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3921. National Action Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-action-plans.html
      February 01, 2018 - National Action Plans The work of AHRQ and other Federal agencies is guided by work groups, committees, investigators and expert advisors who contribute to reports on specific topics that impact health care. National Action Plans National Action Plans are developed with expert input to provide a framework f…

3922. History and Funding of PBRNs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/history/index.html
      November 01, 2024 - affiliated in their mission to investigate questions related to community-based practice and to improve the quality … Increasingly, PBRNs are recognizing their potential to expand their purpose, and are supporting quality … To better address issues of disparities in health care quality, outcomes, cost, and access for various … Webinars —Presentations to assist researchers and support staff in topical areas such as PBRN operations, Quality … Validation of an instrument to measure Patient Safety Culture in Medical Office Settings. 

3923. Exhibit 12. Involving Patients and Family Members at the Hospital Level | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex12.html
      July 01, 2018 - hospital level 107 , 169 , 213 , 215 , 217 Participating on committees (e.g., patient safety, quality

3924. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - The National Evaluation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/evidencenow-executive-summary-national.pdf
      November 01, 2017 - Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … regional cooperatives composed of public and private health partnerships that provide a variety of quality … The initiative also includes an independent national evaluation designed to determine if and how quality … Engage EvidenceNOW grantees in the overall evaluation initiative by harmonizing measures and working … • Why were practices able to make changes in their quality and capacity, or why not?

3925. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - We probably all have trained our nurses or talked to our staff about quality measures or outcomes or … Then, we also did quality contracts with our staff that we had a commitment to quality in our patients … measures, which leads me to one other statement and that is we have organizational goals and with regards … The other thing that we said was that we want to be in the top quartile of public measures. … We wanted to be up in that top quartile for a change, and we actually are moving up on our public measures

3926. Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2013 - Ask your baby’s doctor, nurse, or pharmacist how to measure the tap water.

3927. Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apa5.html
      December 01, 2013 - Ask your baby’s doctor, nurse, or pharmacist how to measure the tap water.

3928. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Help organizations use the results to improve the quality of care. … CAHPS program in October 1995 in response to concerns about the lack of good information about the quality … This work includes:  The development and testing of new surveys to measure patient experience (e.g … The User Network is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and administered by Westat

3929. Six Tips for Making a Quality Report Appealing and Easy To Skim | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/general-tips/index.html
      October 01, 2019 - Six Tips for Making a Quality Report Appealing and Easy To Skim To attract and hold users' attention … , your quality report needs to be designed in a way that: 1 Looks appealing and approachable at first … For example, if you are showing performance measures related to surgery, you could show a picture of … Quality Reports Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report Testing the Design of … a Quality Report By Getting User Feedback

3930. Hospital Deaths for Common Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year of COVID-19 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-heart-failure-hospital.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - Data stratified by race and ethnicity are not available for this measure because the NHQDR does not … routinely report on this measure, so data were obtained from AHRQ’s Data Tools website. … Additional racial and ethnic data for this measure are available at https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/. … at https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures/IQI_TechSpec. … care even when they had symptoms that warranted prompt evaluation and treatment.5 Thus, public health measures

3931. The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/pfepc-fullguide-appd-final508.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - to the practicewide evaluation of patient safety, it is important to select one or two evaluation measures

3932. The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/pfepc-fullguide-appa-final508.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - to the practicewide evaluation of patient safety, it is important to select one or two evaluation measures

3933. 3. Building and Maintaining a Network of Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/guide3.html
      August 01, 2024 - quarterly practice improvement reports to track progress on heart health quality measures. … measures. … project aims to reduce rates of uncontrolled blood pressure and the practice needs to improve on this measure … In addition to using its professional association partners and the Quality Innovation Network-Quality … Readiness assessments commonly measure the following elements: willingness to change, organizational

3934. Module-8-Slides (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-8-slides.pdf
      November 18, 2021 - Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the American Board of Quality … The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. designates this live … Support Care Coordination 35 35 Evaluate Changes to Care Coordination 36 PARTICIPANTS KEYS MEASURE … a focus on learning and improving Monitor Care Coordination Performance 37 PARTICIPANTS KEYS MEASURE … As you make changes to enhance and integrate care coordination •Develop performance measures

3935. Strategy 6E: Rapid Referral Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6g-rapid-referral.html
      April 01, 2023 - An evaluation of the new referral process based on specific measures, such as waiting time for an appointment

3936. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview-fac-notes.html
      June 01, 2017 - IHI was part of the National Program Team on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program … Throughout this module, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will be referred to as AHRQ and … provide a venue to identify problems and review improvement projects, as well as to monitor performance measures … center with less training around quality improvement methods. … Quality Progress. Sep 2006. Accessed July 8, 2016. Scoville R, Little K, Rakover J.

3937. Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Siddharthan.pdf
      January 10, 2005 - Health insurance companies use the CPT coding system extensively as a measure of resource allocation … The payback period measures the time it takes for a project to break even or the expected number of … as high as five times the direct costs, though an estimate of twice the direct costs is an accepted measure … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 356 Another financial measure often used to measure a return on … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

3938. Tennessee Population Health Consortium: Proposed Bylaws (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/97-tenn-pop-health-consortium-bylaws.pdf
      September 20, 2022 - established January 1, 2021 by Chancellor Steve Schwab with the primary goals of conducting practice-based quality … University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and partnering academic institutions, health systems, health plans, quality … The Tennessee Population Health Consortium conducts practice-based quality improvement (QI) and population … University of Tennessee, partner academic institutions, representatives of health systems, health plans, quality … Organizations Consortium partner organizations include academic institutions, health systems, health plans, quality

3939. Digital Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/digital-healthcare.html
      August 01, 2025 - of health information technology to collect and share health information to improve the efficiency, quality … AHRQ’s authorizing legislation requires the agency to promote healthcare quality improvement through … Digital Healthcare Research produces and disseminates evidence on how digital healthcare can improve the quality … and are described in other topic area sections, including 10 in Patient Safety, five in Practice and Quality …   Organization: Northwestern University at Chicago  Grant Start Date: September 30, 2023  Aims to measure

3940. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Toolkits, recommendations, and other resources for hospitals and hospital administrators to improve quality … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded initial work on the ESI. … are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality.   … To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a guide … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based