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121. Measuring Climate Resiliency: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2023 - AGENDA Purpose of the Roundtable: Discuss the feasibility, current state, and the appropriate methods … What are the appropriate methods for developing and evaluating measures of facility-level climate

122. Evaluating the Results of a Quality Reporting Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - To learn which methods would be most appropriate to answer questions about results, go to Data Collection … Methods: Matching Questions to Methods .

123. Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2018 - clinical preventive services by focusing on health literacy, health communication, quality improvement methods … Implementation Science and Prevention (CRISP) | University of Colorado   This center is exploring methods … The three main research projects of this center look at reminder and recall methods to increase immunization

124. 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

125. Strategies Used by Effective Practice Facilitators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - Story Results Publications Infographics Webinars Research Design and Methods … Effective Facilitator Strategies for Supporting Primary Care Practice Change: A Mixed Methods Study.

126. Final report: To Quantify the Impact of the Existing vs. Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance during Pretreatment QA Tasks (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - The time-out procedure was carried out at the console before initiating treatment. … RULA: a survey method for the investigation of work- related upper limb disorders. … also highlight unique patient safety challenges within RT, particularly during quality assurance (QA) procedures … Method: 14 RTTs participated in this study. … Materials/Methods: 14 RTTs participated in this study.

127. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … ICU staff can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based

128. Ldusafety Facguide (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - It includes reviewing patient information, procedure, indications, anticipated complications, risk, medical … Nonstandardized, informal, visual estimation methods typically underestimate blood loss, resulting in … initiatives Interest and enthusiasm of unit staff for implementing Support implementation of unit procedure … Pilot test any new procedures to work out any bugs or problems. … Create a mechanism for identifying recurrent nonuse or deviation from the established procedure by clinicians

129. CAHPS Survey Administration: What We Know and Potential Research Questions (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2017 - Despite these potential benefits, there are a number of drawbacks to this method. … IVR as a method of survey administration also affects how respondents answer questions. … Comparison of Methods in Collecting CG-CAHPS Data. HealthStream. … The effect of method of delivery on response to a nonresponse follow-up. … Surveying the general public over the Internet using address-based sampling and mail contact procedures

130. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Best Processes/Systems of Care Introduction: Essential First Steps • Engage key perioperative/procedure … Practice: Counts at Appropriate Points During Surgery • Count all sponges and instruments for a procedure … • Consider use of computer-assisted method for counting, including use of a barcoding system on … ).1,6,7 • If not implemented routinely, then consider implementing additional screening methods for … , procedures that convert from laparoscopic to open, emergency procedures).1 Educational Recommendation

131. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low-back Pain: Topic Refinement (pdf file)
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     March 03, 2014 - intradiscalelectrothermal therapy, percutaneous intradiscal radiofrequency thermocoagulation, and other procedures … Usually used as a diagnostic procedure to identify facet joint pain, but has also been used as a therapeutic … procedure. … Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. … Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine.

132. 2017Qdr-Patsafchartbook (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - hospitals prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and improve safety culture • Method … /methods/2018-01.pdf). … /methods/2018-01.pdf). … /methods/2018-01.pdf). … /methods/2018-01.pdf).

133. Implementing the New CAHPS Protocol for Obtaining Patient Comments About Their Care (Webcast) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Material Summary This Webcast from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) discussed methods

134. Major Study Shows Significant Drop in In-Hospital Adverse Event Rates Pre-COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and post-procedure … perceptions of healthcare culture, services and systems, and developing and testing measures, tools and methods … Utilization Project with data from several other sources, AHRQ researchers designed a more accurate method … The method, outlined in Health Services Research , uses market share and discharge data to identify … 4 percent reduction in average bed capacity in non-Hispanic Black population regions compared with methods

135. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - collaboration with experts from the public and private sector, the Agency shall identify and disseminate methods … or systems to assess health care research results, particularly methods or systems to rate the strength … The Agency shall make methods or systems for evidence rating widely available. … containing health care recommendations shall indicate the level of substantiating evidence using such methods … respect to paragraph (1), the role of the Agency shall include— (A) the identification and assessment of methods

136. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2023 - mandate the use of any CAHPS surveys or the use of any specific CAHPS sampling or survey administration methods … Survey methods research, including efforts to improve the effectiveness of survey administration methods

137. Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts To Improve Patient Experience (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2020 - Because some qualitative methods are easier and less expensive to implement than surveys, they can be … The CAHPS Database uses this method in one of the displays included in its online reporting system. … Assess Which Aspects of Patient Experience Are Most Important to Your Members or Patients Another method … There are several methods for calculating correlations; the method that is recommended for CAHPS scores … is the Spearman correlation, but other methods may also be useful.

138. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2020 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 ( PDF , 200 KB) Methods … AHRQ awarded a contract in 2016 that developed methods and estimated the incremental inpatient financial

139. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     February 17, 2011 - How can change efforts introduce narrative methods in order to increase emotional engagement of prospective … patterns of behavior (centers of influence) Rules base Financing paradigms Geography * * Method … collection Recursive evaluation Knowledge management Logistics/resource management * * Methods … How will you spread your better practice (method)? … * * Major Hills to Take… Build the field Experiment with incentives Experiment with new methods

140. CAHPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Improvement (113) Racial and Ethnic Disparities (75) SEER-CAHPS (9) Statistical Techniques and Methods … Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting - A Randomized Feasibility Study … https://www.surveypractice.org/article/9651-methods-for -improving-response-rates-in-an-emergency-department-setting-a-randomized-feasibility-study … patient experience data on health systems' websites and commercial physician-rating websites: mixed-methods