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www.ahrq.gov/es/programs/index.html?page=3
Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Program
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 … PBRNs engage clinicians in quality improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care … primary care system currently has significant—and perhaps unprecedented—opportunities to emphasize quality … improvement and practice redesign in ways that could fundamentally improve health care in the United … Quality Measurement
This page has links to quality improvement measurement, tools, and information
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/publications/2-0-journal-supplement.html
September 01, 2021 - The supplement will focus primarily on issues related to the use of measures to support quality improvement … Commentaries
PQMP: Advancing Measurement and Quality Improvement in Pediatric Care. … Integrating Youth Voice in Health Plan Quality Improvement. … Research Articles
Contextual Factors Affecting Implementation of Pediatric Quality Improvement Programs
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/chronic-tool/index.html
February 01, 2017 - The toolkit provides a step-by-step practical approach to guide primary care teams through quality improvement … Integrates strategies designed to improve the business case for quality improvement. … Links more than 60 commonly used quality improvement tools with the relevant changes. … Includes examples from practices that have made quality improvement pay. … Organize Your Lead Quality Improvement Team
Key Change 1.2.
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight06.html
January 01, 2014 - improvement needs. … The partnership used the results to both develop shared medical priorities and inform quality improvement … improvement framework the States use to guide implementation of their projects. … improvement network. … Through the CHIPRA grant, both States are supporting practices in quality improvement activities, including
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section2.html
July 01, 2018 - improvement interventions. 17,18 One of the benefits of a multidisciplinary team is that members will … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement recommends that quality improvement teams include three types … They are able to recognize the implications of the quality improvement effort for the organization and … Quality improvement efforts require staff commitment and buy-in. … Previous quality improvement studies have shown that staff are much more likely to support change if
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit5-10.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 5.10. Experiential Training and Project Activities
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Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/workflow-mapping.html
February 01, 2025 - Workflow mapping is one of the quality improvement tools used to support Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven … quality improvement process to integrate evidence into practice procedures .
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/practice-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Practice Improvement
AHRQ has tools and resources that can help hospitals, ambulatory care practices, nursing homes, and other healthcare institutions address the challenges of COVID-19. The Agency has invested in developing and testing tools that facilitate quality, safety, and efficiencies in improving health…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/resfoci.html
October 01, 2024 - Providers/Purchasers, and Policymakers Innovation & Emergent Issues Research Healthcare Safety and Quality … Improvement Research (HSQR) Identify Risks/Hazards that Lead to Medical Errors and Find Ways to Prevent … Resistance (including bacteria and fungi) Qualitative & Quantitative Methods Evidence-based Medicine Quality … Improvement Research Dissemination/Translation Research Findings and Methods to Reduce Medical Errors … ; Quality Improvement System-Level Delivery of Care Environment/Culture – Level Delivery of Care Innovation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/idstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State’s own design. … improvement activities. … The shared services
model will support care coordination, practice coaching, quality improvement, and … Testing an Approach to Quality improvement of Idaho’s Own Design
As part of the National Improvement … Partnership Network (NIPN), Idaho is working to build a coalition
of providers engaged in quality improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/amplify-impact-webinar.html
October 01, 2020 - It reads from left to right: from calculate quality measure, to use measures to drive quality improvement … A drop-down box emphasizes how States used measures to drive quality improvement by reporting results … to stakeholders, aligning quality improvement priorities, and supporting provider-level improvement. … The actions for initiation of quality improvement activities are prioritize and align areas, increase … How did these states support quality improvement measurement and feedback to these stakeholders?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/Dec-2024-IAWG-roster.pdf
January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety
Erin Grace, M.H.A. … AHRQ Deputy Director, Center for Quality Improvement and
Patient Safety
Margie Shofer, B.S.N., M.B.A … AHRQ Director, Division of General Patient Safety, Center for
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety … AHRQ Medical Officer, Division of Patient Safety
Organizations, Center for Quality Improvement and … AHRQ Medical Officer, Division of General Patient Safety,
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nqsleverfactsheet.pdf
May 01, 2014 - The Strategy serves
as a guiding force in the multitude of quality improvement efforts across the Nation … A Quality Improvement Organization may
disseminate evidence-based best practices in
quality improvement … improvement. … A medical leadership institution may
incorporate quality improvement principles in
their training. … Innovation and
Diffusion
Foster innovation in health
care quality improvement, and
facilitate rapid
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight06.html
January 01, 2014 - Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … To increase efficiency by having States build the infrastructure for quality improvement through small … States that are implementing similar quality improvement projects often coordinate their work very deliberately … Some partnerships include States with relatively equal levels of quality improvement experience and capacity … Illinois is also using a pediatrician on Florida’s staff with expertise in asthma-related quality improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/utstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State’s own design. … The shared services
model will support care coordination, practice coaching, quality improvement, and … Testing an Approach to Quality improvement of Utah’s Own Design
As part of the National Improvement … Partnership Network (NIPN), Utah is building a coalition of
providers engaged in quality improvement … improvement.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-11.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 3.11. Lean Project Activities
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Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare
Case 2. Central Hospi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nmstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … improvement goals. … New Mexico will hire and support quality
improvement coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop … and implement a quality improvement
strategy tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches
will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/costateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … improvement goals. … Colorado will hire and support quality improvement
coaches who will work with the SBHCs to develop and … implement a quality improvement strategy
tailored to each center. … The quality improvement coaches
will work with SBHCs to implement these strategies and develop or improve
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/dxsafety-infographic.pdf
February 01, 2022 - TeamSTEPPS® Diagnosis Improvement: Infographic
TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis
Improvement
AHRQ Publication No. 22-0015
February 2022
References
1. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academies
Press; 2015. https://doi.org/10.17226/21…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-overall-structure.pdf
June 02, 2025 - RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS
PRIMARY CARE
ORGANIZATIONS
OTHER KEY
STAKEHOLDERS
QUALITY … IMPROVEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS
PUBLIC
HEALTH
Practice Facilitation
Health Information
Technology Support … Shared Learning
Collaboratives
Expert Consultation
Data Feedback and
Benchmarking
External Quality … Improvement Support
Statewide Network of
Primary Care Practices
Heart Health
QI Project
Grantees … improvement capacity and implement evidence.