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4461. ChristianaCare Used AHRQ Resources to Reduce Blood Infections, Expedite Stroke Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2020 - To keep patient safety top of mind and regularly measure employees' perceptions of patient safety within … our health system," said Ann Principe, D.N.P., M.B.A., R.N., director in ChristianaCare's Office of Quality … Infections (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality

4462. Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention | 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 K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation G…

4463. Appendix D. Mapping ICD9 and CPT Codes | 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 D. Mapping ICD9 and CPT Codes Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapter 1. Admi…

4464. Final Progress Report: Pediatric patient safety learning laboratory to re-engineer continuous physiologic monitoring systems (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - This project was funded under grant number 5R18HS026620 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Timeline of alarm quality improvement project data collection and interventions. Figure 6. … We also used Safety-2 measures to capture best practices associated with alarm response resilience. … EHR-Integrated Monitor Data to Measure Pulse Oximetry Use in Bronchiolitis. … Analysis: Protocol for a New Method to Measure Physiologic Monitor Alarm Responsiveness.

4465. Interview with the OPTIMA Project Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - led by University of California San Diego, is implementing a four-pronged intervention to improve the quality … In doing so, we seek to address the significant deficits in quality UI care. … as race, ethnicity, income, and urban/rural geographies are often associated with disparities in the quality … that do not have the same IT infrastructure as high-volume offices in urban areas, we were able to measure

4466. A Strategic Approach for Funding Research: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Initiative 2000–2004 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - 21 projects funded under this solicitation are, therefore, intended to identify, characterize, and measure … safety research, means to foster coordination efforts, and the role of qualitative and quantitative measures … Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC). … Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

4467. Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2020 - Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments The CAHPS Consortium collaborated with a number of stakeholders, disability researchers and State agencies to develop the Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments (PWMI). Partners in this work included the following organizations: …

4468. AHRQ Research Priorities and Compliance Guidance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving … the quality of healthcare for all Americans. … Providing high-quality care means providing safe, effective, and individualized care to meet the consumer … AHRQ's Research Priority Areas Research to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. … Diagnostic safety and quality.

4469. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health’s Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Transformational Elements Accessible Services Comprehensive Care Coordinated Care Health IT Quality … management practices to be used by clinic leaders (including root cause analysis, Plan-Do-Study-Act quality … Lean improvement tools were used if clinics consistently did not meet benchmarks established for each measure … Results of Transformation Efforts National Committee for Quality Assurance Level 3 PCMH recognition … This caused staff frustration and hampered quality improvement activities.

4470. 2016 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Part I (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - The survey includes 42 items that measure 12 areas, or composites, of patient safety culture: 1. … The survey includes 42 items that measure 12 areas, or composites, of patient safety culture. … The survey items are grouped by the patient safety culture composite they are intended to measure. … The survey items are grouped by the patient safety culture composite they are intended to measure. … Evaluative measures will need to be assessed before, during, and after implementation of your action

4471. Relationship Between Patient Harm and Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2008 - Main Outcome Measures: The principal outcome measures for this study were: association between specific … To measure the strength of the associations between “harm” and individual error attributes, crude odds … By incorporating these data into a clinical quality improvement framework, quality and safety improvement … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005.

4472. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Recognize the need for an accurate objective outcome measure for VAE. … Slide 22: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients VAE: An Objective Outcome Measure

4473. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2023 - Patient Safety Awareness Week Activities Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., former Director of the Center for Quality … Jeff Brady M.D. , Director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, on LinkedIn. … Learn more about AHRQ's work in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement .

4474. Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings Process: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - With technical and adaptive efforts and an understanding of the science of safety, quality improvement … Slide 11: Example Briefing Audit Tool Say: The hospital’s policy is to measure specific clinical … That briefing is on the low end of the quality briefing spectrum. … These issues are addressed at surgeon meetings, management meetings, and quality improvement meetings

4475. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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      April 01, 2025 - Staff compliance with infection control measures was high. … Using care bundles to improve health care quality. IHI Innovation Series white paper. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/videos/02b-the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/engage

4476. Module 2: Component Kit (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - per week The huddle also gives the supervisor a chance to update the team about specific safety or quality … Getting to Standard Work in Health Care: Using TWI to Create a Foundation for Quality Care. … Measures of the PDSA success: (1) ready to run daily huddle tomorrow and (2) at least one suggestion … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, May 2016. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, May 2016. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals

4477. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2025 - practices: Overviews of the evidence and practical strategies to help integrate MRSA and SSI prevention measures … of surgery, leading up to the operating room (OR), perioperative staff conduct infection prevention measures … Patient safety and quality improvement concepts from CUSP are also integrated into the toolkit materials … CUSP recognizes that, in most cases, patient safety and quality events are parts of the system, rather … Surgeons play vital roles in any undertaking to improve quality and patient safety.

4478. Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Women's Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses , Search: "fetal heart monitoring," Perinatal Quality … This might include an existing medical peer-review process or review by a perinatal safety or quality … when regrouping to determine plan of care if patient does not respond to initial measures.

4479. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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      July 22, 2015 - Practices submitted monthly data on population-level diabetes clinical measures and benchmarking reports … IMPaCT learning collaboratives in North Carolina and Pennsylvania saw improvements on some clinical measures … example, in Pennsylvania, learning collaborative participants improved diabetes process and outcome measures … • How can PCEP partnerships be most effectively supported at the multiple geographic scales that emerge … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

4480. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/final-impact-synthesis-report.pdf
      July 22, 2015 - Practices submitted monthly data on population-level diabetes clinical measures and benchmarking reports … IMPaCT learning collaboratives in North Carolina and Pennsylvania saw improvements on some clinical measures … example, in Pennsylvania, learning collaborative participants improved diabetes process and outcome measures … • How can PCEP partnerships be most effectively supported at the multiple geographic scales that emerge … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.