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301. Final Progress Report: Sociotechnical Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Home Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Study Procedures This study was an active collaboration across disciplines and perspectives. … Review procedures and data collection forms were developed by the study team, with the structure for … These sessions generally followed this procedure: • 9AM to 1PM: Clinical and systems review – Clinical … Study procedures, including focused dialogue between investigators and providers, provided the basis … Methods 5. Results 5. Publications and Products 6.

302. 026-Assessing-Evc-Essential-One-Pager (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - More information on EVC, including other methods to monitor quality of cleaning, can be found on the … Methods to evaluate environmental cleanliness in healthcare facilities. … Application of a fluorescent marker with quantitative bioburden methods to assess cleanliness.

303. 114-Fvc-Aspects-Steps-One-Pager (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - More information on EVC, including other methods to monitor quality of cleaning, can be found on the … Methods to evaluate environmental cleanliness in healthcare facilities. … Application of a fluorescent marker with quantitative bioburden methods to assess cleanliness.

304. EvidenceNOW: Evaluation Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/methods/measures.html
     August 01, 2018 - Cooperative Evaluation Methods Midwest Practices are randomized into two … For More Information For more information about EvidenceNOW evaluation methods, contact AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW

305. Primary Care Research Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2025 - Health in Primary Care (September 5, 2024) Research on Person-Centered Care (June 27, 2024) Research Methods … March 7, 2024) Innovative Use of Technology for Primary Care Delivery (September 14, 2023) Qualitative Methods

306. Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts To Improve Patient Experience (Page 2 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2020 - Written or other data collection procedures seem inappropriate. Who should do the observing? … Methods of Observation To choose an observation method, start by answering these questions: What … (Read about these methods below.) … They go through a clinic, service, or procedure exactly as a patient and family do. … For many who do this, it is the first time they have ever entered their clinics, procedure rooms, or

307. Final Progress Report: Unexpected Clinical Events: Impact on Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/weinger2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - A popular method is to examine adverse events that have occurred and “trace back” to attempt to pinpoint … Although this method is resource intensive, it captures the fine-grain complexity of factors that affect … psychological scaling technique, applied to judgments of conceptual pairwise relatedness is a valid method … when the anesthesia providers read, they have the appearance of being less attentive to the surgical procedure … A Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) technique, the Critical Decision Method, was used during 1- to 2-hour

308. Protocol - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Medicare Eligible Patients (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2020 - advancement device) o Exclude bariatric surgery (as a comparator treatment) o Exclude surgical OSA procedure … Methods Contextual Questions and Key Question 2a To address the CQs, we will follow standard methods … Practice parameters for the indications for polysomnography and related procedures. … Procedure Manual. … Methods References

309. Final Progress Report: Shared Decision Making in Vulnerable Populations (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods: I devised a career development strategy that involved training in the field of shared decision … A decision support tool for contraceptive method selection was developed for a relational agent preconception … Methods: We analyzed data from 826 male VA patients for whom CCATH was indicated and who participated … Methods: Modified grounded theory approach to analyze 40 transcripts that were audio recorded interviews … I identified evidence-based contraceptive methods to include in decision tool, which were presented

310. AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-GINSBERG (pdf file)
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     January 01, 1995 - surveys for quality improvement − Research to advance the science of patient experience, including best methods … interested in updates to CAHPS Health Plan, CAHPS Clinician and Group surveys. 12 Area 2: Survey methods … research aimed at achieving health equity • Applicants must propose at least one study of survey methods … trademarking Area 1: Survey and supplemental item set development, revision, trademarking Area 2: Survey methods

311. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/curriculum/index.html
     February 01, 2022 - Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Preface Introduction Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods … As described below, Module 1 provides information for instructors on adult education methods. … The PCPF curriculum is organized into five parts: Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods in Teaching … PCPF Core Competencies, Module 1 Part 1 focuses on adult education methods and is intended for

312. Study Identifies Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Misuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - Methods Emerge for Evaluating AI Documentation Tools . Register for Upcoming Webinars . … regular benchmarking reports, and receive expert consultation and tools to promote infection prevention procedures … Methods Emerge for Evaluating AI Documentation Tools AI-powered ambient digital scribing (ADS) tools … Two recent AHRQ-funded studies offer practical methods for evaluating these tools to ensure they’re integrated … Systematic Review (draft open for comment through August 7): The Performance of Fusion Procedures for

313. Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology5.html
     April 01, 2025 - of structures, processes, and outcomes and is heavily reliant on metrics and rapid cycle improvement methods … governing bodies. 9 Lean methodology is one example of use of the quality paradigm to improve care, a method … A combination of improvement methods can be used, but because the outcome and harm are linked to the … While the name “root” implies a single cause, the method as described allows for multiple contributing … of harm and achievement of success through methods from safety science.

314. Final Progress Report: Emotional Influences on Diagnostic Error in Emergency Medicine: An Experimental Approach to Understand Diagnostic Failure and Facilitate Improvement for Patients with and without Mental Illness (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/isbell-boudreaux-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - (2) Mixed methods. … METHODS Aim 1. … nurses’ names and postal addresses from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and followed the same procedure … These modified cases were pilot tested in an iterative manner with four emergency nurses using a procedure … A comprehensive multi-method approach may facilitate the discovery of key findings, which may allow

315. Final Progress Report: Solutions for Vertigo presentations in the Emergency Department (SOLVE) Project (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/kerber-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Prior studies have been performed to identify bedside methods to discriminate stroke from non-stroke … However, these prior studies are limited by a retrospective or referral-based case capture method and … In addition, the collective value of these previously developed methods has not been assessed. … Case Identification To identify potentially eligible cases, we used several methods. … Additional active surveillance methods included study research assistants routinely reviewing the ED

316. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Preface Introduction Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods … As described below, Module 1 provides information for instructors on adult education methods. … The PCPF curriculum is organized into five parts: Part 1: Use of Adult Education Methods in Teaching … Focuses on adult education methods and is intended for use by instructors. … Working with a group of learners allows for interactive learning methods such as group discussions and

317. Conducting Cognitive Testing for Health Care Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/cognitive/index.html
     September 01, 2019 - Cognitive testing is an interview method for investigating the thought processes and reactions that people … The method was originally developed as a tool for selecting and refining survey questions and response … Used properly, this method can help determine the extent to which the information in your report is: … Qualitative research methods: what are they and why use them? … Special Supplement on Qualitative Methods in Health Services Research: Part II.

318. Cognitive Artifacts’ Implications for Health Care Information Technology: Revealing How Practitioners Create and Share Their Understanding of Daily Work (pdf file)
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     July 07, 2002 - A surgeon, for example, may come into the operating rooms, perform a single procedure, and leave. … The coordinator changes the projected end time for the procedure in A3 from 3:30 to “?”. … The method that is described in this paper provides a basis to develop and evaluate future IT systems … Qualitative research and evaluation methods. 3rd ed. … Methods to research acute care cognition Figure 3.

319. Chapter 4, Emerging Trends in Care Coordination Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - Social Network Analysis of Care Coordination Social network analysis (SNA) is a method for mapping … Method Overview To use the SNA method, the first step is to identify actors within a particular network … Indeed, we expect that surveys will continue to be the chief method of measuring care coordination for … EHR-based measures offer a new method for evaluating the system representative perspective, and in the … Network analysis in public health: history, methods, and applications.

320. Evaluating and Predicting Patient Safety for Medical Devices with Integral Information Technology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Zhang.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - The first method is a modified discount-usability method called heuristic evaluation. … Task analysis is the process of identifying the procedures and actions to be carried out, and the information … level domain structure and ideal task space independent of implementations Task Analysis: identify the procedures … will describe the usability heuristics, the scale for severity rating of usability problem, and the procedure … Heuristic evaluation of two 1-channel infusion pumps We applied the 14 heuristics and the procedures