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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case4.html
November 01, 2014 - Topics for Lean projects can be proposed by anyone. … The CEO and quality team determine the projects to be undertaken. … Return to Contents
Lean Projects Studied
We selected two Lean projects that focus on processes … Suntown Hospital's previous Lean projects were viewed as highly successful, especially as these projects … Suntown's first Lean projects were viewed as highly successful, especially as these projects helped Suntown
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/search.html?page=0
June 01, 2024 - Quality Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study There are numerous supportive quality improvement (QI) projects … implementation of evidence-based practices in primary care, but recruiting physician practices to join these projects
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_5_InfoSession_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - discusses several ways of
working with advisors:
– Patients and families as advisors on short-term projects … Strategy 1: Patient & Family Advisor Information Session (Tool 5) 7
Advisors for short-term projects … or
include examples of past
projects (e.g., review
materials, participate in
discussion groups, … • [Presenter note: Insert
examples of advisory
council projects and
efforts at your hospital
based … Quality and safety advisor opportunities
Example quality and safety committee projects
Quality and
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html
March 01, 2019 - Demonstration Grant Program
Find information and evaluation reports on State demonstration projects … As a group, the 18 demonstration States implemented 52 projects in five general categories:
Using … Through this Web page, you can find information about these projects and the national evaluation. … Specifically, you can select the various tabs and information boxes to learn more about:
The projects … The specific projects that were implemented under each of the five categories (select one of the five
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/grants.html
March 01, 2022 - Research projects will focus on areas such as the increased use of telehealth, best practices in rural … The grants have been awarded in two categories:
Funding for new projects to research the healthcare … Funding to supplement existing projects so that they may be refocused on COVID-19 topics. … See below for more information about the research projects. … Funding for New Research Projects on COVID-19
Grant Title
Principal Investigator (PI) and Award
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-2.html
November 01, 2014 - The management engineers began to implement projects (or "Kaizen events") within different areas of the … and collect initial data for those projects. … At LHC, we selected five Lean projects for analysis. … Two projects—(1) Bed Flow Value Stream and (2) Outpatient Medical Records and Patient Flow—were studied … retrospectively after the work on the projects was completed, which allowed for longer term outcomes
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section5.html
October 01, 2015 - Obstacles to Impact Analysis of Category C Projects
The CHIPRA quality demonstration … States implemented a wide array of projects that provided examples of such strategies, many of which … These projects underscore the importance of marshaling resources over several years to enhance the capacity … Challenges in assessing the impact of these projects emphasize the need to both embed evaluation considerations
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section3.html
October 01, 2015 - Obstacles to Impact Analysis of Category C Projects
The national evaluation team has … One result of these decisions was a large number of separate projects—52 overall. … Although projects were not the same size, it is instructive to calculate average per-project funding … Overall, the grant program’s large number of projects had benefits and drawbacks. … On one hand, the number and breadth of projects provided many opportunities to identify QI strategies
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/index.html
April 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health , a $112 million effort and one of AHRQ’s largest primary care research projects
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
June 30, 2025 - Improvement Targets
(No. of Projects)i
*as of March 9, 2025
As of March 2025, AHRQ had funded 47 projects … i The total number of projects is greater than 47 as some projects used more than one approach to improving … Projects are
organized alphabetically by state, then by original date of funding. … Staff judged three of the other projects as general or partial successes. … The
projects’ self-assessments were more positive.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - Medical Liability
Lessons Learned From Implementation Challenges
Followup to the PSML Demonstration Projects … Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize demonstration projects to put “patient safety … The seven demonstration projects were originally scheduled to run for 3 years beginning in late summer … All but one of the demonstration projects were completed by June 2014; the New York project received … Nevertheless, the projects had many accomplishments, such as developing and refining trainings, tools
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/value-proposition-flyer.html
March 01, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/index.html
November 01, 2014 - Monitoring, Control, and Sustainment
Dissemination and Spread of Findings
Lean Projects … Studied
Cross-Cutting Project
Department-Specific Projects
Projects Started … Monitoring, Control, and Sustainment
Dissemination and Spread of Findings
Lean Projects … and Project Selection Process
Lean Training
Other Training
Process for Lean Projects … Studied
Emergency Department Value Stream Projects (Retrospective)
Pediatric Continuity
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/pcor/index.html
July 01, 2015 - AHRQ Projects Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
The Agency for Healthcare … Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund projects for training and … AHRQ's PCORTF projects fall within one of the following categories:
Training and Career Development
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-10.html
November 01, 2014 - Data Analysis Course: 4-day course to build data analysis skills to enhance the quality of Lean projects … and other improvement projects.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/recruiting-practices-change-initiatives.html
May 01, 2018 - reduce costs, and promote safety is challenging as practices are already participating in numerous projects
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finaldesignplan.pdf
September 01, 2015 - CHIPRA quality demonstration projects, by grant category
Cat. … Specifically, these projects vary along at least five important
dimensions:
1. … In light of this variation, our evaluation of these projects will be multifaceted. … are working on projects that are closely connected to their
Category C projects and that involve efforts … CHIPRA quality demonstration projects, by grant category
A.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/initiatives.html
September 01, 2019 - Improvement Initiatives
The list below provides examples of major AHRQ practice improvement projects … EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW, one of AHRQ's largest primary care projects to date, helped practices implement
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/next-steps.html
August 01, 2022 - Medical Liability
Lessons Learned From Implementation Challenges
Followup to the PSML Demonstration Projects … to “move forward on a range of ideas about how to put patient safety first …,” and these first pilot projects … challenges to using existing secondary data systems to assess the impact of the PSML demonstration projects … Second, at least in the near term, future PSML demonstration projects are likely to continue collecting … Two of the PSML demonstration projects (Ascension and Fairview) focused on reducing variation in care
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/03-pt-narratives-support-px-strategy-grob.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Reasons Middle Managers Value
Narratives
Role of Narratives in Catalyzing
Specific Improvement Projects … solutions • Promote deeper group learning
Deepen operational knowledge • Motivate staff to commit to
projects … experience
assessment
Cultivating a service-
oriented workplace culture
Catalyzing improvement
projects … Mechanisms
Highlight issues that need to be
addressed
Suggest solutions
Motivate staff to commit to
projects