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121. Fillable Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) Tool for Health Care Quality Improvement (QI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/pdsa-form.html
     November 01, 2018 - Quality Improvement (QI) Resource: Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) Form  (PDF, 971 KB, 2 pages) Practices … Using this form can be helpful to primary care practices following the Model for Improvement quality … PDSA cycles are part of the Model for Improvement, a QI approach practices can adopt to address Key

122. Spotlight on Maine -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-maine-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - • Helping practices implement quality improvement projects. … a year and encouraged practices to use the reports to track their performance. … In a 2014 Statewide survey of pediatric and family practices (N=156), 80 percent of practices reported … A given collaborative engaged anywhere from 12 to 34 practices, with practices most likely to participate … practices.

123. Spotlight on Utah -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-utah-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - two-thirds of Utah’s pediatric practices) in QI activities … 12 child- serving practices (nine primary care practices and three specialty care practices) in a 3.5 … Participating practices— • Built QI capacity. … • Engaged families in practices. … • All practices expected to continue to support care coordinators.

124. EvidenceNOW | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     EvidenceNOW Model A model for providing external support to primary care practices … Practice Facilitation A key component of external support to primary care practices … EvidenceNOW Model The EvidenceNOW Model of external support to primary care practices … uses practice facilitation, expert consultation, and other services to help primary care practices implement … EvidenceNOW Projects EvidenceNOW projects all use the model of external support to primary care practices

125. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-5/slides.html
     September 01, 2017 - Image: Puzzle pieces are labeled “assess readiness,” “manage change,” “implement practices,” “best practices … Measuring fall prevention practices. … Slide 37: Measuring Fall Prevention Practices Slide 38: Measuring Fall Prevention Practices Measuring … Slide 39: What Practices Should Be Measured? … How to measure fall prevention practices.

126. Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html
     June 01, 2021 - Home Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Long-Term Care Toolkit Learn Best Practices … Moments Develop/Improve Stewardship Program Create a Culture of Safety Learn Best Practices … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html  

127. Spotlight on Massachusetts -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-massachusetts-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Child-serving practices strengthened their medical home features Massachusetts helped 13 practices … a structure and process through which the practices could learn from each other. … Under the demonstration, practices— • Developed quality improvement teams. … To develop practices’ care coordination capabilities, the State paired practices with experienced care … • Developed resources to help practices and families improve care coordination.

128. Module 4: How to Implement the Fall Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_fall-prevention.docx
     September 20, 2017 - · How do you put the new practices into operation? · How can you help staff learn new practices? … · How will you pilot test the new practices? … The best practices to be incorporated at your hospital are (best practices selected by the group). … list of best practices on Tool 4A. … . · To help staff accept the new set of practices fully, ensure they understand that those practices

129. Making Patients Part of Conversations About Their Care: Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data into Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/making-patients-part-of-conversations.html
     February 01, 2022 - patients can easily collect their own health data outside of the clinical setting, many ambulatory care practices … a new guide on increasing the use of PGHD, one that provides practical tools for ambulatory care practices … To highlight the availability of this new guide with primary care practices and others, AHRQ will sponsor … mind, AHRQ will continue to support a research agenda to assess potential solutions and develop best practices

130. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/index.html
     March 01, 2023 - importance of providing high-quality care that relies on a culture of safety and evidence-based clinical practices … materials in one of three ways: Assess Looking to understand your ICU's current clinical and safety practices … By including the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and other evidence-based practices, this … The first access point, Assess , supports teams to assess current practices and create a plan to move

131. Reporting and using the Child Core Set of quality measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary2.html
     September 01, 2015 - Identifying variation across practices, regions, or plans; and monitoring changes in performance over … Practices need substantial technical assistance from EHR vendors and QI specialists to use their own … Massachusetts conducted interviews with practices and focus groups with families to help them design … Practices indicated that the reports helped them assess their performance and identify QI priorities. … In response, State-hired practice facilitators helped practices run supplemental reports directly from

132. Spotlight on Idaho -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-idaho-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Child-serving practices strengthened their medical home features Idaho helped three child-serving practices … Idaho— • Provided technical assistance to three practices. … The care coordinators were embedded within the practices. … • Introduced family partners in practices. … • Spread the learning collaborative model to four additional rural practices.

133. Evaluation Highlight No. 2, May 2013. How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight02.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - and geographic location, but selected practices do not necessarily reflect the mix of practices in … in these States or child-serving practices more generally.11 Twenty-five intervention practices … The median score of 53.6 indicates that half of all practices scored below this level. … demonstration program, many practices have substantial room to improve. … option for collecting information on medical homeness for child-serving practices

134. Spotlight on Illinois -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-illinois-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - practices with a menu of technical assistance (TA) options that they could choose to use. … The State also trained the 15 practices in the PCMH asthma learning collaborative, other practices, … paid for subscriptions for five practices that signed up to use it. … Practices also reported improved Medical Home Index (MHI) mean scores. … • Developed a toolkit to help practices become recognized as a PCMH.

135. Using Quality Measures to Drive Improvement: Lessons from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/nashp-webinar-slides.html
     January 01, 2016 - Encourage behavior change and use of evidence-based practices among providers. … Engaged 12-34 practices in each learning collaborative Practices demonstrated improvements, most notably … Note: Maine analyzed data for participating practices that submitted chart data for review . … Educate practices on how and when to use each type of data or quality measure. … Help practices read, interpret, and use practice-level reports for QI efforts.

136. Perspectives on Implementing Quality Improvement Collaboratives Effectively: Qualitative Findings from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/perspectives-quality-improvement-collaboratives.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Participating practices usually specialized in pediatrics or family medicine and included private practices … well, so practices could avoid re­ peating others’ mistakes. … Just as practices liked learning from other practices, in­ dividuals liked learning from other individuals … who held similar roles in other practices. … stipends were offered—by other practices (FL, MA, ME, UT, VT).

137. TO (doc file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.docx
     May 25, 2016 - gap analysis is to provide project teams with a format in which to do the following: Compare the best practices … Determine the “gaps” between your organization’s practices and the identified best practices. … Select the best practices you will implement in your organization. Who are the target audiences? … An assessment of the barriers that need to be addressed before successful implementation of best practices … The best practice elements defined in the Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (Tool

138. National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/chipra-final-report_0.pdf
     February 21, 2016 - , actionable, and appropriate for busy practices … About 140 child-serving practices participated in these efforts to some extent (excluding practices … • States and practices found that practice facilitators need to limit the number of practices they … Alaska engaged the fewest practices (three), and Illinois the most (about 25 practices signed up for … Most others had between 10 and 18 practices.

139. Fall Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_tools.docx
     August 03, 2017 - Toolkit Fall Prevention Toolkit Module 4 Tools Tool 4A: Assigning Responsibilities for Using Best Practices … Tool 4B: Staff Roles Tool 4C: Assessing Staff Education and Training Tool 4D: Implementing Best Practices … for Fall Prevention Staff Education and Training 4A: Assigning Responsibilities for Using Best Practices … What practices will we use? Who will be responsible? … on implementing best practices.

140. Supplements to Evaluation Highlight No. 2: How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? (pdf file)
     www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight02.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - and the MHI-RSF in comparison practices. … MHI-RSF versus MHI Scores At baseline, 33 practices shared data on the full MHI and 71 practices on … the MHI-RSF; counts include both intervention and comparison practices. … Despite these efforts, the practices selected in a particular State may not reflect the mix of practices … Moreover, some States have a very small number of demonstration practices.