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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/about/evidencenow-model.html
August 01, 2019 - EvidenceNOW Model: Providing External Support for Primary Care
Well-functioning primary care practices … Primary care clinicians and teams work hard to provide this type of care, but practices, particularly … By allowing practices, and teams within practices, to gauge their performance relative to other similar … The extension service is a continuous resource for the practices with which it partners. … Practices may participate in some, but not all, of the initiatives led by the service.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide3.html
October 01, 2017 - Module 3: Best Practices in Pressure Injury Prevention
Training Guide
Module Aim
The aim … :
Which pressure injury prevention practices to use. … Say: Module 3 introduces best practices and how to determine which pressure injury prevention practices … Your current prevention program may include these best practices. … We talked about your current practices in the last module.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/implementing-best-practices.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 4D: Implementing Best Practices Checklist
Previous Page … 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 … Implementing best practices checklist
Task
Date Completed
Roles and Responsibilities
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/health-it/opioids.html
September 01, 2022 - Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Rural Primary Care Practices … We can expand access by engaging primary care practices—the places where most rural Americans receive … Doctors and nurses in these practices are trusted members of the community. … The practices involved in the initiative will provide access to MAT to over 20,000 individuals struggling … The team will provide primary care practices with comprehensive training and support for delivery of
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/practice-facilitation/index.html
February 01, 2023 - Facilitation
Practice facilitation is an approach to supporting improvement in primary care practices … Practice facilitators are specially trained individuals who work with primary care practices to make … Practice facilitation can:
Increase practices’ capacity to implement the best clinical evidence … Connect practices to information, resources, and strategies to improve care. … Help practices harness patient and practice data to identify gaps in care and effects of improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - for 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 … That report added new evidence-based safety practices while updating some practices with new evidence … , and contained 41 patient safety practices. … A set of tables compares the patient safety practices among the reports.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/guide1.html
August 01, 2024 - Building and Maintaining a Network of Primary Care Practices
4. … However, engaging in QI is new for many practices, and it requires significant training and support. … Many practices need support to use their electronic health records (EHRs) for QI purposes. … Promote broad and equitable inclusion of practices. … By engaging large healthcare systems, networks of practices, and independent practices, extension programs
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/best-practices.html
January 01, 2013 - Preventing Falls in Hospitals
Tool 3P: Best Practices Checklist
Previous Page Next Page … 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 … Best Practices Checklist
Practice
Date Completed
Identify a set of best practices
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/webcast_10_22_14_cg.html
July 01, 2018 - Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices … Transcript
Related Material
Summary
This Webcast highlighted success stories from two medical practices … The top-performing medical practices shared how they provide patients with positive experiences in the … Webcast Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices … & Group Survey Database Chartbook: What Patients Say About Their Health Care Providers and Medical Practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/pf-handbook/mod12.html
March 01, 2022 - Working With Safety Net Practices
Module 2 Trainer’s Guide: Working With Safety Net Practices
Module … Documenting Your Work With Practices
Module 15 Trainer’s Guide: Documenting Your Work With Practices … Toolkit With Practices
Module 19. … undertaking improvement work and as a source of “best practices” to spread. … The two remaining levels, functioning practices and low-functioning practices, are most likely to benefit
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/alarm-fatigue-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 13. Alarm Fatigue
Alarm Fatigue 13-1
13. … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Nurses’ perceptions and practices related to alarm management: A quality
improvement initiative. … Nurses’ perceptions and practices related to alarm management: A quality
improvement initiative. … and
systems/operational
practices to be key
drivers of alarm
frequency.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/infusion-pumps-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 12. Infusion Pumps
Infusion Pumps 12-1
12. … M.P.H., and Olivia Bacon
Introduction
In this chapter, we discuss two system-level patient safety practices … However, there is still limited research on best practices for
reducing errors and improving infusion … Methods for Selecting Patient Safety Practices
Initial literature searches for patient safety practices … Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/venous-thromboembolism-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 16. Venous Thromboembolism
Venous Thromboembolism 16-1
16. … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices
https … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/care-transitions-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 15. Care Transitions
Care Transitions 15-1
15. … Initial literature searches for patient safety practices (PSPs) in the harm area of care transitions … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/appa.html
October 01, 2015 - Range of structure types, but mostly independent.
32 practices with seven or more clinicians, 26 practices … , Federally Qualified Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems
Practices varied in … One third were solo practices. … Serving the Underserved
21% of practices had EHRs before participating in the project; all practices … Practices did not have an EHR in place before redesign.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-characteristics.html
March 01, 2017 - Range of structure types, but mostly independent.
32 practices with seven or more clinicians, 26 practices … , Federally Qualified Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems
Practices varied in … One third were solo practices. … Serving the Underserved
21% of practices had EHRs before participating in the project; all practices … Practices did not have an EHR in place before redesign.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
October 01, 2015 - This project included 25 adult primary care practices, including private practices, Federally Qualified … Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems. … Approaches to PCMH transformation varied across the 25 practices. … least-improved practices. … practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/pf-handbook/mod6-trainers.html
December 01, 2018 - Working With Safety Net Practices
Module 2 Trainer’s Guide: Working With Safety Net Practices
Module … Documenting Your Work With Practices
Module 15 Trainer’s Guide: Documenting Your Work With Practices … Toolkit With Practices
Module 19. … Identify some common tools for assessing practices. … How might you use these tools with practices you are working with?
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/primary-care-practices-delivering.html
October 01, 2023 - AHRQ leaders
During National Primary Care Week, AHRQ Celebrates the Tradition of Primary Care Practices … Perhaps most important, primary care practices offer continuity of care across a patient’s lifetime, … AHRQ pays tribute to the nation’s primary care practices for their unique and critical contributions … AHRQ looks forward to future advances as primary care practices build upon their tradition as Americans … we remain committed to investing in research and the development of resources that help primary care practices
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-improvement.html
May 01, 2024 - It also requires that practices have the capacity and skills to engage in QI activities based on that … are translated and used in clinical settings. 10 AHRQ also works to disseminate evidence to practices … practices to improve the care of their patients. … Intervention in Small Primary Care Practices to Implement Reduction in Unhealthy Alcohol usE (INSPIRE … This project will take place in the largest health system in Illinois, with 65 primary care practices