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1861. Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2016 - Know What the Literature Says About the Risk of Venous Thromboembolisms and Measures for Prevention … by AT9 carefully grades the levels of evidence based on the strength of the recommendations and the quality … the Work There is a lot of information to absorb and integrate into policies, protocols, education programs

1862. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
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      April 30, 2013 - outcomes, specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures … The team can review formal survey measures and talk to people to help identify: • Current ways admission … Traditionally, professional schools, including medical schools and academic programs that train health … communication challenges and facilitators, you can identify what needs to be improved and ways to measure … Helpful Link For more information on setting aims and identifying measures, see the Institute of

1863. 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 … data specific for Cancer Centers ICU chosen as pilot unit: Trialed a daily needs assessment program … Slide 36 Refocusing Efforts CAUTI rates plateaued: Foley manufacturer offered program to … 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

1864. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Healthcare Facility Design (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2023 - ■ Developing, implementing, and evaluating healthcare facility design tools, toolkits, programs, and … of Environments Aligned for Patient Safety (IDEA4PS) project led to improvements in the safety and quality … researchers, research consumers, and decision makers of the depth and breadth of the evidence; identify the measures … Networked Feedback for Bed Tilt Compliance Final Report 2013- 2014 $99,821 Purpose: Identify, measure … The model strategically used systems engineering tools to measure, characterize, and optimize the environment

1865. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - BMJ Quality & Safety 2024 September 26 . … Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions (January 16, 2025) Report Protocol Programs

1866. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - , training , and reports to help health systems deliver CLAS so that all patients receive high quality … Tips on Writing a Quality Report TalkingQuality offers guidance on producing comparative information … on healthcare quality that's understandable and useful to consumers. … Tip 5: Make a Health Care Quality Report Culturally Appropriate helps readers feel like the report was … HHS Resources Think Cultural Health is a program of the U.S.

1867. Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Reaching Adolescents to Deliver Preventive Services (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2024 - conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey at the state level and, as a result, data are not available to measure … For example, increased funding to support projects like the CDC’s What Works in Schools program to provide … What Works In Schools Program. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/whatworks/what-works-overview.htm. … Improvement"[Mesh] OR "Quality Measure*"[tiab] OR "Healthy People Programs"[Majr] OR "Health Plan Implementation … Improvement"] OR ("Quality" NEXT Measure*):ti,ab OR [mh "Healthy People Programs"] OR [mh "Health Plan

1868. Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Calibrate Dx is a resource developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that guides … Gain experience measuring and improving diagnostic quality with support from the Institute for Healthcare … Improvement (IHI) and other leading healthcare quality organizations. … Identify improvement strategies that may advance diagnostic quality and safety for patients cared for … group practices, departments within clinics or hospitals, and physician or other clinician training programs

1869. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (doc file)
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      January 28, 2011 - 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 … It can be conducted during a training and orientation session, committee meeting, or in-service program … and safety programs. … Patient and families are members of standing committees and make decisions at the program and policy

1870. Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care … Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Say: The Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety … fetal physiologic deterioration and urgent conditions are the focus of this bundle of the AHRQ Safety Program … Presence of graduate medical education or nurse midwifery programs with in-house residents or students … Monitor implementation progress and impact, collecting data for quality improvement to refine the unit

1871. Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors, Volume 1: Why Patient Narratives Matter (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - Forum (NQF) identified no newly published measures based on patient experiences with diagnostic errors … patient experience, strategies that can be categorized (in accordance with a recent NQF report) as “measure … information directly from a patient, family or caregiver may be the most optimal way to measure communication … Patient Reported Measures: Potential and Peril for Assessing Diagnostic Excellence (Expert Convening … Patients’ experiences with communication-and-resolution programs after medical injury.

1872. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - Help doctors and nurses improve quality. … Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., developed and tested a method called the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … Their quality and safety efforts reduced readmissions by 22 percent in 18 months, saving approximately … Since the initial program, Project ECHO has spread: Geographically—With 77 specialist hubs in 33 … "...MEPS remains an important resource to those concerned with program cost and efficiency as well

1873. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Healthy Living | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - Strategy Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy—National Quality … Strategy Priorities Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Patient Safety Part 3: National Quality … Coordination Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Effective Treatment Part 3: National Quality … Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program … Return to Contents Return to National Quality Strategy Priorities

1874. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
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      April 01, 2011 - – for example, working together with staff, clinicians, and leaders to improve policies, processes, programs … patients and family members to work together with health care staff to develop and evaluate policies and programs … Many of the measures from the CAHPS Hospital Survey — particularly those related to patient-provider … Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. … NC Program on Health Literacy with two examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

1875. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - Final Report on the National On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … A project of: Health Research & Educational Trust Johns Hopkins University Quality and Safety Research … Group Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality Contents … Project Team     Project Stakeholders     Education Program     Coaching Program Impact     Project … Tailor National Program for Local and Unit Audiences     5.

1876. Section 4. Identifying Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - conditions to become life threatening while the patient waits to be seen is a major patient-safety and quality-of-care … team brainstorming various strategies, testing them (e.g., through kaizen events [i.e., a continuous quality … One strategy was eliminated because the hospital already had a program in place to address the particular

1877. Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation AHRQ Safety Program for … For example, after team measures BP, the BP value is provided to team on a card.

1878. Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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

1879. 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 - 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 … It can be conducted during a training and orientation session, committee meeting, or in-service program … and safety programs. … Patient and families are members of standing committees and make decisions at the program and policy

1880. Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - by tracking personal information, such as diet, physical activity, medication adherence, and sleep quality … She also is a member of the Partnership for Quality Measurement. … To learn more about AHRQ's Research Education and Training Programs, please visit https://www.ahrq.gov