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281. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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…

282. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2018 - Use of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small- to Medium-Size U.S. … Use of quality improvement strategies among small- to medium-size US primary care practices. … Practice Facilitators’ and Leaders’ Perspectives on a Facilitated Quality Improvement Program A qualitative … look by the Midwest Cooperative at methods for improving quality improvement approaches, using detailed … Practice facilitators' and leaders' perspectives on a facilitated quality improvement program.

283. National Quality Strategy (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - improvement. … A Quality Improvement Organization may disseminate evidence-based best practices in quality improvemA … Foster innovation in health care quality improvement, and facilitate rapid adoption within and … A medical leadership institution may incorporate quality improvement principles in their training. … 29 A medical leadership institution or professional society may incorporate quality improvement principles

284. TeamSTEPPS Diagnosis Improvement Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - TeamSTEPPS Diagnosis Improvement Course TeamSTEPPS® is an evidence-based program built on a framework composed of four teachable, learnable skills—communication, leadership, situation monitoring, and mutual support. The TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement Course applies the TeamSTEPPS framework to the specific…

285. Case 6. Horizon Hospital—Lakeview Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Blue Cross Blue Shield attended a report-out of quality improvement (QI) activities (including Lean and … Return to Contents Lean and Quality Improvement at the Organization   In this section, we discuss … the history of both Lean and quality improvement at LHC. … and quality improvement are housed in three different corporate departments (Management Engineering/ … Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Improvement).

286. Section 2. Forming a Patient Flow Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

287. AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - At the hospital level, the QIs are used to support internal quality improvement, monitoring, and assessment … Hospitals can select the most appropriate tools for their current quality improvement priorities and … The tools are organized by the six quality improvement process steps: Assessing Readiness To Change. … Identifying Priorities for Quality Improvement. … AHRQ QI Publications AHRQ QI Quality Improvement Case Studies .

288. Key Driver 6: Nurture Leadership and Create A Culture of Continuous Learning and Evidence-Based Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Identify and support champions for learning, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement within … This is in addition to the reviews done by the practice’s quality improvement and clinical teams. … (Go to  Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into … Provide organizational and leadership support for evidence-based practice and quality improvement Like … (Go to  Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into

289. The EvidenceNOW Model: Providing External Support for Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2019 - Local, State, and/or regional organizations dedicated to improving care (such as Quality Improvement … Adopt a Quality Improvement Approach New extension programs will have to define a comprehensive, … multi-component, evidence-based approach to providing external quality improvement support. … Practice facilitators also help provide or connect practices with the other quality improvement supports … For insights into how to determine whether a practice is ready to engage in quality improvement and get

290. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure Key Driver Diagram Quality … Improvement Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The Pediatric Hospital Care … three measures developed, family/caregiver written discharge instructions content was selected for a quality … improvement collaborative because it demonstrated the most variation in baseline performance across

291. Introduction to the Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Data are inconsistent or absent in many domains that research in other fields (e.g., quality improvement … A culture conducive to quality improvement will encourage questioning and risk-taking at all levels, … As noted, existing knowledge and skills about quality improvement more generally and the use of Lean … Assess the organizations' views of Lean and quality improvement in general. … Quality improvement: Theory and practice in healthcare.

292. Exhibit 3.10. Other Training Offered | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 3.10. Other Training Offered Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare Case 2. Central Hospit…

293. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - (Go to  Key Driver 5: Engage patients and families in evidence-based care and quality improvement for … Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality improvement process to integrate evidence into practice … Quality improvement (QI) is a systematic, data-driven process for managing that change. … Change Strategies Develop an inter-professional quality improvement team that meets regularly Quality … This is in addition to the reviews done by the practice’s quality improvement and clinical teams.

294. Lessons from the Field Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2021 - improvement? … improvement approach(es) undertaken at different levels? … Identifying measurement challenges/successes What measurement (e.g., data collection, reporting, quality … improvement) challenges and successes are identified at different levels (e.g., state, health plan, … improvement activities, empirical analyses, and involvement in implementation efforts.

295. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 31, 2025 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Making healthcare safer in all settings … AHRQ Genius Quality Improvement Guru Data Sage Clinical Hero FLU.GOV

296. LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORKBOOK (doc file)
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     April 01, 2006 - Framework for State-Led Quality Improvement 10 Module 3: Learning From Current State Quality Improvement … 1—Making the Case for Asthma Care Quality Improvement · Module 2—A Framework for State-Led Quality Improvement … Read “The Need for Asthma Care Quality Improvement” and “The Quality Improvement Opportunity (pages 5 … quality improvement. … by the full quality improvement team.

297. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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     June 01, 2015 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Debrief Example Quality Improvement … Quality Improvement Study Framework | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation … Guide Appendix K – Quality Improvement Study Framework 1 The surgical safety checklist has been shown … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix K – Quality Improvement Study … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix K – Quality Improvement Study

298. Foreword | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2016 - Part of the problem is that different applications, most notably the fields of quality improvement and … for many audiences, including medical groups, health plans, payers, professional societies, regional quality … improvement collaboratives, and dissemination and implementation campaigns. … A secondary aim is to foster discussion among report developers, the broader quality improvement and

299. Acronyms and Terms (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - . • OIT: Opioid improvement team, which leads the quality improvements at the clinic made through the … assessment. • PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire assessment. • PTSD: Post-traumatic stress disorder. • QI: Quality … improvement. … Six Building Blocks Toolkit 1 • QI lead: The quality improvement lead for implementing opioid management … improvements related to tracking and monitoring patients on long-term opioid therapy. • UW: University

300. TeamSTEPPS® Diagnosis Improvement: Infographic (pdf file)
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     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…