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2661. Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Program for Perinatal Safety Say: This module introduces the comprehensive unit-based safety program … Outline the Safety Program for Perinatal Care modules designed for this program. … , the AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care or SPPC is built around three program pillars: Foster … Establish a program of in situ simulations. … the highest quality of care possible.

2662. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 20, 2012 - (AHRQ) programs and activities. … Ask a question, report a problem, or give us your opinion about a specific AHRQ program. … Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture TalkingQuality TeamSTEPPS … What tools are available from AHRQ to access quality improvement data? … with the National Quality Strategy priorities.

2663. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #4: Foresight Family Physicians (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2016 - as the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services multipayer program … It is creating its own decision aids and implementing the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) to improve … At each all-staff meeting they review the meaning of a few measures. … in a pain management videoconference group with Project Echo (a distance learning and collaborative program … Reicks, has IT skills, and programs new queries and data collection fields into the electronic health

2664. Using-Health-It-To-Support-Qi (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2015 - • Having financial incentives and support from payers or demonstration programs is critical. … deliverables for various payers and clinical quality measures the practice is tracking. … First, UMHS’s Center for Health Care Quality runs educational programs on QI. … and utilization measures. … Decisionmakers and policymaking bodies play an important role in defining quality measures and establishing

2665. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Program Evaluation Conclusions References Appendix 1. … show that the patient's sense of engagement and self-efficacy are strong predictors of outcomes. 29 Quality … Institutionalization of clinical practice guidelines, quality reporting, and pay-for-performance programs … Figure 1 illustrates how a self-management support program may affect both quality of care and costs … for older adults investigated whether self-management support programs with specific program characteristics

2666. Practice and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2024 - Appendix B: Other AHRQ Programs Relevant for Primary Care Research Audiences 7.  … Conferences and Scientific Meetings), 2 R03s (Small Research Project Grants), 1 K01 (Research Career Program … Erin Frazee Barreto Organization: Mayo Clinic Rochester This pilot feasibility trail evaluates a program … advise how primary care practices can effectively enroll patients in evidence-based smoking cessation programs … The decision support program includes a referral to a national IPV counseling hotline for those who screen

2667. Surgical Patient Experience of Care Survey Design Project (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Hoy, MHA Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Improvement Programs American College of … instruments identified – 14 domains of care identified  Item characteristics – Types of scales … bedside manner, rapport, demeanor, kindness, professionalism, friendliness, respect Pain Severity, quality … following were less likely to characterize visits to a surgeon’s office and are therefore important to measure … Cognitive Testing ResultsCognitive Testing Results  Numerous item revisions were made – Scales

2668. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #3: Fairview Health Services (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2016 - Quality improvement (QI), care coordination, and the MTM pharmacy program, among others, are overseen … Clinic leadership is ultimately accountable for quality and routinely receives quality reports from … Quality data are updated monthly. … Quality reports contain a compilation of all measures Fairview is required to report and are used by … measures such as for asthma, diabetes, and ischemic vascular disease.

2669. Chapter 1. Environmental Scan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, via http://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary.aspx ) The … Patient safety is a subset of health care quality. Cooper JB, Gaba DM, Liang B, et al. … program. … Is the training program designed for another industry and merely applied to quality improvement and patient … Training programs designed for another industry that can be applied to quality improvement and patient

2670. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2014 - Meaningful disparities reduction through research and translation programs. … Higher health care quality and bigger savings found at large multispecialty medical groups. … Quality-based financial incentives in health care: can we improve quality by paying for it? … The unintended consequences of publicly reporting quality information. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2010.

2671. Final Progress Report: Workload effects on response time to life-threatening arrhythmias (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Organization: Duke University Project dates: 4/1/2012 – 3/31/2013 No-cost extension 4/1/2013 – 3/31/2014 Program … Experimental tasks and weights (for calculating a task performance score). … Our primary measure of response times to the life-threatening arrhythmia showed no significant difference … This raises a potential for both error and bias in the response time measures. … Submitted to Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

2672. Comparative Reports on Surgical Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2022 - Reports on Surgical Care The following reports are examples of comparative information on the quality … Surgeon Scorecard uses two measures to identify harm to elective surgical patients: in-hospital mortality … STS uses a method called STAT Mortality Categories, which compares the mortality rates between programs … The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) publishes a number of reports on the quality … The PHC4 reports on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery displays quality scores for the volume

2673. Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2024 - Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. … The survey included 12 questions (Table 1) that cover the following composite measure domains: Time … Figure 1 shows the percent positive responses for each composite measure domain. Figure 1. … defining therapeutic goals based on the diagnosis.10 We plan to build on existing practice management programs … We plan to conduct future surveys to assess the impact of our program.

2674. Learn-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Learn About the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program for Perinatal … of the Safety Program for Perinatal Care. … Safety Program for Perinatal Care modules designed for this program Identify challenges to applying … Establish a program of in situ simulations The first program pillar provides general principles and approaches … the highest quality of care possible.

2675. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Scott Flanders, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Hospital … Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Image: Photo of Dr. … Stewardship programs were significantly protective against C. difficile : Pooled risk ratio 0.48 … algorithms Integrate algorithms into our “systems” 72 hour time-out to review urine cultures Measure … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2676. Early-Mobility-Tool (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Daily Early Mobility Data Collection Tool … AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Mobility Data Tool … Patient on comfort/palliative care measures 3. … recommend the RASS and SAS as the most valid and reliable sedation assessment tools for measuring the quality … Patient on comfort/palliative care measures 3.

2677. Data Reveal Uneven Impact of COVID-19 on Urban, Rural Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2024 - Registration Open for Free Safety Program To Improve Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine . … problem in mental healthcare, but there is a lack of consensus on how to conceptualize, define and measure … errors in diagnosis, according to an AHRQ-funded review published in BMJ Quality & Safety .  … Registration Open for Free Safety Program To Improve Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine The AHRQ Safety Program … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

2678. Building, Implementing, and Troubleshooting an Automatic Referral for Cardiac Rehabilitation
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      December 31, 2022 - You will also want to measure performance rather than assuming success. … Unclear project requirements Poor management Lack of communication No end-user involvement Lack of quality … all available programs and ensure system is build to refer to them 35 The location of the CR program … Data Analytics Coordinator manages the collection and interpretation of the measure data to support AR … For suggestions, see Using Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Performance Measures in a Quality Improvement

2679. Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2016 - pm EDT CAHPS Webcast Series • Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Program … • Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) • Develops standardized surveys … Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process 5. … Routine and Urgent Appointments • Internet Access for Health Information and Advice • Rapid Referral Programs … Shared Decision-Making • Support Groups and Self-Care • Planned Visits • Group Visits • Service Recovery Programs

2680. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2025 - AHRQ supports a range of research, conference, and career development grant programs that help emerging … More >>   Improving the Quality of Care for Women With Urinary Incontinence Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H … AHRQ funding was also fundamental in supporting my efforts to develop career and scientific training programs … More >>   Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D. … “AHRQ funding enabled me and my team to develop innovative simulation-based training strategies and measure