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221. Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Alternative Methods of Settling Claims. … Exploring resolution methods .

222. State Variation in Birth Rates and Payments Among Women Ages 18-44 With Commercial Insurance (pdf file)
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     October 17, 2023 - All listed diagnoses and procedures were used in identifying births. … files if they belonged to the same procedure category. … All delivery procedures used in this study exactly match the codes included in the cesarean section … rate represents the proportion of women who delivered in the hospital, standardized using the direct method … We age adjusted the payments using the direct method and SyH-DR data for commercially insured females

223. Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … AHRQ’s patient safety research formed the foundation of the methods, tools, and resources that many hospitals

224. Hiring a Vendor for a CAHPS Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2018 - Details on the bidding, proposal evaluation, and selection process; and Details on payment amounts and methods … Ask vendors for details on their monitoring, supervision, and problem resolution procedures. … Or, if you already know what procedures you prefer, be sure to specify your requirements clearly. … vendor's technical and cost proposals (which detail the activities, deadlines, products, and amount and method

225. Sampling, Weighting, and Synthetization Methodologies (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2023 - ICD Procedures The source files report up to 25 ICD procedure codes for each claim, although the number … CPT Procedures SyH-DR 21 Methodologies CPT procedure codes are five-digit codes that describe tests … procedure categorization was performed using CCS for Services and Procedures. … cost and procedure data; these coefficients were then applied to procedures observed on synthetic claims … To create synthetic values, we used the predictive mean matching method.

226. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … measurably decrease invasive MRSA infections using AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) method

227. Final Progress Report: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods: We employed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series approach. … We used statistical process control methods to assess for changes from baseline rates. … After assessing both, which showed similar results, we opted for the SPC method, because this is what … Qualitative comparative analysis, a method of grouping data sets and identifying causal relationships … Our procedures and systems are good at preventing errors from happening 1-5 4.11 2.74 AVAILABILITY

228. Quick Reference Guide to TeamSTEPPS Action Planning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2014 - Develop a Plan for Testing the Effectiveness of Your TeamSTEPPS Intervention Objective: To develop a method … Methods for data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. … what will be taught, when and where sessions will occur, and how training will be conducted (e.g., method … ongoing assessment of intervention effectiveness, including measures and target ranges; data source; methods

229. Questions & Answers: The CAHPS Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - implementation 2) Strategies for inviting and encouraging patients to respond to the elicitation questions 3) Methods … Breaking narrative ground: Innovative methods for rigorously eliciting and assessing patient narratives … Breaking narrative ground: Innovative methods for rigorously eliciting and assessing patient narratives … Some health care organizations are exploring procedures for administering the CAHPS Clinician & Group … use of patient portals to invite responses to the Elicitation Protocol would follow the same basic procedures

230. 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

231. Welcome Guide for New TeamSTEPPS Trainers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - The curriculum also considers additional communication and patient engagement methods, such as patient … Active Learning Strategies: The use of passive learning methods (e.g., listening to lectures) is less … The use of active learning methods in the curriculum is designed to foster deeper engagement in the course

232. Measuring the Quality of Physician Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2019 - Determining the "best" method is the subject of considerable debate. … Methods for aggregating data from different sources. … Methods for creating composite scores.

233. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Home Healthcare-Associated Infections Program About the CUSP Method … Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … patient advisors in ensuring patients' and families' views are incorporated into hospital policies and procedures

234. AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet Example (pdf file)
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     June 29, 2016 - Do we have a method to review PI progress on a regular basis? … Do we have a method to review PI progress on a regular basis? … Do we have a method to review PI progress on a regular basis? … 3 Y Y Y Y Y IQI 20 Pneumonia Mortality 2.7 3.0 13 $15,829 $ 205,777 N 1 4 1 Y Y Y Y Y Procedures … 3.0 3.1 2 $18,000 $ 36,000 N 2 3 2 Y Y Y Y Y AHRQ Inpatient Mortality for Selected Procedures

235. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users Infographic (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide Free technical assistance Web site: Surveys, Administration methods

236. Institute for the Design of Environments Aligned for Patient Safety (IDEA4PS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

237. Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - The User's Guide includes information on getting started, determining data collection methods, establishing … data collection procedures, conducting the survey, and preparing and analyzing data, and producing reports

238. Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - User's Guide includes information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods … , establishing data collection procedures, conducting a Web-based survey, and preparing and analyzing

239. Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet, Directions, and Examples | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - : Tool 5 The Teach-Back Method Poster Teach-Back Questions for Informed Consent Lab Results Letter … Directions in PDF (157 KB) Plan-Do-Study-Act Directions and Examples The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method … PDSA worksheet for 2 different tools, Tool 17: Get Patient Feedback and Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method … Feedback ) and how to introduce teach-back and have clinicians try it. ( Tool 5: Use the Teach-Back Method … The checkout attendant successfully worked the request of the survey into the checkout procedure.

240. Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2015 - Grantees estimated the costs of primary care transformation using a variety of methods drawn from the … Guide to Measuring the Costs of Primary Care Transformation ( PDF File , 1.4 MB), which summarizes the methods … direct and indirect costs of transforming primary care and the advantages and disadvantages of each method