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421. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - It is intended for use by health care providers initiating FCR and/or operationalizing optimal practices … Hospitals is a toolkit that assists hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention practices … Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery This toolkit helps hospitals implement evidence-based practices … culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing in your hospital, and learning and disseminating best practices … Using the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and other evidence-based practices, the toolkit

422. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 13 (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13supp.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - improvements in medical home capacity and/or health care quality among the 137 child-serving primary care practices … Collaborative Structure and Features in Nine States Other learning collaborative features State Practices … Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Other learning collaborative features State Practices

423. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - The Network supported the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing … Care Equipment—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module discusses recommended practices … module describes the role that environmental surfaces play in pathogen transmission and recommended practices … 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module discusses recommended practices … participants will understand how linens may transmit pathogens, and will be able to describe recommended practices

424. AHRQ Announces Funding Available for Expanding Access to Care for People With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2023 - Recommended Blood Culture Practices Not Routinely Performed in California NICU Settings . … people with Long COVID, expand services and strengthen care coordination, implement and share best practices … Recommended Blood Culture Practices Not Routinely Performed in California NICU Settings An AHRQ-funded … Researchers evaluated whether 28 NICUs followed recommended practices in an antimicrobial stewardship … NICUs with neonatal nurse practitioners more frequently reported adopting more than 50 percent of the practices

425. Antibiotic Use Significantly Reduced in Long-Term Care Facilities Participating in AHRQ-Funded Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - New Guide Available To Help Primary Care Practices Consider Patients’ Risk for Cardiovascular Disease … New Guide Available To Help Primary Care Practices Consider Patients’ Risk for Cardiovascular Disease … Calculators into Primary Care (PDF, 843 KB), is available to help practice facilitators and primary care practices … The top six: standardized safety practices in U.S. … Significant gains in rheumatoid arthritis quality measures among RISE Registry practices.

426. Litvin, Cara | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - identification and subsequent management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care practices … Incorporating these CKD indicators in quarterly practice performance reports distributed to primary care practices … in primary care: and Implementing and evaluating the impact of these decision support tools in ten practices

427. Learn about Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices : … this report reviews 47 practices that target patient safety improvements in hospitals, primary care practices

428. Transformed Primary Care: Care by Design (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-magill.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - time to address the operational constraints of implementing practice transformation within working practices … Number and Type of Practices This project included 10 university- owned primary care practices, with … 2015 Overview of Transformation Efforts Results of Transformation Efforts Number and Type of Practices

429. A Study of the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons From a New York State Community Health Center (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - Number and Type of Practices This project included 14 FQHCs belonging to the Institute for Family … The majority of the practices had four to eight primary care clinicians, though some two- provider … practices and large training sites were also included. … services into primary care posed multiple challenges because it involved a culture shift for the practices

430. Module 4: Script and Slides (doc file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - Module 4: Script and Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices for Sustainability … Integration AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Facilitator Notes SLIDE 1 Title: Management Practices … alignment of standard work across levels of the organization, and alignment of standard work and management practices … As you make progress in introducing the management practices we have discussed, consider opportunities … -0019-4-EF May 2017 Facilitator Notes |2AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices

431. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Ready for Change Self- Assessment (Tool A.3) • Improvement Methods Overview (Tool D.1) • Best Practices … Two tools were critical to gaining physician support: Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC … The results of the gap analysis revealed the areas in which the hospital’s practices diverged from … recognized best practices. … colleagues are exploring how this approach could work in other clinical areas and as a way to improve practices

432. Strategy 6A: Open Access Scheduling for Routine and Urgent Appointments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6a-openaccess.html
     March 01, 2020 - Finally, medical practices often realize cost and efficiency savings. … Implementation of This Model The literature on open access suggests that medical practices can implement … To facilitate this difficult task, practices may want to set a target date and agree that visits will … Some practices rely on mathematical models for predicting demand, with mixed success. … To do this, the group may need to see more patients each day for 6 to 8 weeks. 7 A study of practices

433. Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/index.html
     January 01, 2020 - patient experience can face daunting challenges, reflecting the need to align changes in behavior and practices … Choose Specific Interventions To Implement To decide which new ideas or benchmark practices to implement … Examine how and how much the new practices are affecting the delivery of patient-centered care. … But introducing and reinforcing changes in behavior that "stick" in the form of sustainable practices … Who do they follow when they have adopted new clinical or improvement practices?

434. Health Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices AHRQ awarded funds to five Primary Care Medication-Assisted … Opioid Use Disorders Grantees through the initiative Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices … for managing opioid use and misuse in older adults in primary care settings; to support primary care practices … This 3-year grant program aims to disseminate and implement into primary care practices evidence-based

435. Transforming Primary Care Practice: Lessons From the New Orleans Safety Net | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/rittenhouse.html
     October 01, 2015 - Institution: University of California, San Francisco AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019139 Number and Type of Practices … In September 2007, safetynet primary care practices throughout the greater New Orleans area began to … This study focused on the primary care transformation of five safety net practices in New Orleans, some … It is notable that all five practices were able to improve in an environment of limited resources, high

436. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Aspirin Use by High-Risk Individuals (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin-use-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - The EvidenceNOW goal is to have at least 70 percent of eligible patients cared for in primary care practices … Healthcare Research and Quality grant initiative dedicated to helping small- and medium-sized primary care practices … , Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation—while helping primary care practices

437. Evidence Now Fact Sheets- Smoking Cessation (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-cessation-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - • The EvidenceNOW goal is to have at least 70 percent of eligible patients in primary care practices … Healthcare Research and Quality grant initiative dedicated to helping small- and medium-sized primary care practices … , Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation—while helping primary care practices

438. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage.html
     October 01, 2021 - Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families (the Guide) is a resource to help primary care practices … The Guide is composed of materials and resources to help primary care practices implement patient and … Errors in diagnosis, breakdowns in communication, unsafe medication practices, and fragmentation of care

439. Module 20: Creating Quality Improvement Teams and QI Plans (pdf file)
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-20-creating-qi-teams.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - What is a key driver model, and why can it be helpful to you in your work with practices? … See also Module 22, Running Effective Meetings and Creating Capacity for Practices to Run Effective … Such processes may include gathering and reflecting on data, seeking out best practices, and engaging … These key drivers function as a menu from which practices can choose where to start to achieve their … You can use the key driver model to help your practices think about the overall improvement effort,

440. Remembering David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.innovations.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/od/david-meyers-memoriam.html
     August 01, 2023 - as AHRQ’s first chief physician and directed  EvidenceNOW , AHRQ’s initiative to help primary care practices … David Meyers: Selected Research How Do Innovative Primary Care Practices Achieve the Quadruple Aim? … , Comprehensive Primary Care: a Mixed-Method Exploration of Staffing for Four Types of Primary Care Practices