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1. The CUSP Method | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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.

2. 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

3. 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

4. Synthesis Report: Methods and Results From the AHRQ Estimating Costs Research Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2017 - Data Analysis Methods Grantees used qualitative and mixed methods to describe study settings and methods … The ABC method was used to calculate costs from the clinic’s perspective, while gross-costing methods … Cost Analysis Methods Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the methods used to estimate the costs of primary … method, possible analysis methods, and key considerations. … This method is also susceptible to recall bias (for retrospective studies).

5. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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

6. 1b.4_Input_File_Specifications_508 (xls file)
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   January 01, 2014 - Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity. … Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity. … Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity. … Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity. … Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm: A New Method to Stratify Children by Medical Complexity.

7. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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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

8. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products: Transcript/Facilitator Notes - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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

9. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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

10. Fuzzy Set Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2013 - Marcus's Answer: The methods brief we wrote for AHRQ is a good simple introduction to the method. … Also referring to the AHRQ methods brief and the growing number of published papers using the method … Marcus's Answer: I have tried to publish two papers using this method, both to HSR. … His papers are cited in the AHRQ Methods Brief. … There is extensive literature contrasting and comparing traditional statistical methods with QCA methods

11. Elements of an Evaluation Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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?"

12. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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

13. The Quick Reference Guide to TeamSTEPPS Action Planning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Methods for data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. … Method for sample collection or recruitment.        If random, definition of "random".    … Description of data collection methods.    … For Example : Simplifies procedures and protocols. … Standardizes equipment, procedures, protocols. Minimizes reliance on memory.

14. Introducing electronic screening tools for developmental delay and autism into pediatric primary care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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.

15. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2020 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … between the new method and the previous method is that the new method includes patient charts for most … the methods AHRQ developed to estimate the national rate of HACs for 2014 to 2017. … is built on the 2010–2014 methods but includes some changes. … on a modified version 4.1 of Patient Safety Indicators, modified to not use present on admission or procedure

16. P-HIP Excel Tool Guidance (pdf file)
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    February 09, 2021 - import options In case of an error, or when using a new copy of the tool, you might need to use other methods … Method 1: get individual text case files into a new copy of the tool. 1. … Method 2: direct copy from old tool into new tool. … Note: this method also works to export the cases if there’s a problem. … Method 2: direct copy from old tool into new tool.

17. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … between the new method and the previous method is that the new method includes patient charts for most … All Other Hospital- Acquired Conditions MPSMS Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures … is built on the 2010–2014 methods but includes some changes. … is based on NHSN data for 17 specific operations: the 12 SCIP operations and 5 other major surgical procedures

18. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Home Healthcare-Associated Infections Program National Scorecard Reports Methods … 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 … Use of these data may enable the development of a new method that could provide an improved estimate … Preliminary data and calculations based on data that include the new IQR samples suggest that a method

19. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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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

20. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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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