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4701. Final Progress Report: Developing biomechanical models from initiated fall actions and reactions in frail elderly patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/morse-merryweather-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - This project was funded under grant number R03 HS26264 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 13.60 Other 5 11.90 8 17.80 13 14.80 4 METHODS (STUDY DESIGN, DATA SOURCES/COLLECTION, INTERVENTIONS, MEASURES … end of walking Table 3 Definitions for Biomechanical Outcomes Determining Stability Term Units of Measure … There was a random effect of trial to account for the correlated time measures within each trial. … Sternad, Sensitivity of smoothness measures to movement duration, amplitude, and arrests.

4702. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Health Quality Ontario. Portable bladder ultrasound: an evidence-based analysis.

4703. Screening for Depression in Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/depression/depsum1.html
      April 01, 2013 - interventions aimed at improving recognition and treatment of patients with depression and that incorporated quality … The results of the comprehensive review are available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … provided feedback and treatment advice and helped practices develop systematic means of improving the quality

4704. Case 2. Central Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case2.html
      November 01, 2014 - Currently, PDSA is used by the quality department for unit-based and department-based quality improvement … hospital is also part of a network that provides state-wide data on Door-to-Balloon (D2B) time and other measures … Where available, we provide outcomes data, including quantitative measures, provided by the hospital … The hospital measures impact at the project level, at the value stream level and ultimately at the organizational … Overall, the business case at the hospital was somewhat hard to measure beyond ROI because according

4705. Appendix O. Part 2—Disinfection/Sterilization Record Keeping: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-o-fac-notes.html
      May 01, 2017 - On the test strips, they may also have you perform quality checks. … Also, the water quality is a very large component of quality processing. … There are now quality testing devices for AERs to make sure that we're getting the correct amount and … Also, very important is the quality of the final rinse. AAMI also has a TIR on water. … Slide 16: Quality Control Ability To Track Scope Use For quality control, ability to track the scope

4706. Final Progress Report: Encoding and Processing Patient Allergy Information in EHRs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/zhou-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The NLP module achieved an F-measure of 96.7% for the detection of allergens. … Study Design and Measures Aim 1 We mapped both structured and free-text allergy entries in PEAR to Systematized … Our performing model was an SVM, which achieved an F- measure of 74.0%. … Contrast allergy records in EHRs are diverse and commonly low quality. … Quality of documentation of contrast agent allergies in electronic health records.

4707. Final Progress Report: Impacts of Alcohol and Fatigue on Paramedic ALS Skills (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/becker-marques-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - – Eileen Hogan This research was supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Page 8 EMT-Ps in Maryland EMT-Ps in Maryland are certified by the Maryland Board of Physician Quality … to the research is that Maryland’s ACLS-based protocol for EMT-Ps is appropriate as a performance measure … Dependent Measures The dependent measures can be divided into cognitive/psychomotor performance assessments … Internal circuitry can detect and measure defibrillatory and Page 12 cardioversion shocks as well

4708. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/guides/infection-prevent.html
      March 01, 2017 - under contract number HHSA290201000025I, task order 8, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … contractor, Health Research & Educational Trust, have made a good faith effort to take all reasonable measures … Together, all LTC facility team members—residents, family, and staff—can improve quality and prevent … Infection A sign of infection is what you can observe (for example what you can see, hear, feel, or measure … Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland

4709. Improving Referral Communication Using a Referral Tool Within an Electronic Medical Record (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Gandhi_22.pdf
      February 01, 2007 - Claus Hamann, MD, MS Abstract Objectives: Poor outpatient referral communication is an important quality … Introduction Communicating patient information at the time of specialty referral is essential to high-quality … Response rates Measure Intervention Control Total Specialist survey sent 261 169 430 Specialist … Physician survey results N (%) Measure Intervention (N = 141) Control (N = 94) Total (N … Patient survey results N (%) Measure Intervention (N = 113) Control (N = 30) P-value Specialist

4710. Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement-slides.html
      May 01, 2017 - To receive high-quality, safe care. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2012. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2010. … Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 5) . Implementation Handbook.

4711. Final Progress Report: Creation and validation of a training toolkit to ensure safe and proficient use of EHR by medical scribes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/gold-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - This project was funded under grant number R01 HS025141 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … conference in Aim #1 as well as from site visits, it was apparent that methodology mustbe established to measure … Among scribe users, the difference in outcome measures post-scribe compared with baseline varied, and … using a scribe rarely resulted in outcome measures approaching a range similar to the performance levels … Additionally, there was variability in outcome measures across medical specialties and within similar

4712. Health Care Transformation Among Small Urban Practices Serving the Underserved (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-berry.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - practices in implementing an electronic health record and providing training and consultation on quality … improvement (QI) processes, as well as assistance in applying for National Committee for Quality Assurance … Comprehensive Care • Coordinated Care • Health Information Technology • Patient-Centered Care • Quality … Forty-seven of the practices applied for National Committee for Quality Assurance PCMH recognition and … Key Impacts of Transformation Quality of Care • In 78 percent of practices, patients usually or always

4713. Using Root Cause Analysis to Reduce Falls in Rural Health Care Facilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/Advances-Ruddick_61.pdf
      March 09, 2008 - West Virginia’s quality improvement organization, the West Virginia Medical Institute, worked collaboratively … Improvement Corps, a national training program cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … We used a single quality measure to monitor results of this project: fall rate, expressed as falls per … include the completion of the initial fall risk assessments and implementation of fall prevention measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001.

4714. EXCEL WORKSHEETS FOR CHARTS ON DATA, TRENDS, AND RATES TO POPULATE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3a_combo_chartinstructions.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - CHARTS ON DATA, TRENDS, AND RATES TO POPULATE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality … Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool B.3a i EXCEL WORKSHEETS FOR CHARTS … This tool takes the rates you have calculated about your hospital’s performance on the AHRQ Quality … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool B.3a … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool B.3a

4715. Looking for Trouble in All the Right Places: The Legal Implications Associated with “Electronic Signatures” and High-risk Clinical Situations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Escobar.pdf
      February 01, 2005 - assurance, and quality improvement. … error detection and reduction efforts,13–15 and the superiority of process (as opposed to outcomes) measures … Detecting differences in quality of care: the sensitivity of measures of process and outcome in treating … Enterprise liability for medical malpractice and health care quality improvement. … Vicarious liability: relocating responsibility for the quality of medical care.

4716. Strategy 1: Working With Patients and Families as Advisors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/strategy1/index.html
      December 01, 2017 - when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality … To promote stronger engagement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the Guide to Patient … and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety, a tested, evidence-based resource to help hospitals … work as partners with patients and families to improve quality and safety. … family advisors are valuable partners in efforts to reduce medical errors and improve the safety and quality

4717. Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/topics/community-health-workers-and-promotores-de-salud.html
      National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (NHQDR) Glossary (en inglés).

4718. Sample Notification Letters CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sample-notification-letters.pdf
      April 07, 2017 - Child Hospital Survey • Sample Telephone Script for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Reporting Measures … and Guidelines • Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Available for … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children. … Thank you for helping to improve health care quality for children.

4719. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2025 - BMJ Quality & Safety 2024 September 26 . … BMJ Quality & Safety 2025 April 29 .

4720. Evaluation Highlight No. 8: CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States Help School-Based Health Centers Strengthen Their Medical Home Features (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight08.pdf
      September 08, 2015 - • Using quality measures to improve child health care … • Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … A commitment to high quality and quality improvement is one feature of a PCMH. … 11 survey to measure students’ engagement with SBHCs. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.