.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Uses of the Method
In addition to monitoring changes in outcome measures such as the proportion of patients … Limitations
Like all methods, SPC methods have some limitations that should be considered when applying … For example, the method would need at least 25 patients with hypertension in each
time period to calculate … One method to reduce autocorrelation is to use
measurements that are three to four periods apart, rather … Uses of the Method
III. Advantages
IV. Limitations
VI. References
V.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/index.html
July 01, 2020 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 ( PDF , 200 KB)
Methods … AHRQ awarded a contract in 2016 that developed methods and estimated the incremental inpatient financial
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/about.html
May 01, 2017 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/surgical-care.html
October 01, 2022 - website has information on complication rates for more than 17,000 surgeons who performed common elective procedures—such … The website reports on the number of times a surgeon has performed a procedure, the number of complications … The Database contains more than 275,000 congenital heart surgery procedure records and currently has … STS uses a method called STAT Mortality Categories, which compares the mortality rates between programs … at least one per year during the reporting period are grouped together in the hospital in which the procedure
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/reference/quickrefguide.html
March 01, 2014 - Develop a Plan for Testing the Effectiveness of Your TeamSTEPPS Intervention
Objective: To develop a method … Methods for data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. … what will be taught, when and where sessions will occur, and how training will be conducted (e.g., method … ongoing assessment of intervention effectiveness, including measures and target ranges; data source; methods
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-5.html
March 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … _ Hx#:____________ Unit: ____________ Date/Time:____________
A minimum of 5 supervised successful procedures … If there is a deviation in any of the critical steps, immediately notify the operator and stop the procedure … Critical Steps
Yes
Yes With Reminder
Procedure Deviation: Complete Report
Comments
Before the … procedure, did the operator
Obtain informed consent
Obtain supervision
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/index.html
August 01, 2022 - More topics in this section
Practice Improvement
Advanced Methods … CUSP
Method that helps clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/lab-testing-toolkit.html
January 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … The Colorado team first improved toolkit usability using stakeholder engagement and iterative design methods
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … The methods used to compute this data are identical to those used to compute the 2010 baseline, as described … in the document “Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate … Pressure Ulcers
1,320,000
40.41
1,300,000
39.43
Surgical Site Infection
NHSN
SSIs for 17 procedures … All Other Hospital- Acquired Conditions
MPSMS
Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/choosing.html
April 01, 2018 - Create a Safe Medicine List Together
This strategy uses the “brown bag medicine review” method to engage … care of themselves at home, how to take their medications, how to use devices, and what additional procedures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/allison.pdf
December 19, 2014 - American
Health Condition Addressed
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Dissemination Tool and/or Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/prevention-modules.html
April 01, 2022 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/measuring.html
June 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiological-cultures.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Residents without a catheter
• Midstream clean catch is preferred method
o Always clean urethral … If no urine is in the tube, clamp the tube for 15–30 minutes prior to procedure.
3.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/index.html
August 01, 2017 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … ICU staff can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/cahps/bibliography/index.html
March 05, 2024 - Improvement
(113)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities
(75)
SEER-CAHPS
(9)
Statistical Techniques and Methods … Assessing an innovative method to promote learning from patient narratives: Findings from a field experiment … Journal Assessing an innovative method to promote learning from patient narratives: Findings from a … Development of a model and method for hospice quality assessment from natural language processing (NLP
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool10.html
February 01, 2024 - Communication Self-Assessment
Communication Observation Form
Plain Language Words
Use the Teach-Back Method … : Tool 5
The Teach-Back Method Poster
Teach-Back Questions for Informed Consent
Follow Up with … Disease-related dietary advice will be difficult to follow if it does not conform to the foods or cooking methods
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/rosenbloom.pdf
December 19, 2014 - Vanderbilt University
Medical Center
Health Condition Addressed
Diabetes
Dissemination Tool and/or Method