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3661. The Potential of Hand-held Assistive Technology to Improve Safety for Elder Adults Aging in Place (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Becker_3.pdf
      January 09, 2008 - Sterns20 found that older adults could readily use the technology in supporting a medication-reminder program … In the present study, we found the quality of information to be very helpful in tracking activities … Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Contract … Curriculum design and program to train older adults to use personal digital assistants.

3662. Chapter 3: Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3a.html
      May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Chapter 3: … Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality … With funding and support from Expecting Success, UMMC implemented a staff training program to ensure … measures. … Locally tailored quality improvement activities may target subgroups without needing to relate those

3663. Evaluating and Predicting Patient Safety for Medical Devices with Integral Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Zhang.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - If a heuristic is violated, it is given a severity rating based on the following scales:17 0 = Not … This conclusion is consistent with the measure in terms of the quantity of heuristic violations: Pump … It was also supported in part by grant P01 HS11544 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Overall Requirements of the New Quality System Regulations. … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> /

3664. Final Progress Report: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kesselheim-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Because of concerns about cost and/or quality of care, payors in both the private and public sectors … This involved both an analysis of complaints filed in lawsuits describing programs implemented at pharmaceutical … included: (1) Participants in the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) program … and the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Aged and Disabled (PAAD) and Medicaid programs … pharmacy budgets. 8 Finally, in looking at two drugs for ITP, we specifically considered how an FDA program

3665. Chapter 3. Description of Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter3.html
      August 01, 2022 - included experts in patient safety, patient safety event reporting systems, health care delivery and quality … Linking consumer reporting system to quality improvement . … Linkages to quality improvement . … Stakeholders did not suggest linking to programs that offer financial incentives for quality (pay-for-performance … Ideas about linking consumer reporting to other quality and patient safety improvements appeared to be

3666. Final Progress Report: Developing and Disseminating a Patient Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA) Toolkit (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - This project was supported by grant number R13HS021824 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Interestingly, each project had a program related to oncology – an area of high-risk and vulnerability … During the program and design phase, the concept of operations is translated into the amount of space … description included general project background, budget, existing floor plans, demographics, outcome measures … Some participants stated that the tool should be used during the development of the functional program

3667. Mapping a Large Patient Safety Database to the 2005 Patient Safety Event Taxonomy (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Clarke_8.pdf
      January 25, 2008 - Although there was no direct measure of inter-rater reliability, in addition to the consensus meetings … This presumes no universal quality control. … ideally in the form of research funding, would be needed to develop appropriate Bayesian classification programs … National Quality Forum. Standardizing a patient safety taxonomy. … Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2006. 3.

3668. Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors, Volume 2: Eliciting Patient Narratives (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-patient-experience-vol2.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2023. … I’m on Medicaid (Title 19) and the program doesn’t pay enough to make them care. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2020. … Washington DC: National Quality Forum; November 2020. … Patients’ experiences with communication-and-resolution programs after medical injury.

3669. Final Progress Report: Enhancing Stroke Prehospital and Emergency Evaluation and Delivery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/prabhakaran-holl-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Reducing PSC Door-In- Door-Out (DIDO) time could improve quality of care and outcomes. … the Study) This study addresses two important areas in need of improvement in the delivery of high-quality … The specific aims are to: Aim 1: Identify items from existing large vessel occlusion (LVO) scales that … The Get-With-The Guideline-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) registry is a quality improvement program for stroke … Other models have derived and validated stroke scales (e.g., CPSS and 3 I-SS); however, these models

3670. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve Understanding of Risks and Failures (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Davis_60.pdf
      April 07, 2008 - Table 1 defines each of the three factors included in the RPN calculation and the rating scales associated … Milwaukee, WI: ASQC Quality Press; 1995. 4. … Medical team training programs in health care. … Vol 4, Programs, Tools, and Products. AHRQ Pub.No. 05- 0021-4. … Using the communication and teamwork skills (CATS) assessment to measure health care team performance

3671. Tool 4: How To Deliver the Re-Engineered Discharge to Diverse Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4.html
      March 01, 2025 - Overview Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital How CMS Measures … barriers, cultural differences, and limited health literacy is a critical component of improving the quality … Familiarize yourself with the language assistance programs at your hospital. … Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency, available at http://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program … They often assess the quality of care, influence the patient's expression of symptoms, and shape the

3672. Tool 4: How To Deliver the Re-Engineered Discharge to Diverse Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool4.html
      March 01, 2025 - Overview Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital How CMS Measures … barriers, cultural differences, and limited health literacy is a critical component of improving the quality … Familiarize yourself with the language assistance programs at your hospital. … Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency, available at http://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program … They often assess the quality of care, influence the patient's expression of symptoms, and shape the

3673. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-icu-transcript.doc
      May 13, 2014 - Her research program seeks to understand the relative impact of resources and policies on the delivery … A lot of physicians and other staff are incentivized now on quality, so that’s another way to get people … They would kind of measure the amount of popcorn people ate. And there was no limit to the popcorn. … C-suite to the bedside and kind of help efforts on that end, because this is about a comprehensive safety program … We also had the pleasure of serving at our quality improvement organization’s winter plenary, and sharing

3674. Sample Telephone Script for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sample-telephone-script.pdf
      April 17, 2017 - and Guidelines • Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Available for … all CAHPS surveys: • Analyzing CAHPS Survey Data: Free programs for analyzing the data, guidance … on preparing survey results for analysis, and instructions for using the CAHPS Analysis Program … Your answers are very important and will be used to help {HOSPITAL NAME} improve the quality of care … The questions should take about {TIME} to answer.* This call may be (monitored/recorded) for quality

3675. Implementation of an Evidence-based Protocol for Surgical Infection Prophylaxis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Savino.pdf
      July 01, 2003 - Quality assurance (QA) processes were established at each facility to promote compliance. … Educational program The investigators systematically reviewed the literature related to SSI; the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2001. pp. 601– 6. 14. … Use of continuous quality improvement to increase use of process measures in patients undergoing coronary

3676. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk (April 8, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-teamwork-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - He is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and quality with specialty in patient … improve the culture of safety on your unit, using the model of the comprehensive unit-based safety program … You may have a quality or patient safety officer that you think is appropriate or any physician that … you work with that is interested in improving safety and quality. … So, if the patient is awake and they're intubated and you have an early mobility program that pushes

3677. Development and Implementation of The University of Texas Close Call Reporting System (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Martin.pdf
      March 01, 2004 - noted that such systems would be perceived as safer by reporters and would reduce the fear of punitive measures … report incidents to their own companies with the same limited immunity provided by the ASRS national program … improvement/quality assessment (QI/QA) liaison of that institution of the problem. … Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. … Integrating providers into quality improvement: a pilot project at one hospital.

3678. Final Progress Report: Re-engineering the Hospital Discharge for Patient Safety--Safe Practices Implementation Challenge Grant (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jack-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Federal Project Officer: Deborah Queenan Project Supported by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The ‘challenge grant’ program came along at an opportune time for us, because we had determined that, … in order to implement an intervention program, we first needed to take a step back and better understand … improvement programs. (12) All patients should have access to his/her discharge information in their … Fostering Inpatient Quality of Care.

3679. Final Progress Report: Sociotechnical Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Home Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - The use of ACH as a care outcome measure presents some particular difficulties for home health providers … developed and actively disseminated to the home health community.13 CMS has funded extensive training programs … and are likely contributors to recent national improvement trends observed in more narrowly focused measures … OASIS training programs are often the key information source. … Quality Improvement/Hospitalization Reduction Study.

3680. Final Progress Report: Mining complex clinical data for patient safety research (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/hripcsak-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Project Period: 9/01/2001 to 8/31/2004 Program … Acknowledgment of Agency Support: This work was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … In: Measuring and Improving Health Care Quality: Towards Meaningful Solutions to Pressing Problems: Nursing … Journal of Healthcare Quality 2004;26:24–30. 22. Bakken S, Cimino JJ, Hripcsak G.