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141. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … reduce these HACs and other adverse events in hospitals, frontline clinicians and others use many of the methods

142. AHRQ Challenge on Integrating Healthcare System Data With Systematic Review Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - A recent EPC methods report articulates specific scenarios with examples where healthcare system data … The recent EPC methods report also outlines important limitations and considerations when using unpublished … ., challenges with internal validity of healthcare system data analysis related to study design and methods … including the use of clinical advisories, clinical pathways, clinical decision support, or any other method

143. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Home Mechanical Ventilators (pdf file)
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     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.

144. Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy - Issue Brief (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Measurement: Data and Methods This domain included data and methods for tracking and measuring diagnostic … A prospective, mixed methods study in primary care. … Exploring telediagnostic procedures in child neuropsychiatry: addressing ADHD diagnosis and autism symptoms … Use of patient complaints to identify diagnosis-related safety concerns: a mixed-method evaluation. … Implementation science for ambulatory care safety: a novel method to develop context-sensitive interventions

145. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - The data are based on 17 major surgical procedure types, composed of the 12 operations included in … The methods to estimate the national HAC rate are described in detail in the document “Methods Used … contain encounter- level, clinical, and nonclinical information, including all-listed diagnoses and procedures … Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,060,000 32.5 Surgical Site Infections NHSN (2013) SSIs for 17 selected procedures … Hospital- Acquired Conditions MPSMS (2013) Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures

146. AHRQ Tips for Grant Applicants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

147. Conflict Resolution (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2013 - to Method B, then by collecting Method A, you have foregone Method B. … And then explain why you believe it may be the wrong method of doing something. … But as we go through these five methods, I want you to think about the other person. … And lucky for me that I learned one of the methods for effective conflict resolution, and I was kind … We have another physician who’s doing research here who has two methods for personal conflict.

148. Module 2: How To Manage Change (doc file)
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     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?

149. Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

150. 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

151. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method … Based on principles and methods from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the toolkit

152. Peer Review at AHRQ - Study Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

153. New Data Resource Provides Insights on Factors Related to Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

154. How Will You Gain the Trust of Health Care Providers or Plans? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Credibility You can bolster your credibility as a report sponsor by being transparent about your methods … Keep them informed about your objectives and plans, including methods, schedule, progress, and issues

155. Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

156. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following an inpatient operative procedure … that involves any part of the body that is opened or manipulated as part of the procedure. … ■ Methods used to calculate cost and/or mortality. … 2009-2010 1990-1999 1998 2004 2004 2005 2009-2010 Population Patients with a primary surgical procedure … used Alternative estimation method used Alternative estimation method used Alternative

157. Brain Health Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (Brain Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - Stat Methods Med Res.  2018;27(7):2185-99. … Stat Methods Med Res.  2018;27(10):3026-38. Khan S, et al. 

158. Return on Investment Tool (pdf file)
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     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.

159. Peer Review: Study Section Descriptions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2017 - 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

160. Variation in Health System Characteristics Across States, 2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - www.ahrq.gov/chsp/chsp-reports/resources-for-understanding-health-systems/defining-health-systems.html 2 METHODS … interpreted with the understanding that estimates vary across data sources depending on the data collection methods … Health System Characteristics, 2016 METHODS CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS Acrobat Accessibility