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2601. Excelling on CAHPS: Lessons from Top-Performing Medicaid and CHIP Health Plans (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150317/stacia_cohen.pdf
      March 17, 2015 - BLUE PLUS MEDICAID PLANS •Medical Assistance (MA) is Minnesota’s Medicaid program. … •Recommendations are included in the corporate quality work plan and annual evaluation. … •Updates to the work plan and the annual evaluation are reviewed by the Quality Council quarterly. … •Culture in Minnesota drives quality improvement throughout the provider community. … • Active participation with MN-Dept of Human Services to improve access and quality of care.

2602. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-business-case-fac-guide.html
      February 01, 2017 - Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically … Slide 10: AHRQ Safety Program Goals Say: The goals of this safety program are simple, although … Why should we devote our scarce resources to your program? … Remaining funds, called profits, are invested in programs to expand the workforce, purchase equipment … Ask: If one study reduced a key measure significantly through an intervention, how would implementing

2603. Final Progress Report: Using an Electronic Health Record to Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure Ulcers (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/stifter-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Measures HAPUs. … A training program with unit champions oriented all nurse users to the HANDS method, and nurses were … Variables were weighted using a weight-by- uncertainty operator, which assigns higher weights to variables … Defusing the confusion: Concepts and measures of continuity of healthcare. … The primary investigator completed all of the requirements of the PhD and graduated from the program

2604. Reports and Other Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - The report serves as a resource for researchers, clinicians and clinical teams, quality improvement experts … It details AHRQ's steady investment in research to improve primary care organization, workforce, quality … Research Gaps in Primary Care To identify primary care gaps, the Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program … This was achieved by building a quality improvement infrastructure for primary care through the use of … Guide to Measuring the Costs of Primary Care Transformation summarizes the methods used by grantees to measure

2605. Final Progress Report: Factors That Enhance Diagnostic Imaging Safety in the Ambulatory Setting (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/lacson-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Measures The primary outcome measure was the incidence of safety events, calculated as the proportion … Measures Two primary outcome measures were (1) rate of follow-up completion, defined as either a lung … Measures The primary outcome measure was timely follow-up of the pulmonary nodule, defined as execution … Measures The primary outcome measure was the prevalence of unscheduled radiology exam orders among all … Measures The primary outcome measure was the mean number of diagnostic radiology examinations per day

2606. Effect of Recent Refresher Training on in Situ Simulated Pediatric Tracheal Intubation Psychomotor Skill Performance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Nishisaki_44.pdf
      April 19, 2008 - We performed an ANOVA with repeated measures to evaluate the effect of C-spine protection method on … Assessing procedural skills training in pediatric residency programs. … Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Anesthesiology national CME program and ASA activities in simulation. … Simulator Measurement/Record Capability • To measure cervical spine extension angle at every second

2607. Final Progress Report: Deaf People and Healthcare (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/barnett-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Measures: CAHPS-ASL is based primarily on the CAHPS Physician and Group Surveys. … Prevention programs: Dr. … CDC Prevention Research Centers Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta (March 26, 2008). Barnett S. … CDC Prevention Research Centers Program Annual Conference, Atlanta (April 13, 2011). … CDC Prevention Research Centers Program Annual Conference, Atlanta (April 12 & 13, 2011).

2608. Close-Out Report: Improving Resuscitation Team Response to Inpatient Critical Events by Simulation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/pliego-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - critical events on non-expectant, non-ICU inpatient mortality rates and critical team process and outcome measures … Upon initiation of the study, the CBT and RRT members and program directors were informed that they … ° RRT underutilization due to system barriers may be overcome with simulation-based programs. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2008 Conference, Bethesda, MA. … A qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives of a simulation-based multidisciplinary training program

2609. Impact of a pediatric-focused medical home learning collaborative on preventable emergency department visits by publicly-insured children in Massachusetts (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/chipra-medical-home-academyhealth.pdf
      December 12, 2015 - Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHSA290200900019I … children (practices solicited through RFA) • Funds obtained through the Children’s Health Insurance Program … • We are not testing for an association between measures of “medical homeness” and preventable … Research Question 2: 6-month CE in 6 consecutive 6-month periods (1/2011-12/2013) Outcome Measure … PCMH) Pediatric PCMH Learning Collaborative Research Goal Research Questions Data Sample Outcome Measure

2610. Final Progress Report: Application of Machine Learning to Enhance e-Triggers to Detect and Learn from Diagnostic Safety Events (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/singh-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - recommends that accrediting organizations and Medicare “require that healthcare organizations have programs … external incentives to implement these recommendations are absent, and guidance on how to develop these programs … A Portfolio of E-Triggers to Measure Multiple Types of Diagnostic Errors in Emergency Care. … Measures to improve diagnostic safety in clinical practice. … Methods Study Design: Aim 1 Aim 2 Data Sources/Collection Measures Limitations 5.

2611. Module 2: How To Manage Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides2.html
      October 01, 2017 - Puzzle pieces are labeled “assess readiness,” “manage change,” “implement practices,” “best practices,” “measure … Links to quality improvement expertise. … Slide 10: QI Process Link the Pressure Injury Prevention Program with quality improvement. … Let’s hear from your Implementation Team Leader about this hospital’s QI program and how to link with … Slide 25: Practice Insight Image: A screenshot shows a table titled "Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program

2612. AHRQ Study Highlights Caregiver Needs in Mobile Health App Adoption | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/917.html
      June 01, 2024 - Issue Number 917 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … The SOPS Program helps healthcare organizations understand, measure and improve patient safety culture … week include: When agency fails: an analysis of the association between hospital agency staffing and quality … The webinar will highlight person-centered research techniques, models, tools and programs and their … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

2613. Slide 1
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      February 07, 2014 - summarizes the interventions of this effort: The 5 elements of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … Evaluation 43 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

2614. Final Progress Report: Evaluating e-Prescribing in a Community-Based, Integrated Health System (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/devine-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Improvements in safety and quality may be worth the investment of time. … contribute to the growing body of knowledge about the impact of CDS alerts on process and outcome measures … Mapping from disease-specific measures to health-state utility values in migraineurs. … Services faculty colleague to coordinate material for the graduate students in these programs. … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011 2.

2615. An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - Both programs were launched in FY 2001. … Create a list of variables (things you wish to measure) in your assessment. … selecting key variables in each of the five areas, or eliminating variables that are too costly to measure … • Have expertise managing or developing research programs. … Be sure to include key measures from the sustainability plan as variables in the evaluation.

2616. An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hsrguide.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - Both programs were launched in FY 2001. … Create a list of variables (things you wish to measure) in your assessment. … selecting key variables in each of the five areas, or eliminating variables that are too costly to measure … • Have expertise managing or developing research programs. … Be sure to include key measures from the sustainability plan as variables in the evaluation.

2617. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/carbapenem-resistant-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - Thus, the denominator of this measure excludes known carriers.). … However, the quality of the evidence base is weak, and further high-quality research is needed, particularly … Study quality was low. … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance. … of carriers, managed with strict CP; (c) intensification of education, cleaning, and handwashing programs

2618. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/references.html
      May 01, 2023 - Developing a primary care patient measure of safety (PC PMOS): a modified Delphi process and face validity … Patient safety: let’s measure what matters. … Developing a patient measure of safety (PMOS). … Development of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM): conceptualizing and measuring activation in patients … Measurement challenges in shared decision making: putting the “patient” in patient-reported measures.

2619. Appendix: Evaluation Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - When did the PI leave the program? What was the reason for the departure? … How many staff or participants left the organization during the program? … How long (months or years) was each staff person part of the program? … Did program staff receive any mentoring? How many staff? … Did your organization's program have any other community impacts?

2620. AHRQ Views: Continuing a 35-Year History, AHRQ Pursues Vital Pathways To Improve Patient Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/914.html
      May 01, 2024 - Issue Number 914 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … Link Identified Between Hospice Provider Volume and Quality of Care in Assisted Living Facilities . … Leading quality and safety on the frontline—a case study of department leaders in nursing homes . … interplay between cognitive load theory and diagnostic accuracy, while providing a review of ways to measure … The largest number of associations between survey measures were overall support from hospital leaders