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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/design-environments-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - A mixed methods approach to tailoring evidence-based guidance for antibiotic stewardship to one medical … institution-wide quality improvement policy to ensure appropriate use of continuous cardiac monitoring: a mixed-methods … Promoting patient safety with human factors methods: practical approaches to current medication management … institution-wide quality improvement policy to ensure appropriate use of continuous cardiac monitoring: a mixed-methods
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-rabson.pdf
January 01, 2017 - encourages
participation and completion of the 5Q protocol to
increase response rates
Improve methods … for processing and reporting the
information to medical practices and clinicians
Consider future methods
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/video/cus-teach-back-inpatient-medical-guide.pdf
August 31, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Tool or Concept
CUS Tool and Teach-Back Method. … How was the Teach-Back Method used in the video?
Discussion Answers
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Lurie Children’s
Hospital
• Getting Ready for Change Self-
Assessment (Tool A.3)
• Improvement Methods … Schroeder that drew on materials from the Pediatric QI
Toolkit, including the Improvement Methods Overview … physicians
and other staff are also better able to successfully coordinate biopsies, imaging, and other
procedures
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/building-ambulatory-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - digital literacy and engagement in user-centered design in a diverse, safety-net population: mixed methods … Efficiency and interpretability of text paging communication for medical inpatients: a mixed-methods … Implementation science for ambulatory care safety: a novel method to develop context-sensitive interventions … A mixed-methods study of patient-provider e-mail content in a safety-net setting .
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module2/module2_fall-prevention.docx
August 24, 2017 - Links to quality improvement expertise—someone with expertise in systematic process improvement methods … Instructor’s Note: The specific type of quality improvement method/framework/tool used is not important … You can use colored sticky notes, as in this example, or some other method, and work with the unit staff … problems are specific to each unit, because of differences in patient population, medications, and methods … , considering:
Are we following these policies and procedures?
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/e1_combo_monitorprogress.pdf
June 05, 2016 - • Establish procedures for acting on identified problems. … Develop Report Formats To Communicate Clearly
The “best” methods to display monitoring data are the … Two principles apply to all data display methods:
• Display only the most important information from … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
Establish Procedures … Establish a Schedule for Regular Reporting
Develop Report Formats To Communicate Clearly
Establish Procedures
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=10
September 01, 2015 - ICU staff can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based … ASCs can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/state-of-science.pdf
April 02, 2020 - Many methods have been suggested to study diagnostic errors.32
While most of them have been evaluated … problems.37 Information should be used to inform system fixes and related
organizational processes and procedures … ■ Use of a single method to identify diagnostic error, such as manual chart reviews or voluntary
reporting … specific safety events that can be coded with good sensitivity (e.g., retention of foreign
objects during procedures … reflecting varying degrees of confidence in
the determination of error.20,94
Depending on the measurement method
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.docx
January 01, 2013 - This tool provides a step-by-step method for calculating the ROI for a new set of actions implemented … / Improvement investment costs
CEA = Improvement investment costs / Effectiveness
The step-by-step procedure … The ROI analysis needs to capture when those actions change the hospital’s operating procedures over … Prepare these costs using the same methods used for program budgeting. … Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. 2nd ed.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-dalal.html
January 01, 2024 - Dalal received a 3-year grant in 2023 to design, develop, implement, and evaluate methods for allowing … These methods will enable the patient’s current facility to gain an understanding of the treatments and
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-appendix2-comments.xlsx
October 12, 2022 - provided CMS with evidence of hospitals discontinuing or never adopting these clinically advanced imaging procedures … The methods section in the report does not provide any rationale as to why representatives from the life … Flexibility in determining the most appropriate study design, data, outcomes, and analysis methods is … The methods section in the report does not provide any rationale as to why representatives from the life … provided CMS with evidence of hospitals discontinuing or never adopting these clinically advanced imaging procedures
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … ASCs can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/index.html
June 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
About the CUSP Method … Hospitals can use the toolkit to apply the evidence for enhanced recovery within the proven principles and methods
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/hmv-protocol.pdf
February 02, 2018 - If
meta-analysis is deemed appropriate, we plan to use the DerSimonian and Laird random
effect method … included in the analysis is larger than 1817; otherwise, the DerSimonian and Laird random
effect method … Assessing Applicability - We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide
for Comparative … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Methods
V. References
VI. Definition of Terms
VII. Review of Key Questions
VIII.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/index.html
January 01, 2020 - Understanding and Implementing the Improvement Cycle
Although QI models vary in approach and methods … team decides to implement a new specialist referral process, you could begin by making changes to the procedures … Dashboards can be a useful method for sharing consistent information across multiple levels of an organization … development of shared care plans may improve clinical outcomes and reduce no-shows for appointments or procedures … This article describes innovative methods and highlights specific examples of organizational structures
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/funding/process/grant-app-basics/apptips.html
July 01, 2021 - How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services … Proposed methods not appropriate to answer research questions. … Lack of generalizability of findings or methods.
Investigator lacks expertise in methodology.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
March 01, 2019 - communication strategies help patients and providers understand each other better, including
the teach-back method … Teach-Back Method
If patient teaches
back correctly
and there’s more
to explain
If patient doesn … health-professionals/game-plan-preventing-type-2-diabetes/how-talk-patients-about-prediabetes-diagnosis/use-teach-back-method … health-professionals/game-plan-preventing-type-2-diabetes/how-talk-patients-about-prediabetes-diagnosis/use-teach-back-method
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerrev.html
March 01, 2024 - Dissemination and translation of research findings and methods to reduce medical errors, examining effective … challenges to health IT adoption and use; development and testing of health IT quality improvement measures, methods
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/886.html
October 01, 2023 - data mining approach that offers additional insights compared with traditional summary statistical methods … Webinar presenters will highlight resources and methods that grantees have developed to help improve