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3301. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook) (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
      April 30, 2013 - outcomes, specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures … The team can review formal survey measures and talk to people to help identify: Current ways admission … Traditionally, professional schools, including medical schools and academic programs that train health … patient and family engagement.19 · Helpful Link For more information on setting aims and identifying measures … and communication challenges and facilitators, you can identify what needs to be improved and ways to measure

3302. Appendix B. Example Data Collection Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/app-b.html
      October 01, 2015 - are included here as examples for researchers who are considering how to best collect information to measure … The full questionnaire contains 38 questions assessing the practice site, quality improvement activities … , participation in incentive programs, patient information systems, care coordination, language services

3303. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis, Evidence Synthesis, No. 50 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/cas/cases.pdf
      December 01, 2007 - The potential harms of a program of screening for CAS for the purpose of performing CEA include (1) … studies published between 1994 and 2000 on harms of CEA.56 The primary perioperative complication measure … Risk of hospitalized stroke in men enrolled in the Honolulu Heart Program and the Framingham Study: … Improvement Program. … Improvement Program, CVA = cerebral vascular accident, CABG = coronary artery bypass graft, ESRD =

3304. Final Progress Report: Improved Patient Safety with Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/overhage-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - project was supported by Grant Award Number: U18 HS11889 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … to work with their professionals to implement known safe practices and to set up meaningful safety programs … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) Our efforts … Article published in JAMIA We gratefully acknowledged the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Participants, Incidence, Prevalence) Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures

3305. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Safety Implementation through Pharmacy-Based Opioid Medication Use Research (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/green-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - factors independently associated with dispensing underscore how PBN complements community naloxone programs … opioid medications in a community by instituting and encouraging use of prescription drug monitoring programs … In his role as medical director of the MA naloxone program, Dr. … both states from behavioral health agencies, health department pharmacy board and injury prevention programs … process is described below: We conducted annual, anonymous online surveys of pharmacists in RI and MA to measure

3306. AHRQ EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity: Interim Evaluation Report II (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/en-bsc-interim-report-2.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - one member specifically to help with recruitment, but later learned that this person had significant program … among other key stakeholders about the relationship between the HHOI, Cardi- OH, and other ongoing programs … Respondents suggested that tying participation with value-based programs and providing greater compensation … Someone who is learning how to accurately measure blood pressure may receive an educational pamphlet … II June 2023 ▌30 Because of challenges with data collection to support the evaluation and ongoing measure

3307. Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions – Enrollment open through September 2025 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/calibrate-dx.html
      July 01, 2025 - Calibrate Dx is a resource developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that guides … Gain experience measuring and improving diagnostic quality with support from the Institute for Healthcare … Improvement (IHI) and other leading healthcare quality organizations. … Identify improvement strategies that may advance diagnostic quality and safety for patients cared for … group practices, departments within clinics or hospitals, and physician or other clinician training programs

3308. Final Progress Report: Inpatient-Outpatient Transitions: Reducing the Rate of Readmissions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/jones-selna-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - METHODS (study design, data sources/collection, interventions, measures, limitations) In this section … Example pilot projects included TOC “bundle programs” rolled out on different units at both of the main … The bundle programs focused on developing checklists and tools to reduce readmission rates. … Rather, providers and/or systems seeking to develop programs and interventions to reduce readmissions … STRUCTURED ABSTRACT PURPOSE SCOPE METHODS (study design, data sources/collection, interventions, measures

3309. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
      April 30, 2013 - outcomes, specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures … The team can review formal survey measures and talk to people to help identify: • Current ways admission … Traditionally, professional schools, including medical schools and academic programs that train health … communication challenges and facilitators, you can identify what needs to be improved and ways to measure … Helpful Link For more information on setting aims and identifying measures, see the Institute of

3310. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Functional Specifications (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/functspecs.pdf
      March 22, 2014 - Background The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed evidence-based tools for … These tools are used as part of the On-Time Quality Improvement Program for Long Term Care (On- Time … ), a facilitator-directed quality improvement program. … supervisors, charge nurses, other staff nurses, MDS nurses, i wound nurses, and staff educators; quality … margin: o Nursing unit o Report ending date  Include “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

3311. Implementation of an Electronic Care Plan for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Version 2: Evaluation Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ecareplan/reports/ecare-plan-for-mcc-v2.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - application (app): a program or group of programs designed for end users; typically, software that a … software MyChart: Epic-specific electronic health record patient portal patient-reported outcome measure … (PROM): a tool used to measure patient-reported health status and quality of life person-centered … Future development of the eCare plan can incorporate electronic quality measures, clinical decision … Future development of the eCare plan can incorporate electronic quality measures, clinical decision

3312. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - 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

3313. The Rural Physician Peer Review Model©: A Virtual Solution (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Williams_115.pdf
      June 19, 2008 - hospitals located in Texas counties with populations under 100,000 are enrolled in the peer review program … If the participating physicians have any questions pertaining to the review or the peer review program … The Rural Peer Review Model emphasizes adherence to CMS core measures (quality of care indicators mandated … As a value-added service, RCHI personnel have catalogued this measure in all charts for participating … This creates an additional expense for the peer review program, since an outside provider must be reimbursed

3314. Introduce CUSP
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/learn/learncusp.pptx
      April 01, 2011 - impact of errors and patient harm and the underlying causes of errors Show how CUSP supports other quality … and safety tools Describe Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework and the goals of … 9 The CUSP Model Created through a collaborative effort of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Defense. TeamSTEPPS. … Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, April 2011.

3315. Case 3. Grand Hospital Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case3.html
      November 01, 2014 - The parent organization chose DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) as the overall or "generic … ongoing training, the medical clinic undertakes enterprise-wide priority projects that focus on core measures … These data include clinical process and outcomes measures, patient safety data, and patient satisfaction … The coaches can assist with facilitating meetings, educating team members on Lean tools and measures, … The goal was to achieve 80 percent accuracy on this measure.

3316. HSOPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5a.html
      January 01, 2013 - Attitude Questionnaire, an instrument containing a single "safety climate" dimension while the HSOPS measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HSOPS Safety Culture Items and Dimensions at: http://www.ahrq.gov … /professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/patientsafetyculture/hospdim.html .

3317. Screening for Depression in Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/depression/depsum1.html
      April 01, 2013 - Programs that integrated interventions aimed at improving recognition and treatment of patients with … depression and that incorporated quality improvements in clinic systems had stronger effects than programs … The results of the comprehensive review are available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … provided feedback and treatment advice and helped practices develop systematic means of improving the quality

3318. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 10. Harms Due to Opioids (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/opioids-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - The candidate safety practices were discussed with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ … The following is a summary of the findings by the different measures of dosage used in the studies. … in early refills in their intervention group compared with the control group.6 10.1.3.2 Process Measures … , serving 10,000 patients Primary care; VA of patients meeting the universal precautions measures … opioid prescribing at the time of the intervention, which may have introduced confounding; no measure

3319. Impact of Pharmacy-led Dyslipidemia Interventions on Medication Safety and Therapeutic Failure in Patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weaver.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Medication safety initiatives published in the literature often describe the impact a program has on … Therefore, the objective of the present study was to measure the impact of 6 months of pharmacy interventions … care provider awareness campaign began soon thereafter, which entailed a series of three educational programs … The programs were presented throughout the community. … Data variables consisted of the National Cholesterol Education Program–Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP–ATPIII

3320. Final Progress Report: Central Venous Catheter (CVC)–Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/secola-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Los Angeles, CA 90095 Acknowledgment of Agency Support: 5/27/10, Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality … Reliability of treatment and measures was ensured by providing staff education, confirming CVC care … Patient acuity is recognized as an important quality and safety indicator because, as patient acuity … www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign. 4. … The effect of nursing staff education program on compliance with central line care policy in the cardiac