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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Levett_051711comp.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Utilization of ISO 9001 Principles as a Model for Community Cooperation in Establishing an Anticoagulation Clinic
Kirkwood Community College
Lead Organization
James M. Levett, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Utilization of ISO 9001 Principles as a Model
for Community Coope…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/vandenberg-ann-e
July 24, 2024 - Vandenberg, Ann E.
Medication Without Harm - How Digital Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety
Event Date
July 24, 2024 - 2:30pm
- July 24, 2024 - 4:00pm
Medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in healthcare, with…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/kepner-tregoe-matrix
January 01, 2023 - Kepner-Tregoe Matrix
Also Known As
Is-Is Not Matrix
Kepner and Tregoe Method
Description
A Kepner-Tregoe matrix is used to find causes of a problem. It isolates the who, what, when, where, and how aspects of an event, keeping the focus on the elements that have an impact on the event and…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/advancing-health-services-through-system-modeling-research
January 01, 2023 - Across the Health Care System
Population
Researcher
Health Care Theme
Quality … Improvement
Over the past several decades, there has been increasing interest in applying
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/community-shared-clinical-abstract-improve-care-mn
January 01, 2023 - The organizations had collaborated on many quality improvement initiatives and had independently elected
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/american-board-family-medicine-inc
January 01, 2023 - American Board of Family Medicine, Inc.
Trial of Aggregate Data Extraction for Maintenance of Certification and Raising Quality
Description
This project created and evaluated a process to present quality data via physician’s online certification portal and found that the avail…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/comprehensive-information-technology-it-solution-quality-and-patient-safety/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Maximizing your investment in EHR: utilizing EHRs to inform continuous quality improvement.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automating-assessment-asthma-care-quality
January 01, 2023 - Care
Acute Care
Ambulatory Care
Health Care Theme
Chronic Disease Management
Quality … Improvement
Quality Measurement
Each year, thousands of preventable deaths are attributed
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/hook-mary-l
January 01, 2023 - developing and implementing CDS tools to support nurses in the development of care plans and involvement in quality … improvement activities in the area of fall prevention in acute care.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/cause-and-effect-diagram
January 01, 2023 - Cause-and-Effect Diagram
Also Known As
Ishikawa Diagram
Fishbone Diagram
Examples
Roberts L, Johnson C, Shanmugam R, et al. Computer simulation and six-sigma tools applied to process improvement in an emergency department. 17th Annual Society for Health Systems Management Engineering F…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/mount-sinai-school-medicine
January 01, 2023 - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange
Description
The purpose of this project was to leverage existing health information exchange data to improve quality measurement of two measures for potentially p…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/UMASS%20Final%20Report_0.pdf
April 01, 2007 - In order for Medicaid agencies to achieve cost, efficiency, and quality improvements while
promoting … improvement. … Quality measures collected through
the DOQ-IT program were reported back to the Quality Improvement … Evidenced-based guidelines have increasingly become
the focus of quality improvement efforts. … The appropriate and efficient use of this data has
demonstrated quality improvements and cost savings
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/advancing-quality-measurement-and-care-improvement-health-information-exchange/citation/framework
January 01, 2023 - A conceptual framework for improved analyses of 72-hour return cases.
Citation
Shy BD, Shapiro JS, Shearer PL, et al. A conceptual framework for improved analyses of 72-hour return cases. Am J Emerg Med 2015;33(1):104–7. PMID: 25303847.
Link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25303847
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/advancing-quality-measurement-and-care-improvement-health-information-exchange/citation/hie-identification-frequent-ed-users
January 01, 2023 - Health information exchange improves identification of frequent emergency department users.
Citation
Shapiro JS, Johnson SA, Angiollilo J, et al. Health information exchange improves identification of frequent emergency department users. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 Dec;32(12):2193-8.
Link
http:…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/hit-service-integration
January 01, 2023 - Acute Care
Ambulatory Care
Health Care Theme
Access to Care
Interoperability
Quality … Improvement
This grant allowed the Bayou Teche Community Health Network (ByNet) to partner
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digital.ahrq.gov/population/american-indian-or-alaska-native
January 01, 2023 - American Indian or Alaska Native
Outcomes and quality of care in rheumatoid arthritis with or without video telemedicine follow-up visits.
Citation
Ferucci ED, Day GM, Choromanski TL, Freeman SL. Outcomes and quality of care in rheumatoid arthritis with or without video teleme…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-the-improving-quality-through-clinician-use-of-health-it.pdf
January 28, 2014 - The projects were designed to demonstrate
how quality improvement approaches using health
IT improve … improvement. … Closing the quality gap: A critical analysis of quality
improvement strategies: volume 7—Care coordination … National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health
Care. Washington, DC: U.S. … National Strategy for Quality Improvement in
Health Care, Annual Progress Report to Congress.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/synthesizing-lessons-learned-using-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - The PPRNet-TRIP Quality Improvement (QI) model has three components: an intervention model, an improvement
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/digital-ems-point-care-innovation-improve-rural-stemi-outcomes
August 31, 2025 - Type of Care
Acute Care
Health Care Theme
Clinical Decision Making
Quality … Improvement
Technology Usability
An ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), named … with app users and by evaluating app program data, encounter data, and EMS staff encounter surveys for quality … improvement information.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/khoury-1998-support
January 01, 1998 - years of age, and stratification of asthmatic patients into severity levels; it also summarizes other quality … improvements.