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1. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method … The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method … About the CUSP Method  Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Creating a Culture of Safety in the

2. Final Progress Report: Multi-Method Proactive Risk Assessment (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Multi-Method Proactive Risk Assessment Title: Multi-Method Proactive Risk Assessment … and Quality Grant Number: 1P20HS017142-01 Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate the ability of a multi-method … Methods: Data from the Medical Office Safety Culture Survey, the Office Vital Signs Survey, two error … three areas (laboratory management, imaging management, or medication management) using participatory methods … Methods: Overview The project involved primary data collection via the three surveys (Medical Office

3. About the CUSP Method  | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2025 - About the CUSP Method  The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can … 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 … Most teams will want to start with the Core CUSP Toolkit to learn key principles of the CUSP method.

4. Leveraging Existing Assessments of Risk Now (LEARN) Safety Analysis: A Method for Extending Patient Safety Learning (pdf file)
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   May 30, 2008 - • Surgical and nonsurgical procedures (preparation, performance of the procedure, and post- procedural … education, consent, and confidentiality for preventive care diagnostics, medications, non-surgical procedures … certain chance of failure mode Category Safeguard Type Description S1 Multiple checks Hospital procedure … has a formal built-in check and other safeguards S2 Formal check Hospital procedure includes a formal … Conclusion The LEARN Safety Analysis method can provide several methods for assessment: (1) a catalogue

5. Clostridium difficile Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   About the CUSP Method  Henry Ford Hospital Unit Lowers C. diff Infections by 90 Percent Using AHRQ

6. Improvement Methods Overview (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Improvement Methods Overview Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How to Improve … the team review list of other resources in case they may be helpful (Section G tools) Improvement Methods … Improvement Methods Overview Performance Improvement Model Performance Improvement Model Performance

7. Improvement Methods Overview (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Improvement Methods Overview Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital … the team review list of other resources in case they may be helpful (Section G tools) Improvement Methods … INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS TOOL DELETE THIS SLIDE BEFORE PRESENTATION Improvement Methods Overview

8. Final Progress Report: A Formal Approach to Detecting and Correcting Simultaneous Masking in the IEC 60601-1-8 International Medical Alarm Standard (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - AIM 3: DEVELOP A PROCEDURE TO DESIGN AND TEST NEW ALARMS. … This procedure will allow engineers to both test whether an alarm design contains masking and use the … Table 3: IEC 60601-1-8 Alarm Design Parameters METHODS AIM 1: METHOD UPDATES. … AIM 3: PROCEDURE AND DESIGN APPROACH. … AIM 3: PROCEDURE AND DESIGN ANALYSIS RESULTS.

9. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2017 - Methodological References Cited by Grantees Method Name and Definition Study … Purpose Data Sources and Analysis Methods Key Considerations Gross-Costing Cost estimate … Descriptive analysis (trend analysis) Econometric modeling (linear regression, difference-in-difference method … fixed or random effects models to address unobserved variation Consider a difference-in-difference method … : Basic accounting methods (multiply number of units by unit costs and add together).

10. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Methodological References Cited by Grantees Method Name and Definition Study … Purpose Data Sources and Analysis Methods Key Considerations Gross-Costing Cost estimate … Descriptive analysis (trend analysis) Econometric modeling (linear regression, difference-in-difference method … fixed or random effects models to address unobserved variation Consider a difference-in-difference method … : Basic accounting methods (multiply number of units by unit costs and add together).

11. Material Use Guide - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Topic: Communication and Teamwork Defined Method: Present slides 4-11 in a meeting using the facilitator … Audience: All employees Topic: Improving Surgical Team Communication With Debriefings and Briefings Method … Materials: Slides 42-47, Example of Speaking Up audio, CUS technique Audience: All employees in operating, procedure … , and recovery rooms Topic: Closed-Loop Communication Method: Present slides 48-51 in a team meeting … Materials: Slides 48-51, Example of Closed-Loop Communication audio Audience: All employees in operating, procedure

12. Communication-Material-Guide (doc file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Topic: Communication and Teamwork Defined Method: Present slides 4-11 in a meeting using the facilitator … Audience: All employees Topic: Improving Surgical Team Communication With Debriefings and Briefings Method … Materials: Slides 42-47, Example of Speaking Up audio, CUS technique Audience: All employees in operating, procedure … , and recovery rooms Topic: Closed-Loop Communication Method: Present slides 48-51 in a team meeting … Materials: Slides 48-51, Example of Closed-Loop Communication audio Audience: All employees in operating, procedure

13. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - 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

14. PCMH Research Methods Webinar Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - PCMH Research Methods Webinar Series The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Research Methods … Each of the briefs describes a PCMH method, outlines its advantages and limitations, and provides resources … for researchers to learn more about the method. … Select to access the PCMH Research Methods Series . … Select to view video: Webinar #5: Mixed Methods (Flash video, 1 hr, 17 sec.)

15. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications
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    April 01, 2022 - protocol Anticipated urinary retention due to paralytic meds Recent urologic or gynecologic diagnosis or procedure … Urine sample that CANNOT be collected by other method such as urinal, external catheter, or ISC Sample … Checklist Question 45 Does the patient have urinary incontinence that cannot be addressed by non-catheter methods … Strict temporary immobility post-op from vascular procedure Yes Yes Yes Barrier creams, prompted toileting … open sacral/hip wounds require an indwelling urinary catheter if the wound can be kept clean by other methods

16. Chapter 3. Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Previous Page Next … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … JAMIA Draft Manuscript The primary purpose of this task was to design and test methods … ) had 10 procedure codes. … This study shows that it is still a reliable method to identify SSIs.

17. A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2017 - Select and Apply a Cost Estimation Method Cost estimation methods can be divided into two main categories … Exhibit 1 summarizes for each method the purposes it serves, data required, possible analysis methods … Gross-Costing Methods Gross-costing methods can be used to conduct retrospective cost analyses of a … Key considerations for gross-costing methods include: These methods require access to general ledger … Key considerations for the ABC method include: This method can be used to fairly precisely estimate

18. A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Select and Apply a Cost Estimation Method Cost estimation methods can be divided into two main categories … Exhibit 1 summarizes for each method the purposes it serves, data required, possible analysis methods … Gross-Costing Methods Gross-costing methods can be used to conduct retrospective cost analyses of a … Key considerations for gross-costing methods include: These methods require access to general ledger … Key considerations for the ABC method include: This method can be used to fairly precisely estimate

19. 030-Hand-Hygiene-Webinar-Slides-Notes (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Slide 5 Evidence-Based Practices: Indications for Hand Hygiene and Recommended Procedures SAY: Hand … This next section will discuss evidence-based practices, indications, and recommended procedures for … Before a clean or aseptic procedure 3. … Slide 19 How to Monitor Hand Hygiene Adherence SAY: The most frequent methods for measuring hand … They identified several opportunities to clarify expectations, including procedures for when to perform

20. 5 Tk2 P1T5-Sample Timeline Phase 1 (doc file)
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    May 01, 2014 - Determine whether a new policy is required; if so, draft it  Write procedures … for antibiogram program  Have management review policy/procedure; modify … as needed  Roll out new policy/procedure  Decide … on dissemination method for prescribing clinicians and ED physicians  Review … Task 4: Monitoring Add to quality improvement program (i.e., determine best tracking method