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3721. Appendix E. Poster on Urinary Catheter Risks and Indications | 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 E. Poster on Urinary Catheter Risks and Indications Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Imple…

3722. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users Infographic (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2019 - Health Plans Health Plans Dental Plans Home and Community- Based Services Use of CAHPS Surveys Quality … technical assistance Web site: Surveys, Administration methods, FAQs CAHPS Database Talking Quality

3723. Puh-Factraining-Guide (doc file)
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      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.

3724. Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapte…

3725. Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Van Niel Abstract Introduction: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality awarded a planning … Van Niel, MBA, Project Manager, Health Care Quality, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA … Grant HS 19537-01 funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2012. http://www.macrmi.info … Grant HS 19537-01 funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2011; 5. … Process for Provider Quality Analysis & Research Committee (PQARC), chairs/co-chairs is documented.

3726. North Shore-LIJ Health System Implements TeamSTEPPS® to Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2015 - TeamSTEPPS®, Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Topic(s): Patient Safety, Quality

3727. Evaluation of a Medication Therapy Management Program in Medicare Beneficiaries at High Risk of Adverse Drug Events: Study Methods (pdf file)
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      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.

3728. CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: The CAHPS Program (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Social Science Analyst, CAHPS® & SOPS® Programs Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ … does not require use of tools, products, and databases • Encourage CAHPS database submissions for Quality … Health Plans • Dental Plans • Home and Community- Based Services 9 Uses for CAHPS Surveys 10 Quality

3729. 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 >> /

3730. What's Available for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
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      March 20, 2017 - Programs and Guidelines ..............................................................2 Reporting Measures … Child Hospital Survey • Sample Telephone Script for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Reporting Measures … and Guidelines • Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Available for … Reporting Measures and Guidelines Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey lists … the measures for analysis and reporting purposes.

3731. Exhibit 20. Estimates of the total number of SSI cases in the United States, based on the rates used | 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 20. Estimates of the total number of SSI cases in the United States, based on the rates used Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratifi…

3732. 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.

3733. Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Indwelling Urinary Catheters Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - Having a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) team or a unit multi-professional quality committee … means (urinal, external catheter, or bladder scanning and intermittent catheterization), the staff can measure … urine output/volume status without a catheter (such as by daily standing weights) · Yes, because the … Grant is able to urinate by other means, such as a urinal or with a condom catheter, and the staff can measure … Having ownership by frontline staff, local leadership, and quality staff or infection preventionist to

3734. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2018 - Contents Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care Acknowledgments Health Care For Hispanics National Quality … Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety National Quality Strategy Priority: Healthy Living Part 1: Overviews … Strategy Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy—National Quality … Mental Health Care for Hispanics Measure Most Recent Disparity Disparity Change Adults … No Change Suicide deaths per 100,000 population Better Narrowing Trends: No measure

3735. Chapter 2. Determine Surgical Site Infection Rates (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - The amount and quality of electronic information, as well as algorithm development issues, are also important … However the measures of sensitivity at the principal hospitals are difficult to interpret because the … electronic algorithms, but allowing IP to select rules that suit their own needs may be a reasonable measure

3736. AHRQ Research Summit on Learning Health Systems: Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2020 - 2017 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland On September 15, 2017, the Agency for Research and Quality … Quality improvement is about processes, whereas the LHS is about structure and culture, as in supporting … Pronovost proposed creating a management structure for quality based on the concept of the fractal, in … Advance patient-reported outcomes and patient experience measures to support the ability of LHSs to pursue … The LHS should use the highest quality methods for developing evidence.

3737. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2023 - Overview Tools and Resources To Help Hospitals Choose an ISCR Program This section gives a high-level overview of the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) program to support hospitals in implementing evidence-based enhanced recovery pathways. The Overview lists the tools and materials, organized in the…

3738. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - The tools referenced throughout the guide include items such as checklist templates, quality improvement

3739. Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy - Issue Brief (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - measures, accompanied by poorly designed EHRs, are associated with increased cognitive load and burden … ■ Measure Dx: A Resource To Detect, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events (AHRQ). … Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety … Exploring the racial diagnostic bias of schizophrenia using behavioral and clinical-based measures. … The Diagnostic Error Index: a quality improvement initiative to identify and measure diagnostic errors

3740. Appendix G . Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet | 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 G . Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Gu…