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5001. Improving-Facnotes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving/improving-facnotes.docx
      May 01, 2017 - The results will help focus your quality improvement efforts and make the case that the teams in your … Through these measures, briefings can help improve patient safety. … In this section, we will call this idea “continuous quality improvement.” … At the end of the case, the checklist prompts the team to have a discussion that includes process measures … This technique is taught in many quality improvement initiatives, including AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS.

5002. Adaptation of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators for Use in ICD-10 Administrative Data by an International Consortium (pdf file)
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      March 10, 2008 - Although the seven area-level indicators are closely related to the 20 hospital-level measures, the … to call attention to the issue of data quality. … of quality of care. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2006. … Impact of diagnosis-timing indicators on measures of safety, comorbidity, and case mix groupings from

5003. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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      August 01, 2009 - interventions to treat tobacco use and dependence should remain in standard ratings and measures … of overall healthcare quality (e.g., NCQA, HEDIS). … These standard measures should also include measures of outcomes (e.g., use of cessation treatment … of overall healthcare quality (e.g., NCQA HEDIS). … These standard measures should also include measures of outcomes (e.g., use of cessation treatment, short

5004. Final Progress Report: Central Venous Catheter (CVC)–Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA 90095 Acknowledgment of Agency Support: 5/27/10, Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality … Reliability of treatment and measures was ensured by providing staff education, confirming CVC care … care facilities have studied the effect of specialty intravenous (IV) teams on IV complications, quality … Patient acuity is recognized as an important quality and safety indicator because, as patient acuity

5005. Mod03-Gap-Analysis-Guide (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - results ■ Board minutes or reports related to quality and safety See Appendix A: CANDOR Gap Analysis … Oversight/management of adverse or “harm” events Organizational safety and/or quality plan a. … Employee engagement surveys Board minutes or reports related to quality and safety a. … Is the safety and quality culture assessed annually? 2. Culture Measurement and Feedback a. … Is the safety and quality culture assessed annually?

5006. Patient Family Engagement PowerPoint Content and Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2013 - where patients, families, clinicians, and hospital staff all work together as partners to improve the quality … at our hospital and who want to help improve experiences for others They help our hospital improve quality … Between Communication and Patient Safety 1 Patient outcomes Patient safety Perceptions of quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2013. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2006.

5007. Final Progress Report: A Memory-Based Approach to Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Denise Burgess Acknowledgment: Prepared with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … warfarin orders placed had nonoptimal INR values, with a gap of more than 24 hours from previous INR measure … Name Range Mean Median Standard Deviation INR >3.5* 3.6 - 12.6 5.0 4.4 1.7 INR >3.5 & previous measure … warfarin orders placed had nonoptimal INR values, with a gap of more than 24 hours from previous INR measure … Two percent of total warfarin orders with INR >3.5 had a gap of more than 24 hours from previous INR measure

5008. Chapter 3. Description of Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - included experts in patient safety, patient safety event reporting systems, health care delivery and quality … Linking consumer reporting system to quality improvement . … To link the consumer reporting system to quality improvement, participants advised that consumer-reported … Linkages to quality improvement . … Ideas about linking consumer reporting to other quality and patient safety improvements appeared to be

5009. Choosing a Patient Safety Organization (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - PSOs were created as part of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, referred to as … Patient Safety Act encourages individual providers and healthcare organizations to voluntarily report quality … Using this process, PSOs can help healthcare professionals learn from quality and patient safety concerns … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. … PSOs can help you develop successful approaches to improving quality and reducing adverse outcomes.

5010. 034-Ss-Action-Chart-Decisionmaking-Readiness (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - obtain this information directly from your hospital’s infection prevention and control department or quality … · Comprehensive Estimate: The infection measure recommended is the number of your surgical patients … officer, chief nursing officer, director of infection control and prevention, pharmacy, and director of quality … end surgical site infections and resources to help the public understand these infections and take measures

5011. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
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      August 12, 2014 - clinical nurse leader for this unit, she continues to be an active participant in implementing the quality … Is it that we’re not getting accurate weights? … We didn’t have to buy the thousand dollar scales. … So, it works great, the scales. … We check them every hour or two hours and we can measure that output.

5012. CHIPRA - Spotlight on New Mexico (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2015 - New Mexico helped SBHCs to monitor quality and implement QI projects New Mexico hired quality improvement … With this support, SBHCs— • Used quality reports to guide QI efforts. … support the generation of quality reports for each center. … These quality reports were used to guide QI activities. • Pursued QI projects. … the quality of health care for children?

5013. Puh-Implementation-Handouts (doc file)
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      July 01, 2016 - We use the Braden Scale to identify persons at risk of pressure ulcers at admission but we don’t measure … Program Champion: Next on the list is the QAPI or quality improvement meeting. … Other QAPI = Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement; APRN = advanced practice registered … by Month Root cause analysis for new pressure ulcers or ulcers at risk for delayed healing With Quality … X X Quality improvement review Department heads Rehab Department internal review

5014. Session 1 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - have more than 100 falls per year. 2 , 3 , 4 At the same time, another priority is the resident's quality … receive health care, it can be difficult for care providers to meet both of these goals of safety and quality

5015. Introduction to Daily Care Processes: Evidence Behind Spontaneous Awakening Trials, Spontaneous Breathing Trials, and Head of Bed Elevation: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Access the supporting resources for these daily care process measures. … Can be found on the AHRQ Web site at https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety … Can be found on the AHRQ Web site at https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety … Can be found on the AHRQ Web site at https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety

5016. Self-Management Support
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      December 01, 2010 - members of the health care team; the commitment to SMS is practice-wide The Joint Commission Journal on Quality

5017. AHRQ Research Summit Wrap-up (pdf file)
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      September 28, 2016 - Improve Diagnosis in Medicine* • Veterans Health Administration • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

5018. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Preventionist Physician Nurse leader or nurse educator Bedside nurse Other… Slide 4 Quality … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

5019. Module 2: Obtaining Organizational Buy-in and Support | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - Members of the senior leadership team understand the organization’s safety culture and its quality improvement … see the value of a program and how implementation will support the organization’s patient safety and quality … Helping leaders understand how to connect the CANDOR process with the organization’s safety and quality … Staff, in turn, are accountable for the quality of the choices they make to ensure their patients receive … the highest quality of care possible.

5020. Choosing a Point of Comparison for Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2019 - Choosing a Point of Comparison for Health Care Quality Scores A key decision for any report on … comparative quality is how to organize and display comparisons. … topics: Categorizing High and Low Performance Choosing a Comparator Explaining Comparisons of Quality