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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Reliable use of agreed-to work methods (e.g. surgical safety checklist and communication behaviors) … Question Preparation
1 Can you use a surgical safety checklist form to capture key points in a work method … , times of day, and days of the week you want to include in your test.
4 Can you summarize 10 procedure … Supervisor can report on gaps in daily huddle and use problem-solving methods to reduce the gaps. … Investigate causes
• QI* project
Integration With Leaders
• Senior leader unit review
• Escalation from procedure
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapb.html
April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Spuhl, Scott Evans, Matt Saymore
Review of project goal
The inclusion of inpatient and outpatient procedures … No method to measure SSI is perfect nor will there ever be a perfect measure. … application of the method used. … We are not suggesting validity of measure; we are comparing methods with unknown validity.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/tiered-approach-slides.pptx
April 01, 2022 - approach to CLABSI and CAUTI prevention
Explain how Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) methods … ׀ 10
Let’s Take a Deeper Look – CAUTI
Ensure proper aseptic insertion techniques and maintenance procedures … intravenous catheters (MAGIC): Results from a multispecialty panel using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method … Catheter Use in Hospitalized Medical Patients: Results Obtained by Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool17e.html
March 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
Lab Results Letter
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/officebasedcare/ts-obc-online-module9.pptx
March 07, 2019 - Leaders should also foster a culture of safety with practices, processes, and procedures that are aligned … What method do you use to integrate lessons learned? Will that method apply here? … What means or methods tend to build momentum? … method apply here? … New approaches and methods become part of a culture when they are effective.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/pharmlitqi/slidedeck3/slidedeck3.pptx
March 01, 2011 - Implementing methods for allergy documentation in a chain pharmacy
Examples from medicine (Ogrinc et … .
- Implement methods for allergy documentation in a chain pharmacy. … the improvements that could be made based on the staff survey results were to use the “teach-back” methods … Employ “teach-back” – teach back is a well-established, effective method to verify patient understanding … From the pharmacy staff survey, Bella pharmacy learned that they did not employ this effective method
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/webinars/2017-materials/teamstepps-webinar-091317.pptx
January 01, 2017 - information that they received from one another. 3.88 4.21 0.33
Team members follow a standardized method … Team members correct each other's mistakes to ensure that procedures are followed properly. … Team members correct each other's mistakes to ensure that procedures are followed properly. … Team members follow a standardized method of sharing information when handing off patients. … Team members follow a standardized method of sharing information when handing off patients.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA118-Materials_III-A.pdf
September 30, 2016 - Scatter plots of measured temperature (A), temperature
adjusted for method of measurement (B), and birth
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0206-technicalspecs.pdf
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;
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/videos/index.html
June 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Training Simulation Videos
Video-based simulation training is an easy-to-use method
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www.qualitymeasures.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.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-119-section-3.pdf
May 18, 2018 - Scatter plots of measured temperature (A), temperature
adjusted for method of measurement (B), and birth
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-117-section-3-a-figures-1-2.pdf
October 20, 2017 - Scatter plots of measured temperature (A), temperature
adjusted for method of measurement (B), and birth
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/guide/selfmgmt.html
September 01, 2020 - Clinicians' use of the Teach-Back Method can prompt questions from patients if they don't understanding … Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method can help you to ensure that patients understand how to take their … Document your patient's responses to these questions and the methods used to educate and help them manage … Conducting Patient Shadowing and Walk Through
Ideally, you will obtain feedback using more than one method … You will also need to use more rigorous sampling and administration methods.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool2c.docx
January 28, 2013 - Background: Before beginning a quality improvement initiative, you need to understand your current methods … For example, some processes are mapped through the method of direct observation of the process taking … Process Analysis Procedures
Take time to brainstorm and listen to every team member. … Evaluate your current process as you define it:
What policies and procedures do we have in place for
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-alternatives-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Slide 1
One of the most important methods of preventing a CAUTI is not to insert the catheter initially … Catheter Placement” is the most important part of this lifecycle, and in this module alternatives and methods … get up to urinate
· For convenience of urinary management in patient during transport for tests and procedures … Consider a straight catheter insertion kit to reduce variation in the procedure. … This method is used extensively in newborn nurseries by weighing diapers and can be adapted easily to
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving-comp-kit.html
June 01, 2017 - They can be addressed through reminders of protocol and often do not require complex problem-solving methods … In particular, the CUS (“Concern-Uncomfortable-Safety Issue”) method serves as a communication framework … (Option: teach staff SBAR method to communicate a situation clearly and efficiently)
5 minutes … Navy method, SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) is an effective and efficient … Availability of senior staff to address the issues
Fear of negative response
Insufficient tools and methods
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/3rd-edition-toolkit/pdsa-worksheet.docx
March 01, 2024 - Plan-Do-Study-Act Directions and Examples
The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method is a way to test a change … PDSA worksheet for 2 different tools, Tool 17: Get Patient Feedback and Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method … (Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method). … · The checkout attendant successfully worked the request of the survey into the checkout procedure.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/activity/change.html
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?
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/guide/support.html
September 01, 2020 - Connect Patients With Literacy and Math Resources
The goal of this tool is to offer your practice a method … Develop procedures to support collaboration (e.g., routinely requesting patients to sign a consent form … Telemedicine is becoming an increasingly popular method for obtain consultations, especially in rural