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461. Chapter 4. Evaluation Design (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Clinic teams had varying levels of experience with quality improvement process. … Assure leadership commitment to quality improvement process and intervention.   … Clinic and board quality improvement objectives lend support to interventions. 2. … Clearly understood and supported the quality improvement process. … All States have a QIO that might have some resources for quality improvement efforts.

462. State at a Glance: New Mexico | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State's own design. … 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 … Testing a Quality Improvement Approach of Colorado's Own Design New Mexico is supporting selected SBHCs

463. Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma: An Evidence-Based Approach to Dissemination and Implementation of Innovations (pdf file)
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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 … Primary Care Extension in Oklahoma helped practices construct a quality improvement process and brought …  Arkansas: Arkansas currently has two quality improvement initiatives active at the State level that … Arkansas has a strong quality improvement environment in terms of reimbursement incentives, support

464. Harnessing the Potential of Health Care Collaboratives: Lessons from the Keystone ICU Project (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Improve upon quality improvement models. Leadership is often independent of authority. … Improve Upon Quality Improvement Models Quality improvement methods have varied over the past two decades … improvement, we needed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of quality improvement efforts. … Creating the evidence base for quality improvement collaboratives. … Evidence-based quality improvement: The state of the science.

465. National Quality Strategy Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - The National Quality Strategy (NQS) was first published in March 2011 as the National Strategy for Quality … Improvement in Health Care, and is led by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on behalf … improvement goals ● Certification, Accreditation, and Regulation: Adopt or adhere to approaches to … improvement and facilitate rapid adoption within and across organizations and communities ● Workforce … What You Can Do The NQS supports the sharing of best practices in health and health care quality improvement

466. Defining the PCMH | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Quality and Safety The primary care medical home demonstrates a commitment to quality and quality improvement … Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms (PDF, 715 KB) Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality … Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators (PDF, 112 KB) Using Health Information Technology … to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care (PDF, 796 KB)

467. Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Brady (pdf file)
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     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

468. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - whether to implement the practices provided in this document should be made by a multidisciplinary quality … improvement team in your hospital and should be based on circumstances specific to your organization … The primary audiences include quality improvement leaders, clinical leaders, and multidisciplinary frontline

469. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (pdf file)
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     May 12, 2016 - improvement actions. … improvement … • We have undertaken quality improvement initiatives to address performance on one or more of … 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

470. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (pdf file)
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     May 12, 2016 - improvement actions. … improvement … • We have undertaken quality improvement initiatives to address performance on one or more of … 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

471. Getting Ready for Change Self-Assessment (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a3_pdi_selfassessment.docx
     May 12, 2016 - 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

472. State at a Glance: Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - Testing an approach to quality improvement of a State's own design. … To support the practices and their involvement in Blueprint activities and quality improvement efforts … health records (EHRs) and connectivity to the central registry; and (4) identify topics for ongoing quality … improvement. … Testing an Approach to Quality Improvement of Vermont's Own Design Vermont aims to support 20 States

473. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Northwest Cooperative (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - Provide comprehensive practice support to build quality improvement (QI) capacity within these practices … Practice facilitators administer the Quality Improvement Change Assessment (QICA), a tool developed … http://www.escalates.org Northwest Cooperative Update The Quality Improvement Capacity Assessment … improvement capacity. … Study protocol for “Healthy Hearts Northwest” a 2 X 2 randomized factorial trial to build quality improvement

474. 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?

475. Toolkit Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - It also explains how to use tools such as checklist templates, quality improvement study frameworks, … specifically developed to help ambulatory surgery centers sustain the gains achieved through implementing this quality … improvement program.

476. Case 3. Grand Hospital Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Return to Contents Lean and Quality Improvement at the Organization In this section, we discuss … A philosophy of continuous quality improvement (CQI) is part of its organizational culture. … Return to Contents Alignment of Lean and Quality Improvement Efforts Even among staff who did not … Alignment of the Initiative to the Organization Interviewees from the S&P Department and the Quality … Improvement Department noted the importance of integrating Lean into the organization from a strategic

477. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
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     January 01, 2006 - How to Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool C.3 Slide ‹#› Introduction to [Our Hospital’s] Quality … Improvement Initiative on [Topic(s) selected] Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How … Indicators How to Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool C.3 Slide ‹#› We have chosen to focus a quality … improvement initiative on: [Insert name of quality indicator(s) selected] Our focus Toolkit for

478. INSTRUCTIONS: Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - When your hospital invests in a new program, quality improvement intervention, or technology, management … effectiveness it achieves through quality improvement actions, such as the costs for each adverse event … Not all costs included will apply to all types of programs or quality improvement initiatives. … These ratios can be used to calculate the costs of the quality improvement program. … Costs of quality improvement: a survey of four acute care hospitals.

479. Helping Primary Care Teams Rediscover the Joy of Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - clinics with medical administration, he makes an ideal detective to help practices get to the root of quality … improvement challenges. … He recognizes that some practices are interested in quality improvement but may not feel like they have

480. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident and family engagement, quality … improvement, and sustainability to guide your facility through implementing an improvement project to … a 3-year project, the AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI, which involved a national quality … improvement collaborative designed to reduce CAUTIs and enhance patient safety culture and practices