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4421. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - T S H E E T Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care … (CDIs) Setting: Inpatient Goals: The long-term goal for this project is to develop improved control measures … Residents, Admissions and Discharges Project CLEAR—Changing Lives by Eradicating Antibiotic Resistance Quality

4422. How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/empowerment.html
      April 01, 2013 - So how are we going to measure if we’re resolving this defect? … goals for the unit -- core measures, patient satisfaction, et cetera -- come down to the unit level. … picks out, based on feedback from the staff, based on pay for performance performance priorities, core measures … You can see the quality metric — and I’m on Slide 9 — was sepsis. … But we also use the NDNQI which is National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.

4423. Final Progress Report: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual Conference (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/trowbridge-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Yet, much remains unknown as to the best way in which to identify, measure, and prevent these errors … conference goals, specifically, growing the community of individuals committed to addressing diagnostic quality

4424. Implementation of a Data-based Medical Event Reporting System in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Davis.pdf
      February 12, 2004 - On December 7, 1999, President Clinton directed the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC … reduce medical errors.3 The QuIC report, the response to President Clinton’s directive, proposed clear measures … One of the measures was to implement a mandatory reporting system in the hospital and Advances in … A report of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC).

4425. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Infant Mortality and Maternity Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
      June 01, 2018 - Strategy Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy—National Quality … Strategy Priorities Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Patient Safety Part 3: National Quality … Coordination Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Effective Treatment Part 3: National Quality … Maternity Care for Blacks Measure Most Recent Disparity Disparity Change Live-born … Infant Mortality Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all birth weights, by race, 2003-2012, and

4426. Teach-Back (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/teach-back-slides-final508.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Engaging Patients and Families Presenter Presentation Notes The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AHRQ is a Federal agency whose mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality … evidence-based health literacy intervention that promotes patient engagement, patient safety, adherence, and quality … • Number of followup questions • Quality outcome measure • Satisfaction • Reported use – … We will use several measures to evaluate effectiveness: How many followup questions (calls and emails

4427. Chsp-Bibliography-Update-091223 (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2023 - Distinguishing High-Performing Health Systems Using a Composite of Publicly Reported Measures of Ambulatory … Texas Hospital’s Perspectives About NICU Performance Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study. … Developing and Validating a Measure To Estimate Poverty in Medicare Administrative Data. … Qualified Health Center Strategies for Integrating Care With Hospitals and Their Association With Measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

4428. AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/userguide/ascguide.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Westat then developed draft survey items to measure key composites and conducted cognitive interviews … There are 27 survey items grouped into 8 composite measures, or composites. … recommend removing items from different composites across the entire survey because your ASC’s composite measure … The midpoints of the scales can be reported as a separate category (Neither agree nor disagree or Sometimes … Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to the safety culture composites they are intended to measure

4429. AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/ascguide.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Westat then developed draft survey items to measure key composites and conducted cognitive interviews … There are 27 survey items grouped into 8 composite measures, or composites. … recommend removing items from different composites across the entire survey because your ASC’s composite measure … The midpoints of the scales can be reported as a separate category (Neither agree nor disagree or Sometimes … Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to the safety culture composites they are intended to measure

4430. Table 9: Health risk as measured by the Verisk Risksmart software by age and health status. All project sites. Fiscal year 2010. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Table 9: Health risk as measured by the Verisk Risksmart software by age and health status. All project sites. Fiscal year 2010. ARRA Grants Initiative Findings from a set of 16 grants on improving delivery systems and on spreading evidence-based practices through delivery systems; recommendations and methods…

4431. 111-Cusp-Program-Sustainability (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/111-cusp-program-sustainability.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Sustainability ensures that gains of a quality improvement program are maintained beyond the project's … At the beginning of a patient safety or quality improvement project, the team gathers information about … established sustainable data collection process and ongoing evaluation and feedback are essential to measure … This person(s) supports the goal and should have expertise in safety and quality. … Check in routinely with the team to measure engagement and continued participation.

4432. Antiseptic-impregnated catheters: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-110414.pptx
      January 01, 2013 - Urinary Catheter Kit Assess and document competency of health care workers performing insertion Measure … If rate has dropped below indicated levels proceed back to Tier 1 Measure CAUTI rates monthly Encourage … MDs Methods (cont’d) Get on the Same Page: Senior Leadership Our observation Infection control/quality … that are in place How data is given to the front lines Ideas Ask the infection control professional or quality … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

4433. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2024 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) MEPS is the only national data source measuring how Americans use and pay for medical care, health insurance, and out-of-pocket spending. Annual surveys of individuals and families, as well as their health care providers, provide data on health status, the use of medical …

4434. Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/casestudies.html
      December 01, 2017 - Research shows that patient engagement in health care can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality … To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is developing a guide … Partnering With Patients To Improve Quality, Safety, and the Patient Experience—Case Study ( PDF File … One-Page Summaries Partnering To Improve Safety, Quality, and the Patient Experience—For Providers … Partnering To Improve Safety, Quality, and the Patient Experience—For Patients ( PDF File , 122.95 KB

4435. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Assemble the Team and Engage Leadership
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/assemble/assemble-the-team.pptx
      May 01, 2017 - medicine, pediatricians, anesthesiologist) Executive partners* Pharmacists Patient safety officers Chief quality … beliefs, and behaviors that facilitate the initiative Address issues that require adaptive solutions with measures … Meet with hospital departments (risk management, quality improvement) to ensure that L&D CUSP efforts … are integrated into overall hospital quality improvement and patient safety efforts. … List team member names and contact information on the Background Quality Improvement Team Information

4436. PowerPoint Presentation
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      June 02, 2025 - Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AHRQ is a Federal agency whose mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality … We will use several measures to evaluate effectiveness: How many miscommunications are corrected during

4437. Warm Handoff Plus (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/warm-handoff-slides-final508.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Patients and Families Presenter Presentation Notes The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AHRQ is a Federal agency whose mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality … We will use several measures to evaluate effectiveness: How many miscommunications are corrected during

4438. Implementation Guide: Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/123-mrsa-toolkit-implementation-guide.docx
      October 01, 2024 - It provides guidance on assembling and running a CUSP team, and how to engage individuals in quality … Key considerations include: · What specific metric will we use to measure progress? … The objective of optimizing and assessing environmental cleaning is to measure cleaning effectiveness … and techniques, as well as guidance on how to implement a hand hygiene promotion program and how to measure … and overuse concerns associated with antibiotic use by using coordinated interventions to improve and measure

4439. About AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - About AHRQ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the federal agency charged … with improving the quality and safety of healthcare delivery. … It was created under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 . … improve the quality and safety of the healthcare system. … system, AHRQ remains steadfastly oriented toward a quality agenda.

4440. Data and Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/data-analytics.html
      August 01, 2023 - HCUP family of databases can enable research on COVID-related health policy issues, including cost and quality