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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/qi-tip-sheet-primary-care-practices.pdf
March 01, 2015 - How a Practice Facilitator Can Support Your Practice
What Is Quality Improvement? … Quality improvement (QI) is the process by which a primary care practice continually assesses
performance … Harvard Medical School
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Quality Improvement Tip … Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators, available on
AHRQ’s PCMH Resource Center Web site … Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators, available on AHRQ’s PCMH Resource Center Web site
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/akstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - improvement strategies for children in a total of 18 States
under five broad categories.1
Alaska is … an Alaska‐specific quality profile using existing population‐based measures
highlighting needs for quality … improvement based on data from the 2009/2010 National Survey of
Children’s Health and the 2011 National … improvement of a State’s own design. … improvement efforts.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-17-introducing-a-practice-to-pf.pdf
September 01, 2015 - improvement (QI) team in workflow analysis and
performance reporting. … Engaging
Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators. … Available at http://www.pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/engaging-primary-care-practices-
quality-improvement-strategies-practice-facilitators … Facilitation Curriculum MODULE 17 M17-4
http://www.pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/engaging-primary-care-practices-quality-improvement-strategies-practice-facilitators … http://www.pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/engaging-primary-care-practices-quality-improvement-strategies-practice-facilitators
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/kit.html
June 01, 2017 - safety practices such as preoperative timeouts, standard checklists for pre- and postsurgical care, and quality … improvement techniques such as root cause analysis, when used consistently and conscientiously, are … Quality improvement (QI) projects commissioned by the organization provide goals and methods for departmental
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/pa-spread-impact.pptx
September 01, 2014 - Improvement Organization (QIO)
Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Consumer groups
Pennsylvania’s Primary … Quality Improvement
Practice Management
Patient Care
Medical Records
Financial Management
External Partnerships … Improvement Organization (QIO)
Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Consumer groups
State Primary Care … PCEP
Convener/Clearinghouse/“General Contractor”
Facilitate alignment of resources in a state
Align quality … improvement activities and metrics
Knowledge management and dissemination of best practices
Education
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/implementation.pdf
May 01, 2017 - The program was the first of its kind to focus on the national implementation of
a quality improvement … Planning for Sustainability
Start thinking early on about how your team can make quality improvement … Quality Improvement Study Framework
These documents were created to assist the completion of a quality … surgical safety checklist, but can be used for any quality
improvement project … Thank you for your focus on patient safety and quality improvement in your ASC.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ginsberg-cahps-program.pdf
January 27, 2023 - Director, CAHPS & SOPS
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
6
AHRQ’s Core Competencies … safety
► Collecting patient experience data using narrative protocols for
purposes of facilitating quality … improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey administration modes for
collecting CAHPS data
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-understanding-cahps-surveys.pdf
January 31, 2022 - Director, CAHPS & SOPS
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
7
AHRQ’s Core Competencies … safety
► Collecting patient experience data using narrative protocols for
purposes of facilitating quality … improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey administration modes for
collecting CAHPS data
►
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/gastateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - improvement strategies for children in a total of 18 States
under five broad categories.1
Georgia … Establishing a continuous quality improvement framework for CMEs. … improvement of a State’s own design. … Improvement of Georgia’s Own Design
Using resources available through the CHIPRA grant award, Georgia … Improvement Collaborative, visit www.chcs.org/info‐
url_nocat3961/info‐url_nocat_show.htm?
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Akins.pdf
January 01, 2003 - improvement. … Subsequently, 23 health care quality improvement
experts (MBNQA health care reviewers and senior health … health care quality improvement experts on the Delphi panel. … improvement. … The roles
of senior management in quality improvement efforts:
what are the key components?
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ncstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - States are partnering with other States, the grants will support the
implementation and evaluation of quality … improvement strategies for children in a total of 18 States
under five broad categories.1
As one … The
State’s 14 Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) networks will use quality improvement specialists … improvement of a State’s own design. … The State will hire four quality improvement specialists who will
provide on‐site technical assistance
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/dzau-summit2016.pdf
September 28, 2016 - improvement, and informatics
• Recommends a mix of approaches
to health education improvement, … The US National Journey
Patient Safety
and Quality
Improvement
Act of 2005
Executive
Memo from … For example,
• elevating the role of the quality improvement and performance
departments & centers … as the Center for Quality Improvement and
Patient Safety (CQuIPS) … Improvement and Patient Safety
Slide Number 25
Slide Number 26
Slide Number 27
Slide Number 28
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/engaging-champions.pdf
April 01, 2022 - awareness of broader patient safety initiatives within the unit, and lack of
feedback on progress toward quality … improvement goals. … improvement efforts to evaluate the risk and need for invasive devices in
hospitals with a clinical … Improvement efforts to
eliminate health care disparities … The Role of the Clinical Learning Environment
in Preparing New Clinicians to Engage in Quality Improvement
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-28-using-the-ahrq-care-model.pdf
September 01, 2015 - facilitator (PF) competencies addressed in this module:
• Basic skills in practice management and quality … improvement approaches. … improvement team. … The Care Model
toolkit includes links to more than 60 tools commonly used for quality improvement with … the
relevant changes, and example stories from practices that have made quality improvement pay.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - Improvement
SAY:
This slide set introduces building a business case for quality improvement. … ASK:
How can quality improvement make your institution more cost efficient? … Slide 16
Revenue Enhancement
SAY:
Quality improvement initiatives impact revenue in several ways. … Slide 17
Balance Sheet Improvements
ASK:
How can quality improvement impact balance sheets? … SAY:
Quality improvement can also produce several intangible effects.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-analysis-evensen.pdf
June 26, 2017 - generate scores separately by treatment modality, obtain 200
completed surveys per modality
47
Quality … Improvement
Track your scores over time
Macro is not designed to do this kind of comparison
More … of time-series options
Payment or accreditation models could incorporate both
benchmarking and quality … improvement
48
Thank You
49
Analysis of Results
Scoring
Macro is standardized and flexible … Case Mix Adjusters
Benchmarking
Quality Improvement
Thank You
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/diagnosis-improvement/module1-presenters-notes.pdf
January 12, 2022 - morbidity and mortality rounds, sentinel event data, and patient safety event data, as well
as routine quality … improvement projects, all provide insight on some of the causes of
diagnostic error. … • Using quality improvement principles, monitor processes that were the focus of
intervention activities
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/diagnosis-improvement/module1-introduction.pptx
January 12, 2022 - morbidity and mortality rounds, sentinel event data, and patient safety event data, as well as routine quality … improvement projects, all provide insight on some of the causes of diagnostic error. … Using quality improvement principles, monitor processes that were the focus of intervention activities
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-ginsberg-slides.pdf
October 12, 2017 - and Research Webcast
AHRQ’s CAHPS® Program
Caren Ginsberg, PhD
Director, CAHPS Division
Center for Quality … Improvement & Patient Safety
October 12, 2017
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
AHRQ: An R & D Agency
• AHRQ: … improvement
• 1 User Network Contractor (Westat)
• Supporting research; producing tools; developing … CAHPS Surveys
• Value-based payment
• Public reporting
• Accreditation and certification
• Quality … improvement
• Health services research
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Things to know about the AHRQ
CAHPS
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-material-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Overview
Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
· Slides 4-8
Linking … Topic: Definition of Sustainability and its Importance in Quality Improvement
Method: In a meeting, discuss … what sustainability means for your quality improvement project(s), whether your project(s) are sustainable