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  1. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/e1_pdi_monitorprogress.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - guide your monitoring strategy to ensure that your hospital sustains the results achieved during your quality … improvement work. … Indicators to Hospital Data (Tool B.1), which provides instructions for calculating and using PDI rates for quality … improvement in your hospital, as well as the tool Assessing PDI Rates Using Trends and Comparators … You can draw on the measures you used for evaluating progress in implementing your quality improvement

  2. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Shared Decision-Making (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-i.pdf
    July 01, 2017 - July 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html

  3. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Tools to Help Patients Communicate Their Needs (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-h.pdf
    July 07, 2017 - July 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html

  4. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/cahps-ambulatory-care-guide-section-5.pdf
    May 01, 2017 - May 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html … Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process 5. … • Basic Tools for Quality Improvement: Flowchart. … How Two Provider Groups Are Using the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey for Quality Improvement. …  Provide some background and training in quality improvement (QI) for Patient Partners.

  5. Validity of selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement program data. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-selected-ahrq-patient-safety-indicators-based-va-national-surgical-quality
    July 14, 2009 - Classic Validity of selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality … Improvement program data. … Validity of selected AHRQ patient safety indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement … Validity of selected AHRQ patient safety indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement … Improvement Program and the Patient Safety Indicators.

  6. Implementation of the Josie King Care Journal in a pediatric intensive care unit: a quality improvement project. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-josie-king-care-journal-pediatric-intensive-care-unit-quality-improvement
    November 21, 2016 - Implementation of the Josie King Care Journal in a pediatric intensive care unit: a quality … improvement project. … Implementation of the Josie King Care Journal in a pediatric intensive care unit: a quality improvement … Implementation of the Josie King Care Journal in a pediatric intensive care unit: a quality improvement

  7. Unobtrusive, Actionable Reminders and Performance Feedback Improve Physician Performance on Standardized Quality Measures | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-precision-performance-measurement-conduct-focused-quality-improvement-2
    January 01, 2023 - unobtrusive-actionable-reminders-and-perf… Project Name Using Precision Performance Measurement to Conduct Focused Quality … Improvement Technology Clinical Decision Support System Standards and Classifications

  8. Introduction to the STS National Database Series: outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/introduction-sts-national-database-series-outcomes-analysis-quality-improvement-and-patient
    August 04, 2021 - Commentary Introduction to the STS National Database Series: outcomes analysis, quality … improvement, and patient safety.

  9. Case Study: Improving Customer Service at Health Share of Oregon (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/health-share-of-oregon-case-study.pdf
    September 01, 2016 - Standards for Customer Service, CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality … - improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for- improving/customer-service/strategy6q-custservice- … health-reform/ccos.aspx http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPB/Pages/health-reform/ccos.aspx http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement … Read the CAHPS Ambulatory Improvement Guide at http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality- improvement/improvement … westat.com http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-041316.html http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement

  10. Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-catheter-associated-bloodstream-infections-pediatric-intensive-care-unit-business
    November 23, 2016 - catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality … improvement. … improvement. … improvement. … improvement report.

  11. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
    August 03, 2011 - improvement efforts. … improvement strategies was developed for the original CQG series. 1 These quality improvement strategies … Our KQs focus on the quality assessment component of quality improvement. … Quality improvement as a field and the science of quality measurement had formed by this time, and … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies.

  12. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
    October 15, 2012 - Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities Draft review available for … Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities. … The concentration on coordination of care as a major component for potential quality improvement initiative … While such studies may lead eventually to quality improvement, we did not include them here as they … were not aimed at quality improvement nor necessarily aimed at the disabled population.

  13. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Training to Advance Physicians’ Communication Skills (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-g.pdf
    July 31, 2017 - July 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html

  14. Diagnostic Safety Improvement | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/diagnostic-safety-improvement
    September 01, 2025 - optimal clinical care (e.g., usefulness of testing), population screening and disease surveillance, quality … improvement, and regulation (e.g., of machine learning). … report includes comprehensive, broad-scope, actionable, and specific recommendations for implementing quality … improvement activities to engage patients, educate clinicians, leverage technology, and support a culture

  15. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/cahps-strategy-6-r.pdf
    April 14, 2017 - November 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html

  16. Project ECHO Hepatitis C Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement in New Mexico through Health Information Technology - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/project-echo-hepatitis-c-ambulatory-care-quality-improvement-new-mexico-through/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Project ECHO Hepatitis C Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement in New Mexico through Health Information … Technology - 2010 Project Name Project ECHO Hepatitis C Ambulatory Care Quality … Improvement in New Mexico through Health Information Technology Principal Investigator Arora … improvement, and research. … improvement, and research. ( Ongoing ) Develop a system that automatically uploads laboratory data

  17. Frequency of inappropriate medical exceptions to quality measures. | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-precision-performance-measurement-conduct-focused-quality-improvement-4
    January 01, 2023 - Baker, David Project Name Using Precision Performance Measurement to Conduct Focused Quality … Improvement Technology Clinical Decision Support System Standards and Classifications

  18. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Support Groups and Self-Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-section-6-j.pdf
    July 01, 2017 - July 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html

  19. Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case1.html
    November 01, 2014 - the history of both Lean and quality improvement at LHC. … Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Improvement). … Lean does not replace other quality improvement methods. … In-house quality improvement experts were promoted to management. … This strategy contributed to the development of a strong quality improvement culture.

  20. Improvement Cymru. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvement-cymru
    October 20, 2014 - Multi-use Website Improvement Cymru. Citation Text: Improvement Cymru. NHS Wales. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Download PDF Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL July 10, 2012 NHS …
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