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4661. Pillars of a Smart, Safe Operating Room (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Seagull_98.pdf
      April 07, 2008 - Currently, no accepted measure of efficiency exists within the OR environment. … be used to analyze current practices, identify inefficiencies and dangers, develop solutions, and measure … Some of our current work is focused on establishing quantitative, valid measures of workflow within … experiences in video capturing37 and analysis38 are being used as a basis for development of workflow measures … Expanded surgical time out: A key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.

4662. Value Set Export (xls file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0084coding.xls
      January 01, 2012 - Value Set Export Disclaimer Copyright 2012 American Medical Association and National Committee for Quality … Physician Performance Measures (Measures) and related data specifications have been developed by the … convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement(R) (the PCPI[TM]) and the National Committee for Quality … Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for convenience. … CPT(R) contained in the Measure specifications is copyright 2004-2011 American Medical Association.

4663. Pf-Engagement-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/engage/pf-engagement-facilitator-guide.docx
      May 01, 2017 - which patients, family members, clinicians, and hospital staff work together as partners to improve the quality … This partnership is important because health care quality and safety directly affect patients and families … Communication among L&D team members and patient and family members is important to the delivery of high-quality … Suggests comfort measures during labor to the woman and her partner. … It should track, trend, and analyze necessary data for quality assurance and other identified purposes

4664. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-business-case-fac-guide.html
      February 01, 2017 - introduces building a business case for quality improvement. … Ask: How can quality improvement make your institution more cost efficient? … Say: Quality improvement can also produce several intangible effects. … For instance, as quality is improved, fewer malpractice claims may be filed. … Ask: If one study reduced a key measure significantly through an intervention, how would implementing

4665. Tool 12: Cross Continuum Collaboration Tool (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Your staff can place a referral easily with minimal wasted time; The organization can receive high-quality … Measure 1.

4666. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - also created a tool to assess the processes and teamwork during QI team meetings and a new survey to measure … assistive tools, and an EMR-based checklist, did not improve diagnostic confidence or self-reported measures … A new measure tool to assess staff experience of intrahospital patient transfers. … Configurable parameters (i.e., variables, weights) enable adjusted baseline risk estimates in real time … Put into clinical practice and measure how this systematic process improves agreement among clinicians

4667. Frameworks for Change and Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Role of the Nurse Manager : Explains the responsibilities and leadership role of nurse managers in quality … and Physician Champion Potential These checklists, developed by Andrea Silvey, Ph.D., M.S.N., chief quality

4668. Inpatient-to-Outpatient Transitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions5.html
      June 01, 2023 - Medical students are taught from their early clinical foundation the importance of preparing for a high-quality

4669. AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/Medical-Office-Users-Guide-2021.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - by shared perceptions of the importance of safety, and by confidence in the efficacy of preventive measures … Based on these activities,the design team developed draft survey items to measure the key composites … Medical Office Definition The purpose of the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture is to measure … There are 38 items grouped into 10 composite measures or composites. … The midpoints of the scales are reported as a separate category (Neither or Sometimes).

4670. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - .............................................................................................. 24 Quality … AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Transcript 25 Quality Improvements Click … on each quality improvement program for CAUTI prevention that are in place in your ED, then click submit … collect data for your CAUTI reduction plan, whether this data is for the national initiative or your own quality … Observation Status Quo Ownership Cryptic Handoffs Problematic Expectations Assumptions Questioned Quality

4671. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ena-slides.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - .............................................................................................. 24 Quality … AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Transcript 25 Quality Improvements Click … on each quality improvement program for CAUTI prevention that are in place in your ED, then click submit … collect data for your CAUTI reduction plan, whether this data is for the national initiative or your own quality … Observation Status Quo Ownership Cryptic Handoffs Problematic Expectations Assumptions Questioned Quality

4672. Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact4.html
      July 01, 2024 - Such records can improve the quality of care delivered, improve coordination and communication across … Future regulations must support clinicians in creating high-quality documentation while recognizing systematic … Existing quality and reimbursement programs must adjust their data collection and quality measurement

4673. Learn From Defects Tool—Perioperative Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn-from-defects.html
      December 01, 2017 - Your team will need to collect data to objectively measure how successfully an intervention was implemented … Your team will need to collect data to objectively measure how successfully an intervention was implemented

4674. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI (September 9, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.html
      November 01, 2015 - ward, nurse educators, physicians and then also hospital leadership as well, infection preventionists, quality … one nurse educator said: “Most of our patients are critically ill, so we do need the Foleys so we can measure … You want it measured, but they're not agreeing in how to document it or how to measure it.” … If the clinical evaluation suggests that the delirium may be related to an infectious quality, and there

4675. Final Progress Report: Generalizability and Spread of an Evidenced-based Fall Prevention Toolkit: Fall TIPS (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grant Award Number. 1R18HS025128 Structured Abstract … Key Words: innovation science, patient safety, quality, clinical decision support, fall risk assessment … nurses’ quotes to develop items, research team inputs to refine and organize items into provisional scales … make item reduction decisions and then examine reliability and validity.7 Fall TIPS Audit Tool: To measure … requires continual engagement of patient and families in the three-step fall prevention process.1, 3 Measures

4676. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 2: Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … McNellis, M.P.H., P.A., Agency for Health Research and Quality Janice L. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2011. …   nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj measures to CMS or states Generate lists of patients  mlkj mlkj mlkj mlkj

4677. Transcript: How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2022 - Kate Schmidgall: This audio interview is a production of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … There's a lot of quality improvement initiatives, there's a lot of best practices, AHRQ Safety Program … in the ICU right now with central lines or with Foley catheters, with a reminder that part of our quality … Patients and families can be integrated into ICU care, and specifically infection control prevention measures … This has been a production of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the U.S.

4678. Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit (pdf file)
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      February 26, 2008 - systemic approach is identification of conditions under which errors occur and implementation of measures … Impoverished information quality. 6. Ambiguity in performance standards. 7. … After the individual scales were recoded to create unidirectional scales, mean scores across device … Consequently, aggregated scores on individual scales (e.g., error scale) expressed more negative attitudes … Often, when asking people to respond to statements that measure socially questionable acts or activities

4679. EvidenceNOW: Ohio Cooperative (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-OH-profile.pdf
      September 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The goal is to catalyze the development of a sustainable, state-based external primary care quality … of the American College of Physicians, Ohio Nurses Association, Ohio Pharmacists Association, and Quality … all Ohioans by aligning the state’s strong primary care network and stakeholder organizations with quality … in facilitated co-design approach to develop a heart healthy QI building a successful heart healthy quality

4680. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/asc-items.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture … /asc/userguide/ascguide.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety … Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to the safety culture composites they are intended to measure