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2541. The Business Case for CUSP (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/business-case.html
      April 01, 2013 - safety, improve quality can really drive improvement. … DRGs at this stage in the game is about 61 or 62 percent of all reimbursement, and that includes the safety … talk to about dashboards and stuff, if you unload the financial stuff from your dashboard, the leading indicators … safety, what can happen are five really nice things: Cost efficiency; some real cost reduction, we’ll … Safety Program in ICUs” -- and I know most of the authors.

2542. Final Progress Report: Evaluating e-Prescribing in a Community-Based, Integrated Health System (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/devine-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - safety by reducing medication errors and subsequent adverse drug events (ADEs). … Each calculates to 20 seconds longer per patient. … Improvements in safety and quality may be worth the investment of time. … Advances in patient safety: New directions and alternative approaches. Vol. 4. … Technology and Medication Safety. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-4.

2543. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/sppcii-obstetric-hemorrhage-scenarios.pptx
      July 01, 2023 - PowerPoint Presentation SPPC-II Toolkit Obstetric Hemorrhage Scenarios Safety Program for Perinatal … Notice where clinician interactions are crucial to keeping patients safe. … Safety concerns for Ms. … Safety concerns for Ms. … can feel that they can speak freely, it is wise to talk with your patients about how they perceived

2544. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Training (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallspximpl-handouts.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Training On-Time Falls Prevention … : Implementation AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention 1 AHRQ’s Safety … We work together as a team with a constant focus on resident safety. … We don’t have a weekly fall risk huddle or weekly fall risk or safety meetings. … X X Rehab Department Internal Review Department team weekly review of rehab patients or residents

2545. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhosp-reports-slides.pptx
      November 30, 2013 - PowerPoint Presentation AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and … Transfer and Intake Notes Quiz Transfer and intake notes collect a standard set of data elements about patient … The name of the provider authorizing the transfer The location the patient is being transferred to The … reason the patient is being transferred The name of the patient The patient’s primary discharge diagnosis … The treatments the patient received in the nursing home prior to transfer The providers who saw the

2546. Final Progress Report: The P4P Decision Tool: A Stakeholder Guide to Exploring and Selecting an Appropriate Pay-for-Performance Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/leapfrog-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The Leapfrog Group, in fulfilling its mission to educate stakeholders about the need for quality, safety … healthcare purchasers exploring the strategy of pay-for-performance to improve the delivery of care to patients … www.premierinc.com/quality-safety/tools-services/p4p.hqi.index.jsp. … External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients … Data for Epidemiologic Research: The Concordance of Claims-Based Criteria with the Medical Record and Patient

2547. Final Progress Report: Optimal Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/maynard-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - ability to recognize, diagnose, and treat VTE, this spectrum of disease continues to threaten the safety … of hospitalized patients. … Safety Practices, appropriate VTE prophylaxis is ranked as a patient safety practice with the greatest … No HA VTE cases occurred in patients in the low-risk category, 81% of HA cases occurred in patient … Making health care safer: A critical analysis of patient safety practices.

2548. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey" Transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-transcript.pdf
      June 01, 2017 - Safety at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Safety. … As I mentioned, these are patient-focused surveys on topics that patients have told us is important … mandate, compare the experience of care survey results for a plan or a facility along with other quality indicators … Yost, Slide 36 With that patient population in mind, we needed to establish a way to identify patients

2549. Rate of Emergency Department Visit Use for Children Managed for Identifiable Asthma (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-113-fullreport.pdf
      May 01, 2018 - Measure Topic – patient safety: No. k. Measure Topic – family experience with care: No. l. … adherence; distinguished national and international experts in patient safety; quality measurement … events, whether or not the patient was known to be an asthmatic before the event. … We have not specifically tested the understandability of this measure with patients. … Modifiable factors associated with severe asthma exacerbations in urban patients.

2550. Summary of the 2018 AHRQ CAHPS Research Meeting (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/summary-research-meeting.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - particularly in the context of competing priorities, to ensure that AHRQ’s measures of quality and safety … Adjusting for differences in patient characteristics across units is a standard CAHPS analysis; the … Two key issue are the need for consent before texting a patient and the need for a secure method to … as inpatient rounding to ask patients about their experiences with care delivery. … invaluable for improving the care delivered to patients.

2551. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit - Section 7, Tools and Resources (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/putoolssect7.pdf
      January 01, 2004 -  Transport: Is patient time on hard wheelchairs or stretchers minimized or mitigated when patients … Leadership Support Assessment Yes No Patient safety is clearly articulated in the organization‟s strategic … plan Someone in senior management is in charge of patient safety The facility has implemented … a shared leadership model There is a dedicated budget allocated for patient safety activities … The budget includes funding for education and training on patient safety issues such as pressure ulcer

2552. Final Progress Report: Medication Error Reduction, Technologies and Human Factors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/carayon-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Scope: Technology implemented to improve patient safety can introduce significant changes in workflow … Perceptions related to pump functioning, interface, improving patient safety, and ease of use predicted … A web-based event reporting system (Patient Safety Net, PSN) was in place. … Likewise, ICU patients generally have more IVs than patients cared for elsewhere in the hospital. … Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Vol. 2, Concepts and methodology.

2553. Summary and Next Steps in Response to Federal Register Notice (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/public-summary-2015-cg-cahps-fedreg.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - • Suggestion that these items help understand the experience of patients with lower socioeconomic … status and patients receiving care in safety net settings (n=1). … • Add a measure of “keeping patients informed of delays” in place of “wait time for appointment … Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. … Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, Email:

2554. Implementation Coaching | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/activity/coach.html
      June 01, 2023 - In this role, a coach: Helps team members see the bridge between new behaviors and patient safety

2555. Communication: Severe Hypertension - PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_3_communication.pptx
      July 01, 2023 - Effective communication skills are vital for patient safety and interplay directly with other teamwork … safety. … Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety. 2007 Jan;33(1):34-47. … patient safety such as critical lab values, cultural or socioeconomic factors that might make the patient … Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety. 2007 Jan;33(1):34-47.

2556. Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR) Study Section | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/hsqrrst.html
      February 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR) Study Section Roster of members of … small research grant applications, and R13 large conference grant applications related to healthcare safety … Research Scientist MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety Columbia, MD 21206 Anders, Shilo, Ph.D. *

2557. Final Progress Report: Profiling the Needs of Dying Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/feudtner-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - To measure and value individual patient and family needs by developing a proactive and systematic approach … Second, parts of this research should produce techniques to monitor health utilization data for indicators … Adjusting for patient characteristics, the distance from home residence to hospital increased by 1% … The predicaments of "dangerous safety": living with juvenile diabetes in 20th century America. … What are the goals of patient education? West J Med 2001;174(3):173-4. 14.

2558. Chapter 5. Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide5.html
      October 01, 2022 - An electronic or human forcing function ensures that every patient being admitted or transferred in the … to occur at known intervals (e.g., integrating DVT prophylaxis assessments into a larger quality and safety … drive" is far more effective, however, when the pilot risk assessment and order set are applied to patient … must have a plan that ensures the VTE protocol is part of the completed admission orders for every patient … Which patients do not fit the protocol?

2559. Chapter 5. Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide5.html
      October 01, 2022 - An electronic or human forcing function ensures that every patient being admitted or transferred in the … to occur at known intervals (e.g., integrating DVT prophylaxis assessments into a larger quality and safety … drive" is far more effective, however, when the pilot risk assessment and order set are applied to patient … must have a plan that ensures the VTE protocol is part of the completed admission orders for every patient … Which patients do not fit the protocol?

2560. TeamSTEPPS Video-Based Simulation: Facilitator Guide Module 4 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/video/module-4-mutual-support-facilitator-guide.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - It aims to improve healthcare quality and safety by helping teams work more effectively together. … Including patients and caregivers can add an important perspective to the exercise. … care that all patients deserve. … ● Effective teams place all offers and requests for assistance in the context of patient safety. … ● Assistance is sought from and provided to patients and family caregivers.