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521. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module1-speaker-notes.html
     February 01, 2023 - the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter Identify causes of CAUTI in the ICU Describe methods … Indications for a Urinary Catheter Say: In the perioperative setting, catheters are used for selected procedures … Methods for Mitigating Risk Say: But what can you do about it? … Methods for Mitigating Risk Say: It is important to monitor not only outcomes of care, but the … Methods for Mitigating Risk Say: Another obvious way to limit CAUTI risk is to limit the length

522. Overview of the 14 Transforming Primary Care Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report Executive Summary Introduction Methods … to primary care transformation, which aims to maximize quality and value while minimizing waste. 8 Methods … Used to Study Transformation Almost all of the studies used a mixed methods approach to study the … Scammon et al found that mixed methods were particularly useful for understanding the complex phenomena … change process and understanding of reasons that certain changes were more difficult than others…Mixed methods

523. Overview of the 14 Transforming Primary Care Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report Executive Summary Introduction Methods … to primary care transformation, which aims to maximize quality and value while minimizing waste. 8 Methods … Used to Study Transformation Almost all of the studies used a mixed methods approach to study the … Scammon et al found that mixed methods were particularly useful for understanding the complex phenomena … change process and understanding of reasons that certain changes were more difficult than others…Mixed methods

524. Section 4: Immunizations for Adults and Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - The methods used by the ACIP to review evidence on immunizations may differ from the methods used by

525. Enhancing Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2023 - to the topics covered in the Enhancing Care Coordination training curriculum include: Practical Methods … Rehabilitation Enhancing Care for Heart Failure Patients in Your Cardiac Rehab Program Practical Methods … YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/z3x4SJLnsdg Video: Practical Methods … for Improving Care Coordination for Cardiac Rehab Patients (1:00:16) Slides: Practical Methods for

526. Meta-regression Approaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - We constructed a statistical notation generally applicable to different meta-regression methods. … Across the five different meta-regression methods, six terms in a three-way ANOVA model were found to … Based on our comparison of bias across approaches, either fixed effects or random effects methods can

527. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Platelet-rich Plasma for Wound Care in the Medicare (pdf file)
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     March 30, 2020 - Measurement and assessment methods including method of assessment(s); frequency and time points for … • PRP application techniques • PRP frequency • PRP “dosage” (amounts applied) • PRP offloading procedures … Assessing Applicability: We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … Explaining heterogeneity in meta-analysis: a comparison of methods. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.

528. Transition of Primary Care Medical Group Practices to Next Generation Models (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - Data and Methods The study used an in-depth mixed-methods case study approach. … visits per provider per year, adjusted for illness level) • Unique patients, patient encounters, and procedures … Care Medical Group Practices to Next Generation Models Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

529. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
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     April 24, 2015 - sacral wounds in incontinent patients to avoid further deterioration of wound and skin when alternative methods … Document attempts at and inadequacy of alternative methods for bladder elimination prior to insertion … Alternative methods include: · Programmed toileting, which consists of placing the patient on the bedpan … Patients who perform self-catheterization at home should be encouraged to continue performing this procedure … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

530. Exhibit 3. Comparison of fraction of all herniorrhaphy and total knee and hip arthroplasties reviewed by VASQIP | 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. … JAMIA Draft Manuscript Note: All procedures were identified by ICD-9 and CPT codes

531. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - → 8) Analysis: Apply random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird method. … 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. … Thus, for analysis, we applied random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird method. 32 , 33 … This method weights studies based on the inverse of the sum of the variance estimated between studies

532. 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.

533. Cost Assessment of Collaborative Healthcare (CoACH) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/pcp-costs/miller2-costs.pdf
     May 01, 2015 - benefits • Training • Operational costs such as space, equipment, software, and training Data and Methods … Detailed analysis methods employed by the tool have been described in previous publications. … Benjamin Miller, PsyD, Principal Investigator Relevant Information The cost analysis methods … Cost Assessment of Collaborative Healthcare (CoACH) Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

534. Massachusetts Community Health Center Improves Communication With Health Literacy Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2014 - the environment around spoken and written communication, integrate health literacy into policies and procedures … health literacy training—incorporating it into annual and new hire training—and used the "teach back" method … The teach back method confirms patients' understanding of what their provider has explained, in a nonshaming … In addition to providing an opportunity to check for understanding, the method allows providers to reteach … year after implementing teach back, a survey of clinical staff found that 61 percent were using the method

535. Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2005 - The restricted area includes operating rooms, procedure rooms, and clean-core areas. … Patients depend on the science of sterilization and the application of surgical asepsis as the primary method … Having all three methods available is ideal. … However, when one method is not feasible (e.g., outdated or “turned” chemical impregnated steam tape … If all three methods are not available, then using a combination of the methods that are available provides

536. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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     April 13, 2017 - I'm going to introduce two formal methods that you can use relatively easily to evaluate different products … (Slide 13) There are two main methods that I want to introduce today that have been proposed by the World … what the acceptable user characteristics or qualities are for rating new products, according to WHO methods … (Slide 19) Both WHO method one and method two specify much more advanced outcome measurements including … Then the link to WHO method one and method two is available from World Health Organization Clean Hands

537. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Introduction Limitations of the Environmental Scan Model of Patient Safety in Primary Care Methods … of the environmental scan was to identify: Descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative studies on methods … to engage patients and families in their care in primary care settings and the impact of these methods … How family carers engage with technical health procedures in the home: a grounded theory study. … Tools for measuring patient safety in primary care settings using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

538. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Renewal (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - The participating organizations have adopted formal improvement methods, redesigned practices to increase … Using process improvement theory as a framework, to apply costing methodology and qualitative research methods … The team planned to use activity-based costing methods to identify costs associated with each activity … The costing method involves the following steps: identify specific activities associated with a process … 2015 Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Renewal Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

539. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2007 - Methods: We took an integrated approach, concentrating on catheter-related bloodstream infections, … factors that may be discovered in the future as ones affecting the risk of HA infections. 2 Methods … Age, risk score, length-of-stay risk score, PIM2 score risk score, and the invasive procedure risk … 5.2.2.i Physiological Risk 5.2.2.ii Invasive Procedure Risk 5.2.3 Individual Patient Risk … Two more in progress. 9 AHRQ Final Progress Report Abstract Purpose & Scope Methods Results

540. Material Use Guide - Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Slides 8-10 Barriers, Facilitators, and Motivators Slides 11-18 General Communication Methods … Topic: Defining Patient and Family Engagement and its Benefits Method: In a meeting, ask staff how they … staff, including pre- and postoperative care staff Topic: Barriers, Facilitators, and Motivators Method … for Engaging Patients and Family Members Method: Hand out slides 19-21 and facilitator notes at meeting … post-operative care staff Topic: Opportunities for Patient and Family Engagement in Your Facility Method