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181. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use Introduction Developing or improving antibiotic stewardship activities in ambulatory practices … Implementation of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care can help practices … /index.html http://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/index.html AHRQ Safety … Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies Next … , review the materials under the “Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Infectious Syndromes

182. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - DiagnosisCellulitis · Relatively sudden onset of redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin · Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon; most cases caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, or G) that are sucepti…

183. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - Purpose of the tools These tools are designed to support your efforts to implement evidence-based practices … Third, raise awareness among unit staff members of evidence-based practices to eliminate CLABSI. … Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet at Appendix 2 that outlines evidence-based practices … Make a point of recognizing providers who appropriately follow evidence-based practices. … A potential barrier to compliance with evidence-based practices is that clinicians have to go to several

184. AHRQ Research Summit on Learning Health Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - goals of the Summit were to: Identify the aspects of learning health care delivery organizations and practices … Explore how AHRQ can act as a catalyst for the advancement of learning health care organizations and practices … creation and development of learning health systems that can generate, use, and share evidence and best practices … Accelerate the spread of evidence-based best practices across LHSs.

185. Key Driver 6: Nurture Leadership and Create A Culture of Continuous Learning and Evidence-Based Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - While leadership looks different in small practices, even solo practitioners need to nurture themselves … Encourage learning about new evidence and best practices Leaders who are committed to ensuring that … Review measures of implementation and impact of evidence-based practices regularly To create a culture

186. Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - out-of-hospital care providers and patients to manage central lines by learning to apply proven infection practices … in the REDUCE-MRSA trial , which compared universal decolonization to standard infection prevention practices … academic and practical knowledge of infection prevention has informed the Healthcare Infection Control Practices … Advisory Committee, which advises on infection prevention and surveillance practices used throughout

187. The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - Diagram The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram shows six key drivers—big changes—that primary care practices … Tools & Resources Aim: Improve health care quality by increasing the capacity of primary care practices

188. Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/sustaining-guide.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - (CUSP), tools and resources were developed to eliminate HAIs/CAUTI and enhance safety practices in … It builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices and the science … All staff in an LTC facility should also understand why practices are in place to improve the quality … For example, when an LTC facility is seeking to improve hand hygiene practices, the team is critical … High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions: Executive Summary.

189. Module 1: Preventing Falls in Hospitals—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - (covered in Training Module 2) Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? … (covered in Training Module 3) How do you implement best practices in your organization? … (covered in Training Module 4) How do you measure fall rates and fall prevention practices? … 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.

190. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - How Did EvidenceNOW Evaluate Whether Practices Followed This PCOR Evidence? … (Measure ID: CMS 347) The EvidenceNOW goal for primary care practices in the study is to have at least … Resources for Practices EvidenceNOW PCOR Cholesterol Management Fact Sheet This EvidenceNOW fact sheet … This two-page checklist and associated materials provide information on working with primary care practices … Resources for Practices To Use With Patients How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol: How to Control

191. Burnout in Primary Care: Assessing and Addressing it in Your Practice (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2023 - can use for assessing burnout • Strategies practices can tailor to prevent and reduce staff burnout … • Most widely used measure of burnout in healthcare practices. … or health systems, but many can be scaled for smaller and independent practices. … Physicians in small practices may be able to share coverage. … Organizational Evidence-Based and Promising Practices for Improving Clinician Well-Being.

192. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Includes: 25 indicator-specific best practices, a project charter, a gap analysis, and an implementation … Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvements Includes introduction to the indicator-specific … best practices and detailed information on best practices for selected indicators Introduction PDF … Gap Analysis Includes a tool to help you understand how your organization's practices align with best … practices to identify potential areas for improvement PDF [210.19 KB] Word [45.73 KB] D.6.

193. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) can help your unit implement evidence-based practices … teams learn a method that can help them make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices

194. AHRQ Slide Template 2004
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     January 01, 2013 - Resource Guide Six sections: Hospital readiness for change Managing change Choosing fall prevention practices … Implementing best practices Measuring fall rates and fall prevention practices Program sustainability … Role ‹#› Tool: Action Plan (2F) Improvement Objective: Implement standard fall prevention practices

195. How Learning Health Systems Learn: Lessons from the Field | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2019 - The focus is not only on drugs and devices but also on care practices. … One way they are doing this is by creating system-wide guidelines for clinical practices in which there … The program has grown to include 37 shared savings partners  ranging from large multispecialty practices … to solo practices and covering more than 500,000 health plan members. … UPMC Health Plan is working to better integrate UPMC oncology practices with palliative care services

196. Maine Groups Improve Care for Patients with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - recruited the Maine Primary Care Association (MePCA) PSO and ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices … set out to identify what factors influenced patients with IDD to seek care outside of primary care practices … His goal was to learn what types of events were impacting patients with IDD and how primary care practices … Disabilities Council; Maine Primary Care Association PSO; ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices

197. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Slides
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     September 01, 2022 - for patient safety Understand how antibiotic stewardship teams can improve antibiotic prescribing practices … Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care 4 5 Antibiotic Overuse 30% of antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory practices … Engagement in antibiotic stewardship activities can— Ensure members of your clinic understand best practices … necessary Organized antibiotic stewardship activities assist clinicians with— Remaining up to date on best practices … These practices are offered as helpful options for consideration by healthcare practitioners, not as

198. Practice-based Research Networks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - These are defined as "a group of ambulatory practices devoted principally to the primary care of patients … capacity of these networks by educating the networks in primary care research and data collection best practices

199. Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2015 - million and funded three grant initiatives to better understand the challenges faced by primary care practices … Primary Care Practice (TPC) grants were funded to understand the "natural experiments" that primary care practices … In total, 17 States worked together to build a support system to assist primary care practices with their … Stakeholders include independent primary care practices, health care systems, health care payers, and

200. Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home in CareOregon Clinics (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - collaborative where multidisciplinary teams from each participating clinic shared ideas and best practices … met regularly with a consultant and senior data analyst from CareOregon to identify and share best practices … Number and Type of Practices This project included Medicaid patients at 17 safety net primary care … Therefore, a more systematic approach was subsequently adopted for QI and changing workflow practices