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3441. Case 6. Horizon Hospital—Lakeview Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case6.html
      November 01, 2014 - improvement approaches, referred to by staff as "tools," are centered on the DMAIC principles (define, measure … They educate team members on Lean tools and measures and on monitoring. … The move-in was planned using an electronic program built by the management engineers. … facility, the management engineers have only just begun to identify the measures for evaluating performance … Competitors were developing management engineering programs and offering attractive salaries and management

3442. 7. Conclusions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/conclusions.html
      July 01, 2021 - 1960s, HSR has helped establish an evidence base to support decisionmaking and improvements in the quality … Moreover, many types of impact are by their nature difficult to systematically measure. … This training could also be incorporated into current research training and career advancement grant programs … as well as payment and delivery innovations for beneficiaries in Medicare, Medicaid, and other CMS programs … to the federal HSR and PCR enterprise, as well as offered insights on how to improve these research programs

3443. Asthma 1: Emergency Room Visits for Children between 3 and 21 with identifiable asthma (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sas-code.pdf
      October 31, 2018 - They can be accessed here: http://www.ncqa.org/hedis-quality-measurement/hedis-measures. 5) Comorbidity … dates; %let lookstart = 01Jan&lookyear.; *First date of the lookback year; http://www.ncqa.org/hedis-quality-measurement … /hedis-measures %let evalstart = 01Jan&evalyear.; *First date of the evaluation year; %let evalend … The Process: 1) 'Claims' dataset: claims are read in. 2) The program identifies whether … Final Condition Definitions: This program calculates two separate variables containing condition assignments

3444. AHRQ Views: Feeling Energized After Another Successful AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2024 - Issue Number 921 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

3445. Error Producing Conditions in the Intensive Care Unit (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Drews_15.pdf
      February 26, 2008 - systemic approach is identification of conditions under which errors occur and implementation of measures … Impoverished information quality. 6. Ambiguity in performance standards. 7. … After the individual scales were recoded to create unidirectional scales, mean scores across device … Consequently, aggregated scores on individual scales (e.g., error scale) expressed more negative attitudes … Often, when asking people to respond to statements that measure socially questionable acts or activities

3446. Bundling Clinical Preventive Services: A Review of Definitions and Concepts from the Literature (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/bundlingcps.pdf
      March 01, 2014 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2014. … Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Combining QOF data with the care bundle approach may provide a more meaningful measure of quality in … Results from a multiple morbidities testing program offering rapid HIV testing bundled with hepatitis … Finally, some studies used bundling of services as a measure for the quality of care.

3447. Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability (June 3, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/assess-adapt-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - Lisa Lubomski, an Assistant Professor in the Quality and Safety Research Group Department of Anesthesiology … are pretty central to the work that you're going to be doing in this project, as well as any other quality … You're going to measure performance with the data that you'll be collecting. … It's the comprehensive unit-based safety program. … This is the symbol that AHRQ uses for the CUSP program.

3448. Final Progress Report: Prescribing Errors in Ambulatory Pediatric Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/basco-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Harris Sponsored by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant Award Number: KO8 HS015679 A … Using CDC weights by age and gender, we were able to estimate the percentage of young children who were … We calculated the kappa statistic as a measure of agreement. … Utilizing age and gender- specific 95th percentile weights (from CDC growth charts), we determined the … I sincerely thank the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for allowing me this opportunity!

3449. Final Progress Report: Drug-Drug Interaction Clinical Decision Support Conference Series (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/malone-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Grizzle, PharmD, Meeting Planner Lynne Mascarella, MEd, Conference Coordinator Loretta Peters, BA, Program … Sommer, First Databank; Jill Sutton, Truven Health Analytics; Tricia Lee Wilkins, Beacon Community Program … with PQA was important because of the role it plays in establishing medication-related standards and measures … because components of value include, but are not limited to, clinical outcomes, process efficiency measures … Conclusions All workgroups emphasized that additional studies are needed to measure the impact of these

3450. Impact of Staff-Led Safety Walk Rounds (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Montgomery_42.pdf
      March 05, 2008 - director, associate director, nurse director, the clerical staff manager, and leaders of the Nurses’ Quality … Department at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia resulted in an improvement in safety culture and quality … similar to those reported for Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds™ and other executive walk rounds programs … Our results mirror the successes demonstrated in Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds™ and other programs … Program description. Duke University School of Medicine.

3451. Final Progress Report: IMPACTS: Improving Medical Performance during Acute Crises Through Simulation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/weinger3-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Weinger/VUMC from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD, USA Grant Number … Measures and their source in this study Measure Data Source # & type of metrics Basic demographics … Interventions and Measures. … Implementation of Performance Measures. … Thus, our data provides empirical evidence for the need for robust continuing certification programs

3452. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
      November 01, 2023 - is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Your surgery team will create a recovery program just for you. … Ball Socket 6 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery When Is a Hip or Knee … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … And the point of joint replacement is to improve your quality of life.

3453. Ldusafety Facguide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/ldusafety_facguide.docx
      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Labor and Delivery Unit Safety … Slide 2 SAY: This bundle in the AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, or SPPC, focuses on key safety … Independent checks help guarantee the patient receives the highest quality of care possible. … Many externally developed examples are available as part of perinatal safety and quality initiatives … this review might include an existing medical peer review process or review by a perinatal safety or quality

3454. Self-Management Support
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/skills-sms-heart-health.pptx
      December 01, 2010 - members of the health care team; the commitment to SMS is practice-wide The Joint Commission Journal on Quality … follow-up Case management is provided for selected patients Patients are linked to evidence-based community programs

3455. Functional Specifications for Pressure Ulcer Healing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/functional-specs.html
      December 01, 2017 - Functional Specifications for Pressure Ulcer Healing AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: … maintain the integrity of the reports for facilities participating in the On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing Program … Therefore, it is critical for successful implementation of the program and end user adoption of the module … Text   Display: “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014.” … Pressure Ulcer Measures Pressure Ulcer Measures Calculations Numerator Denominator

3456. Final Report: Embracing the PBRN Model To Improve the Medication Use Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lipowski-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - support for PBRNs; (3) to legitimize the research efforts of PBRNs through association publications and programs … Translating Research into Policy and Practice to Enhance Safety and Quality. … Develop training on research methods Develop training on grant writing Involve students in training programs … Develop PBRN education program for pharmacists 11. … Programming formats and content (25 comments), including poster sessions; educational programs on grant

3457. Central Venous Catheter Indications Facilitator Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-indications-notes.docx
      April 01, 2022 - Catheter Indications and Alternatives,” is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program … The infection is too overwhelming, and he dies after heroic measures. … Slide 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI AHRQ Safety … Program for ICUs: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI CVC Indications 7 Facilitator … No. 17(22)-0019 April 2022 2 AHRQ Safety Program for ICUs: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI image1.png

3458. Provider-Offered Medicare Advantage Plans Among U.S. Health Systems, 2016 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/ma-plans.pdf
      March 01, 2019 - HMO plans are most common, followed by PACE. 12% of systems (N=626) Program of All-Inclusive Care … MA) Plan Directory from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website to construct the measure … Safety net systems: Systems are categorized as serving the safety net using two measures: (1) systems … About the Comparative Health System Performance Initiative The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

3459. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module1/grand-rounds-presentation-slides.pptx
      January 01, 2014 - rarely addresses their needs. 4 Module 1 All of us in health care want to provide excellent, high-quality … Organizations have quality and safety programs, but many struggle to ensure that solutions to errors … Holds bills In Malizzo case, critical to understanding system failures that led to her death Important measure … It involves the activation of the Care for Caregiver program for the organization. … part of the CANDOR process Response is the activation of the organization’s Care for the Caregiver program

3460. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/best-practices-slides/slides.html
      October 01, 2014 - leadership, physicians, and staff With consistent data and timely communication, the cost benefits of quality … Hospitals Collaborative, multidisciplinary team approach is key Mandatory staff education Quality … Infection Control NorthCrest Medical Center Springfield, Tennessee Joan Chatham, MSN, RN Director, Quality …   Initial challenges were physician buy-in and compliance  Results were reported quarterly to the Quality … Preventable Harm Targets: Zero infections within 3 years Top quartile performance on public measures