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December 01, 2023 - The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams … The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method … How To Use the CUSP Method
A number of toolkits are available to help clinical teams adopt the CUSP … method to make care safer. … Most teams will want to start with the Core CUSP Toolkit to learn key principles of the CUSP method.
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February 01, 2024 - The teach-back and show-me methods are valuable tools for everyone in the practice to use with all patients … These methods can help you:
Improve patient understanding and adherence. … —Pediatric residency practice
Action
Learn the teach-back method. … Try the teach-back method.
Plan how you will ask non-shaming questions. … Use the show-me method.
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April 13, 2017 - I'm going to introduce two formal methods that you can use relatively easily to evaluate different products … (Slide 13) There are two main methods that I want to introduce today that have been proposed by the World … what the acceptable user characteristics or qualities are for rating new products, according to WHO methods … (Slide 19) Both WHO method one and method two specify much more advanced outcome measurements including … Then the link to WHO method one and method two is available from World Health Organization Clean Hands
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September 01, 2017 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
About the CUSP Method … Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Infections
Project Summary
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method … Assessment of safety culture and infection control policies and procedures. … infection rates in hospitals by 25 to 40 percent, depending on the type of surgery and surveillance method
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May 01, 2017 - I'm going to introduce two formal methods that you can use relatively easily to evaluate different products … Slide 13: Product Evaluation World Health Organization (WHO) Method One
There are two main methods … what the acceptable user characteristics or qualities are for rating new products, according to WHO methods … Slide 17: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two
The WHO method two protocol is slightly more elaborate … Slide 18: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two
I'll give you a quick tip, which is in this WHO method
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March 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … The Core CUSP Toolkit provides training materials and resources to help clinical teams learn a method … It provides specialized tools and resources to help clinical teams in ICUs apply the CUSP method to the
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December 01, 2017 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
National Scorecard Reports
Methods … Decolonization – Universal and Targeted
Tools
Methods To Estimate … This document describes the methods AHRQ used to estimate the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions … As of April 2014, this method has been repeated for 2011, and for 2012 using preliminary data for the … last reviewed December 2017
Page originally created December 2016
Internet Citation: Methods
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March 01, 2024 - the front lines of care faster by helping clinicians and staff better understand how to apply proven methods … Help clinicians apply proven methods to prevent HAIs. … Visit the CUSP Method for more information. … The Core CUSP Toolkit helps clinical teams develop a basic understanding of how to apply the CUSP method … End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities
This field-tested toolkit helps dialysis centers apply proven methods
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March 01, 2017 - Slide 27
References
· Slide 28-29
*Video included in this section
Topic: Defining Sustainability
Method … administrators and frontline staff; residents and families
Topic: Planning for Sustainability
Method … administrators and frontline staff; residents and families
Topic: Steps for Achieving Sustainable Change
Method … Audience: All staff, including administrators and frontline staff
Topic: Challenges and Solutions
Method … including administrators and frontline staff; residents and families
Topic: Sustainability Examples
Method
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January 01, 2023 - collection method to use to answer your evaluation questions. … A plan and a method for analyzing the results. … A method to analyze the results of all your groups. … A method to analyze the results of all your interviews. … Something else that fits into your organization's "standard operating procedures?"
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May 01, 2017 - Topic: Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
Method: In a meeting, discuss … administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Barriers and Solutions to Sustaining Improvements
Method … Administrators, managers, and project leads
Topic: Steps to Creating and Implementing a Sustainability Plan
Method … Material Use Guide 2
Topic: Establishing a Sustainability Measurement Plan
Method … Administrators, nurse leader, medical director, and frontline staff
Topic: Learn From Sustainability Examples
Method
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August 01, 2015 - News
Newsroom
Impact Case Studies
Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method … Blog
Newsletter
Events
Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method … CUSP, an evidence-based method that helps clinical teams address safety issues by combining clinical … originally created August 2015
Internet Citation: Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method
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December 01, 2023 - The goal of this work has been to develop a method for collecting patient narratives that is as scientifically … In testing the CAHPS Narrative Items, the CAHPS team used a relatively labor-intensive qualitative method … to analyze the narrative data collected. 2 This method worked well for initial testing, and a number … However, at a large scale, this method may prove too costly or cumbersome to administer in a way that … The CAHPS team’s method involved the development of a coding scheme for identifying key content domains
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January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide Appendix P
Product Evaluation
World Health Organization (WHO) Method … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide Appendix P
Product Evaluation
WHO Method … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide Appendix P
Product Evaluation
WHO Method … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide Appendix P
Product Evaluation
WHO Method … One
Evaluate current product and new product
Use formal WHO Method 2 methodology
Evaluating and
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July 31, 2015 - Exhibit 1 summarizes for each
method the purposes it serves, data required, possible analysis methods … The ABC method was used to calculate costs from the clinic’s perspective, while gross-
costing methods … 11
method, possible analysis methods, and key considerations. … visits per provider per year, adjusted for illness level); unique patients, patient
encounters, and procedures … Select and Apply a Cost Estimation Method
Gross-Costing Methods
ABC Method
Data Collection
Selection
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May 01, 2017 - communication behaviors, and related safety work to address by training, coaching, and revising tools and methods … addressed by manager/supervisor immediately after the huddle may be escalated according to agreed-to procedure … Leader starts at the designated time
· Choose a consistent time to meet (e.g., 15 minutes before first procedure … huddle for no more than 10 minutes at the start of the day to look back and look ahead to assure safe procedures … If so, outline the method; default is to work on exception basis.
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May 01, 2017 - Slide 14: Product Evaluation WHO Method One
Part 1 – Demographics
Part 2 – Product assessment … Slide 17: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two
Two-product comparison. … Slide 18: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two
Part 1 – Demographics
Part 2 – Product assessment … Use WHO Method One. … Evaluate current product and new product
Use formal WHO Method 2 methodology.
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January 01, 2016 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures,
as well as pressure ulcers and falls … new method and the previous method is that the new method includes patient charts for most
conditions … is built on the 2010-2014 methods but
includes some changes. … than as a focus HAC, which is the case with the new method. … as similar as possible to the methods used to acquire the 2016 samples.
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August 01, 2018 - Adoption of electronic screening methods for developmental delay and autism helped improve efficient … In 2008, four urban offices implemented a new method of electronic screening for developmental delay … The hybrid method was adopted by additional practices after mid-2010. … Sites gradually transitioned to the new system between 2011 and 2013, so the two different methods (hybrid … Learn more about the national evaluation, including its objectives, evaluation design, and methods.
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June 01, 2017 - communication behaviors, and related safety work to address by training, coaching, and revising tools and methods … addressed by manager/supervisor immediately after the huddle may be escalated according to agreed-to procedure … starts at the designated time
Choose a consistent time to meet (e.g., 15 minutes before first procedure … Identify patients who could have safety issues arise: “issue and plan”
List of patients and procedures … huddle for no more than 10 minutes at the start of the day to look back and look ahead to assure safe procedures