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241. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low-back Pain: Topic Refinement (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/lbpinject-topicref.pdf
     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.

242. 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

243. 3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - Preface Summary Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Study Methods … Implementation tools, methods, and evaluation. Evidence synthesis and dissemination. … Other methods areas for HSR within the VHA include implementation methods and evaluation for translating … HSR, PCR, and Methods and Tool Development Projects, by Funding Agency   ACL AHRQ CDC CMS … All In-Scope Projects, by Methods and Tool Development/Methods of Interest Categories and Funding Agency

244. EvidenceNOW: Practice Survey Codebook, Baseline | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Story Results Publications Infographics Webinars Research Design and Methods

245. 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

246. 2017Qdr-Patsafchartbook (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/2017qdr-patsafchartbook.pdf
     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).

247. 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

248. 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

249. Health Care Simulation to Advance Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2018 - A further feature is that difficult elements of a procedure or protocol can be selectively practiced … Various methods for setting performance standards in medical education exist. 7,8   In some military … settings, a high performance standard might entail performing a complex procedure without a significant … to vary before learners meet the performance standard (e.g., one learner may be able to perform the procedure … Comparison of two standard-setting methods for advanced life support training.

250. 6. Research Gaps and Prioritization of Federally Funded HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - Qualitative and mixed methods. … [they] could [also] potentially bring new methods to us. … Participants noted that procedures for handling patient privacy and consent and infrastructure for linking … One interview participant suggested that, rather than using bundled payments for acute admissions and procedures … such as the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method or the RAND Delphi method. 

251. A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/research-results/results/infographics/snapshot.html
     August 01, 2018 - Story Results Publications Infographics Webinars Research Design and Methods

252. Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers | 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 … ASCs can use the toolkit to apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based

253. Developing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Identify methods to measure and share outcomes of stewardship interventions.

254. Strategy 6C: OpenNotes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2020 - Engaging patients through open notes: an evaluation using mixed methods.   … Engaging patients through open notes: an evaluation using mixed methods. … Engaging patients through open notes: an evaluation using mixed methods.

255. 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

256. Patient Language Process Map | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - List various methods. Note contingency plans.

257. EvidenceNOW Infographics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - Story Results Publications Infographics Webinars Research Design and Methods

258. Defining Diagnostic Error: A Scoping Review to Assess the Impact of the National Academies’ Report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2022 - clinicians must constantly balance diagnostic accuracy against judicious use of diagnostic tests or procedures … without addressing diagnostic error methods, including formal review methods (e.g., systematic • Articles … Additional work is needed to study how factors related to infor- mation, timing, method, and behaviors … How family carers engage with technical health procedures in the home: a grounded theory study. … Use of patient complaints to identify diagnosis-related safety concerns: a mixed-method evaluation.

259. Comparative Reports on Surgical Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - website has information on complication rates for more than 17,000 surgeons who performed common elective procedures—such … The website reports on the number of times a surgeon has performed a procedure, the number of complications … The Database contains more than 275,000 congenital heart surgery procedure records and currently has … STS uses a method called STAT Mortality Categories, which compares the mortality rates between programs … at least one per year during the reporting period are grouped together in the hospital in which the procedure

260. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - CUSP is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical … The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method … "This is a sterile procedure, and the room has to be cleaned before the procedure can begin." … A unit nurse explains the upcoming procedure and the need for a daily chlorhexidine bath to the patient … Those messages are reinforced when the PICC team arrives to perform the procedure, Alejandria said.