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2461. Access to Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Neurodevelopmental Pediatricians, and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatricians (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-236-fullreport.pdf
      October 01, 2018 - The method for establishing the reliability of a measure will depend on the type of measure, data source … Explain your rationale for selecting the methods you have chosen, show how you used the methods chosen … developmental-behavioral and neurodevelopmental pediatricians who were identified by the combined method … The method for establishing the validity of a measure will depend on the type of measure, data source … Explain your rationale for selecting the methods you have chosen, show how you used the methods chosen

2462. Development of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Narrative Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/development/index.html
      July 01, 2023 - Breaking Narrative Ground: Innovative Methods for Rigorously Eliciting and Assessing Patient Narratives … continued to investigate ways to refine the questions, strategies for encouraging survey participation, and methods … Breaking Narrative Ground: Innovative Methods for Rigorously Eliciting and Assessing Patient Narratives

2463. Implementing a Systems Engineering Intervention for Improving Safety in Outpatient Surgeries (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Carayon.pdf
      November 01, 2004 - Analyzing job aids, manuals, procedures, and training specifications. 10. … HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW Risk - patient Risk - procedure Systems Intervention … This patient shadowing method is further described in a paper that was presented at the 2003 Congress … (e.g., wrong-site surgery procedure). … An action research approach to workplace health: integrating methods.

2464. Expediting Clinician Adoption of Safety Practices: The UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - Narrated streaming video demonstrations of procedures affecting patient safety, such as VAD removal … along this continuum posed potential difficulties, given the development of an online program (a method … An assignment observing multiple methods for performing the same procedure, as a means of developing … • CEU is independent work • Procedure based on logically sound and precise methods • Assignment … to compare and contrast media files (correct and incorrect) and determine incorrect procedures in

2465. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities: Training Modules (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Consider Your Teaching Method(s) Most instructors find that a combination of methods – lecture and interactive … Debrief About the Teaching Method › Ask participants what methods they think you used. … Consider Your Teaching Method(s) Most instructors find that a combination of methods – lecture and interactive … Debrief About the Teaching Method › Ask participants what methods they think you used. … Debrief About the Teaching Method › Ask participants what methods they think you used.

2466. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/summary.html
      July 01, 2018 - Methods Chapter 4. Results Appendix A: References and Available Abstracts Appendix B. … Methods. The revision of the ACF Site Selection tool involved a multi-step effort.

2467. Data Evaluation of All-Payer Claims Databases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - Usefulness of the identifier may be affected by methods used to create identifier. … Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) or ICD-9/10 codes for procedures. … ICD-9 Principal Procedure 3%-22% ICD-9/10 procedure codes are used most frequently in inpatient or … Expected percentage is low, because not all receive procedures. … Secondary procedure codes <10% APCDs vary on number of procedure fields available.

2468. Measuring IT Sophistication in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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      January 20, 2008 - Additionally diagnoses, signs and symptoms, and procedures should be structured and coded into clinical … It should be emphasized that descriptive methods are appropriate for this study, but inferential methods … The means procedure was used to describe differences between degree of IT sophistication for these resident … regions, 17 of 29 respondents (59 percent) had incorporated technology into their resident discharge procedures … .26 The online survey method was more efficient without sacrificing survey response rates.

2469. Implementing the New CAHPS® Protocol for Obtaining Patient Comments About Their Care (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2018 - 40 Phase 2 Methods  Focus Groups to Assess User Needs  Design Sprint for Prototype Development … practice leaders and clinicians to assess ”value added” 51 Plan for Phase Two Study Phase 2 Phase 2 Methods

2470. Practical Solutions for Supporting Primary Care Quality Improvement with Health Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/EvidenceNOW-Webinar-Practical-Solutions.pdf
      May 01, 2018 - Metrics • The rate of ABCS delivery for all practices • Measures of practice capacity • Mixed methods … attachments/Using Health IT Technology to Support QI.pdf http://www.pcmh.ahrq.gov/ Methods … and staff require knowledge and skills to: - extract and analyze health IT data - execute QI methods … - redesign practice workflows Processes and Workflows • Structured procedures … Current Status Factors and tools that promote greater use of health IT for QI Overview of White Paper Methods

2471. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products: Transcript/Facilitator Notes - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p-fac-notes.html
      May 01, 2017 - I'm going to introduce two formal methods that you can use relatively easily to evaluate different products … Slide 13: Product Evaluation World Health Organization (WHO) Method One There are two main methods … what the acceptable user characteristics or qualities are for rating new products, according to WHO methods … Slide 17: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two The WHO method two protocol is slightly more elaborate … Slide 18: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two I'll give you a quick tip, which is in this WHO method

2472. Standardized Simulated Events for Provocative Testing of Medical Care System Rescue Capabilities (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - Pediatric sedation (i.e., the acute treatment of procedure-related pain and stress with medications … Methods Test domain Pediatric sedation for the acute treatment of procedure-related pain and stress … Several settings were selected to test the method. … This methodological study investigates the use of provocative testing in the sedation care domain as … The method we describe has great potential for achieving this aim.

2473. VI. Summary and Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2016 - Evaluation Aims, Methods, and Results V. Challenges Identified and Lessons Learned VI. … the pilot project findings, it will be important to assess both the relative value of this particular method … The hotline demonstrated that phone and online reporting are feasible methods for collecting patient … Incorporating both reporting methods would maximize the accessibility to users with different needs and … preferences, but using a single method would reduce costs of data collection Soliciting reports

2474. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - Like adults, children are at risk for having foreign bodies left in the surgical field following a procedure … Best Processes/Systems of Care Introduction: Essential First Steps • Engage key perioperative/procedure … • Consider use of computer-assisted methods for counting, including use of a barcoding system on … 4 Tool D.4c • If they are not implemented routinely, consider implementing additional screening methods … , procedures that convert from laparoscopic to open, emergency procedures).1 Educational Recommendation

2475. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - Like adults, children are at risk for having foreign bodies left in the surgical field following a procedure … Best Processes/Systems of Care Introduction: Essential First Steps • Engage key perioperative/procedure … • Consider use of computer-assisted methods for counting, including use of a barcoding system on … 4 Tool D.4q • If they are not implemented routinely, consider implementing additional screening methods … , procedures that convert from laparoscopic to open, emergency procedures).1 Educational Recommendation

2476. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014finalhacreport-cx.pdf
      December 01, 2016 - Results The methods for this 2014 update on the rates and counts of HACs and associated costs and deaths … The details of these methods and the resulting data for the prior periods are online.1 Final estimates … ). 1 AHRQ Partnership for Patients Web page for methods … Pressure Ulcers 1,010,000 30.9 Surgical Site Infections NHSN (2014) SSIs for 17 selected procedures … Hospital- Acquired Conditions MPSMS (2014) Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures

2477. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2016 - Results The methods for this 2014 update on the rates and counts of HACs and associated costs and deaths … The details of these methods and the resulting data for the prior periods are online.1 Final estimates … Pressure Ulcers 1,010,000 30.9 Surgical Site Infections NHSN (2014) SSIs for 17 selected procedures … . 10 http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/index.html#methods … Hospital- Acquired Conditions MPSMS (2014) Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures

2478. Usability Testing and the Relation of Clinical Information Systems to Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - Methods: Using scenario-based usability testing methods, we investigated point-of-care software technology … We were able to identify new paths to failures using this method and recommended the software to simplify … reliance on memory, increased access to information, and increased compliance with “best practice” procedures … This paper describes a method of scenario-based usability testing and its usefulness in identifying … self- reporting techniques to elicit “textbook” knowledge such as the typical workflow of surgical procedures

2479. I. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2016 - Evaluation Aims, Methods, and Results V. Challenges Identified and Lessons Learned VI. … Other groups have used similar methods to elicit patient reports in the emergency department and in a … One important design decision is whether to use “prompted” methods or “passive” strategies to generate … Overview of Methods The research team employed a variety of methods to design, develop, and evaluate … Chapter IV describes the aims, methods, and results of the evaluation.

2480. Appendix P. Focus Group Risk Factors | 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. … Feasibility Immunosuppression     Degree of spillage/wound contamination     Procedure