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161. Delivering Healthcare Quality Reports Through Mass Media | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/mass-media.html
     December 01, 2022 - If you pay for an insert or ad space rather than trying to get press coverage, you can avoid relying

162. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/next-steps2.html
     December 01, 2009 - Medicaid serves more than 25 percent of all children in the United Sates (and more than half of all poor … ranked high by the SNAC, there is increasing interest in measuring the content of well child care visits rather … In the first year of life, more than 50 percent of children will experience OME, increasing to more than … According to one analysis, the information has the potential downside of reflecting "expected" rather … Health care providers express concerns that only followup visits in person count, rather than by followup

163. What is Self-Management Support? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/what.html
     February 01, 2016 - Planning patient visits that focus on prevention and care management, rather than on acute care.

164. Scoring Different Kinds of Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/scoring.html
     June 01, 2016 - This would give the information a negative “frame” rather than a positive one. … The “yeses” are likely to be a much smaller number than the “nos.” … Categories of Performance A more complicated situation arises when the measure gives you more than

165. CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/children-chronic/index.html
     April 01, 2022 - Health Bureau's definition of children with special health care needs, which is based on consequences rather … than specific conditions or diseases: “Children with special health care needs are those who have a … CAHPS Health Plan Survey may serve a relatively higher proportion of children with chronic conditions than

166. Final Progress Report: Opioid Stewardship in Urology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/smith-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - than through medical prescribers or drug dealers. … Within a short period of time, 15 rather than 50 became the new average number of pills prescribed. … than extended courses of pain medication. … For example, rather than responding directly to patients’ requests for opioids, work to figure out why … than at approved locations.

167. Meeting Minutes, July 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2022-07-nac/nacmtg072122-minutes.html
     December 01, 2022 - than sticks, and that after AHRQ identifies the needed tools, the NAC members can offer guidance in … Ivory noted that the word “person” rather than the word “patient” should be used when talking about long-term … Enekwechi responded that the problems in healthcare do not rest entirely on data or technology; rather … Enekwechi added that the demand is there for integration, but it is a slow process rather than a revolution … He noted that there is an emphasis on generating revenue rather than in improving services in a way that

168. Testing the Design of a Quality Report By Getting User Feedback | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/testing.html
     September 01, 2019 - purposes, you will learn much more from users if you test the material by conducting individual interviews rather … than focus groups.

169. Huddle Messages - Weeks 1-10 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20131008_cg/huddle_message_master.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Week Three Hallway Wherever possible, walk alongside patients rather than in front of them.

170. Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/blood-culture.html
     October 01, 2024 - Fundamental Best Practices Up to half of all positive blood cultures may represent blood culture contaminants rather … than true pathogens.

171. Strategy 6I: Shared Decisionmaking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6i-shared-decisionmaking.html
     April 01, 2023 - The Problem Although patients are far more informed than they were even 20 or 30 years ago, some people … physicians' preferences (which may be shaped by medical training, local norms, or personal experience) rather … than scientific evidence. … increased level of understanding that allowed discussions to focus on the critical risk/benefit tradeoffs rather … than simply describing treatment alternatives. 10 Return to Contents 6.I.4.

172. For Women’s Health Week, Let’s Make Prevention Primary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/womens-health-week-2023.html
     May 01, 2023 - In 2022, it was estimated that more than 280,000 women were newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and more … than 43,000 were estimated to die from it. … access to care, offering services at locations most convenient to patients, and using “pop-up clinics” rather … than expecting patients to travel to central care facilities, such as a physician’s office.

173. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/sheridan_screening_overuse.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - While many screening tests are beneficial, some do more harm than good. … comparisons between the benefits of screening versus not The stories and comparisons included numbers rather … than words to describe harms. … Through testing the educational materials we learned that:  Fewer than half of patients recognize …  Patients more strongly endorse the benefits of screening than the harms of screening, and this is

174. Development of a Web-Based Patient Safety Resource: AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Sehgal_64.pdf
     April 02, 2008 - decided to choose quality over quantity, opting to provide users with editorial input into new content, rather … feedback, while keeping in mind our overarching mission: to err on the side of high-quality resources, rather … taxonomy to the minimum degree of specificity necessary to support a user experience on a Web site, rather … limited to five items—nosocomial infections, pressure ulcers, delirium, venous thrombosis, and falls—rather … Additional data from July 2007 indicate more than 3,600 site visits daily, more than 6,500 subscribers

175. Information Quality Guidelines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/info-quality-guidelines.html
     November 01, 2020 - e.g., reports, studies, and summaries relating to the findings and related products of AHRQ research) rather … than on information pertaining to basic Agency operations not intended for public dissemination.

176. Client Functioning Measures and Gaps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep3.html
     June 01, 2010 - Rather, HCBS programs provide the services and supports needed to allow participants to function in their … The second construct is more focused on client outcome, rather than baseline ability, and relates to … Furthermore, later feedback from stakeholders suggests these measures may be more relevant in HCBS programs than … Perhaps even more than with other constructs, it is an open question as to whether a single set can reflect

177. Chapter 3. Structure of Learning Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/diabetesnetwork/diabnet3.html
     October 01, 2014 - Learning Sessions, participants were interested in having time to share and learn from other clinics rather … than experts presenting on the subject.

178. Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Background and Information for Translators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/resources/infotransMOSOPS.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - than being surveyed as one entity. … In small offices, rather than administering the survey, it can be used as a tool to initiate open dialogue … More than 4,100 surveys were received. … This office is more disorganized than it should be. … They make decisions too often based on what is best for the office rather than what is best for patients

179. Medical Office SOPS Translation Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/international/medical-office/translators.html
     January 01, 2010 - care system, or building, but each medical office would have to be identified as a separate office rather … than being surveyed as one entity. … In small offices, rather than administering the survey, it can be used as a tool to initiate open dialogue … More than 4,100 surveys were received. … They make decisions too often based on what is best for the office rather than what is best for patients

180. AHRQ’s Medical Office Survey Helps Colorado Hospital Provide Better Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201525.html
     September 01, 2015 - By using survey results to focus on the system, rather than the individual, we've been able to break … allows medical offices to compare their survey results against results from 934 medical offices and more than