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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-id-success-story.pdf
April 01, 2015 - across the State into PCMHs—with an
ambitious goal of implementing the model at 55 practices per year … Key goals of Idaho’s State
Healthcare Innovation Plan:
• Transform primary care practices
across … The
collaboratives will focus on recruiting primary care practices and providing local support to those … practices as they transform into medical homes. … This train-the-trainer approach will put Idaho’s
collaboratives in a good position to support practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/index.html
September 01, 2021 - long-term care (LTC) facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and improve practices … staff engagement, teamwork, and safety culture, in order to facilitate consistent use of evidence-based practices … The toolkit includes instructional materials and resources in infection prevention best practices (e.g … quality improvement collaborative designed to reduce CAUTIs and enhance patient safety culture and practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/index.html
July 01, 2020 - treatment provided in outpatient and inpatient settings, including:
Independent community oncology practices … main purpose of the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey is to support the efforts of cancer centers, oncology practices … Information in the guidance documents is based on the survey developers' extensive research into best practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-driscoll.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Number and Type of Practices
This project included adult and
pediatric primary care practices at
SCF … Lessons Learned and Implications for Others
• Important practices for PCMH leaders included:
communicating … management decisions and mandated
practices in a clear and transparent manner; monitoring
staff for … ; and developing an
infrastructure (e.g., buildings, co-location of services)
that supported PCMH practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/smoking.html
March 01, 2021 - How Did EvidenceNOW Evaluate Whether Practices Followed This PCOR Evidence? … (Measure ID: CMS138)
The EvidenceNOW goal for primary care practices in the study is to have at least … Resources for Practices
EvidenceNOW PCOR Smoking Cessation Fact Sheet
This EvidenceNOW fact sheet … Practice Facilitator
This two-page checklist and associated materials outline working with primary care practices … Resources for Practices To Use With Patients
Tobacco Use Self-Management Tool
This fact sheet for
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202304.html
October 01, 2023 - for Opioid Use Disorders
Search All Impact Case Studies
October 2023
Rural primary care practices … Sciences Center, developed the program to expand medication-assisted treatment so that rural primary care practices … AHRQ Product(s):
Project ECHO,
Research,
Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-rittenhouse.pdf
April 01, 2015 - In September 2007, safety
net primary care practices throughout the greater New Orleans area
began … This study focused on the primary care transformation of five safety net practices in New Orleans, some … Number and Type of Practices
This project included five primary
care safety net clinics, including … It is notable that all five practices were
able to improve in an environment of limited resources, high … Transformation
Challenges to Transformation
Lessons Learned and Implications for Others
Number and Type of Practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/clinical-pathway.html
January 01, 2013 - Which fall prevention practices do you want to use?
4. … How do you measure fall rates and fall prevention practices?
6. … Tools and Resources
Appendix: Bibliography of Studies Implementing Fall Prevention Practices
References … If you prepared a process map describing your current practices, you can compare that with desired practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/index.html
August 01, 2023 - Surveys include: Settings:
Clinician and group practices
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg … customizable training tools that build the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices … Safer Reports are a series of consolidated evidence reviews of specific topics and patient safety practices … informing healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices … that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow_it2.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Implementation will occur in 65 primary care practices through a tiered approach,
beginning in five … Of approximately 65 adult primary care
practices, 44% are Family Medicine, 55% are Internal Medicine … The median
household income ranges from $14,000-$64,000 across practices. … Northwestern
Medicine’s healthcare system for UI screening and non-surgical treatment in
primary care practices … Quick Numbers as of January 2024
Number of participating practices: 22 clinics
Number of women reached
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - It builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices and the science … Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices … Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit assists hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention practices … The toolkit draws on literature on best practices in pressure ulcer prevention and includes both validated … The TeamSTEPPS® Primary Care Module that is being tested in primary care practices as part of a project
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/PrimaryCareEffortsToReduceReadmissions-envscan.pdf
March 01, 2020 - • Two large primary care
physician practices in
Pennsylvania. … • Primary care practices in the
Lehigh Valley Health
System, Pennsylvania. … • Significant
improvements in
quality measures for
both sets of practices. … • 58 primary care
practices in
Illinois. … Fostering a commitment to quality:
best practices in safety-net hospitals.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html
December 01, 2015 - Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices … clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections and make care safer by following clinical best practices … Stewardship Toolkits
Three toolkits that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices … Community Connections Obesity Referral Toolkit
This toolkit helps primary care practices … team members work together and builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/tools/index.html
December 01, 2015 - Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices … clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections and make care safer by following clinical best practices … Stewardship Toolkits
Three toolkits that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices … Community Connections Obesity Referral Toolkit
This toolkit helps primary care practices … team members work together and builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/research/index.html
March 01, 2024 - The first goal is to learn how ambulatory care practices can use measures of patient engagement and shared … Key Findings:
Practice leaders used CAHPS survey results to discuss best practices, share data with … Reasons Primary Care Practices Chose Patient Experience Surveys during Patient-Centered Medical Home … Practices and Changes Associated with Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation. … A Review of Best Practices for Monitoring and Improving Inpatient Pediatric Patient Experiences.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module1/module1_fall-prevention.docx
March 01, 2013 - Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? (covered in Training Module 3)
4. … How do you implement best practices in your organization? (covered in Training Module 4)
5. … How do you measure fall rates and fall prevention practices? (covered in Training Module 5)
6. … Track the newly redesigned practices and check to see if they are being done the right way. … Use critical thinking to include best practices in patients’ daily goals.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-prescribing-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - for patient safety
· Understand how antibiotic stewardship teams can improve antibiotic prescribing practices … This will help ensure that members of the clinic understand best practices in the diagnosis and management … As reviewed in the presentation titled “Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic … Implementation of antibiotic stewardship practices in a clinic can help ensure that patients receive … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-webinar-slides.pdf
May 25, 2017 - impact safety, not just
quality
• Based on evidence
• Tools that are easy to use
• Tools for practices … this area
4
Key Project Deliverables
• Environmental Scan
• Four Case Studies of
Exemplar Practices … Refine • Observations
• Team debriefs
• Simple counts
20
How can the AHRQ PFE Guide help practices … Evaluate & Refine
How can the AHRQ PFE Guide help practices achieve success?
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/chsp/about-chsp/centers/index.html
July 01, 2019 - Healthcare Organizations and Systems, which included responses from more than 3,300 healthcare leaders in practices … performance to study topics such as the consequences of corporate consolidation and the diffusion of best practices … Synthesize and Disseminate Research on Health System Performance
To speed the adoption of practices … is creating a compendium that will enable users to access health system data and information about practices … The compendium will also provide data analyses, research syntheses, best practices, and lessons learned
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Step 1: Diagnose the Problem
Step 2: Plan and Implement Best Practices
Step 3: Measure Results and … to the clinical best practices (Tool D.4)
Tools D4.a through D4.y outline best practices for selected … High-level summary of best practices
Recommended practices
Staff required
Equipment
Communication … practices
This is a form for performing gap analyses. … practices, barriers to best practice implementation, and if the user will implement best practices.