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2201. PS Grantee | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2024 - reports from research grants administered since 2000 on a variety of patient safety topics, such as measure … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety subdivision … These topics include human factors approaches to improve patient safety, patient safety measure development … progress reports listed here were submitted by the principal investigator and approved by the assigned program … Grant Number: R01 HS 024547 Topic(s): Measure Implementation Publication Date: February 2022

2202. 3 Tk2 T1-Suggested Agenda For Meeting On Monitoring Final (doc file)
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      October 01, 2016 - or quality improvement (QI) efforts? … 5 minutes What measures are needed to evaluate progress towards goals? … Examples of simple measures: (1) the rate of antibiotic use (e.g., the number of fluoroquinolones used … Examples of moderately complex measures: (1) number of antibiotic prescriptions divided by the number … Example of complex measures: (1) Focus on a particular infection and look at the rate of compliance with

2203. Transcript: How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections in ICUs (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2022 - Kate Schmidgall: This audio interview is a production of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … There's a lot of quality improvement initiatives, there's a lot of best practices, AHRQ Safety Program … in the ICU right now with central lines or with Foley catheters, with a reminder that part of our quality … Patients and families can be integrated into ICU care, and specifically infection control prevention measures … This has been a production of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the U.S.

2204. Appendix D. Falls Engineer Instructions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities Appendix D. … : A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities Chapter 1. … Introduction and Program Overview Chapter 2. Fall Response Chapter 3. … Case Study and Program Examples Appendix D. … Measure the thickness of each chair leg.

2205. Diagnostic Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - Definitions of Diagnosis Types of Evidence Used To Assess Diagnosis Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality … address diagnosis-related terminology challenges and opportunities, healthcare systems and training programs … should be explicit and clarify what is meant, including assumptions and related methods used to study, measure … Develop training programs and educational initiatives that emphasize a shared understanding of the history

2206. Training-Tools-Facnotes (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - Slide 12 SAY: There are many reasons that programs or improvements are not sustained. … barriers to sustainability: Lack of Organizational Infrastructure and Resources Evidence shows that programs … Outcomes measures, or measures that describe the effect of the intervention or improvement on the measure … Slide 31 SAY: After determining who will measure, what you will measure, and when to measure, it … is now time to determine how to measure.

2207. Final Progress Report: Development and Validation of a Tool to Evaluate Handoff Quality (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - To date, no standardized, validated metric exists to measure handoff quality. … conducted 366 handoff observations amongst the University of Chicago Internal Medicine Residency Program … ] it intends to measure through the use of these standardized video scenarios. … Videos can be used by programs to train senders and receivers in handoff communication. … ACGME Common Program Requirements.

2208. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2020 - improvement measures. … measures easier. … When selecting quality improvement measures, practices will want to remember that, unlike accountability … Practices should also regularly compare quality measures to practice-level goals and external benchmarks … help in following evidence-based care plans, such as an exercise class or a nutritional assistance program

2209. Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically … Say: It’s important from a preventative strategy to look at both processes and outcome measures. … It’s also important to collect process measures to make sure that the staff in your ICU is implementing … 28: Know Your Data Say: At the end of the day, surveillance is a critical component of every quality … You can’t prevent VAEs if you can’t measure them.

2210. Perspectives on Diagnostic Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - Definitions of Diagnosis Types of Evidence Used To Assess Diagnosis Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality … who need to ensure the financial health of their organization, often focus on satisfying regulatory measures … for quality to optimize reimbursement. … Some may look to satisfy performance standards within incentive programs to enhance institutional reputation … diagnostic improvement, and each perspective should be considered for the role it has in ensuring diagnostic quality

2211. Outcome and Process Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2013 - Eliminating CAUTI: Interim Data Report Outcome and Process Measures Previous Page Next Page … Report Executive Summary Introduction and Objectives Methods Results Outcome and Process Measures … Culture Measures Conclusions CAUTI rates were calculated following both the NHSN … method and a population-adjusted method (go to Measures for details). … Outcome Measures CAUTI Rates CAUTI Rate Using NHSN Calculation CAUTI rates calculated using NHSN

2212. Facilitator Guide: Deep-Rooting Your Data (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Improvement -Program or NSQIP data set. … Each is a process measure, immediately available for feedback. … Slide 5 Process Measure Examples SAY: These are examples of process measures you can implement in … outcome measure data. … administrators, you provide the necessary information to support your requests and accelerate your programs

2213. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2019 - improvement measures. … measures easier. … When selecting quality improvement measures, practices will want to remember that, unlike accountability … Practices should also regularly compare quality measures to practice-level goals and external benchmarks … help in following evidence-based care plans, such as an exercise class or a nutritional assistance program

2214. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives
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      April 01, 2022 - Indwelling Urinary Catheter Alternatives Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness AHRQ Safety Program … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Appendix C. Sample Bladder Scan Policy. … October 2020. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-c.html … weighing for reduction of indwelling urinary use and catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a quality

2215. Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2020 - Sign up: Quality Measure Tools Email updates Slide 1 Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery System … causal directions, and base rates depending on the ecological conditions under which the processes or programs … Measure context as an analytic variable in our models– not as study setting descriptions. … components were delivered as specified by the program logic model/theory. … Measures Topic: Tools & Toolkits

2216. Getting Started: Laying the Groundwork for Implementing Automatic Referral and Effective Care Coordination (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2023 - Terms and Definitions • Measure: quantifies the extent, quality, value, or effect of something. … Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures o AACVPR’s Enrollment in CR Measure Specification … Examples If your measure was the percentage of patients graduating annually from your CR program … If your measure was the percent of patients graduating annually from your CR program who did not die … Measures (aacvpr.org), as are links to webinars to help certified programs learn how to generate them

2217. Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist Care for Children on Medicaid (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2019 - CAHPS is a program of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … asthma care quality, inpatient care measures). … https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/index.html … https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/ … Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) was approved by the Office of Management

2218. Access to Outpatient Specialty Care for Children (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2018 - asthma care quality, inpatient care measures). … We are unaware of any existing quality measures specific to the rate of participating specialists for … Identification of Disparities CHIPRA requires that quality measures be able to identify disparities … Levels of Aggregation CHIPRA states that data used in quality measures must be collected and reported … Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) was approved by the Office of Management

2219. 43-Pathway-Worksheet (doc file)
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      June 01, 2023 - Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence review conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving

2220. CHIPRA 81: Bibliography (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - Devolution's policy impact on non-emergency medical transportation in State Children's Health Insurance Programs … Development of the PROMIS® Pediatric Global Health (PGH-7) Measure. … Concurrent validity of the PROMIS® pediatric global health measure. … The effect of the WIC program on the health of newborns. … Longitudinal factorial invariance of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales child self-report Version: One