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401. Figure 7: Screenshot 3: Pharmacy—Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

402. Figure 5: Screenshot 1: Medication Management Essentials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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.

403. Four Kentucky Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - The facility redesigned its discharge process for patients taking warfarin, incorporating distribution … According to Dolores Luke, RN, BSN, NHA, CPHQ, Chief Nursing Officer, Performance Improvement, "The process … With a new medication reconciliation process that involves the hospital pharmacy, audits show pharmacy … Education Director, "Participation in this project allowed us to spend time reviewing and revising our process … We feel we have a solid foundation to make this an excellent process for patient safety in our hospital

404. Creating a Work-Around to Implement Fall Risk Screening For Older Adults Using Appointment Notes Case Study (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Instead, the QI team implemented a manual process of adding appointment notes to flag upcoming appointments … ▶ They created a manual process for adding appointment notes to alert clinicians of upcoming visits … Other barriers included: ▶ Lengthy approval process for automation. … An existing QI culture at Sugar House Health Center Primary Care helped staff adopt the new process … The Compendium was developed through a three-stage process: (1) an environmental scan and literature

405. Facilitator Guide: Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Listen to colleagues during this process. … Bring them into the process, if appropriate. … Simulate the process that led to the defect. … Revisit the process map, if your team created one. … Review the Learning from Defects process.

406. Using Lean Six Sigma® Tools to Compare INR Measurements from Different Laboratories Within a Community (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2008 - Taylor, SSBB Abstract Whenever measurements are taken on a patient or health care process, the … The team determined a new qualification process for MNPT to keep results consistent across all the labs … To identify areas for process improvement, Rockwell Collins improvement specialists began work with … First, the process used to calculate MNPT had to be understood. … Lean tools, useful for addressing process speed, are employed in this process to address the lag time

407. Section 8: The Care Management Evidence Base (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Findings are organized below by measurement category (i.e., clinical outcome measures, clinical process … in no significant increases in generic and disease-specific quality-of-life scores. 2 Clinical Process … The clinical process measures examined in this review include exercise tolerance, recognition of severe … Findings are organized below by measurement category (i.e., clinical outcomes, clinical process measures … The clinical process measures examined in this review include screening rates and medication use.

408. The Contribution of Diagnostic Error to Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - The case demonstrates how deficiencies in multiple dimensions of the diagnostic process can lead to the … Figure 1 shows the key gaps in the diagnostic process and opportunities for improvement. … The Safer Dx framework adapts the structure-process-outcome framework 16 to describe the foundations … characteristics of care providers, their tools and resources, and the physical/organizational setting; Process … often-fragmented healthcare system. 18,19 A number of different approaches can address these known process

409. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #4: Formative Evaluation
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     July 15, 2013 - 4 Goals of Evaluation in Implementation Science Conduct formative evaluation Rigorous assessment process … Conduct summative evaluation Systematic process of collecting and analyzing data on impacts, outputs, … understanding of key barriers and facilitators to implementation Facilitate mid-stream modifications Process … Quantitative Four areas of focus Needs Assessment Evaluability assessment Implementation evaluation Process … to the implementation team Identified outputs Role of the research team in the implementation process

410. Accessible Facilitator Guide: Learn From Defects for Sustainability (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - It will also cover the Learning From Defects process from the perspective of sustaining your quality … The Learning From Defects process can be very proactive. … SAY: We recommend walking the process. … This part of the Learning From Defects process works well as a broad effort. … Develop a sampling process where you periodically audit.

411. Human Resources Issues (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Leadership, measurement, process design, performance management and accountability, training, reward … , a standard form, and a standard peer engagement process. … By standardizing this process you can improve the quality and gain some consistently positive results … And this process needs to be used in pre-screening job candidates. … And finally HR needs to make sure that the performance review form and process aligns with the core

412. Quality Improvement Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - need to partner with practices and quality improvement (QI) coaches to evaluate systems and develop process … Process measures can be developed from clinical guidelines such as the National Heart Lung and Blood … for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma  (PDF, 3.64 MB) It is important to recognize that most process … Additionally, effective process measures should be evaluated longitudinally to assess performance over … Flow Diagram of the Steps in the QI Problem-Solving Process The iterative process used to achieve

413. Lessons from the Field: Measuring Intermediate Progress (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2018 - Implement changes to improve health outcomes Track intermediate progress using process measures … For example, mortality is not usually assessed at the provider level, rather process measures are … Although the following is an example from an adult setting, it illustrates how process measures can … •The IMPLEMENT team assessed whether intermediate process measures used at the practice level (e.g., … From a process of care to a measure: the development and testing of a quality indicator .

414. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) - Gray (Overview) (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Patient Safety • Work Pressure and Pace • Overall Rating on Patient Safety 15 Survey Development Process … Supplemental Items (for hospitals) ► Focus on how the use of health IT affects patient safety 18 In Process … Evaluate the impact of patient safety initiatives. 20 The Value of SOPS Surveys "The entire survey process … Patient Safety Culture Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed Across SOPS Surveys Survey Development Process

415. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Planning (Tool 1) Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1 IDEAL Discharge Planning Overview, Process … Remember that discharge is not a one-time event but a process that takes place throughout the hospital … Educate the patient and family in plain language about the patient’s condition, the discharge process … Discharge planning should be an ongoing process throughout the stay, not a one-time event. … The elements of the IDEAL Discharge Planning process are incorporated into our current discharge.

416. Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - When you apply the process for improving surgical safety to new challenges. … Slide 6: Definition of Spread 1 “Spreading takes the process from the narrow, segmented population … (s) or group(s) and broadens it to include all the population(s) or group(s) that will use the process … “Formalizing a process provides a reference to others: those new to the organization and those in the … organization needing clarity about the specifics of the process.”

417. Apcd-Inventory (xls file)
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     October 01, 2015 - Focus Measure Condition Subcategory Measure Type (Cost, Quality, or Utilization) Quality Category (Process … No Back pain Imaging Quality Process Use of Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain: Percentage of Patients … No Cardiac Coronary artery disease (CAD) Quality Process Adherence to Statin Therapy for Individuals … No Cardiac Cholesterol Quality Process Dyslipidemia New Med 12-Week Lipid Test 583 Resolution Health … No Diabetes Not applicable Quality Process Diabetes Care: All or None Process: Optimal Testing NA WCHQ

418. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Leaders and Educators Introduction Nurses’ Roles in the Diagnostic Process … However, nurses may have varying degrees of understanding regarding their roles in the diagnostic process … educators and leaders are critical to leveraging nurses’ roles as essential participants in the diagnostic process … their nurses and care teams and to guide nurses to embrace their leadership roles in the diagnostic process

419. Introduction on Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2024 - -5 An often overlooked potential benefit of EHR adoption is its role in documenting the diagnostic process … Errors in the diagnostic process can occur at various stages, from initial patient presentation to the … Health Records on Diagnosis” explored how the EHR facilitates diagnosis and improves the diagnostic process … improvement, including emerging technology-based strategies to improve the traditional documentation process

420. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention Facilitator Training (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - It is through the process of assessing their current practices related to falls prevention that the … After the scripted exercise, we’ll have some discussion about the facility’s self-assessment process …  What did you see as the Facilitator’s role in the Self- Assessment process? … What value do you think this added to the process as compared with one or two people completing the … Introduction Review of the Nursing Home’s Falls Prevention Program Review of the Change Team’s Process