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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/workflow-diagram
January 01, 2023 - The diagram is comprised of a map (such as a floor plan) of the area where the process occurs and uses … DEVELOP A LIST OF THE PROCESS STEPS, in order. … DRAW LINES ON THE LAYOUT showing all the movement of the item as the process progresses. … Process orientation in health care quality. In: Moore C, editor. … Value stream mapping and process flow tools. The lean six sigma pocket toolbook.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/decision-action-diagram
January 01, 2023 - If the process is particularly complex, multiple options may be used. … Analysts need to collect enough data about the process under analysis to construct a DAD. … CONSTRUCT THE DAD once the process under analysis is fully understood. … Displays all possible options that an operator encounters during each task step in a process. … Process charting methods. Human factors methods: a practical guide for engineering and design.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/cycle-time-chart
January 01, 2023 - Following process improvement, to evaluate or communicate the new cycle time. … DEVELOP OR OBTAIN A DETAILED FLOWCHART or deployment flowchart of the process. … To find the total cycle time of the process, sum the times for each of the steps.
3. … invested time for a process. … Disadvantages
Need to develop or obtain a flowchart of the process.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/use-case
January 01, 2023 - Use Case
Description
A use case is a set of instructions that an individual in a process … completes to go through one single step in that process. … IDENTIFY A PROCESS AND A SCENARIO within that process (the use case) to be analyzed.
2. … identifying event triggers, alternate scenario paths or extensions, or simply just to understand the process … Workflow modeling: tools for process improvement and applications development. 2nd ed.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/wogen-s-et
January 01, 2023 - Wogen S et al. 2003 "Improving the efficiency of the prescription process and promoting plan adherence … Improving the efficiency of the prescription process and promoting plan adherence. … Objective
To "describe the impact of introducing an automated electronic prescription process in large
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/monitoring-intensification-treatment-hyperglycemia-and-hyperlipidemia/citatio-6
January 01, 2023 - Performance of primary care physicians and other providers on key process measures in the treatment of … Performance of primary care physicians and other providers on key process measures in the treatment of
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/simulation-modeling
January 01, 2023 - Description
Simulation modeling is a dynamic tool that models the behavior of a process over a period … To test a process without the need to actually perform the process. … WALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
2. … BUILD THE MODEL using performance measures, process flows, and floor plans.
7. … VALIDATE - the team should verify that the data and process pieces are valid.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/time-value-map
January 01, 2023 - Value-Added Time Analysis
Description
Time value maps provide a visual representation of time in a process … Uses
To visually portray value-added and non-value-added time in a process. … DETERMINE PROCESS CYCLE TIME.
2. DETERMINE DELAYS between steps. … DRAW A TIMELINE divided into units equal to the total process time.
4. … Value stream mapping and process flow tools. The lean six sigma pocket toolbook.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/benchmarking
January 01, 2023 - Workflow-Related Questions for Benchmarking ( PDF , 675KB)
Description
Benchmarking is a process … Maintain simplicity in the data collection process and realize that there is no absolute right way to … What is important is to look for new and innovative means of improving the process you are evaluating … questions about their organization to determine what they are doing, why they do it, how they evaluate the process … Can you identify innovative ways to improve the process?
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-outpatient-medication-lists-using-temporal-reasoning-and-clinical-2
January 01, 2023 - Using Medical Text Extraction, Reasoning and Mapping System (MTERMS) to process medication information … Using Medical Text Extraction, Reasoning and Mapping System (MTERMS) to process medication information
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/care-transitions-and-teamwork-pediatric-trauma-implications-health-information/citation/mapping
January 01, 2023 - Mapping the flow of pediatric trauma patients using process mining. … Mapping the flow of pediatric trauma patients using process mining.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/fault-tree-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Acronym
FTA
Description
Fault tree analyses (FTAs) study specific system, process … The process can be used to study a failure that actually occurred, or it could study a potential failure … To identify causes of a potential system failure during the design process. … IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM OR PROCESS THAT WILL BE STUDIED. … Process charting methods. Human factors methods: a practical guide for engineering and design.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/information-needs-homecare-nurses-during-admission-and-care-planning/citation/digitalization
January 01, 2023 - Digitalization of patient information process from hospital to community (home) care nurses: International … Digitalization of patient information process from hospital to community (home) care nurses: International
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/personalized-engagement-tool-pediatric-bmt-patients-and-caregivers/citation/exploration
January 01, 2023 - A qualitative exploration of the informed consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation clinical … A qualitative exploration of the informed consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation clinical
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/personalized-engagement-tool-pediatric-bmt-patients-and-caregivers/citation/improving
January 01, 2023 - Improving the informed consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation: patient, caregiver, and … Improving the informed consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation: patient, caregiver, and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/data-flow-clinical-outcomes-perinatal-continuum-care-system/citation/integrating
January 01, 2023 - Integrating commercial ambulatory electronic health records with hospital systems: An evolutionary process … Integrating commercial ambulatory electronic health records with hospital systems: An evolutionary process
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/rural-iowa-redesign-care-delivery-ehr-functions/citation/changing-patient-care
January 01, 2023 - Changing patient care orders from paper to computerized provider order entry-based process. … Changing patient care orders from paper to computerized provider order entry-based process.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-patient-safety-and-clinician-cognitive-support-through-emar-redesign/citation/identifying
January 01, 2023 - health information technology usability issues contributing to medication errors across medication process … health information technology usability issues contributing to medication errors across medication process
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/addressing-hospital-patient-information-needs-using-personal-health-record/citation/phr
January 01, 2023 - Engaging hospital patients in the medication reconciliation process using tablet computers. … Engaging hospital patients in the medication reconciliation process using tablet computers.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/decision-making-and-clinical-work-test-result-followup-health-information/citation/barriers
January 01, 2023 - Barriers and facilitators impacting reliability of the electronic health record-facilitated total testing process … Barriers and facilitators impacting reliability of the electronic health record-facilitated total testing process