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2921. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
      February 26, 2008 - Fall and fall-related injury outcome measures Measure Definition Fall An unplanned descent to the … Systematic reviewers reported that most acute care fall prevention programs were heterogeneous and employed … Joint Commission. 2008 National patient safety goals: Hospital program. … Reducing patient falls: A research-based comprehensive fall prevention program. … Do hospital fall prevention programs work? A systematic review.

2922. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
      February 26, 2008 - Fall and fall-related injury outcome measures Measure Definition Fall An unplanned descent to the … Systematic reviewers reported that most acute care fall prevention programs were heterogeneous and employed … Joint Commission. 2008 National patient safety goals: Hospital program. … Reducing patient falls: A research-based comprehensive fall prevention program. … Do hospital fall prevention programs work? A systematic review.

2923. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Shoulder Dystocia (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool_shoulder-dystocia.docx
      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Shoulder Dystocia AHRQ Safety … Program for Perinatal Care Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Shoulder Dystocia Labor and Delivery Unit … The key elements are presented within the framework of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP … This might include an existing medical peer review process or review by a perinatal safety or quality … This procedure is considered a heroic measure due to the significant risk of brachial plexus injury associated

2924. AHRQ EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity: Interim Evaluation Report I (pdf file)
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      January 31, 2024 - The inability of some electronic health records to produce clinical quality measures, observed in earlier … Network, the Medicare Beneficiary QI Program, and the Michigan Rural Health Clinic Quality Network. … measures forward, and develop inter-practice support through learning collaboratives. … Michigan also focused on the fact that practitioners have to participate in quality payment programs … The inability of some electronic health records to produce clinical quality measures, observed in earlier

2925. Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/scorecard-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Facilitator Notes AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery … Say: After this session, you will be able assess objectively your unit’s current stage in surgical quality … implementation, describe how to design a scorecard to measure performance as a part of your sustainability … Is there a feedback loop for sharing progress on quality work? … Ask: Have you embedded Science of Safety in onboarding or orientation programs for all new staff, including

2926. Nutrition Research Series: Volume 3: Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Micronutrients and Health: A Critical Appraisa (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp3.pdf
      March 01, 2009 - Director, EPC Program EPC Program Task Order Officer Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Only 58 SRs (41 percent) used quality scales or checklists to assess the methodological quality of the … Seven of the eight SRs used single quality scales (e.g., good, fair, or poor) for both intervention … The definitions (or the quality items considered) of these quality scales varied. … scales or checklists to assess the methodological quality of the primary studies included.

2927. The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety and Excellence: From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-patient-role.pdf
      September 01, 2024 - healthcare approaches that attempted to educate patients and caregivers and provide them a greater measure … departments), and ■ Co-designing interventions (e.g., co-creating a home blood pressure monitoring program … Supplemental Material to the CMS MMS Hub Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. … Patient and public involvement in patient-reported outcome measures: evolution not revolution. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

2928. Final Topic Refinement Document: Home Mechanical Ventilators (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/home-mechanical-ventilators-refinement.pdf
      October 01, 2017 - Refinement Document Home Mechanical Ventilators ID: PULT0717 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Technology Assessment Program Mayo Clinic Evidence-based Practice Center 16 October 2017 … unit (ICU), need for intubation, outpatient visits, emergency room visits, disease exacerbations, quality … initiation and continuation of treatment Equipment and usage Device type Parameters of device usage Measures … of life (QoL) • Activities of daily living (ADL) • Dyspnea • Sleep quality • Exercise tolerance

2929. Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kizer1.pdf
      April 01, 2004 - for his or her risk of an ischemic and/or thrombotic complication, and use appropriate prophylactic measures … Use of training programs to reduce fatigue-related preventable adverse events. 10. … It is important to note, however, that this project did not identify performance measures that could … There is an urgent need to identify performance measures that can be used to reliably assess, quantify … Nonetheless, for purposes of stability and consistency of program implementation, the set of Safe Practices

2930. Chapter-8 - Diabetes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/diabetes-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established quality measures, and financial penalties … Teach-Back for quality education and patient safety. … noted that patients improved their understanding of diabetes management, no data were provided on measures … There was no statistically significant difference in HbA1c outcome measures.6 The largest study we … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

2931. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/020-ss-periop-infection-prevention.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting … FiO2 (80%) decreased SSIs among patients with general anesthesia with tracheal intubation (moderate quality … of evidence) No increased risk of major adverse events (low quality of evidence) Conclusion: Surgical … Perioperative Infection Prevention 23 Preoperative Glycemic Control Optimization Hemoglobin A1c can be a measure … | 30 Case Example AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services AHRQ Safety Program

2932. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/020-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-slides.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting … FiO2 (80%) decreased SSIs among patients with general anesthesia with tracheal intubation (moderate quality … of evidence) No increased risk of major adverse events (low quality of evidence) Conclusion: Surgical … Perioperative Infection Prevention 23 Preoperative Glycemic Control Optimization Hemoglobin A1c can be a measure … | 30 Case Example AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services AHRQ Safety Program

2933. Final Progress Report: What About Mom? Using Administrative Data To Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gregory-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Using Administrative Data To Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth … Using Administrative Data to Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth … assessment measures. … measures. … The IQIs are a set of measures designed to reflect the quality of care inside hospitals.

2934. Background -- AHRQ and other funders interest in promoting faster movement from research to practice/science to service/TRIP/T (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Carpenter.doc
      January 01, 2004 - identifying target users, engaging connector organizations, identifying barriers, developing success measures … research project, when findings are known or the research efforts have produced a product, tool, or program … While the ultimate measure of success is improved patient care, this section of the tool helps the researcher … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. 5. Rogers EM. … Stages in the implementation of innovative clinical programs in complex organizations.

2935. Background -- AHRQ and other funders interest in promoting faster movement from research to practice/science to service/TRIP/T (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Carpenter.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - identifying target users, engaging connector organizations, identifying barriers, developing success measures … research project, when findings are known or the research efforts have produced a product, tool, or program … While the ultimate measure of success is improved patient care, this section of the tool helps the … researcher think about interim process measures of success, such as the number of physicians who request … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. 5. Rogers EM.

2936. 2024 Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-medication-chartbook-2024.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers … (AHRQ) Patient Safety Organization (PSO) program by providers and PSOs nationwide. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2024. AHRQ Pub. … The NPSD data are not statistically comparable to clinical quality measures. … For example, the data from clinical quality measures reported by agencies such as the Centers for Medicare

2937. Standardizing Medication Error Event Reporting in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - and adverse drug reactions through several established Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 4 362 programs … United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) are two such programs … Center Registry and MEDMARX are considered nominal-style variables, and therefore only descriptive measures … and the FDA’s MedWatch program. … new program.

2938. Patient and Family Engagement for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/pf-engagement-fac-guide.html
      July 01, 2023 - Patient and Family Engagement for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for … Suggests comfort measures during labor to the woman and her partner. … second victims of adverse events and often provide psychological support through employee assistance programs … Examples include working with staff, clinicians, and leaders to improve policies, processes, programs … In addition to the information presented in this module, CUSP tools are available through the Safety Program

2939. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Facilitator Training Instructor Guide - Electronic Reports (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/erepguide.pdf
      March 22, 2014 -  Displays alternative significant weight loss measures:  ≥2 percent From Previous Week  ≥5 percent … Four consecutive monthly weights instead of weekly weights b. … Weight values in weeks when weights were recorded and blank cells when weights were not recorded …  Measure is also on the Nutrition Report. … Quality improvement teams may want to access trended information to gain insight into the status of

2940. Lessons Learned from the Evolution of Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting Systems (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flink.pdf
      April 09, 2004 - Innovative program features may be of interest to other States implementing reporting systems. … facilities to conduct a root-cause analysis and develop risk-reduction strategies with corresponding measures … tracking of less serious but common adverse events may encourage clinical leaders to implement preventive measures … Key dissemination activities include sharing lessons learned, educational programs, presentations, the … Program Overview. http://psrs.arc.nasa.gov/ program_briefing.htm. 31.