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241. Chapter 3. Description of Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - The Delphi Method is an anonymous process for developing consensus on topics that require input from … investigation, why the event happened, and what actions have been taken to prevent recurrence (e.g., policy and procedure … Environmental Scan and Literature Review Methods. … Second Round of Consumer Focus Groups Methods. … changes based on what was learned from consumer reports, through training, and by modifying policies or procedures

242. 100-Skin-Prep-Prior-Incision-One-Pager (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/100-skin-prep-prior-incision-one-pager.docx
     April 01, 2025 - alcohol.5 · Broach et al., 2017: This single-center RCT of patients undergoing elective colorectal procedures … alcohol: · Charehbili et al., 2019: This multicenter crossover RCT of patients undergoing many surgical procedure … patients who received either CHG with alcohol or PI with alcohol, though there are some concerns about the methods … This multicenter cluster-randomized crossover RCT examined the two agents in abdominal and cardiac procedures … Instructions will contain information about the amount or skin area each applicator covers, the application method

243. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Preface Methods … Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality Contents Preface Methods …     Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate         Literature Review—Methods …         Literature Review—Results         Estimation Method         Results Moderating Factors …     Hospital Characteristics         Methods         Results     HSOPS         Methods         Results

244. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache: Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - 00215 Anesthesia for intracranial procedures; vascular procedures 00216 Anesthesia for intracranial … procedures; procedures in sitting position 00218 Anesthesia for intracranial procedures; cerebrospinal … fluid shunting procedures 00220 Anesthesia for intracranial procedures; electrocoagulation of intracranial … for tumor destruction, to achieve hemostasis, to occlude a vascular malformation), percutaneous, any method … method, including burr hole(s) and localizing and recording techniques, single or multiple stages;

245. Appendix B. Example Data Collection Tools (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Background A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation Synthesis Report: Methods … Methods to calculate costs: Since there may be multiple methods used to estimate the costs for each … A detailed description of the allocation method used to distribute total provider costs. … Methods to calculate costs: Since there may be multiple methods used to estimate the costs for each … A detailed description of the allocation method used to distribute total provider costs.

246. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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     June 02, 2025 - Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix O Sterilization Terminal sterilization is the preferred method … gloves before removing the endoscope from the storage cabinet Transport using an impervious barrier method … Implementation Guide Appendix O Record Keeping Lot number Specific name of the item Patient identifier Procedure

247. Appendix B. Example Data Collection Tools (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Background A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation Synthesis Report: Methods … Methods to calculate costs: Since there may be multiple methods used to estimate the costs for each … A detailed description of the allocation method used to distribute total provider costs. … Methods to calculate costs: Since there may be multiple methods used to estimate the costs for each … A detailed description of the allocation method used to distribute total provider costs.  

248. Final Progress Report: Auditory Perception of Drug Names: Neighborhood Effects (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - We developed additional procedures to capture legitimate pronunciation variants. … method. … Current methods in the search engine Method Remarks Bi-gram Similarity Orthographic and phonetic Tri-gram … Estimated mean average precision for various methods Method Estimated Mean Avg. … Our research suggests that no single ranking method will perform as well as a method that intelligently

249. Chapter 7. Layering Interventions and Moving Toward Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2016 - care pathways, particularly for major orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and other selected surgical procedures … also demonstrated some success. 1,2,12 Posting results and making them public can be an effective method … Second, improvement teams should find methods to monitor mechanical prophylaxis administration and improve … Significant reductions in UE DVT rates are feasible, however, by other methods. … Achieving Measure-vention: Reaching Level 5 on the Hierarchy of Reliability Under the stoplight method

250. Chapter 7. Layering Interventions and Moving Toward Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2016 - care pathways, particularly for major orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and other selected surgical procedures … also demonstrated some success. 1,2,12 Posting results and making them public can be an effective method … Second, improvement teams should find methods to monitor mechanical prophylaxis administration and improve … Significant reductions in UE DVT rates are feasible, however, by other methods. … Achieving Measure-vention: Reaching Level 5 on the Hierarchy of Reliability Under the stoplight method

251. Developing Invitation Messages that Increase Survey Response Rates - Brown (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed- Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. − Fazekas, Z., Wall, M.T … Methods to increase response rates to postal questionnaires. 42 http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov

252. Chapter 3. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Methods Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Disaster Alternate Care Facilities … Methods Chapter 4. Results Appendix A: References and Available Abstracts Appendix B.

253. Implementation Change Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - For example, a resister might object to plans for conducting debriefs after surgical procedures. … Using existing quality improvement methods in your organization to track activities daily. … Think of the method you use to integrate lessons learned into your own process modification. … Will that method apply here? … Consider what methods tend to build momentum. Is your facility a “storytelling” place?

254. Society of Hospital Medicine Uses Two AHRQ Products in Hospital Discharge Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Transitions), has been used by approximately 45 hospitals nationally to implement an evidence-based method

255. Qualitative Methods Used in AHRQ-Funded Primary Care Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Qualitative Methods Used in AHRQ-Funded Primary Care Research AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence … in Primary Care Research presented a webinar about Qualitative Methods Used in AHRQ-Funded Primary Care … AHRQ grantees highlight different types of qualitative methods used in their primary care research, why … these methods were chosen, and the benefits and challenges of conducting a study using these methods … The focus of the presentations was on the methods used, not the results.

256. Healthlittoolkit2-Tool2A (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - All staff members ask patients to state key points in their own words (i.e., use the teach-back method … ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 5-Teach-Back Method 15. … ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 5-Teach-Back Method 8-Brown Bag Review 2. … Staff members discuss different methods for remembering to take medicines correctly and offer patients

257. Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data (Webcast) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data … Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program discussed how patient experience professionals use multiple feedback methods … Speakers described how additional feedback methods complement CAHPS data, and how this integration of … Cable, M.H.S., CPXP, LBBP Founder of IGNITE HX Fort Lauderdale, FL Case Examples of Patient Feedback Methods … Department of Veterans Affairs Popham Beach, ME Case Examples of Patient Feedback Methods for Complementing

258. Innovative Diffusion of Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2013 - about which medicines are safe for their patients and to use comparative effectiveness research (CER) methods … Health Condition Addressed Multiple Dissemination Tool and/or Method Educational Program

259. Final Progress Report: Building the Evidence Base for Vomit Clean-Up Procedures in Long-Term Care Facilities (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - METHODS A variety of methodologies were used to complete our four aims. … Methods used for each aim are briefly described below. … Individual estimates of REi were calculated using a maximum likelihood procedure to infer the average … Data extraction was based on the matrix method, with templates constructed in in Microsoft Excel. … In this study, the CDC confirmed that the Amicon column-based gel filtration method could recover 100%

260. Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 169 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Although this procedure is not as commonly performed as either banding procedures or gastric bypass, … Procedure codes for corresponding gastric procedures were also restricted by ICD-9 codes for obesity … Bariatric surgical procedures by ICD-9 code Procedure ICD-9 Code Gastric bypass High gastric … Then RCTs or matched cohort study comparing barrier methods, OCP, and other methods for contraception … Methods Chapter 3. Results Chapter 4.