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5281. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - compendium is the result of an impressive collaboration between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … we answer these questions and resolve these issues so that the American public receives the highest quality … Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality David N. Tornberg, M.D., M.P.H.

5282. Acknowledgments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - without the involvement of many people, both inside and outside of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Just as numerous were a large collection of peer reviewers given the task of ensuring the quality and

5283. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
      January 28, 2011 - Advisors as Members of Quality and Safety Committees ..................... 50 Preparing quality or … advise on policies and practices to support patient and family engagement, and recommend how to better measure … and safety initiatives, work with your quality improvement department to identify and monitor measures … Quality improvement methodology To better understand the quality improvement process, it is helpful … data Quality and safety committees frequently work with quality and safety data, including data from

5284. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2022 - With Devices Section 5 – Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation Assessing the Quality … In assessing the quality of evidence of a new strategy, well- conducted randomized controlled trials … The ABATE Infection Trial has the following high-quality features: • Randomized controlled trial. … See the above section on the Quality of the Evidence. … Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated

5285. Institutional Review Board Approval of Practice-based Research Network Patient Safety Studies (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Graham.pdf
      April 14, 2004 - execution of three separate patient safety studies funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Outcome measures We examined the following information from the review process for the three studies … must find better solutions to the IRB dilemma if they are to fulfill their potential of providing quality … Conclusion The IRB approval process presents a formidable barrier to carrying out quality research … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

5286. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - We put measures in place to make sure that another pressure ulcer doesn't develop. … She's very interested in physical assessment, quality metrics, and quality improvement. … Janet's role is to push for more quality improvement. … She believes the facility hasn't done enough to promote quality improvement. … QI Coordinator/MDS Nurse: Jackie covers quality improvement and acts as the MDS nurse.

5287. Final Progress Report: Adverse Event-Directed Analysis in Ambulatory Primary Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/kennerly-ballard-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Given the high priority of improving patient safety as part of overall healthcare quality improvement … and cause is “the factors and agents that led to an incident”; prevention and mitigation are “the measures … This not only provides information that helps with quality assurance of reviews by project staff and … Quality of Care: Patient Safety. … To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System: A Report from the Committee on Quality of Healthcare

5288. PowerPoint Presentation
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      August 21, 2015 - Module 5 5 Additional Resource: AHRQ’s Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and … First, health care organizations have a commitment to meet patient expectations for safe, quality care … Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety.” … Patients can help hospitals work as partners with patients and families to improve quality and safety … Research and Quality.

5289. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/014-ss-cleaning.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Surgical Services Optimizing Environmental Cleaning 8 Three Key Facets of Environmental Cleaning Quality … | 9 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Quality … Control Some questions to ask when implementing quality control: What system and product will be used … Monitoring Program The team implemented fluorescent gel monitoring in the cardiac ORs Collects process measure … Methods to monitor quality of cleaning include observation, culturing, fluorescent gel monitoring, and

5290. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2021, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2021-Compendium-TechDoc-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - Health Systems, 2021, Technical Documentation Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Introduction In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Comparative … Definition of a Health System The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) uses the following … A systemwide measure of the count of outpatient centers. … Product We used the 2021 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures

5291. Introduction to the SPPC‐II Teamwork Toolkit for Obstetric Hemorrhage (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_1-introduction-speaker-notes.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - also known as SPPC‐ II) presented by the Johns Hopkins University, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … outcomes, AIM partners with State teams and health systems to align national‐, State‐, and hospital‐level quality … the adaptive skills that allow you to best engage in teamwork that keeps your patients’ safety and quality …                                                           SCRIPT AIM is a national data‐driven maternal safety and quality … Acknowledgments • This project is funded and implemented by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

5292. Standardizing Medication Error Event Reporting in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - Center Registry and MEDMARX are considered nominal-style variables, and therefore only descriptive measures … A report of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC). … Washington, DC: Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force; February 2000. … The quest for quality. Rockville (MD): USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety; 2003.

5293. Issue Brief - Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis (pdf file)
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      August 03, 2020 - Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2020. … Key: HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; QA = quality assurance; QI = quality … Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2019. … Implications of Telediagnosis for Diagnostic Quality and Safety References

5294. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers References Previous Page   Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Executive Summary Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. ST-PRA Development Chapter 3…

5295. Appendix A. Exclusion Criteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Appendix A. Exclusion Criteria Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adul…

5296. Appendix G. Readiness Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Appendix G. Readiness Assessment Previous Page   Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-…

5297. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship (June 10, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Associate Director for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Programs in the Division of Healthcare Quality … stop them, and if it was and they had culture results, to tailor the antibiotics, and we decided to measure … that affects how our doctors get paid, and every year we have the ability to focus on a particular quality … A lot of what is being asked with respect to documentation, quality, fall risk, urinary catheter appropriateness … have infectious disease doctors in their hospitals and they work with chief medical officers, chief quality

5298. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/ereports.html
      December 01, 2014 - Weights are calculated in two ways: Point-to-Point: using two data points, to determine if weight

5299. Reducing the Use of Short-acting Nifedipine by Hypertensives Using a Pharmaceutical Database (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2005 - completed in March 2001, again with recommendations for the VISN Formulary Leaders Committee to take measures … VHA Office of Quality and Performance. Clinical Practice Guidelines Home Page. … VHA Office of Quality and Performance. The Hypertension Workgroup. … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

5300. Puh-Implementation-Factraining-Guide (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - We understand that to be in this training you already have experience with quality improvement programs … Implementation of the Healing Reports  The Dietitian had collected the diet and supplement orders, weights … the processes as needed prior to rolling it out to the facility at large as consistent with a true quality … Is this approach different from other quality improvement or change processes you have been involved … The On-Time implementation approach is similar to other quality improvement projects.