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6541. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Methods … safety and/or patient and family engagement. … and family engagement in patient safety. … addressing patient safety Descriptive papers that outline theoretical constructs of patient safety … Threats to patient safety in primary care.

6542. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Results … ; patient safety advocate. … Having patients take an active role in treatment decisions is vital to improving patient safety. … Patients and providers identified shared decisionmaking as important to improving patient safety and … Other frequent patient safety issues addressed were communication between patients and providers, including

6543. Appendix A. Informant Interview Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Appendix … Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Executive Summary Introduction … My name is [Insert Name of Interviewer] and I will be asking you questions today about patient safety … Concept: Patient Safety in Primary Care Stem Question: Can you describe any patient safety problems … Concept: Patient Safety in Primary Care Stem Question: Can you describe any patient safety problems

6544. Appendix B. Search Terms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Appendix … Search Terms Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Guide to Improving Patient Safety … in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Executive Summary Introduction Limitations … of the Environmental Scan Model of Patient Safety in Primary Care Methods Gaps Identified Results … Customer service Patient Safety Patient safety Safety Safety culture Safety climate

6545. Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/sands.html
      August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts … It includes hospitals, provider organizations, patient advocacy and safety organizations, insurers, and … The primary goal of the approach is to improve safety for patients, while an added benefit is a reduction … The DA&O approach benefits patient safety by encouraging open discussion of error, leading to improved … Sands, MD, MPH, Chief Patient Safety Officer, Healthcare Corporation of America, Nashville, TN.

6546. Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug … Introduction The goal of patient safety is to reduce the risk of injury or harm to patients by improving … To reduce safety risks to patients, health systems expend considerable resources to prevent medication … ), enoxaparin (1 patient), warfarin (1 patient) and sublingual nitroglycerin (5 patients). … An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health

6547. Silence A Commentary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Silence A Commentary Previous Page Next … Page Table of Contents Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Preface Acknowledgments … of Disclosure of Adverse Events in Labor and Delivery Patient Safety Culture and Medical Liability—Recommendations … National Patient Safety Foundation. RCA: Improving Root Cause analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm. … Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2015. 5. Wu AW, Huang I, Stokes S, et al.

6548. Appendix D. Hotline Site Visit Interview Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2016 - Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient … Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Preface Summary I. … Hotline (HCSH) Director of Patient Safety/VP of Quality & Safety Patient Safety Program Manager … and how that may influence patients’ experiences with health care. … FOR EXAMPLE: Run out of a Patient Safety Organization? A different type of organization?

6549. CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) (pdf file)
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      December 31, 2015 - • Fiscal burden of measure focus (e.g., clinical condition) on patients, families, public and private … - Medical records for all patients treated at the practice site are available to and shared by all … could prescribe a medication for the patient; the provider could screen an asymptomatic patient for … In 2001, the IOM defined quality as having six aims: Safety, Timeliness, Effectiveness, Equity, Efficiency … , and Patient-Centeredness.

6550. Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans to Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Additionally, overuse of imaging creates cost burdens for the patient, as well as for payers. … Measure Topic – patient safety: Yes. k. Measure Topic – family experience with care: No. l. … Ten Things Physicians and Patients Should Question. 2013. … CT scan utilization patterns in pediatric patients with recurrent headache. … Renal safety in pediatric imaging: Randomized, double blind phase IV clinical trial of iobitridol 300

6551. Using Rapid-Cycle Research to Reach Goals: Awareness, Assessment, Adaptation, Acceleration (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/final-rapid-cycle-research-guidance.pdf
      June 01, 2015 - Asking patients what it is like to be a patient in a clinic may help improve a clinic’s internal … Questions about whether the patients in the practice are generally like the patients in the study or … Questions related to clinical effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and safety are addressed. … This article argues that interventions to improve the quality and safety of health care should meet … Stange, MD, PhD Case Western Reserve University and RAP PBRN Khatri Khushbu, BS Weitzman Institute Safety

6552. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Measures Instruments Safety Check Practitioner Post-Visit Survey

6553. Nutritional Research Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - ), as part of a Congressional mandate to review the current scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety

6554. Quality Improvement Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2021 - Patient Navigation Provide navigation resources to improve access and linkage.  … Metabolic Monitoring: Journal Article: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Monitoring Safety of Second … Providers were also resistant to changing the course of treatment for their patients. … Providers were more focused on quality measures that impacted a greater number of their patients. … stigma associated with behavioral disorders, pediatricians were not always aware of services their patients

6555. Recommendations to Improve Children’s Health Care Quality Measures: Background Report on the 2012 Process (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - The first is a “ratio” measure, which is the sum of all months enrolled for all patients divided by … the sum of all months eligible for all patients. … The other is an “average” measure, which is the average of the individual patient ratios. … Safety Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Hartford, CT Senior Vice President Gerard Carrino, … Safety Pneumothorax in neonates (PDI 5) 6,3 0006 Foreign body left after procedure (PDI 3)

6556. Chapter 3: Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2018 - A system for rapidly and accurately collecting patients' race and ethnicity. … A national profile of patient safety in U.S. hospitals. Health Affairs 22(2):154-166. … Description of policy options, transforming the health care delivery system: Proposals to improve patient … Senate Finance Committee presented proposals to improve patient care and health delivery. … payment systems and policies in the Medicare program remain to be seen. 3 Medicare Improvements for Patients

6557. Finding Sustainable Funding for Primary Care Extension Programs (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2023 - and Accountable Care Organizations-ACOs) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Safety … net patients (e.g., Health Center Quality Improvement Awards, Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement … Because CHWs provide a direct service to patients, it is easier to show a short-term return on investment … could fund a primary care extension program housed in a State university for services that benefit patients … support work of the Office’s HERO and community health worker programs in the service of Medicaid patients

6558. Prenatal Care Screening (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - Measure Topic – patient safety: Yes. k. Measure Topic – family experience with care: No. l. … patient declines (opt-out screening). … Both modalities identified the 72 eligible patients. … If the patient is excluded from a given screening component, that patient will still need all remaining … The automated report identified the component for 1 of the 72 eligible patients, but none of the patients

6559. Advancing Understanding of Health Care Delivery Using the AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (pdf file)
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      January 12, 2021 - Health systems now touch all aspects of care for many patients. … Nursing homes ⁄ Geographic scope ⁄ Ownership ⁄ Teaching intensity ⁄ Extent to which hospitals are safety … care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients … to transform their delivery of care while being accountable for the cost and quality of care their patients

6560. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 14) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - Country: United States Past or Validated Applications*: Patient Age: Not Age Specific Patient … Perceptions of Care (PPOC) Purpose: To measure and determine Veterans Administration (VA) patients … health status. 1 Two domains of patient-centered care measured in the PPOC—communication between patients … Development and Testing: Initial instrument developed based on extensive interviews with hospital staff, patients … , and patient carers.