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3701. Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/index.html
      April 01, 2018 - JAMIA Draft Manuscript Final Contract Report The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under contract HHSA 290-2006-00-20. … Utilizes the Identified Risk Variables to Validly Compare Rates of SSI Across Facilities     Evaluate the Quality … Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

3702. Final Progress Report: Using Team Simulation to Improve Error Disclosure to Patients and Safety Culture (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/gallagher2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Overview Of Outcome Measures We created a variety of metrics to describe the team communication and … the quality of actual disclosure conversations. … However, measures of the quality of actual disclosures were not available at the time of this study. … the “Web-based Team-Oriented Medical Error Communication Assessment Tool” as our primary outcome measure … Linking Transparency, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care.

3703. AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Yields Meaningful Results at Palo Alto Medical Foundation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - "Overall, this survey is a really good way to measure how your processes are. … The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture can be accessed online at www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety

3704. Appendix M. Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-m.html
      October 01, 2020 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide Appendix M. Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units…

3705. Eric T. Roberts - Sample Grant Application (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/eric-roberts-draft-application.pdf
      May 19, 2021 - In: Quality AfHRa, ed. Rockville, MD2015. 22. Noel-Miller C. … Supported by an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) T32 training g rant, I received … certain MSP eligibility rules (e.g., asset limits) across states.19 I will adjust estimates for survey weights … analyses and robustness tests – In robustness tests, I will re-estimate model 2(c) with propensity score weights … benefits (e.g., above the SSI eligibility limit vs. more restrictive criteria in ‘209(b) states’)19 weights

3706. Final Progress Report: Exploratory Study Using Queuing Theory To Improve Nurse Staffing Effectiveness (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Arguments against the use of static measures and calls for development of patient-centered staffing policies … and their ease of use with regard to data requirements and fast calculation of various performance measures … We developed two delay measures (both measured in seconds) as described below: Nurse delay = for those … Using t he Nursing Interventions Classification as a Potential Measure of Nurse Workload. … Cost and quality under managed care: irreconcilable differences?

3707. Meeting Minutes, November 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2016 - Generating measures and data used to track and improve performance and to evaluate progress in the U.S … Indicators, and the National Quality and Disparities Report . … Kronick noted that a recent AHRQ-funded effort to develop measures for cost and quality caused some States … Evaluate the impact of health IT on quality and safety. … described diagnostic error issues, such as the fact that diagnostic error is notoriously difficult to measure

3708. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - Thank you for your focus on patient safety and quality improvement in your ASC.

3709. Exhibit 51. ICD-9 codes associated with followup visits in modified Denver Health algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit 51. ICD-9 codes associated with followup visits in modified Denver Health algorithm Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Ou…

3710. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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      January 01, 2018 - for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Facility Action Plan Template The purpose of this tool is to support quality … medically necessary; providers maintaining status quo despite education on evidence-based practices; how to measure … Department to orient staff on safety culture; determining next steps once survey results come back for quality

3711. Appendix F. Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide Appendix F. Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementati…

3712. Meeting Minutes, May 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - AHRQ’s role includes producing scientific evidence for ways to make healthcare safer, of higher quality … The agency has programs for improving the organization and delivery of high-quality care. … AHRQ could study how quality connects to unintended consequences in low-resource environments. … AHRQ can help to determine the role of telehealth to improve access and quality of care. … AHRQ could support research in pricing, competition, private equity, and measures. Dr.

3713. Exhibit 3. Comparison of fraction of all herniorrhaphy and total knee and hip arthroplasties reviewed by VASQIP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - HCS = Veterans Administration Salt Lake City Health Care System; VASQIP = Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality … This figure graphically compares the percentage of cases reviewed by the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality

3714. Quick Start Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2014 - connections between primary care and community resources following the Institute of Medicine's Crossing the Quality … Attaining Zoning and Building Permits for the Bridge Measure and assess your clinic's current … This bridge can help you improve the quality of care and enhance the services your patients receive.

3715. Puh-Factraining-Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-factraining-guide.docx
      June 02, 2025 - progress based on accomplishing Implementation Steps; and Tracking impact with process and outcome measures … This includes helping to identify measures the change team can use to monitor its own progress. … Commitment to provide high-quality data elements to populate reports. … The CMS quality measures, reported on Nursing Home Compare, may also be used to monitor outcome trends … , but these measures are reported less frequently.

3716. Evaluation of a Medication Therapy Management Program in Medicare Beneficiaries at High Risk of Adverse Drug Events: Study Methods (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Masica_112.pdf
      November 30, 2010 - Additional safety outcomes include measures of MTM process and delivery. … • Determine if an MTM program with clinician access to patient-specific information improves measures … translate directly to patients and care providers (other evaluations of MTM have looked at surrogate measures … Additional measures of the MTM process relating to patient safety and providing insight into the construction … The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients.

3717. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - performance of small, urban primary care practices on the four EvidenceNOW heart health care (ABCS) measures … Quality of cardiovascular disease care in small urban practices. … Use of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small- to Medium-Size U.S. … reports, or discussed clinical quality data in meetings use quality improvement (QI) strategies to a … Use of quality improvement strategies among small- to medium-size US primary care practices.

3718. Final Progress Report: Promoting Safe Care Transitions: Simulation-Based Mastery Learning to Improve Communication in Times of Diagnostic Uncertainty (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/rising-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AGENCY SUPPORT: "This project was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Measures: Outcome measures were developed to report across three of the four domains from Kirkpatrick … include participants’ reaction to the educational curriculum and intervention assessed on 5-point Likert scales … Association with count measures was evaluated using Poisson regression.

3719. Surgical Safety: Addressing the JCAHO Goals for Reducing Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure Events (pdf file)
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      June 21, 2004 - A mechanism to measure the effectiveness of the new initiative by recording and tracking data was put … A mechanism was put into place to measure the effectiveness of the process (Figure 2). … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 488 Measures of performance can be constantly changing entities … Such measures can reflect unexpected events, or the benchmark may be raised or lowered in an effort … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

3720. How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health care? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2013 - measures to improve child health care. … Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … Assessing the utility of other innovative approaches to enhance quality. … For example, coaches help SBHCs pull medical charts and calculate quality measures, analyze medical records … ), 21 and submitting progress reports and small-denominator quality measure data.