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2921. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/Ways_To_Learn_More_508.docx
      April 02, 2025 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a U.S. … The partnership aims to improve the safety, quality, and affordability of health care. … Available at: http://www.aha.org/aha/content/2005/pdf/assessment.pdf Quality improvement AHRQ: Quality … improvement along with links to quality information for consumers. … Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/index.html How

2922. Broadening the Scale and Impact of a Comprehensive Long COVID Clinic to Serve Diverse Patient Groups With Multidisciplinary Care and Research Access (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - while ensuring that research findings are rapidly translated into practice, improving access to and quality

2923. Module 5: Response and Disclosure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - First, health care organizations have a commitment to meet patient expectations for safe, quality care … has demonstrated that patient and family engagement can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed a tested, evidence-based "Guide to Patient and … Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety." … Patients can help hospitals work as partners with patients and families to improve quality and safety

2924. Section 7. Tools and Resources (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? 6. … Reference: This material originated from Status Health and was adapted for use by Mountain-Pacific Quality … Health, the Medicare quality improvement organization for Montana, Wyoming, Hawaii, and Alaska, under … Reference: Adapted from Facility Assessment Checklist developed by Quality Partners of Rhode Island.

2925. Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities Chapter 1. … Overview Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents The Falls Management Program: A Quality … person-centered care, and improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational and quality … Fall-related injuries decrease the resident's quality of life and ability to function. … Adverse consequences of falls for residents Reduced quality of life.

2926. New Dashboard Tracks Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2024 - "It is not the fault of the health care team - it is the way the system works": a mixed-methods quality … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

2927. Appendix A. Checklists for Assessing Executive and Physician Champion Potential | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - executive who has the greatest potential for leading a catheter-associated urinary tract infection quality … concise snapshot of some key roles, responsibilities, and tasks often lacking in support of hospital quality … officer of Health Services Advisory Group, Inc., the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Arizona … Works with the physician champion and the chief quality officer to delineate day-to-day leader roles … Provides the quality improvement (QI) team with necessary time and resources.

2928. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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      October 01, 2022 - Coordinated interventions to improve and measure the appropriate use of antibiotics by promoting the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

2929. The Business Case for CUSP (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - You know, one of the areas, as you guys know, the topic today is building the business case for quality … It is impossible to improve quality and not improve financial standing. … If the quality goes up, your financial performance goes up. … And length of stay, by the way, this is sort of off the topic but really important: Do not measure length … of stay in days; measure it in hours.

2930. Organizational Embrace of CUSP to Improve Patient Safety (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - Yancy Phillips is the Vice President of Quality and Care Management at Holy Cross. … Patient safety and quality have been a core foundation of his leadership philosophy. … We’ve had the good fortune to be recognized as a top-quality performer in 2010 by the Joint Commission … We have not yet gotten the full measure of effect out of that protected time. … Just like in any organization, if you don’t track it, you can’t measure your results.

2931. 054-Dec-Guide-Pre-Launch-Activities (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Develop a CUSP Team The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP, is a proven patient safety and quality … If you are having trouble identifying a Senior Executive on your own, reach out to your hospital’s quality … needed for computer-based training modules, presentations to nurse manager forums, nursing skills day or quality

2932. USER GUIDE: Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Data Tracking Tool for Use in Skilled Nursing Facilities (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2021 - . • Measure improvement in hand hygiene compliance over time and visualize it in a run chart that the … Leaders (non- nursing) RN Director of Nursing (DON), Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON), Educator, Quality

2933. 3. What Are the Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Prevention that We Want to Use? (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? 6. … Planning care is essential to quality.

2934. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2023 - High-quality, safe care that is aligned with national health priorities AHRQ’s goal is to improve quality … Greater weight is given to results from higher quality studies. … They lay the groundwork for evaluation efforts by specifying intended outcomes, identifying existing measures … It includes a range of measures that capture the cost burden for individuals and families with different … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

2935. Introduction to the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit for Obstetric Hemorrhage - PowerPoint Presentation
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      July 01, 2023 - also known as SPPC-II) presented by the Johns Hopkins University, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … outcomes, AIM partners with state teams and health systems to align national-, State-, and hospital-level quality … the adaptive skills that allow you to best engage in teamwork that keeps your patients’ safety and quality … 7 4 Rs Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT AIM is a national data-driven maternal safety and quality … 29 Acknowledgments This project is funded and implemented by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2936. Cuestionario sobre la de seguridad de los pacientes en los hospitales (pdf file)
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      April 02, 2025 - • For the survey items grouped according to the safety culture composites they are intended to measure … http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture … /hospital/userguide/hospcult.pdf http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety … patientsafetyculture/hospital/userguide/hospcult.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety

2937. Healthcare Systems and Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2024 - AHRQ's Recent Primary Care Grants and Resources Practice and Quality Improvement Healthcare Systems … financing and payment reform continue to be opportunities to improve access to care and healthcare quality … Chronic Care Model and the Patient-Centered Medical Home, have the opportunity to improve both the quality … The study team looks at the combined impact of participation in these models on the quality and value … Costs and Quality of Primary Care Services: Implications for Community Health  Centers (R01) PI: Avi

2938. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 15. Care Transitions (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - Impact of relational coordination on quality of care, postoperative pain and functioning, and length … Quality indicators for continuity and coordination of care in vulnerable elders. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/ … CTI • The Care Transition Measure–158,9 is a 15-question care transition measure questionnaire to assess … • The Care Transition Measure–38,9 is a 3-question care transition measure questionnaire to assess

2939. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2023, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - Health Systems, 2023, Technical Documentation Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Introduction In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Comparative … Definition of a Health System The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) uses the following … systems serving low-income and potentially underserved populations, the systems list draws on two common measures … Product We used the 2022 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures

2940. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
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      May 13, 2014 - A lot of physicians and other staff are incentivized now on quality, so that’s another way to get people … They would kind of measure the amount of popcorn people ate. And there was no limit to the popcorn. … We also had the pleasure of serving at our quality improvement organization’s winter plenary, and sharing