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161. Final Progress Report: Failure To Rescue-Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR-PSLL) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Policies, procedures and structure documentation Policies, procedures, and documentation of structures … The descriptive “Rescue Care Control Model” that has been developed allowed for a semi- structured method … The intervention was to establish a policy, procedure, and EMR implementation of positional pagers that … The method used to analyze deaths due to failure to rescue from sedative/analgesic- associated respiratory … of how each method was used to identify system requirements and changes to the existing FTR event mitigation

162. Preparing Sample Files Before Collecting CAHPS Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/preparing-sample-files.html
     August 01, 2024 - Survey vendors should have standard procedures in place for maintaining the confidentiality of respondents

163. Exhibit 2. Number of procedures stratified by hospital and types between 2008 and 2009 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Number of procedures stratified by hospital and types between 2008 and 2009 Previous Page Next … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … JAMIA Draft Manuscript   DH IH VA SLC VVMC * Procedure   Num … CABG Total Procedures 0   1845   78   0       Superficial SSI 0   12

164. Final Progress Report: Building the Evidence Base for Vomit Clean-Up Procedures in Long-Term Care Facilities (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - METHODS A variety of methodologies were used to complete our four aims. … Methods used for each aim are briefly described below. … Individual estimates of REi were calculated using a maximum likelihood procedure to infer the average … Data extraction was based on the matrix method, with templates constructed in in Microsoft Excel. … In this study, the CDC confirmed that the Amicon column-based gel filtration method could recover 100%

165. Action Planning Worksheets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - DoD Service Accreditation   Consistent with current mission and system operating procedures. … Emergency procedures (rapid identification of and recovery from errors and process failures.)   … For Example : Simplifies procedures and protocols. … Standardizes equipment, procedures, protocols. Minimizes reliance on memory. … Develop a Plan for Testing the Effectiveness of your TeamSTEPPS Intervention Objective: To develop a method

166. Briefing and Debriefing Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Patients in acute care hospitals underwent more than 16 million surgical procedures in the United States … in 2010. 1 Using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions and surveillance methods, the … If the procedure is considered minor, complete the checklist presented in the “Minor Procedures” table … response and/or followup: ____________________________________________________________ Minor Procedures … Procedure. Consent. hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) hormone complete (if female).

167. Tools and Software for Researchers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - Citation Database of Evidence Synthesis Methods and More). … Methods@epc-src.org SRC Methods Library (SRCML) (1904—3rd Quarter 2017, no longer updated) The evidence … The scope covers both methods research and guidance from international methods organizations. … Analyses of the methods used by studies. Consensus and Delphi studies and surveys of methods. … Systematic reviews of methods studies are also included.

168. Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … Methods: Cases of arthroplasty (hip and knee) between January 2007 and October 2010; herniorrhaphy and … The NHSN basic risk index and SIR was calculated for each procedure based on the following variables: … The SIR uses logistic regression modeling and takes into account more variables and procedure-specific

169. Anthropological Approaches: Uncovering Unexpected Insights About the Implementation and Outcomes of Patient-Centered Medical Home Models (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - The method that sets anthropology apart from other disciplines is ethnography, the qualitative process … Using this ethnographic method, anthropologists can uncover unexpected insights that are best gained … The ethnographic method uses multiple data collection techniques including participant observation, … Participant observation is the quintessential fieldwork method in anthropology. … as practice mission statements, informational brochures, and procedure manuals.

170. Final Progress Report: Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Structured Abstract: Purpose: Specific Aim 1 was to develop a clinically useful method to estimate … Methods Surgical patients for four high-risk procedures were identified from the 2008 Nationwide Inpatient … function using restricted cubic splines, and as the frequently used method of quintile categories. … any of the four procedures. … Methods 5. Results Specific Aim 2 2. Purpose 3. Scope 4. Methods 5. Results E.

171. Facilitators and Barriers to Recruiting Ambulatory Oncology Practices Into a Large Multisite Study: Mixed Methods Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2020 - Facilitators and Barriers to Recruiting Ambulatory Oncology Practices Into a Large Multisite Study: Mixed Methods … Facilitators and Barriers to Recruiting Ambulatory Oncology Practices Into a Large Multisite Study: Mixed Methods

172. Module 4: PowerPoint Presentation
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     May 01, 2017 - Reliable use of agreed-to work methods (e.g. surgical safety checklist and communication behaviors) … Question Preparation 1 Can you use a surgical safety checklist form to capture key points in a work method … , times of day, and days of the week you want to include in your test. 4 Can you summarize 10 procedure … Supervisor can report on gaps in daily huddle and use problem-solving methods to reduce the gaps. … Investigate causes • QI* project Integration With Leaders • Senior leader unit review • Escalation from procedure

173. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … the detection and surveillance of inpatient-acquired surgical site infections (SSIs) for four target procedures—herniorrhaphy … and knee arthroplasty (including primary total arthroplasty, primary hemiarthroplasty, and revision procedures … insights from two target audiences—surgeons and infection prevention nurses—using qualitative research methods

174. Final Progress Report: Improving Patient Safety by Examining Pathology Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/raab-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - However, due to the initial lack of standardization of this procedure at each institution prior to the … lack of agreement among the participant pathologists regarding “best practices” for performing this procedure … , our group spent 5 months to reach consensus on a standardized procedure for data collection. … QA procedures in anatomic pathology that reduce error and risk. … The Delphi method of agreement.

175. A Frontline Management System To Sustain Improvement in Safety Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/kit.html
     June 01, 2017 - surgery centers (ASCs) generally have such standard work firmly in place in the form of policies and procedures … Well-Understood and Routinely Executed Problem-Solving and Escalation Methods . … raised in daily huddles fall into four rough groupings: (1) conformance with established protocols and procedures … through staff coaching, reminders and other reliability techniques, or simple changes in equipment or procedures … The PDSA method essentially describes the scientific method — it is a way of describing hypothesis testing

176. Exhibit 25. Number of procedures per data site and year | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Number of procedures per data site and year Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … JAMIA Draft Manuscript   Surgery Procedure Year and Data Site AP CA

177. Elements of an Evaluation Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - collection method to use to answer your evaluation questions. … A plan and a method for analyzing the results. … A method to analyze the results of all your groups. … A method to analyze the results of all your interviews. … Something else that fits into your organization's "standard operating procedures?"

178. The IHA Bundled Episode Payment and Gainsharing Demonstration Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-williams.html
     December 01, 2017 - Methods In collaboration with various technical consultants, Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA … plans, provider organizations, and vendors) and managed a consensus-building process for developing the methods … implementation of bundled payments for total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) procedures … conducted an independent evaluation of a 3-year demonstration program of bundled payments for these procedures

179. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Methods Data were collected prospectively during a single-center study. … Methods Patients admitted for a total joint procedure used a skin antisepsis protocol incorporating … Finding a Method for Optimizing Risk Adjustment When Comparing Surgical-Site Infection Rates. … The aim of this study was, using the data available from KISS, to evaluate which method was better at … Results There were 53 infections in 4240 procedures.

180. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - on both adults and children; and 37 performed only one type of procedure (21 of these single-procedure … Methods The study focused on patients over 18 years of age undergoing general surgical procedures … Methods The study followed 305 HIV-infected patients undergoing the following surgical procedures … Methods During the study period, a total of 144,485 patients underwent surgical procedures at the … Methods All consecutive patients with a diagnosis of malignancy who underwent a surgical procedure