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September 01, 2018 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … More topics in this section
EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW Model
Practice … , Lung, and Blood Institute is comprised of systematic evidence reviews and development of clinical practice
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August 01, 2022 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … What Real-World Examples of Effective Practice Transformation Are Available? … Policymakers, researchers, practices, and practice facilitators can access evidence-based resources about … Implementing the PCMH
Practice Facilitation
Practice facilitation is one of the most promising strategies … AHRQ is developing resources for organizations that are interested in providing practice facilitation
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Evidence-based Practice … Facilitators
The EvidenceNOW Model for supporting primary care practice improvement originated from … EvidenceNOW Tools for Change can help primary care practices, as well as practice facilitators and others … The tools and resources are useful to practice leaders, clinicians, and other practice staff, as well … as to practice facilitators and other quality improvement professionals.
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February 01, 2024 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … Research Findings & Reports
Grantee Final Reports: Patient Safety
Evidence-based Practice … Patient Safety
Minority Health
Primary Care
Quality
Translating Research Into Practice … Research Networks
Primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) involve practicing clinicians … shows that primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are more likely to practice
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October 01, 2022 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … improve prescribing in three areas: developing and improving antibiotic stewardship activities in your practice … They include an explanation of the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making and how to apply them in practice … Practice Managers and Leadership: At a minimum, it is recommended that you review content in “Develop … and improve stewardship activities in your practice” and “Learn strategies for communicating with colleagues
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May 25, 2016 - Strategies
How Your Practices Differ From Best Practice
Barriers to Best Practice Implementation … Will Implement Best Practice (Yes/No; why not?) … Best Practice #1: [insert description of best practice here]
… Best Practice #2: [insert description of best practice here]
… Best Practice #3: [insert description of best practice here]
1 Tool
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February 01, 2019 - Once the practice agrees to implement new evidence, it often
must customize it to the practice environment … Nonetheless,
the practice should have a process in place to ensure that the practice as a whole is aware … types of evidence they will implement practice-wide. … Making changes in a practice is always difficult. … In this way, practice members join practice leaders in becoming
locators and customizers of new evidence
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May 20, 2016 - Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice
Create a process for
identifying cases
• 100% … Recommended Practice: Conduct Preliminary Case Review
• Quality-trained clinicians perform initial … Recommended Practice: Engage in Action Planning
• All participants participate in action planning based … Cases
Recommended Practice: Conduct Preliminary Case Review
Recommended Practice: Present Case to … Mortality Review Committee
Recommended Practice: Conduct Systematic Review of Case
Recommended Practice
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January 01, 2022 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … Home
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
Research Communities
Practice-based … Research Initiatives
Data Resources
Tools and Resources
Research Communities
Practice-based … PBRN Profiles
PBRN Conference
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care
Practice … AHRQ defines a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network as having the following characteristics:
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November 01, 2012 - Details of Recommended Practice
Counts at Appropriate
Points During Surgery
Perform a sponge, sharp … Recommended Practice: Use of Equipment and Instruments
• Integrate new instruments or equipment into … practice that prevents retention of foreign bodies
(e.g., absorbent mesh plug) … Appropriate Points During Surgery
Recommended Practice: Appropriate Staff Education
Recommended Practice … : Team Collaboration
Recommended Practice: Use of Equipment and Instruments
Recommended Practice: Standardized
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May 17, 2016 - an excess length of stay of 23.52 days
and even higher excess charges of $261,173.3
Recommended Practice … Details of Recommended Practice
Implement strategies to
prevent sepsis. … Recommended Practice: Use a sepsis resuscitation bundle
• Develop a pediatric sepsis resuscitation … Recommended Practice: Adopt sepsis measures
• Organizational performance goals need to be determined … strategies to prevent sepsis
Recommended Practice: Screen patients for sepsis
Recommended Practice:
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March 01, 2024 - Guidelines
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Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … Build practice capacity to receive and incorporate evidence in the future. … More hours of practice facilitation, and more months with at least one practice facilitation visit, were … Frequent and consistent practice facilitation works best. … The effectiveness of virtual practice facilitation visits, especially given the challenges of COVID-19
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November 20, 2014 - Then staff must be made aware of the assessment.
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Barriers to Practice
Finding time for skin assessments … Consider using Tool 3C: Pressure Ulcer Identification Pocket Pad.
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ID Pocket Pad
Tool 3C
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Practice … Complete within first 24 hours of admission
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Improving Assessment Practice
Ask a colleague … Page 42
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Pressure Injury risk assessment
BEST PRACTICE
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Pressure Injury Risk Assessment
Next … needs will continue to be met).
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Improve Care Planning
Examples of prompts linked to routine practice
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December 01, 2020 - "
— Doris Lessing
Slide 4
Why Do We Fail to Take Effective Practice to Scale? … A bulls-eye graphic depicting how we typically try to move effective practice to scale: We start with … Slide 7
Why Do We Fail to Take Effective Practice to Scale? … Slide 8
Why Do We Fail to Take Effective Practice to Scale? … How will you spread your better practice (method)?
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May 20, 2016 - Details of Recommended Practice
Wound dehiscence risk
assessment. … Recommended Practice: Wound Dehiscence Risk Assessment
• Complete a preoperative assessment to identify … Best practice recommendation: prevention and
management of open surgical wounds. … Risk Assessment
Recommended Practice: Reduce the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections
Recommended … Practice: Postoperative Wound Assessment
Educational Recommendation
Effectiveness of Action Items
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January 01, 2012 - Details of Recommended Practice
Skin Assessment at Admission and
Daily, With Documentation of Lesions … Recommended Practice: Skin Assessment at Admission and Daily, With Documentation of
Lesions
• Determine … Recommended Practice: Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment at Admission and Daily
• Determine which pressure … • Document risk assessment results in the medical record.7-9
Recommended Practice: Repositioning … of Highest Level of Mobility
Recommended Practice: Daily Rounds Assessment
Educational Recommendation
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May 17, 2016 - Details of Recommended Practice
Assess risk factors. … Recommended Practice: Assess risk factors
• Determine which pediatric patients are at increased risk … Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments during the perioperative and postoperative
period … Best Processes/Systems of Care
Introduction: Essential First Steps
Recommended Practice: Assess risk … factors
Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments during the perioperative and postoperative
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March 01, 2021 - Guidelines
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Practice … In search of new ideas, the care team turned to their EvidenceNOW practice facilitator, Ms. … Working with Jennifer to extract and analyze the practice's patient data, NorthShore's Director of Practice
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January 01, 2012 - and IV pressure ulcers for Medicaid
patients unless they are present on admission.5
Recommended Practice … Details of Recommended Practice
Skin Assessment at Admission and
Daily, With Documentation of Lesions … • Document risk assessment results in the medical record.9-11
Recommended Practice: Repositioning … Due to few pediatric studies, it is undetermined if this is a current safe practice.1,12
o Low-air-loss … of Highest Level of Mobility
Recommended Practice: Daily Rounds Assessment
Educational Recommendation
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July 01, 2019 - Guidelines
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Evidence-based Practice … Evidence-Based Decisionmaking
Evidence-based practice is the use of the best available evidence together … Prevention and Chronic Care Program works to expand the available evidence base for evidence-based practice … and to ensure clinicians have the tools to put this knowledge base into practice. … and Medicaid Resources
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