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3501. Final Progress Report: SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly residents (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/coburn-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - SAFER (Standardizing Admissions For Elderly Residents) Logic Model Inputs Strategies Process Measures … participants, Maine EMS, and the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)’s infection control program … Measures The research team conducted a pre-post evaluation of the SAFER demonstration project using a … During the implementation of the demonstration, the research team determined that these measures could … laptops, need for continuing education in a flexible delivery mode, and availability for asynchronous programs

3502. A System to Describe and Reduce Medical Errors in Primary 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-Kaprielian_9.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - Development of the Duke CFM Quality Improvement System Initial quality improvement (QI) efforts in … The quality efforts at that time centered on individual error and correction in a traditional “quality … Within each clinical unit, the program described has been supported by a small degree of effort from … Over the decade since this program was started, the CFM has experienced decreased liability claims. … Measuring and managing quality of surgery. Statistical vs. incidental approaches.

3503. Protection of Human Subjects in Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - The AHRQ Program Officer can work with you to help resolve these issues.

3504. Examining the Effectiveness of Debriefing at the Point of Care in Simulation-Based Operating Room Team Training (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Gururaja_7.pdf
      January 24, 2008 - recognized as a set of learned behaviors and attitudes that should be included in formal education programs … STEPS Training With support from AHRQ, the first training module of the STEPS program was implemented … an end-of-year-1 data collection that included participants’ feedback on STEPS training and several measures … Health professions education: A bridge to quality. Institute of Medicine. … Bethesda, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008. 10.

3505. Guide for Safe Transitions to New Appointments (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/safetrans_guide.pdf
      December 01, 2017 - A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial. … Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. … Patient Activation Measure. Insignia Health. http://www.insigniahealth.com/products/pam-survey. … NC Program on Health Literacy. http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/teachingaids.html. … Harvard University Program on Survey Research. http://psr.iq.harvard.edu/files/psr/files/ PSRQuestionnaireTipSheet

3506. 2. Study Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - given the above concentration on scientific investigation, the study’s HSR definition excludes narrow program … Programs and mechanisms for determining how health care organizations and professionals are paid to deliver … representatives from seven federal agencies and operating divisions with key interests and funding programs … Lead project funder (agency, program, point of contact). Other project funders. … reviews we conducted and on the machine learning methods are provided in Appendix A , together with measures

3507. Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3)
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      July 23, 2010 - – for example, working together with staff, clinicians, and leaders to improve policies, processes, programs … patients and family members to work together with health care staff to develop and evaluate policies and programs … outcomes — specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures … Many of the measures from the CAHPS Hospital Survey — particularly those related to patient-provider … Patient safety and quality.

3508. Final Progress Report: Automated Medical Interviewing for Diagnostic Decision Support in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/newman-toker2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - decision support tools offer a possible solution.10 The long-range goal of this particular research program … facilitate patient interaction with their medical records,21,22 to complete testing or self-assessment scales … the chief complaint (e.g., quality, duration, triggers). … This measure was stored as a continuous variable (time per click). … Applying the ISO 9126 quality model to test specifications.

3509. Daily Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2025 - Daily Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Data Collection Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically

3510. Section 2. Implementing Recommendations in Academic Curricula | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/impuspstf/impuspstf2.html
      June 01, 2022 - Professions Education This document was developed as part of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … (USPSTF) recommendations and resources in campus and community-based health professions educational programs … The program is compatible with iPhone/iPod touch, BlackBerry, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile devices. … Return to Contents   Framework for Implementation Health professions programs have several avenues … The pre-clinical period, usually the first couple years of the program focuses on basic and clinical

3511. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 3 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Phys Occup Ther Geriatr 2010; 28(2):181-194. 14 The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement … Develop a falls management program. … Model quality improvement program for the management of falls in nursing homes. … Take the resident to the bathroom often. › Review medications. › Consider which balance exercise programs … The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities.

3512. Prologue -- Where the Rubber Meets the Road (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Leape.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - been to analyze data to identify problems and demonstrate that a new practice will lead to improved quality … The National Quality Forum’s expert panel has reviewed several hundreds of these and produced a short … Problems ranging from implementing a surgical antibiotic prophylaxis program to team training to dealing … VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000ColorACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

3513. Tobacco Use and Dependence, General References (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - National Committee for Quality Assurance. The state of health care quality 2007. … A comparison of four self-report smoking cessation outcome measures. … National Committee for Quality Assurance. The state of health care quality 2006. … Healthcare report cards and tobacco measures. Tobacco Control 1997;6 Suppl 1:S70-7. 414. … Nicotine dependence among African American light smokers: a comparison of three scales.

3514. Final Progress Report: Deployment of Enhanced Critical Imaging Result Notification (DECIRN) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/lacson2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Support: The investigators gratefully acknowledge funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality … Measures: The primary study outcomes were impact on adherence to the CCTR policy during the first 4 … Patient Safety Goals, The Joint Commission urges hospitals to develop written procedures, monitor, and measure … Next Generation IT Requirements for Improving Quality and Safety for Radiology. … Quality initiatives: developing a radiology quality and safety program: a primer.

3515. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/chdser.pdf
      December 08, 2003 - sponsors the development of Systematic Evidence Reviews (SERs) through its Evidence-based Practice Program … The best measure of the value of tests to identify ACAD or increased CHD risk would come from studies … studies that met their inclusion criteria.74-78 They then applied data standardization measures to … Acknowledgments We acknowledge the assistance of Jacqueline Besteman, JD, the Director of the AHRQ EPC Programs … resting electrocardiograms for 12-year incidence of coronary heart disease in the Honolulu Heart Program

3516. Health Care Research Training (HCRT) Study Section Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Program Analyst Division of Scientific Review Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority … Populations Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD 20857 *Temporary Member.

3517. Risk Reduction and Systematic Error Management: Standardization of the Pediatric Chemotherapy Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-David_13.pdf
      March 19, 2008 - This paper describes MHS’s ongoing program of standardization and integration of pediatric chemotherapy … Oncology nurse-clinician verification of the discrepancies provided baseline measures of variability … chemotherapy orders are a proactive approach to error management.16 Thus, as an additional safety measure … .18 (Note: Probability dispensing error rates are a quantifiable statistical relationship between a measure … Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.

3518. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Safe Cesarean Section | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-safe-csection.html
      July 01, 2023 - Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Safe Cesarean Section AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal … 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 … Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research’s Patient Safety Network. … Development of medical checklists for improved quality of patient care.

3519. Final Progress Report: Regional Approach for THQIT in Rural Settings – Implementation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/richards-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Younkin IT Program Director, Geisinger Grant Project Director Gary Kurtz IT Assoc VP, Geisinger Advisor … implementation of the Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) under the THQIT implementation grant program … To measure KeyHIE’s usability and usefulness, we invited clinicians in participating HCOs to complete … hospitals in the region to an organizing conference.3 Finally, in July 2007, we repeated the survey to measure … (hospitals and practices initially), press releases to regional newspapers, and public television programs

3520. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User's Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-user-guide.pdf
      July 01, 2018 - by shared perceptions of the importance of safety, and by confidence in the efficacy of preventive measures … Based on these activities, the design team developed draft survey items to measure the identified key … Hospital Definition The purpose of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture is to measure the culture … There are 42 items grouped into 12 composite measures, or composites. … The midpoints of the scales are reported as a separate category (Neither or Sometimes).