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421. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/preface.html
     March 01, 2016 - In 2008, AHRQ published Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality … Improvement . 37 That guide was based on success in VTE prevention 38-41 and quality improvement principles … A proven quality improvement (QI) framework to coordinate steps toward breakthrough improvement.

422. Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/confid-report/index.html
     March 01, 2016 - for many audiences, including medical groups, health plans, payers, professional societies, regional quality … improvement collaboratives, and dissemination and implementation campaigns. … Atlas, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Primary Care Research & Quality Improvement Network, and Charlotte Ward

423. New AHRQ SOPS™ Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - Overview (Brady) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast2-brady.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Overview of AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ Jeffrey Brady, MD, MPH Director, Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Rear Admiral, Assistant … between clinicians and patients • Make the safe thing the easy thing to do 6 AHRQ’s Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) • Conducts programs that focus on: – Patient Safety Research … Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) What is Patient Safety Culture?

424. Lessons Learned about Practice Facilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2022 - Practice facilitator strategies for addressing electronic health record data challenges for quality improvement … improvement goals. … facilitator-supported efforts may be easier to implement in primary care than larger, more extensive quality … improvement projects. … Practice facilitators' and leaders' perspectives on a facilitated quality improvement program. 

425. Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Improvement Pulmonary embolism resulting from deep vein thrombosis—collectively referred to as venous … Based on quality improvement initiatives undertaken at the University of California, San Diego Medical … Center and Emory University Hospitals, this guide assists quality improvement practitioners in leading … Improvement and Patient Safety at AHRQ: Barbara Bartman, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Officer and AHRQ … Preventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism: a guide for effective quality improvement, 2nd

426. Webinar Transcript - National Quality Strategy Webinar: Introducing Nine Levers to Support the Aims and Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2016 - I've been engaged in quality improvement my entire career, both as a Psychiatric Nurse at the University … This is our quality improvement lever. … I'm happy that some medical schools are now teaching quality improvement as part of the curriculum. … We've described in detail how each can be used for quality improvement. … Question 4: What are some examples of next steps for quality improvement and implementation?

427. Methods (continued, 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Proponents suggest that this method is a potentially powerful approach for informing quality improvement … For example, hospitals have the ability to include items related to quality improvement initiatives in … is proactive, not reactive. 122,123 A culture conducive to quality improvement will encourage, if not … who had a clear vision for quality improvement and an orientation toward change. 137 Other studies … Physician involvement in quality improvement and other initiatives can be critical to their success.

428. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Brady (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-2-brady-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Priorities and Programs Jeff Brady, MD, MPH Director, Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Rear Admiral, Assistant … between clinicians and patients • Make the safe thing the easy thing to do 7 AHRQ’s Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) • Conducts programs that focus on: – Patient Safety Research … Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS) National Steering Committee on Patient Safety

429. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4n Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement IQI: Mortality Review of Select Procedures and Conditions Why Focus on Mortality Review? …

430. Sustainability Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/slides.html
     October 01, 2020 - Slide 3: Overview Defining sustainability and its importance in quality improvement. … Establish a Sustainability Measurement Plan Build systems for collecting process, outcome, and quality … improvement activity data. … The Advocate Health System in Chicago participates in capacity building by providing education around quality … improvement, process improvement, and measurement techniques in regular staff seminars. 4 Slide

431. Prologue: Culture and Redesign for Improved Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - solve common problems have shown us a powerful way for reinforcing and sustaining patient safety and quality … improvement efforts.

432. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/overview.html
     July 01, 2021 - Toolkit Introduction Overview About Measure Specifications and Reporting Key Driver Diagram Quality … Improvement Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources The Consumer Assessment … Child HCAHPS allows for the tracking of quality improvement within individual hospitals and for the comparison

433. Sustainability Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - Sustainability focuses on integration, routinization, and continuation of a specific quality improvement … Due to the high level of variability in health care, quality improvement must be continuously integrated … Ask: Can anyone give an example of a quality improvement project you have participated in that followed … improvement, how they are linked together in the quality improvement process can be challenging to distinguish … The quality improvement process moves through several stages.

434. MUI Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - support recruitment and retention of primary care practices and physicians for research studies and quality … improvement initiatives. … Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study There are numerous supportive quality improvement (QI) projects … improvement (QI) capacity and quality metric performance. … future efforts to engage practices in quality improvement initiatives.

435. MUI Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/search.html
     June 01, 2024 - support recruitment and retention of primary care practices and physicians for research studies and quality … improvement initiatives. … Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study There are numerous supportive quality improvement (QI) projects … improvement (QI) capacity and quality metric performance. … future efforts to engage practices in quality improvement initiatives.

436. A3 Combo Selfassessment (doc file)
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     June 27, 2014 - improvement in general. … improvement efforts to fail. … improvement actions. … Role in Quality Improvement Please indicate which of the following describe your role in quality improvement … efforts at your institution (check all that apply) |_| Senior leadership |_| Quality improvement team

437. Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Dissemination and Implementation of Innovations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2015 - Startup grants offered incentives for quality improvement work in the practices. … County-based efforts catalyzed group quality improvement among local physicians and brought diverse funding … Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma helped practices construct a quality improvement process and brought … Dissemination Efforts to Partner States Colorado: Colorado had a powerful quality improvement network … Arkansas: Arkansas currently has two quality improvement initiatives active at the State level that

438. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) Screening Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - with Sickle Cell Anemia Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure Key Driver Diagram Quality … Improvement Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources Pediatric Quality Measures …       References Key Driver Diagrams       Lessons Learned in Using TCD Measure at Multiple Levels Quality … Improvement Strategies       Strategic Road Maps       Multi-Stakeholder Approach to SCA Quality Improvement … Improvement & Program Development Section We also extend our gratitude to Kamila Mistry, Ph.D., Agency

439. Introducing a New Database for Users of the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey - GINSBERG (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs Center for Quality … Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ 6 7 AHRQ’s Core Competencies • Health Systems Research: Invest … improvement using CAHPS data ►Develops surveys and related materials to assess patient experience … programs 11 Uses of CAHPS Surveys • Value-based purchasing • Public reporting • Accreditation • Quality … improvement • Health services research

440. How Are CAHPS® Survey Results Used? (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Recognition and certification • Research All of these uses are aimed at rewarding or supporting quality … improvement! … the use of a modified CAHPS® survey to support improvements in patient-centred care: lessons from a quality … improvement collaborative Conclusion: Small measurable improvements in patient experience may be … Improvement Collaborative, Health Expectations, 11(2), 160-176. 30 Foundational Elements of Patient