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21. Key Driver 2: Implement a Data-driven Quality Improvement Process to Integrate Evidence into Practice Procedures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Practices serious about incorporating new evidence will dedicate resources to a QI Team that can drive … Small practices can start simply, using common sense and a can-do attitude to get the process going. … Practices that are part of larger systems may have more QI resources to draw on and likely will need … What matters is that practices choose at least one, learn how to use it, set goals, and start making … In very small practices, the QI Team may encompass the entire staff.

22. Key Driver 5: Engage with Patients and Families in Evidence-Based Care and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Practices need to know how to identify patients who are affected by new evidence, communicate clearly … Practices can also convene groups of patients and families, as well as other members of the community … Some practices obtain feedback by administering brief surveys. … Practices should train staff in these skills and consider periodic refreshers. … Practices can establish protocols to identify affected patients as they come for appointments.

23. Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention
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    November 20, 2014 - Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention ADD Hospital … Name Module 3 Best Practices Best practices are those care processes—based on literature and expert … you want to include in your prevention program. 3 Bundle of Best Practices Pressure injury prevention … practices checklist: Comprehensive skin assessment Standardized pressure injury risk assessment Care … You identified best practices for your hospital.

24. AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Even before the pandemic, primary care practices were struggling with a healthcare landscape of practice … Deborah Cohen and others, revealed that, overall, primary care practices participating in EvidenceNOW … But given the scope of the initiative—we enlisted 1,500 small- to medium-sized primary care practices … EvidenceNOW also provided several insights on whether small- to medium-sized primary care practices would … EvidenceNOW Tools for Change is a collection of over 100 tools for primary care practices, practice

25. Key Driver 3: Optimize Health Information Systems to Extract Data and Support Use of Evidence in Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Practices may have focused their data efforts on producing information related to payment incentives … Practices gain efficiency by having a point person for data, a Data Coordinator, who has learned the … Small practices may have one person doing the Data Coordinator job on a very part time basis. … Larger practices may have more than one person serve as Data Coordinators. … Although practice-level data are useful, practices that link patients with individual clinicians and

26. Module 23: Documenting Your Work With Practices (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Module 23: Documenting Your Work With Practices Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum … the process used by your practices. … You will need to remind your practices and their QI teams about these limits as well. … Reporting Progress Across Your Practices You will need to report to your supervisor how your practices … Practices that completed a key change in one month may backslide the following month.

27. Module 27: Helping Practices Optimize EHRs for (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Some of the actions you can take to support practices include:  help practices assess current use … Helping Practices Optimize EHR Use While many practices have implemented EHRs, few are using them … Help practices take action on reports. … A Note About Small Practices and EHRs When you are working with small practices and EHRs, be aware … Ways to Help Practices Use Their EHRs to Support PCMH and Quality Providing EHR Support to Practices

28. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Moments Develop/Improve Stewardship Program Create a Culture of Safety Learn Best Practices … Allergies and Other Side Effects Pocket Cards & Posters Learn Best Practices … Best Practices Pocket Cards and Posters   Also review: Appropriate Collection of Microbiological … reviewed June 2021 Page originally created June 2021 Internet Citation: Learn Best Practices … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/index.html  

29. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices … combines improvements in safety culture, teamwork, and communication with a checklist of evidence-based practices … Goals The goals of the CUSP implementation projects are to promote the adoption of evidence-based practices … create a powerful tool for promoting the adoption of evidence-based practices to prevent HAIs. … Improving surgical safety by promoting implementation of evidence-based practices to enhance surgical

30. Research Initiatives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - has made major investments in research initiatives to better understand the challenges primary care practices … produce evidence about what works best in creating and sustaining infrastructure to help primary care practices … developed through these research initiatives aim for primary care transformation that enables primary care practices … Disseminating Evidence into Practice Latest evidence and tools that support practices in implementing … evidence-based practices to improve patient care.

31. A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - Incontinence Tools for Change A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices … AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices (PDF, 863 KB)   … originally created September 2017 Internet Citation: A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices

32. Key Driver 4: Create and Support High Functioning Care Teams to Deliver High-Quality Evidence-Based Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Even in solo practices it is important to identify who are the practice’s active patients.  … Practices can explore delegating to other team members some tasks that the primary care clinician has … In other cases, practices will need to provide additional training. … Practices empower team members by creating a culture that emphasizes collaboration, celebrates each team … No one team size or structure will work for all practices.

33. Using CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Identify Strengths and Weaknesses in Care Delivery Many medical practices, health systems, and health … Webcasts Many of AHRQ's webcasts offer insights, findings, and best practices related to improving … Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices … A Tale of Three Practices: How Medical Groups Are Improving the Patient Experience (PDF, 508 KB). … Reward Physician Practices and Groups for Providing a Good Patient Experience Many healthcare payers

34. Module 9: Using Appreciative Inquiry with Practices (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Module 9: Using Appreciative Inquiry with Practices Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum … How likely are you to want to use AI with your practices? What do you like about it? … How do you envision using this with your practices? … and spreading exemplar practices. … It can provide an alternative approach to working with practices.

35. Module 12: An Introduction to Assessing Practices: (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Module 12: An Introduction to Assessing Practices: Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum … Identify some common tools for assessing practices. 4. … Complete the CPCQ for one of your practices (or the TheOnlyOneforMiles case example). … Complete the ACIC for one of your practices (or for TheOnlyOneforMiles case example). … How might you use these tools with practices you are working with?

36. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Moments Develop/Improve Stewardship Program Create a Culture of Safety Learn Best Practices … stewardship program, creating a safety culture around antibiotic prescribing, and disseminating best practices … Learning and disseminating best practices for common infectious disease syndromes. … safety around antibiotic prescribing Develop and improve your stewardship program Learn best practices … that you review the content in “Create a culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing,” “Learn best practices

37. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Ambulatory Care Toolkit Four Moments Learn Strategies for Communicating Learn Best Practices … practice, learning strategies for communicating about antibiotic prescribing, and disseminating best practices … Learning best practices for diagnosing and managing common infectious syndromes and antibiotic allergies … prescribing Develop and improve antibiotic stewardship activities in your practice Learn best practices … Review the content in “Learn best practices for diagnosing and managing common infectious syndromes and

38. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Practice Improvement AHRQ has tools and resources that can help hospitals, ambulatory care practices … across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and safety practices … Post-Vaccination Practices Series Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention … in Nursing Homes  (PDF, 1 MB) Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being … Among Nursing Home Staff   (PDF, 1 MB) Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing

39. Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - Tools for Change Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices … Improvement AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Results: Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices … 2018 Internet Citation: Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices

40. Key Driver 1: Seek, Select, and Customize the Best Evidence for Use by the Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Because of their commitment to delivering the best possible care, both solo practices and large groups … Practices should proudly inform their patients that the care they provide is evidence-based. … In addition to being aware of new robust clinical evidence, practices should also be on the lookout for … Practices benefit when patients and families know that when clinicians make recommendations for care, … In addition, practices may select organizational evidence (e.g., use of standing orders, expanded role