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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/1-about/index.html
February 01, 2020 - ambulatory settings has created a demand for practical strategies that health plans, medical groups, physician … It is aimed at executives, managers, physicians, and other staff who are responsible for assessing patient … family of CAHPS surveys includes instruments designed to assess patient experience with health plans, physician … strategies are more appropriate for health plans, while others are better suited to medical groups and physician
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/statins.html
September 01, 2018 - Lipids—Statin Pearls
Resource description: This slide deck and transcript of a 20-minute video with a family physician
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_2-team-structure-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Examples include:
Outpatient:
o Physicians, nurses, sonographers
Inpatient:
o Physicians, nurses … • Inpatient
o The chief nurse or physician responsible for triage
and resource management for the … including educators, managers, midwives, anesthetists, nurse
practitioners, and L&D staff nurses;
• Physicians … The key team members—nurses, physicians, and senior executives—will help
ensure the initiative is used … However,
you’d be well assisted if you could onboard physician or nurse champions who believe in
the
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/zero-clabsi.html
April 01, 2013 - But the physician barriers continue, and some units are still dealing with physician barriers. … ICU, general oncology units, and very large metro units where there are various different groups of physicians … Full patient barrier was primarily a nursing and physician education piece, and it did not take long … Removing unnecessary lines was a physician and nurse issue in terms of nurses putting that into their … Physician leadership, physicians are as busy as nurses.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_3-communication-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Communication causes capture breakdowns in oral, written, or electronic exchanges
among staff, with and among physicians … Notice
how Dana communicates critical information to the physician as she becomes aware of it. … • The physician was quickly made aware of Mrs. Everett's
deteriorating Situation. … Sonentag is her private physician, who should
be called for shared decision making or if Ms. … Sonentag
is her private physician, who should be called for shared decision making or if Ms.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_3_communication.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Communication causes capture breakdowns in oral, written, or electronic exchanges among staff, with and among physicians … Notice how Dana communicates critical information to the physician as she becomes aware of it. … The physician was quickly made aware of Mrs. Everett's deteriorating Situation. … Sonentag is her private physician, who should be called for shared decision making or if Ms. … Sonentag is her private physician, who should be called for shared decision making or if Ms.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - are multifactorial:
Complex healthcare system
Patient factors (reading ability, age, emotions)
Physician … Barriers to Health Literacy
Increasingly Complex Healthcare System
Hospitalists, not your family physician … Slide 18
Clear Medical Communication: Physician Barriers
Physician Attitudes
Communication Skills … Culture issues:
Between physicians and nurses
Between units
Slide 20
Strategies for Improving … multifactorial:
Complex healthcare system
Patient factors (reading ability, age, emotional overlay)
Physician
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Using a checklist allows nurses to serve
as an independent, redundant check to encourage physician adherence … Physicians would not be aware that
they were being observed during the observation-only phase. … staff were to critique or correct them
Unit leaders met with nursing and physician staff to stress the … Tell the physician staff that the checklist is being implemented after the observation-only phase
ends … For example, Johns Hopkins instructed nurses to page the unit director at any time
if a physician failed
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/learning-health-systems/how-lhs-learn.html
May 01, 2019 - Historically this is something an individual or a group of physicians was assumed to be doing to maintain … Once there is consensus among physician and operational managers to move forward, two implementation … the physicians and associated clinicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, led the … Measures of the probability a service is provided (e.g., the rate at which a primary care physician [ … VAR has now expanded to include Specialty Care Physicians (SCPs) in the reporting.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/culture.html
April 01, 2022 - Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit (PDF, 266.4 KB)
Making It Work – Engaging Physician … Implement a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Removing Urinary Catheters, Including How To Obtain Buy-in From Physicians … Central Line Insertion if They See a Breach in Aseptic Technique, Including How To Obtain Buy-in From Physicians
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-magill.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Senior leadership met monthly for day-long planning sessions during the implementation period, and
physicians … Increasing the
continuity of care from physicians and medical assistants improved patient satisfaction … However, staff cost per physician work Relative Value Unit (a unit
that calculates the amount of effort … expended by a physician in treating a patient) decreased from
$52.84 in 2003 to $45.86 in 2011
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Of the readmitted patients, half the patients had no claim
filed for a visit with a physician during … for the patient
On day of
discharge
• Write discharge orders
and dictate the discharge
summary (physician … This handout can be distributed during physician
staff meetings, but physicians also need to take part … Also, make sure physician champions are
engaged throughout the implementation process. … Health promotion in primary care: physician-
patient communication and decision making about prescription
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-b.docx
April 21, 2014 - Create buy-in and engage physicians in quality improvement
i. … If you haven’t already done so, create a plan for sharing the culture survey results with staff and physicians
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-mupirocin.docx
March 01, 2022 - resistance, nursing preference for the application method of one versus the other, local cost estimates, and physician … potential issues related to nasal mupirocin should brought to the attention of the treating nurse and physician
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/implementation.pdf
May 01, 2017 - In some facilities, physician response
rates can be quite low. … It is important to find a physician and an anesthesia professional who can participate on the team … When initiating the checklist conversation with your physician, use the Addressing
Physician Concerns … The active participation of a physician champion is a key indicator
for implementation success. … physicians about implementing the checklist in
your facility.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_bsw.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Baylor Scott &
White Health has over 47,000 employees and more than 7,800 active physicians as well … What data do a physician, a nurse, or a physician’s assistant need at the point of care? … ACOs began as a model under which
groups of physicians, hospitals, and
other healthcare providers came … drawn from hospitalized patients and sent to
the laboratory to help inform care decisions made by physicians … Baylor Scott &
White Health’s chief clinical effectiveness officer, for example, is a physician who
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/prevention/clinician/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Physician Burnout
The health care environment—with its packed work days, demanding pace, time pressures … , and emotional intensity—can put physicians and other clinicians at high risk for burnout. … Priority Populations: Women's Health Resources
Private Performance Feedback Reporting for Physicians
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
April 30, 2013 - If a hospital wants to improve their CAHPS Hospital Survey scores related to physician communication, … Which physicians and nurses can conduct the training for their colleagues? … Comparing physician and patient perceptions of quality [unpublished work]; 2010.
8. … Ensuring positive physician-patient communication about hospital quality information (presentation); … Health promotion in primary care: Physician-patient communication and decision making about prescription
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/shareddecisionmaking/success-stories/share_approach_success_story5_anthem-patel.pdf
May 01, 2016 - The goal of the EPHC program is to provide physicians and their teams with as many
tools and resources … Patel found that by providing hints or “little nuggets of wisdom based on experience” you
can give physicians … The training attracted 22 attendees, including nurses, case
managers, administrators, and physician … Approach
The SHARE Approach is a five-step process for implementing shared decisionmaking, which offers physicians
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/erepguide_slides.pptx
December 01, 2014 - Nutrition Risk Reports
Displays residents at nutritional risk, plus additional information on referrals, physician … resident at high or medium nutritional risk, the report captures the following information from EMR physicians … , nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
Last order dates for chemistry, microbiology, and hematology … Nutrition Risk Report is derived from:
Dietary notes
Nursing assistant documentation
Therapy records
Physician … clinical data for a single resident that is captured from electronic nursing assistant daily charting, physician