Results

Total Results: 5,714 records

Showing results for "quality measures".
Users also searched for: quality indicators

4361. The AAFP Patient Safety Reporting System: Development and Legal Issues Pertinent to Medical Error Tracking and Analysis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Phillips.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - The main outcome measures were error category, error rate, and error consequence. … No/limited discoverability Confidential • Reporter and data security limitations • Complicated measures … the use of such systems, which reduces the opportunity to identify trends and implement corrective measures … A report of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century.

4362. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-o-part2.pptx
      June 02, 2025 - be filtered using bacterial retentive filters as recommended in the AER manufacturer's written IFU Quality … with professional organization guidelines for storage Frequency of use Frequency, type, and results of quality … monitoring of processing Quality of final rinse water (consult AAMI TIR34:2014, Water for the reprocessing … Sterilization Record Keeping | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix O Quality … temperature Cycle date & time Name of LCS/HLD Name/initials of person performing HLD/sterilization Results of quality

4363. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-cath-use-transcript.doc
      July 08, 2014 - Kennedy, who is a colon and rectal surgeon and associate professor of surgery and the vice-chair for quality … And that last option reflects it back that as part of the in-patient CMS quality reporting program, all … Currently, it's one of 12 of these clinical process of care measures that will have in fiscal year '15 … We also had a team leader from the C Suite; this was our vice-president of quality. … I know that our nurses who look at, on a monthly basis in all of our units, process of care measures

4364. Module 3: Script and Slides (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving/problem-solving-facnotes.docx
      May 01, 2017 - handle within the unit within a week, then the problem is a candidate for escalation to a more formal quality … problems with flow between departments that need additional attention and can be larger, cross-functional quality … Second, what are your measures? In other words, how will you know that a change is an improvement?

4365. Final Progress Report: Automated Image Analysis for the Prevention of Radiotherapy Delivery Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/lamb-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Gray MD Acknowledgment of Agency Support: This work supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … algorithm was implemented in a prototype clinical system that produced a summary report of alignment quality … Radiotherapy is already subject to intensive quality control procedures, so further reduction is likely … Additionally, this project will retrospectively measure the never event rate at UCLA and Veteran’s Health … that do the same thing) and offer significant opportunity to improve patient safety and/or reduce quality

4366. Tool: SSA (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-litreview.docx
      January 01, 2017 - a pharmacist-driven spontaneous awakening trail (SAT) protocol that included process measures. … A pharmacist-driven protocol significantly improved process measure compliance, comparing the pre-intervention … PRO: Quasi-experimental, quality improvement study – implemented a pharmacist-driven SAT protocol that … included process measures. … A pharmacist-driven awakening and breathing coordination protocol significantly improved process measure

4367. Quality Improvement in Action Slides
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/qi-action-slides.pptx
      April 01, 2022 - Quality Improvement in Action Slides Quality Improvement in Action AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive … Objectives Describe methods to identify your intensive care unit’s (ICU) focus area of improvement using quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Appendix O. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Appendix 7.

4368. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Implementation Handbook) (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.docx
      April 01, 2011 - medication; identifying roles and responsibilities for medication reconciliation; collecting data to measure … Review formal survey measures and readmission rates and talk to people about their thoughts on discharge … Patient and Family Engagement :: 16 Helpful Link For more information on setting aims and identifying measures … presence policies and discharge planning challenges you can identify what needs to be improved and ways to measure … Hospital Survey scores trended upward for the 12-month period following implementation, particularly for measures

4369. Six Texas Hospitals Improve Care With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips87.html
      October 01, 2014 - Impact Case Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality … As a result of this project, TMF Health Quality Institute, the QIO for Texas, worked with six providers … medications, identifying roles and responsibilities for medication reconciliation, collecting data to measure … AHRQ QIO Learning Network session activities were held in partnership with TMF Health Quality Institute

4370. Four Missouri Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips80.html
      October 01, 2014 - Impact Case Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality … medications, identifying roles and responsibilities for medication reconciliation, collecting data to measure … According to John Ingrassia, RN, J.D., Executive Director of Quality, Risk Management, and Patient Safety

4371. Standardized Simulated Events for Provocative Testing of Medical Care System Rescue Capabilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Blike.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Analysis: The quality of each team’s performance was assessed using the simulator data files to calculate … “time-out-of- range” measures for the critical variables, and team behaviors were analyzed for deviations … The simulator’s output was used to perform quantitative analyses of the quality of control exercised … A report of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

4372. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar03/logic_models.pptx
      July 15, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2013. … and conceptual gaps Track progress and changing needs Guide choice and timing of process and outcome measures … providers, practices, health systems) Include synergies and iterative feedback loops based on a continuous quality … visits Improved provider and patient satisfaction Outputs and Outcomes Ultimate Outcomes Improved quality

4373. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Group Visits (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6m.pdf
      October 01, 2017 - October 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html The CAHPS … patients get to share valuable information and insights with one another about self-management and quality … conduct clinical work (e.g., review medication refill needs, check blood pressures, and other clinical measures

4374. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-maintenance.pptx
      April 01, 2022 - issues Lack of available supplies Absence of auditing of compliance Absence of feedback about process measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Appendix E. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Appendix 6: Central Line Maintenance Audit Form. … Prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections through quality improvement interventions

4375. Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mcginn.html
      January 01, 2024 - -year grant, which built on his earlier work in EHRs, allowed the researchers to develop, test, and measure

4376. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-transcript.html
      February 01, 2023 - Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript Module 1: Overview Slide 1 “Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting” is a four-module program designed for intensive care unit, or ICU, nurses to gain a sense of confidence and demonstrate competence in catheter-associated urinary tract infectio…

4377. Development of a Web-Based Patient Safety Resource: AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Sehgal_64.pdf
      April 02, 2008 - Under contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), we developed a comprehensive … , 6 In this article, we describe the development of AHRQ PSNet, summarize a number of key outcome measures … of care delivered to patients with diabetes might be excluded as quality-focused. … The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001.

4378. Cauti-Sustainability-Transcript (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability-transcript.docx
      January 01, 2014 - We really have to measure results to see success and we need to reinforce behavior to achieve success … Another thing that we added as a follow-up measure was having a lead charge complete the audit tool. … and safety measures, other gaps and application of the evidence. … You want to measure how well you're sustaining your CUSP work. … of a CUSP score card asking a variety of questions, and you could also define your own team members’ measures

4379. Slide 1
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-090914.pptx
      January 01, 2014 - monitoring of I’s and O’s “Most of our patients are critically ill so we do need the Foley so we can measure … You know, you want it measured but they're not agreeing in how to document it or how to measure it.” … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

4380. Final Progress Report: Implementing Reduced Work Hours for All House Staff To Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/landrigan2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Agency Support/Grant Award Number: This project was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Performance measures studied have included reaction time tests, memory tasks, and manual dexterity … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) With a multidisciplinary … Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement 1998;24(2):77-87. … National Survey on Consumers' Experiences With Patient Safety and Quality Information. 2005.