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221. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus The nursing staff at Lurie Children’s Hospital had … improvement initiatives. … improvement work across divisions. … improvement process. … Abstract Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus How the Pediatric QI Toolkit Was Used

222. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Northwest Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-northwest.pdf
     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

223. Implementing Near-Miss Reporting and Improvement Tracking in Primary Care Practices: Lessons Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/crane.html
     August 01, 2017 - improvement more widely in the ambulatory care setting. … Several of the practices had robust continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes in place prior to … The reporting process was coupled with explicit quality improvement activities in the practice. … While some practices incorporated near-miss reports into existing formal quality improvement activities … The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: developing an error reporting system to improve

224. Overview (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/system/pfcasestudies/overview.pdf
     August 01, 2014 - practices become patient-centered medical homes, but they can also help practices in more general quality … improvement and redesign efforts. … improvement organization Continuing education college State workforce program Year started 2010 2013 … facilitation, problem solving, and health information tech- nology systems Quality improvement methods … improvement contract with HealthTeam- Works $4,000 NA Number of trainees to date Nearly 100 28

225. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4p_combo_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - hospitalists); pharmacists; wound, ostomy, and continence nurses; inpatient units; and representatives from quality … improvement and information services to develop evidence-based guidelines, care paths, or protocols

226. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4b_combo_psi05-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
     November 01, 2012 - nurses, physicians and other providers, technicians, anesthesiologists, and representatives from the quality … improvement department, to develop evidence-based protocols for care of the patient preoperatively,

227. AHRQ National Advisory Council to Meet Virtually on July 14 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/national-advisory-meeting-july-14.html
     July 01, 2021 - Populations, and Director, Office of Minority Health; Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety; Arlene S. … Discussion about patient safety opportunities by Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety and Erin Grace, M.H.A., Deputy Director, Center for Quality Improvement

228. Lesson 4: Summary: Putting It All Together
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/officebasedcare/ts-obc-online-module7.pptx
     March 07, 2019 - improvement initiatives. … They are my favorite tools and can help push the cycle of continuous quality improvement. … improvement. … Generalists trained in office-based care improvement Competencies in many areas: Quality improvement … They have competencies in many areas, including quality improvement methods, project management, and

229. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Michigan Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-MI-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality … improvement support infrastructure using the EvidenceNOW model of external support. … improvement (QI) resources in Michigan. … I am so excited to be part of an AHRQ initiative that not only recognizes the value of external quality … improvement support but truly prioritizes supporting the practices that need it most, even though there

230. Other Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/other-resources.html
     September 01, 2021 - Improvement Toolkits Other Resources … Improvement Lessons from the Field Reports Toolkits Implementation Science Roadmap … Improvement Strategies Other Resources This section provides guidance, resources, … Step 1: Engage Senior Leadership in QI Work Webinar: Engaging Senior Leadership in Your Quality Improvement … Step 2: Form a Team Handbook: Creating Quality Improvement Teams and QI Plans  (AHRQ, 2013).

231. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4d_combo_psi07-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - infection control, intensive care, and inpatient units including operating room; and representatives from quality … improvement, radiology, and information services to develop time-sequenced guidelines, care paths,

232. How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States encouraging health care providers to put quality measures to work? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight05.html
     November 01, 2013 - Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … The Highlight compares and contrasts two projects that use quality measures to drive quality improvement … Improvement Strategy Well-child visits in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th years of life. … In PDSA cycles, the practices define a quality improvement aim related to a Child Core Set measure, test … Improvement Strategy Ambulatory care: emergency department (ED) visits.

233. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/overview.html
     July 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program Measure Implementation & Quality … Improvement Toolkits Overview … About the PQMP PQMP Measures PQMP-Related Publications Measure Implementation & Quality … Improvement Lessons from the Field Reports Toolkits Implementation Science Roadmap … Improvement Strategies Other Resources The safe and judicious use of antipsychotic

234. New AHRQ SOPS™ Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - Overview (Brady) (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast2-brady.pdf
     August 06, 2018 - 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?

235. Baylor Scott & White Health: Building a Foundation for Continuous Improvement (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_bsw.pdf
     April 01, 2019 - system’s first chief quality officer, and began to build the infrastructure to support continuous quality … improvement. … To encourage this bottom-up innovation, Baylor Scott & White holds an annual quality improvement summit … For example, Baylor Scott & White Health launched a sepsis quality improvement initiative several years

236. EvidenceNOW Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/index.html
     September 01, 2022 - help primary care practices implement the latest evidence into practice and improve their capacity for quality … improvement. … system, a lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality … improvement (QI). … Learn how external quality improvement support helps primary care practices improve the way they work

237. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/profile/index.html
     July 01, 2022 - curriculum and tools with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which has tasked the Nation's Quality … Improvement Organizations to disseminate this training further throughout the country. … In “ Making Health Care Safer ,” Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., former Director of AHRQ's Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety, discusses moving toward a safer health care system.  

238. Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/pbrn/index.html
     July 01, 2013 - PBRNs engage clinicians in quality improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care … to improve the health of all Americans, and the potential of these networks to engage clinicians in quality … improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care practice, AHRQ has developed its

239. Florida State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/flstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 -  Testing an approach to quality improvement of the State’s own design. … In conjunction with Illinois, Florida will support collaborative quality improvement projects to improve … improvement of a State’s own design. … Testing an Approach to Quality Improvement of Florida’s Own Design This project’s activities will be … improvement.

240. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
     October 01, 2015 - For example, some practices regularly discussed quality improvement in meetings and shared performance … data with staff, while others focused less on quality improvement and performance reporting. … improvement efforts, and space modifications. … improvement; and processes for monitoring progress and obtaining feedback. … improvement; serve as health coaches; and augment the capacity of physicians and nurses so that office