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1801. With Guidance from the Field, AHRQ Launches an Ambitious Strategy for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-launches-pcor-strategy.html
      July 01, 2023 - “Mental health support programs should be prioritized for healthcare workers.” … The Framework identifies four main priorities for AHRQ’s investments: High-quality, safe care aligned … We are launching a unique PCOR training program responsive to our Strategic Framework priorities.

1802. Final Progress Report: Care and Safety Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Home-Based Long-Term Services and Supports (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/wendel-hummell-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - home care as well as limited data measures.9 Nonetheless, unmet care needs are widely reported.10 Among … Additionally, HCAs and the DSW workforce should be included in measures of network adequacy to help measure … Scales K. It is time to resolve the direct care workforce crisis in long-term care. … Demonstrating the value of MLTSS programs [Internet]. … (Quality Care through Quality Jobs).

1803. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - Use data to assess progress: Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Infection rates Process measures … Improvement, Infection Control, Education, & other departments to reduce CAUTI Continuing to develop program … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to

1804. Diagnostic error in mental health: a review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-mental-health-bmjqs.pdf
      April 15, 2024 - Nevertheless, a lack of clear consensus on how to conceptualise, defne and measure errors in diagnosis … biases can interfere with this process.4–6 Validated psycho- logical tests and symptom reporting scales … More detailed conceptual and operational defini- tions for diagnostic errors are needed to measure and … Factors associated with depression detection in a new Hampshire mental health outreach program. … A program to provide Clinicians with feedback on their diagnostic performance in a learning health

1805. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Executive Summary Report Organization Program … Implementation Program Impact What We Learned: Five Key Lessons Lessons on How To Improve Future … Success factors at the national program level included having well-defined, evidence-based interventions … believes that On the CUSP: Stop BSI has created a strong foundation for future State and regional quality … to support ongoing efforts to train hospital staff in unit-based approaches to improving safety and quality

1806. Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-pediatric-safety.pdf
      September 01, 2023 - One example is SIDM’s Patients Improving Research in Diagnosis (PAIRED) program. … For example, AHRQ’s Measure Dx pilot implementation project designed to develop capacity for diagnostic … measures and outcomes remain behind adult diagnostic safety. … The Diagnostic Error Index: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Identify and Measure Diagnostic Errors … Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events.

1807. AHRQ Hospital Financial Measures Database Methodology Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/hfmd-methodology-report.pdf
      August 02, 2024 - Unreimbursed care cost includes shortfalls in payments by local and State assistance programs for patients … payers, government programs, and patient payments. … Future measure development activities could include expanding the measures by using utilization variables … Hospital Financial Measures Database 15 Methodology Report FINANCIAL MEASURE GROUP RATIOS: TABLES 3.1 … Estimate regression coefficients using these weights.

1808. Preparing for and Recovering After Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/colorectal-booklet.pdf
      November 01, 2023 - is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Your surgery team will create a recovery program just for you. … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … F Measure how much liquid is in the ostomy bag. … F Measure how much liquid is in the ostomy bag.

1809. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - We hope it will be used to guide quality improvement efforts at facilities with physician training programs … toolkit can be used as a self-learning module or as an adjunct to existing educational or orientation programs … Introducing a population-based outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education

1810. 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 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment … This graphic from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s or AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS program depicts … These techniques are being integrated into health care through programs such as TeamSTEPPS. … Through these measures, briefings can help improve patient safety. … At the end of the case, the checklist prompts the team to have a discussion that includes process measures

1811. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to

1812. Module 16: Academic Detailing as a Quality Improvement Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-16-academic-detailing.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Quality U.S. … interested in becoming academic detailers, and several states have implemented academic detailing programs … Thus, most initial visits require explaining the nature of the program and making it clear that it is … What the academic detailing service is: Why the sponsoring group has established the program. … • Ineffective key messages: • HbA1c levels are indirect measures of glucose levels.

1813. Patient and Family Engagement in the Emergency Department | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - My name is Sarah Dalton, and I am a Program Specialist at the Health Research and Educational Trust. … Development Lead and works with teams guiding the CUSP CAUTI acute and long-term care in TeamSTEPPS programs … programs nationally, so we focus on every element of health care, and especially on what many refer … family presence policy, even such that patients' families are allowed to be a part of resuscitative measures … Encouraging patient advisors to serve on safety and quality performance improvement teams, especially

1814. Appendix C. Article Exclusion List with Reason for Exclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - before 2002 Dixon RE,  1987 Costs of nosocomial infections and benefits of infection control programs … Published before 2002 Haley RW, 1985  The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs … Published before 2002 Misset B, 2004 A continuous quality-improvement program reduces nososcomial … to calculated attributable CLABSI cost estimates Waters HR, 2011 The business case for quality … : economic analysis of the Michigan Keystone Patient Safety Program in ICUs.

1815. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Infant Mortality and Maternity Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
      June 01, 2018 - Strategy Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy—National Quality … Coordination Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Effective Treatment Part 3: National Quality … Maternity Care for Blacks Measure Most Recent Disparity Disparity Change Live-born … Infant Mortality Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all birth weights, by race, 2003-2012, and … Program covers each stage of the childbearing cycle: pregnancy, postpartum period, early childhood, and

1816. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship5.html
      August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Diagnostic Stewardship … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality … unnecessary tests translated to reductions in false positive diagnoses, the authors of the study could not measure … These changes, combined with education and other components of the IHS’s population-based kidney care program … 42,43 Analytic interventions Analytic interventions focus on laboratory actions and include internal quality

1817. Making Healthcare Safer IV Report Expanded With New Evidence Reviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/910.html
      April 01, 2024 - Issue Number 910 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Tina Hernandez-Boussard To Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity Through … Grantee Profile Highlights Work of Tina Hernandez-Boussard To Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity Through … developed methodologies to understand the optimal structure and composition of primary care teams and measure … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

1818. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: On-Demand Advice, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Minor Health Conditions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6f.pdf
      March 01, 2017 - to improve members’ experiences with care, as reflected in the CAHPS Health Plan Survey’s access measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2014. … statutes and regulations that apply to any provider, including being licensed in all states in which the program … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1819. Main Line Health System Uses Patient Safety Culture Survey in Suburban Philadelphia Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2012 - The survey is part of the system's comprehensive patient safety program and has yielded measurable benefits … Denise Murphy, RN, MPH, Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality, says, "The survey contributes greatly … Sandeep Sarawgi, MBA, Quality Consultant, also provided data analysis.

1820. Learn About CUSP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/learn/sl-cusp.html
      December 01, 2012 - CUSP Aligns With and Supports Other Quality and Safety Tools Slide 6. … Learning Objectives Show how CUSP supports other quality and safety tools. … Describe Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework and the goals of the CUSP Toolkit. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Defense. TeamSTEPPS. … Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, April 2011.