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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/critical-to-quality-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Acronym
CTQ
Description
A critical-to-quality (CTQ) analysis is a means of examining a process … To find opportunities for improving a process. … OBTAIN OR CREATE A DETAILED FLOWCHARTof the process.
2. … STUDY THESE CRITICAL-TO-QUALITY STEPS to find problems in your 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/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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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/henry-ford-production-system-reduction-surgical-pathology-process-misidentification-defects
July 16, 2013 - Study
The Henry Ford Production System: reduction of surgical pathology in-process … misidentification defects by bar code-specified work process standardization. … The Henry Ford Production System: reduction of surgical pathology in-process misidentification defects … by bar code-specified work process standardization. … by bar code-specified work process standardization.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/resilient-actions-diagnostic-process-and-system-performance
November 13, 2024 - Study
Resilient actions in the diagnostic process and system performance. … Resilient actions in the diagnostic process and system performance. … Resilient actions in the diagnostic process and system performance. … logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers: a process
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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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February 01, 2025 - Scientific Peer Review Meeting Schedules
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Standing
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March 01, 2025 - HCRT Meeting Date: February 27-28, 2025
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March 01, 2025 - HITR Meeting Dates: February 27-28, 2025
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February 01, 2025 - HEOR Meeting Dates: February 28, March 5, 2025
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Acting
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February 01, 2025 - HSQR Meeting Date: March 5-6, 2025
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/fullerton-c-et-al
January 01, 2023 - HealthTexas Provider Network is in the process of implementing an EHR system ... throughout all 88 practices … We describe the preimplementation clinical process redesign and quality improvement training that has … pilot site's understanding of and willingness to work within the fluid nature of the implementation process … Objective
To "describe the preimplementation clinical process redesign and quality improvement training … The system failure was linked to the upgrade process, so the database was rebuilt overnight and a new
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/resfoci.html
October 01, 2024 - Study Section Research Foci
The following table provides descriptions of the research foci of five standing study sections that conduct peer review for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under the Health Services Research Institutional Review Group. Select for information on the competencies, frequ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/rethinking-root-cause-analysis
August 21, 2016 - Indeed, one early study that described the RCA process within the Veterans Affairs health system did … Improving the RCA Process
In response to these problems with the RCA process, the National Patient … To begin, NPSF advised renaming the process "Root Cause Analysis and Action," hence RCA2. … Reevaluate the process regularly
Leadership should review the RCA2 process at least annually for effectiveness … However, a recent study suggested that a simplified approach to FMEA may improve the process.