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3461. Synthesis Report: Methods and Results From the AHRQ Estimating Costs Research Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/report.html
      October 01, 2015 - health services into primary care; expanded roles for physician assistants, medical assistants, and nurses … transformation over time entailed significant monthly costs per FTE clinician (including physicians, nurse … gains were not sustainable, however, because the clinics were unable to bill for services provided by nurses

3462. New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/patients-risk-of-falls.html
      September 01, 2015 - New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls For older adults, falls are serious, no matter the setting. These falls can cause bone fractures, disability, and even death. Among people 75 and older, falls are far more likely to cause admissions into a long term care facility than for adults 10…

3463. Medical Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/topics/medical-errors.html
      Topic: Medical Errors Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system--in hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes--and can have serious consequences. Errors can involve medicines, surgery, diagnosis, equipment, or lab reports. AHRQ has sponsore…

3464. Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/index.html
      January 01, 2023 - Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings Thanks to significant advances in the field, report sponsors have access to several well-tested tools and measurement sets to use as the basis for collecting data and preparing comparative information. This section reviews some of the options you may want t…

3465. Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/discuss-concerns.html
      June 01, 2021 - Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents Effective communication may help residents and family members requesting antibiotics understand that there are potential risks associated with antibiotic use. Try using the DESC technique when conflicts develop with residents and/or their family members. Other po…

3466. General Implementation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/tools.html
      June 01, 2021 - General Implementation Tools These tools are designed to help support implementation of your program. The Gap Analysis helps identify activities that are fundamental to an antibiotic stewardship program as well as those that can enhance established programs. The Commitment Poster is a public display of yo…

3467. Long-term Care Administrators and Managers: Options for Coordinating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/coordinating-access-options.html
      October 01, 2021 - Long-term Care Administrators and Managers: Options for Coordinating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Resource:   Long-term Care Administrators and Managers: Options for Coordinating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Long-term care (LTC) providers in settings such as nursing homes, assisted living, residential care comm…

3468. Vaccination and Testing series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/vaccination-testing.html
      December 01, 2022 - Vaccination and Testing series This series of two learning modules focuses on considerations for when to test residents for COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 vaccine can protect nursing home staff and residents. The modules are about 5 minutes long. Module 1: When to Test It is important to know the signs and s…

3469. Exhibit 3.14. Project Team Composition—Hip and Knee Replacement Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-14.html
      November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 3.14. Project Team Composition—Hip and Knee Replacement Costs Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1. Lakeview He…

3470. Final Progress Report: VTE Safety Toolkit: A Systems Approach to Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/zierler-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The expert consultants’ part of the systems component includes physician and nurse champions, anticoagulation … UWMC administration’s implementation of a culture of safety to UWMC Division and Service Chiefs, nursing … personnel, and house staff has been successful, and each are held accountable for addressing specific

3471. 163-Central-Line-Rounds-Form (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/163-central-line-rounds-form.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Contextual barriers to communication between physicians and nurses about appropriate catheter use.

3472. 3. What Are the Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Prevention that We Want to Use? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu3a.html
      October 01, 2014 - However, in examining the subscales, the nurse notes that the patient is very moist (moisture subscale … Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society.

3473. 3. What Are the Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Prevention that We Want to Use? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu3a.html
      October 01, 2014 - However, in examining the subscales, the nurse notes that the patient is very moist (moisture subscale … Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society.

3474. Appendix I: Online and Journal Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apia.html
      June 01, 2010 - Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) CINAHL is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for nurses

3475. Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules.html
      August 01, 2022 - Despite the best efforts of hospitals, doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, about 1 in

3476. National Quality Strategy Priority: Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs4.html
      October 01, 2015 - Intervention: With funding from a per capita payment system, nurses at this community-based primary care

3477. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2020, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2020-Compendium-TechDoc-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - In addition, we provide the numbers of total physicians, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners … Number of nurse practitioners A systemwide count of nurse practitioners identified as affiliated with … Typically, they include two or more prescribers and one to many nonprescribers, such as nurses and … health professionals (for example, physicians, residents, and advanced practice clinicians, such as nurse … prim_care_mds Numeric Total number of primary care physicians total_nps Numeric Total number of nurse

3478. Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - diagnostic and surgical excellence.59 Such tools include Periop 10160 from the Association of periOperative Registered … Nurses and Competency Based Orientation Programs61 from the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses … Rural healthcare providers (e.g., physicians, nurse practitioners, laboratory, and pharmacy technicians … The nurse resident in the PACU: designing and implementing a program to support the transition of new … graduate nurses into a post anesthesia care unit (PACU).

3479. Data Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/chsp/data-resources/highlights.html
      April 01, 2022 - Data Briefs Data Brief 1:  Snapshot of U.S. Health Systems, 2016 (PDF, 446 KB) Data Brief 2:  U.S. Health System Characteristics, 2016 (PDF, 1.1 MB) Data Brief 3:  Variation in Health System Characteristics Across States, 2016 (PDF, 2.4 MB) Data Brief 4:  Health System Participation in Accountable Ca…

3480. Staff Safety Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/safety-assessment.html
      March 01, 2017 - Staff Safety Assessment AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Purpose: To tap into your experience to determine risks that could harm residents. Who should use this tool? Anyone who works in or provides services to this nursing home. How should you use this tool? Provide as muc…