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2841. Racial and Ethnic Disparities Widened in Well-Child Visits During COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2024 - Issue Number 915 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … Program Analyst, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations . … Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety . … Case sampling for evaluating hospital postoperative morbidity in US surgical quality improvement programs … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

2842. Chsp-Bibliography-Update-091223 (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2023 - Distinguishing High-Performing Health Systems Using a Composite of Publicly Reported Measures of Ambulatory … Consequences of the 340b Drug Pricing Program. … Texas Hospital’s Perspectives About NICU Performance Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study. … Developing and Validating a Measure To Estimate Poverty in Medicare Administrative Data. … Determinants of Success in Shared Savings Programs: An Analysis of ACO and Market Characteristics.

2843. CANDOR Acknowledgments (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Grant Initiative launched in 2009, the largest Federal investment in research to test promising model programs … Bell, M.D., Director of Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives, Institute of Professionalism and Ethical … Smith, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Quality & Safety Research, MedStar Health Research Institute - … Medicine Service, University of Washington Medical Center  Contributors of tools from successful programs … Washington  The Evaluation Team guided the evaluation of the pilot project and development of measures

2844. Improving Value and Efficiency in Hospitals and Medical Offices: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - listed in alphabetical order, organized by the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) composite measures … are organized according to the relevant AHRQ Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set composite measures … CANDOR process, is intended to assist hospitals in implementing communication and optimal resolution programs … Resources by Additional Measures Experience With Activities To Improve Efficiency 1. … Resources by Additional Measures VI. General Resources VII.Alphabetical Index of Resources

2845. New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Part of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the CAUTI toolkit helps providers prevent … Using online games and educational activities, the hospital’s quality improvement project focused on … "We wanted to sustain quality improvement efforts at the bedside. … right time," said Rosemary Kennedy, Ph.D., R.N., M.B.A., faculty mentor for iCareQuality during the program … Topic(s): Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality

2846. Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - To harness the potential of professional liability insurance programs to operate as a nationwide error … Do hospital risk management programs make a difference? … Relationships between risk management program activities and hospital malpractice claims experience … Safety measures. Best's Review. 2000;101(4):37. 25. Editorial. … Beyond dead reckoning: Measures of medical injury burden, malpractice litigation, and alternative compensation

2847. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2006 - Pronovost, medical director of the Quality and Safety Research Group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore … I said: “Doctors, we know we’re not perfect, and we can forget important safety measures.   … 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

2848. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - Improvement Leader(s): Possess operational and quality improvement expertise as well as patient safety … Representatives from information systems, the emergency department, and patient safety and quality departments … Department chiefs, chairs, and clinical program leaders overseeing physician participation in the design … Frontline staff, quality committees, patients, etc., that may require periodic communication and progress … Consider using the audit tool and measures that are used in this toolkit.

2849. Chapter 2. Building the Project Foundation: Project Teams and Scope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-2.html
      July 01, 2022 - Improvement Leader(s): Possess operational and quality improvement expertise as well as patient safety … Representatives from information systems, the emergency department, and patient safety and quality departments … Department chiefs, chairs, and clinical program leaders overseeing physician participation in the design … Frontline staff, quality committees, patients, etc., that may require periodic communication and progress … Consider using the audit tool and measures that are used in this toolkit.

2850. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2018 - recommendations from experts in the field regarding activities and future directions for health care quality … Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports A 2011 report that studied … of both the state and the science of child and adolescent health and health care quality measurement … , as well as the capacity of existing data systems to track and evaluate programs and services intended … Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health is a 2004 report that examines the quality

2851. Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2020 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Next Page Table of Contents … Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Acknowledgments Introduction and Purpose … Summary Background Methodology Design Options for a Self-Management Support Program Program … This report was prepared by RAND Health under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … this report should be construed as an official endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2852. AHRQ_Brand_NameOnly (xls file)
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      March 01, 2017 - opportunities for improvement (What hasn’t been working) Our CAUTI rate is on par with safety and quality … My team collaborates with other teams or departments on CAUTI prevention (e.g., quality assurance, risk … Disagree Strongly Agree Not able to answer The facility's CAUTI rate is on par with our safety and quality … The program has adequate teaching and coaching resources to educate new and existing staff on the program … Project Outcome Score (0-5) PROJECT RESOURCES The facility's CAUTI rate is on par with our safety and quality

2853. Practical Strategies for Gathering Feedback Directly from Patients (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - She's an expert in quality improvement and leads the quality improvement team for Yale. … Susan Edgman-Levitan What we're going to be reviewing today is the measure that focuses on helping practices … Susan Edgman-Levitan A patient survey tells you where you have problems, but these other measures are … And from the organization's perspective, again it improves the quality of the service and the programs … goal that we had for them and sometimes especially if they're trying to get people engaged in a new program

2854. Notice of Funding Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Notice of Funding Opportunities Grant announcements from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … for supporting research to improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and cost effectiveness … Program Announcements Program Announcements (PAs) describe continuing, new, or expanded program interests … PA Number Title PA-24-266   Using Innovative Digital Healthcare Solutions to Improve Quality at the Point … Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) Notice to Extend the Expiration Date PA-22-238 AHRQ Conference Grant Programs

2855. The Heartbeat - February 2022 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/6-michigan-heartbeat-newsletter.pdf
      February 01, 2022 - wealth of experience supporting Michigan providers with QI, Meaningful Use of Health IT, and the Quality … Payment Program. … We appreciate everyone’s dedication as we continue the hard work of implementing an important quality … Engagement – We are in the process of developing a direct mail campaign to recruit more providers into our program … measure data.

2856. Improving Patient Experience in Large Organizations webcast - Skootsky (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2021 - UCLA Health Interventions & Strategies to Improve the Patient Experience Newer Initiatives Focused Quality … Focused Quality Improvement Work 31 Agenda for Discussion • Review objectives of improvement project … • To get the most va lue of these programs, each participant shou ld come prepared to share interactions … ART (Ambulatory Resource Team) • Development of Criteria to Measure and Monitor • Aesthetics (look and … tied to performance • Staff receive incentives and formal recognition as they matriculate thru ART program

2857. Final Progress Report: Older adult safety while receiving home health services after hospital discharge (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The Index of Home Health Care Transition Quality is a novel measure to assess the quality of hospital-to-home … of patient-reported care transition quality (Care Transitions Measure, or CTM-3) was determined.1 … Development of measures of care transition quality Developing protocols for providing feedback on care … Development and testing of a measure designed to assess the quality of care transitions. … ATLAS.ti: The Knowledge Workbench [computer program]. Version 8.2. Berlin2018. 43.

2858. Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2017 - Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review AHRQ Safety Program … – implemented a pharmacist-driven spontaneous awakening trail (SAT) protocol that included process measures … A pharmacist-driven protocol significantly improved process measure compliance, comparing the pre-intervention … included process measures. … A pharmacist-driven awakening and breathing coordination protocol significantly improved process measure

2859. Appendix B7: Wheelchair Seating Assessment (Text Description) | 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 B7: … (Text Description) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents The Falls Management Program … : 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.

2860. Accessible Facilitator Guide: Learn From Defects for Sustainability (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - The adaptive portion of the program is called CUSP, or the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. … CUSP includes five major points for improving safety and quality. … intervention to solve your defect is paying off, pay attention to question four and develop a way to measure … Successful quality improvement teams get attention. … You don’t need to measure the body temperature of every patient every single day.