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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool2.html
March 01, 2013 - The RED is such a process. … Process maps allow you to visualize your discharge process in a way that is easy to understand. … Process maps have several benefits. … You should use an iterative group process to develop the process map, explore the pros and cons of all … elements of your discharge process, and investigate what works, what does not, and how the process can
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-2/index.html
November 01, 2024 - During the survey development process, AHRQ will obtain feedback from current users and technical experts … SOPS Development Process The SOPS Nursing Home Survey 2.0 follows the standard SOPS survey development … process: * OMB clearance refers to the approval process by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB … This process is governed by the Paperwork Reduction Act, which aims to minimize the burden on individuals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/edenvironmentalscan/edenvironmentalscan.pdf
December 01, 2014 - Table 1 shows the functions of the ED discharge process. … for examining the
discharge process, including populations affected, interventions to change the process … , and
outcomes of the process. … process’
success or failure. … What interventions can improve the ED Discharge process?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Elder_18.pdf
February 19, 2008 - Creating Safety in the Testing Process in Primary Care Offices
Creating Safety in the Testing Process … We sought to understand how family medicine offices create safety in this process. … Steps in the testing process in primary care. … There is no such thing as an
inherently safe process or device. … Through better
coordination, the system will change from an open-loop process to a process that includes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-David_13.pdf
March 19, 2008 - Risk Reduction and Systematic Error Management: Standardization of the Pediatric Chemotherapy Process … Risk Reduction and Systematic Error Management:
Standardization of the Pediatric Chemotherapy
Process … The forms review/approval process was established as follows:
1. … The approval process is usually completed within 2 weeks.
5. … Process: Dispensing
8BStandardization of the Chemotherapy Process: Administration
9BTechnologic Advances
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case2.html
November 01, 2014 - One broadly stated goal of Lean is to fully engage staff in the process. … Return to Contents
Process for Implementing Lean
At the hospital, the Lean process started with … or customers of the process, and (3) not involved in the process at all (called "fresh eyes"). … The process also helped standardize efforts across the two locations. … The hospital process improvement staff indicated that time for staff to participate as process owners
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patient-role1.html
September 01, 2024 - They are the only ones present and focused on getting results through the full diagnostic process beginning … Only they know for certain if the medical process, systems, teamwork, and professional expertise have … Diagnostic process Source: Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care; Board on Health Care Services … Washington, DC: National Academies Press; December 2015; Figure S-1, “The diagnostic process.” … Diagnosis is a complex and multifaceted process that relies on clarity of communication from the patient
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-9.html
July 01, 2022 - Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 5. … Assessment and Process Evaluation
Chapter 7. … will "Go Live" with [describe process] . The goal is to [insert goal] . … To help educate [insert discipline] on [insert new process] developed for medication reconciliation
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-9.html
July 01, 2022 - Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 5. … Assessment and Process Evaluation
Chapter 7. … will "Go Live" with [describe process] . The goal is to [insert goal] . … To help educate [insert discipline] on [insert new process] developed for medication reconciliation
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-2.html
July 01, 2022 - Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 5. … Assessment and Process Evaluation
Chapter 7. … Identify key stakeholders that need to be aware of your efforts to improve the medication reconciliation process … Improvement Leader(s):
Medication Reconciliation Design Team (from this group, select a process
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-2.html
July 01, 2022 - Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Chapter 5. … Assessment and Process Evaluation
Chapter 7. … Identify key stakeholders that need to be aware of your efforts to improve the medication reconciliation process … Improvement Leader(s):
Medication Reconciliation Design Team (from this group, select a process
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph1-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Relevance:
• Has the tool been used in the healthcare facility design process? … If so, does it build on a
prior step in the process? … Attendees also noted that the design process should not be linear. … Balanced
scorecard, process analysis (process mapping), and link analysis were ranked high on all key … The most feasible tools included balanced scorecard and process analysis.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR)
C ommunication and O ptimal R esolution (CANDOR) is a process … This AHRQ toolkit, based on the CANDOR process, is intended to assist hospitals in implementing communication … In short, the CANDOR process is a more patient-centered approach that emphasized early disclosure of … Getting Started
Implementation Guide for the CANDOR Process ( PDF , 504 KB)
Acknowledgments ( … PDF , 90 KB)
Modules
Module 1: An Overview of the CANDOR Process
Overview of the CANDOR Process
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/sect4part2.html
January 01, 2020 - Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 2 of 2)
Contents
Page 1 of … , and increase the success rate of sustained process improvement. … There is a strong patient focus and decisions are data and process driven. … access to care, error-free process, no long wait times, and a satisfactory outcome. … The Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC) Process.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Say:
What is walking the process? … Listen to colleagues during this process. … Bring them into the process, if appropriate. … Simulate the process that led to the defect. … Review the Learning from Defects process.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/cahps-section-4-ways-to-approach-qi-process.pdf
May 17, 2017 - WAYS TO APPROACH THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS 4-1
4.A. … Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process
5. … Knoxville, TN:
Statistical Process Controls, Inc.; 1993. … Anticipating How the Improvement Process Affects Staff
An improvement process often requires significant … The Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC) Process.
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide2/implguide2pt3.html
September 01, 2014 - Depending on a State’s readiness for implementation, the CME design process can take between 1 and 3 … States will need to provide basic information at the beginning of the stakeholder engagement process … Stakeholder education throughout the process helps integrate new stakeholders and minimize disruption … Youth and families in particular should feel that their inclusion in the CME design process is more than … Developing interagency data-sharing agreements early in the design process to avoid delays in making
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Anthony.pdf
January 01, 2005 - the process by a
multidisciplinary team. … Re-engineering Hospital Discharge
385
Process mapping
Process maps are one of the most effective … Using ASME process mapping standards, each step in the process was reviewed
and modeled to document … again, in an iterative process. … Optimum level of process mapping and
least cost business process re-engineering.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Dickerman_84.pdf
June 04, 2008 - The design/bid/build process is linear. … New conceptual model for design process. … process. … The process we have proposed is not designed to minimize “first costs.” … conventional process has done.
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/dates/index.html
September 01, 2023 - Application Submission Dates
Information about RFA and non-RFA application submission dates.
New Grant Applications
Grant Mechanism
Type of Application
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
R01
New Large Research Projects
February 5
June 5
October 5
R03
New Small Research Projects…