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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to
procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … between the new method and the previous method is that the new method includes patient charts
for most … All Other
Hospital-
Acquired
Conditions
MPSMS Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures … is built on the 2010–2014 methods
but includes some changes. … is based on NHSN data for 17 specific
operations: the 12 SCIP operations and 5 other major surgical procedures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/asc/index.html
March 01, 2023 - ASCs are facilities: (1) where patients have surgeries, procedures, and treatments and are not expected … User's Guide includes information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods … , establishing data collection procedures, conducting a Web-based survey, preparing and analyzing data
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/index.html
August 01, 2023 - In this study, the team used various NLP and machine-learning methods to recognize the presence or absence … Read more about the team’s methods and findings: Using Natural Language Processing to Code Patient Experience
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/medical-office/index.html
October 01, 2023 - The 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
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.docx
April 24, 2015 - sacral wounds in incontinent patients to avoid further deterioration of wound and skin when alternative methods … Document attempts at and inadequacy of alternative methods for bladder elimination prior to insertion … Alternative methods include:
· Programmed toileting, which consists of placing the patient on the bedpan … Patients who perform self-catheterization at home should be encouraged to continue performing this procedure … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/pharmacy/index.html
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
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/sect4part2.html
January 01, 2020 - already adopted an established quality improvement model, you will be able to apply its system and methods … As you work with any QI method, the key is to carefully choose strategies that have the best chance to … The goal of this project was to apply innovative systems change methods to strengthen FQHC operations … It uses a set of quality management methods and creates a special infrastructure of people within the … Training clinicians and staff in quality improvement methods.
Team building.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/hac/index.html
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
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/types.html
July 01, 2015 - Risk-adjustment methods—mathematical models that correct for differing characteristics within a population … Experts acknowledge that better risk-adjustment methods are needed to minimize the reporting of misleading
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module8/igchangemgmt.html
March 01, 2019 - Strategy
Say:
An organization fosters a "culture of safety" with its practices, processes, and procedures … Think of the method you use to integrate lessons learned into your own process modification. … Will that method apply here? … What method do you find successful for communicating to staff when numerous resisters are present? … New approaches and methods become part of a culture when they are effective.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apd.html
August 01, 2022 - Was the physical environment conducive to providing safe care for this patient/procedure/event (e.g., … CARE PROCESS
Did this event take place during a procedure, test, or skilled task? … CARE PROCESS
Were procedures available, workable, intelligible, and routinely used? … CULTURE
Have leaders established methods to identify risks and provide employees opportunities to … SOLUTIONS TO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
RESPONSIBLE POSITION / TITLE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE
MEASUREMENT METHOD
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-fairbanks.html
December 01, 2023 - Despite the benefits, the healthcare industry has lagged behind in implementing these engineering methods … His mixed-methods study included observations, interviews and focus groups with emergency medicine providers … to identify shared information needs; communication methods, strategies, and barriers; and factors affecting
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
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
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99b.html
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
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/using-implementation-research-brief.pdf
March 01, 2013 - and Dissemination of
Patient-Centered Medical Home Models
PCMH Research Methods … The series is
designed to expand the toolbox of methods used to evaluate and refine PCMH models. … Applying the theories and methods of implementation research helps program developers and
evaluators … Resources
Implementation Research Methods and Study Design
Creswell JW, Clark VLP. … Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research. 1st ed.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/uspstf/nominate.html
January 01, 2024 - Current recommendations and procedures of the USPSTF may be found at www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org … comments, drafting final recommendation documents, and participating in workgroups on specific topics and methods … following areas:
The critical evaluation of research published in peer reviewed literature and in the methods
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/CHSP-accomplishments-report-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Advancing methods;
2. Characterizing systems;
3. Understanding systems’ external environments;
4. … Advancing methods;
2. … on methods; 8 were
empirical, and the remaining 5 were conceptual or commentary articles. … specific to research on health systems, and four focused on
methods for studying medical groups. … & Methods to Improve Patient Outcomes) 2019;7(1):39.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/simulation-brief.pdf
February 01, 2015 - A further feature is that difficult elements of a procedure or protocol
can be selectively practiced … , a high performance standard might
entail performing a complex procedure without a significant misstep … to vary before learners meet the performance standard
(e.g., one learner may be able to perform the procedure … Training issues What are the methods and analyses used to identify difficult tasks, clinical areas of … Comparison of two standard-setting
methods for advanced life support training.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/pocket-guide/index.html
April 01, 2024 - These tools, as well as methods for providing training on these tools, are described in greater detail
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/index.html
December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section
Practice Improvement
Advanced Methods … Report
Implementing Team Approaches for Improving Diabetes Care in Health Centers
Methods … Slide 16
Examples of research questions
Compare the effects of different payment methods on quality