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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/using-data/index.html
December 01, 2023 - Using CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Data
Users of the Clinician & Group Survey include medical practices … 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).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-28-using-the-ahrq-care-model.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Use the toolkit to support improvement work with practices. … • Share parts of the toolkit with practices when working on those key changes. … • Train the practices to use the toolkit as a resource. … Test the links in the
toolkit before you ask practices to use them. … Suggestions for Using the Care Model Toolkit With Practices
Reference
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/capacity-infographic.pdf
April 01, 2018 - AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Results: Increased Capacity for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices … AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Results: Increased Capacity
for Quality Improvement in Small Primary Care Practices … One of the main goals of EvidenceNOW is increasing the capacity of primary care practices to implement … For example, practices with capacity for quality improvement are eager to learn from mistakes, create … Early results among EvidenceNOW practices show substantial increases in their capacity to implement new
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/conc.html
October 01, 2015 - All of the IMPaCT teams strengthened previous work with stakeholder partners and primary care practices … They also worked to engage new partners and practices and to coordinate with related efforts of other … How do these drivers ultimately motivate practices to embark on and sustain QI efforts? … How can PCEPs leverage evolving incentives (e.g., meaningful use stage 3) to reinforce practices’ improvement … How can primary care practices fund time for their clinicians and staff to stay engaged in effective
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/conclusion.html
February 01, 2017 - All of the IMPaCT teams strengthened previous work with stakeholder partners and primary care practices … They also worked to engage new partners and practices and to coordinate with related efforts of other … How do these drivers ultimately motivate practices to embark on and sustain QI efforts? … How can PCEPs leverage evolving incentives (e.g., meaningful use stage 3) to reinforce practices’ improvement … How can primary care practices fund time for their clinicians and staff to stay engaged in effective
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen6.html
April 01, 2018 - The intervention was adopted by our targeted set of primary care providers and practices and it reached … Our comparison of preintervention and postintervention surveys of participating practices indicated that … It is important to make sure that the participating practices understand what is involved in SATIS-PHI … Maintaining communication with the practices is important. … These include practices that are more closely and less closely affiliated with the central entity and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/nembhard-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The three practices in the first factor–practices (1),
(2), and (3) above–all involved a change in role … The two practices in the second factor–practices (4) and (5)–had in common that
they did not change workers … is fewer than two practices, etc.). … and implementation of time-changing practices). … Measures
Importing best practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/guide6.html
August 01, 2024 - Building and Maintaining a Network of Primary Care Practices
4. … Developing a state-based healthcare extension program to support quality improvement in primary care practices … developing a governing and workgroup structure to carry out the work, building and maintaining a network of practices … healthcare extension efforts will likely have a different focus and will identify new approaches and best practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/solberg.html
April 01, 2015 - Institute for Education and Research
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019161
Number and Type of Practices … of Transformation Efforts
In 2010 the Minnesota Department of Health began certifying primary care practices … for practices that were already certified to help support their ongoing transformation efforts. … Each practice, or group of practices, determined how to best implement changes to meet the standards … Utilization
Practices that adopted more medical home clinic systems were more likely to have less
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/blood-culture.html
October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs
Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship
Previous … Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP
Antibiotic Stewardship
Blood Culture Practices … CUSP Tools and Resources
Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention
Fundamental Best Practices … Presentations Presentation: Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship After reviewing the content of this … Documents: Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship – Slides (PPTX, 11.2 MB) Blood Culture Practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit2.html
March 01, 2014 - Primary Care's Expanding Caseloads and Shrinking Workforce
Linking primary care practices … The Promise of the Community Partner
Primary care practices are struggling to care for their patients … Even among practices that have implemented innovative programs targeting tobacco use, risky drinking, … The participating practices were given the opportunity to review drafts of the toolkit and provide feedback … The toolkit also incorporates the accumulated knowledge of SNOCAP-USA after 12 years of assisting practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/conclusions.html
October 01, 2015 - Small, independent practices and safety net clinics face additional barriers to transformation because … they do not have access to the resources and infrastructure available to larger, better-funded practices … Policy efforts to determine how to best support the transformation of small, independent practices and … safety net clinics will be essential to ensuring these practices can provide the best care for their … of this change, additional modifications to the U.S. health care payment model are needed to reward practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/conclusions-and-implications.html
March 01, 2017 - Small, independent practices and safety net clinics face additional barriers to transformation because … they do not have access to the resources and infrastructure available to larger, better-funded practices … Policy efforts to determine how to best support the transformation of small, independent practices and … safety net clinics will be essential to ensuring these practices can provide the best care for their … of this change, additional modifications to the U.S. health care payment model are needed to reward practices
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201612.html
September 01, 2016 - gauges how workforce and financing changes may affect utilization, revenue, and expenses in primary care practices … Working with seven Boston-area academic medical centers and 28 primary care practices, as well as the … "Practices need to make the business case for adding staff and need to explain to their chief financial … that simulate real-world practice settings, in order to analyze how different variables could affect practices … questions, including the impact of new payment models on the structure and finances of primary care practices
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/best-practices-survey-administration-webcast-closing.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Closing
Q&A
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/enabling-real-time.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Enabling Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
Enabling … Real-Time Identification of Burnout Risk
Among Clinicians in Primary Care Practices
AHRQ Impact: … Researchers have developed a
prediction tool to identify primary care practices
at high-risk of clinician … Practices identified as high-risk can
implement tailored process improvements
to avoid the negative … Ultimately, this can
help primary care practices limit the negative impacts of
burnout on clinician
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-prevent.html
May 01, 2017 - an SSI is rarely the case; rather, there may be multiple breaches in optimal surgical patient care practices … Infection prevention practices and guidelines are updated regularly and are specific to your facility … is critical, and resources have been provided below to help you identify infection prevention best practices … Surgical Care Improvement Project Measures (inpatient setting)
Healthcare Infection Control and Practices … Infection Prevention Infographic
This infographic describes infection control practices important to
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/post-vaccination.html
December 01, 2022 - Post-Vaccination Practices Series
This series of two learning modules features strategies to
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
October 01, 2014 - How do we put the new practices into operation? … How do we pilot test the new practices? … How can we help staff learn new practices? … 3 reviewed the bundle of best practices. … If new practices are simply layered on top of current practices, they are likely to be dropped when the
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
October 01, 2014 - How do we put the new practices into operation? … How do we pilot test the new practices? … How can we help staff learn new practices? … 3 reviewed the bundle of best practices. … If new practices are simply layered on top of current practices, they are likely to be dropped when the