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261. Preventing CAUTIs in the ICU Setting
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     September 01, 2015 - for an indwelling urinary catheter Identify causes of CAUTI in the intensive care unit (ICU) Describe methods … Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals 5 HICPAC Indications for a Urinary Catheter Perioperative use for selected procedures … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method … Catheter Use in Hospitalized Medical Patients: Results Obtained by Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

262. Job Aid: Joy in Work (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - the director of your facilitation program  Observe and wonder out loud about the importance of and methods … improving joy in work Primary Care Practice Facilitator Training Series 2 Using QI methods … for care using daily huddles o Teach conflict resolution skills o Teach efficient communication methods … Introduce practice leaders to tools and trainings that help them incorporate participatory leadership methods

263. Final Progress Report: Real-time assessment of risk factors for medication errors (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods. Consenting subjects agreed to carry a palm handheld unit for a 1-week period. … Methods. Study Design. … Similar methods were used by each of the participating institutions to report and capture medication … Each of the participating sites also had established procedures for clinicians to report medication … Domain Measurement Method Physician Nurse Risk Assessment Extrinsic Factors Clinical Workload (

264. Final Progress Report: Development Validation and Implementation of Customized Checklists for Safe Surgery (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods: The crisis checklists were tested in a randomized-controlled trial by operating room teams … The neurosurgery procedure checklist was tested in two academic medical centers. … The remaining portions of report describe the scope, methods, and results for the three aspects of this … urgency of the procedures, or the type of procedure between the pre- and post-rapid-cycle testing groups … This section doesn’t follow the scope, methods, and results format, because the development of these

265. Using CAHPS Health Plan Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Research Meeting: Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using … Summary of the 2020 AHRQ Research Meeting on "Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient … Summary of the presentations at the October 2020 research meeting on patient experience improvement methods … This case study focuses on the successful quality improvement methods employed by a health plan to improve

266. Patient Safety Learning Pilot: Narratives from the Frontlines (pdf file)
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     April 21, 2008 - • A method for implementing organizational changes. … The main method used to report incidents consists of a paper incident report, which is completed by the … Incident types include medication errors, falls, procedure-related incidents, patient care-related incidents … These changes included the complexity of the procedure itself and staff adjustment to the changes. … These redundancies in reporting interfered with staff compliance with our fall policy and procedures

267. Observing Nurse Interaction with Infusion Pump Technologies (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - The observational method tends to have strong face validity. … team on nursing practice and interaction with current technology, emphasizing variation from accepted procedure … document (1) the sequence of actions performed by the nurse relative to the correct sequence defined by procedure … Additional methods and procedures can be used to obtain an evaluation of the observation data. … in the nursing policy and procedure manuals.

268. Improving Diagnosis in Emergency and Acute Care: A Learning Laboratory (IDEA-LL) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - Test and evaluate diagnostic safety interventions using mixed-methods approaches in real-world ED settings … Understanding diagnostic processes in emergency departments: a mixed methods case study protocol . … Understanding diagnostic processes in emergency departments: a mixed methods case study protocol. … Video-Based Ethnography as a Method To Capture Elements of Distributed Cognition and Promote Diagnostic … Understanding diagnostic processes in emergency departments: a mixed methods case study protocol .

269. Quick-Start Guide to Dissemination for Practice-Based Research Networks (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - purpose of dissemination  What—the message to be disseminated  To whom—the audience  How—the method … purpose of the outreach, the audience for the outreach, the message or messages to be shared, the methods … results Defining the purpose of dissemination is a first step to decide on the audience, message, method … Methods While there are a wide variety of dissemination methods, it is important to select the right … In addition to more traditional dissemination methods, it can be useful to use less typical strategies

270. Final Progress Report: Deaf People and Healthcare (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/barnett-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Methods: Mentored career development methods included individualized curricula developed with mentors … Research methods consisted of qualitative and quantitative methods, translation, back-translation, cognitive … Methods Mentored Career Development Methods (Goals 1 & 2): Dr. … Other research methods: Dr. … Methods 6. Results 7. List of Publications and Products

271. Calculating the Starting Sample Size for CAHPS Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - rate  15 percent Eligible rate  85 percent (= 0.85) Total sample needed  (750/0.85) = 882 Read about Methods

272. Module 4: Script and Slides (doc file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Deming, one of the fathers of the quality improvement and quality management methods and theories espoused … should know by direct observation how hard or easy it is for his or her team to use the agreed-upon methods … taught us that daily observation of at least one segment of the checklist in action (preop, before procedure … Can an observer observe at least two procedures each week for four weeks and report the results in daily … Fourth— Can you summarize 10 procedure observations, with records of observations on the visual management

273. Exhibit 7. Strength of Evidence for Organizational Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Table of Contents Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Executive Summary Introduction Methods … Single site intervention (pre/post) / Case series study 0 Single descriptive studies Mixed methods

274. CAHPS Research Meetings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - research and best practices related to the following questions:  How can creative participatory design methods … What are the advantages of NLP methods over human qualitative coding approaches? … October 2020 Advancing Methods of Implementing and Evaluating Patient Experience Improvement Using CAHPS … summary of the presentations at the October 2020 research meeting on patient experience improvement methods … Assessing alternative feedback methods for clinicians.

275. Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/preparing-sample-files.html Section … For advice on how to proceed, please refer to recommended data collection procedures for CAHPS surveys … Related Guidance on Administering CAHPS Surveys • Methods for increasing the number of responses to … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/using-multiple-modes.html https:/ … /cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/calculating-response-rates.html Section 4: Patient

276. Implementation Guide: Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/123-mrsa-toolkit-implementation-guide.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Their natural defenses may be circumvented by invasive procedures and medical devices, which can save … Prevent Device and Procedure-Related Infections Treatment with medical devices or procedures is often … However, these devices and procedures place patients at an increased risk for infection. … A Gap Analysis is a systematic method to identify “gaps” between your current and desired state. … Premortem Project Assessment The CUSP Premortem Project Assessment is a proactive method to identify

277. Exhibit 6. Strength of Evidence for Individual Characteristics of Target Audiences | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Table of Contents Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Executive Summary Introduction Methods … Single site intervention (pre/post) / Case series study 2 Single descriptive studies Mixed methods

278. Exhibit 8. Strength of Evidence for Strategies and Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Table of Contents Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Executive Summary Introduction Methods … study 8 Single site intervention (post only) 8 Single descriptive studies Mixed methods

279. Exhibit 15. Strength of Evidence for All Literature Reviewed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Table of Contents Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Executive Summary Introduction Methods … study 10 Single site intervention (post only) 8 Single descriptive studies Mixed methods

280. Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - quality improvement activities, including: Clinical programs to eliminate stroke misdiagnosis, New methods … Disseminate all DECODE methods and tools, including specifications for information technology systems … The center will sustain itself by creating policies, methods, a future agenda, and partnerships within … Project Aims: Create tools, strategies, and methods to implement e-trigger algorithms for diagnostic … Develop and evaluate Safety-I- and Safety-II-related methods for providing clinicians and healthcare