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181. Build Trust in the Sponsor of a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/trust.html
     December 01, 2022 - You may want to emphasize that you are trying to help people make a good choice for them, rather than

182. Module 4: Systems Change: Preparing and Understanding Your Data To Foster Systems Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-4/index.html
     December 01, 2022 - Hospital leadership It is important to note that the audiences listed above are a suggestion rather … than a limitation.

183. Module 5: Building and Implementing a Successful Automatic Referral System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-5/index.html
     December 01, 2022 - coordinators IT representatives It is important to note that the audiences listed above are a suggestion rather … than a limitation.

184. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/index.html
     August 01, 2021 - the assessment should pause and consider if the changes they are noticing really suggest an infection rather … than another cause.

185. All-Payer Claims Databases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/index.html
     February 01, 2018 - They include information on care for patients across care sites, rather than just hospitalizations and … have legislation mandating the creation and use of APCDs or are actively establishing APCDs, and more than

186. Re-engineering for Accurate, Timely, and Communicated Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease in Women (DREAM Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/dream-lab-long-desc.html
     August 01, 2025 - sources—EHRs, patient safety event reports, and patient experience surveys—researchers analyzed more than … surveys. 3 The team found that diagnostic breakdowns were more commonly identified in paper-based than … question prompt lists for use during diagnosis, which revealed that most prompts focused on treatment rather … than earlier diagnostic stages—highlighting the need for more proactive patient engagement strategies

187. Plain Language at AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/plain-writing/index.html
     July 01, 2025 - Use positive rather than negative words. Avoid using gender-specific terminology. … They may require fewer words than straight text.

188. From Insight to Implementation: Lessons from a Multi-site Trial of a PDA-based Warfarin Dose Calculator (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Kravitz.pdf
     February 09, 2005 - The problem in the WARFDOCS project was not “getting to yes,”21 but rather understanding that a willingness … Rather, details presumed to be trivial or irrelevant were left unspecified by the parties to the original … more than happy to have us do it rather than do it themselves. — pharmacist at Hospital B The impact … than clinical care. … Looked at in this way, the WARFDOCS intervention is not a single clinical trial but rather five related

189. Safety Climate on Hospital Units: A New Measure (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Blegen.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Consistent with our focus on work group climate rather than worker psychological climate, items in … all dimensions referred to the work group rather than the individual respondents’ attitudes and behaviors … 0.45 on more than one factor). … Most of the items refer to the individual rather than the work group, and all are worded positively. … All items in the measure are worded to consistently refer to the group rather than to the individual

190. Module 7: Troubleshooting Your Automatic Referral System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-7/index.html
     December 01, 2022 - Hospital leadership It is important to note that the audiences listed above are a suggestion rather … than a limitation.

191. Using an Anonymous Web-Based Incident Reporting Tool to Embed the Principles of a High-Reliability Organization (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Conlon_50.pdf
     May 06, 2008 - Also, incidents tended to be viewed as a means of determining fault, rather than as a way to uncover … In a culture of blame, the focus is on human error rather than on root causes. … Building, rather than buying, such a tool would allow for customization of the tool and provide more … than through these safety systems. … That viewpoint makes increased reports a system success rather than a failure.

192. Tip 3. Make It Easy to Skim Your Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip3.html
     May 01, 2015 - Use Headlines, Not Labels To facilitate scanning, use meaningful headlines that tell a story rather … than descriptive labels that provide little useful information. … Here’s an example of a headline that’s more helpful than the label: Label: Health Plans and Referrals

193. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2006 - professional status; narrow technical focus without broader contextual understanding; episodic encounters rather … than continuous care; predominant hospital orientation at the expense of primary care; quantitative … safety considerations the medical hierarchy needs to be balanced in favour of teaching and learning rather … than the exercise of power.”

194. North Carolina IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care Transformation in Idaho (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-id-success-story.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - • Align payment mechanisms across payers to reward value rather than volume. … • Reduce health care costs by incentivizing improved quality of care rather than volume of care.

195. Daily Goals During Interdisciplinary Rounds: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/daily-goals-rounds-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Finally, when you are given ambiguous orders or directions, such as "wean the patient," rather than specific … Daily Goal sheet over the course of 12 months, the average ICU length of stay or LOS decreased by more than … They are too often provider-centered rather than patient-centered.

196. Health Care Transformation Among Small Urban Practices Serving the Underserved | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/berry.html
     April 01, 2015 - almost half were covered by Medicaid, and one third were more comfortable speaking a language other than … For example, rather than implementing formal care teams and care managers, the practices developed informal … More than one half of the practices implemented QI efforts to improve patient satisfaction and reported

197. Coaching-Facnotes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching/coaching-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - For example, it would be more helpful to hear, “There may be an opportunity to improve” rather than, … than you telling them what they should do to improve their performance. … For example, it is better to say “I think a debrief is really important because…” rather than saying … It is very important to give examples of what you saw, rather than draw your own conclusions. … The team members should not be quizzed but rather supported.

198. Physician Quality Reporting and Patient Outcomes in Medicare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-dowd.html
     December 01, 2017 - blood pressure for a sample of diabetic beneficiaries, the study found that the reporting of "good" rather … than "poor" PQRS outcomes was significantly associated with fewer ambulatory care-sensitive admissions

199. Detailed Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/findings.html
     August 01, 2022 - than discourage the filing of claims. … than adverse events). … However, these findings are descriptive rather than evaluative, and preliminary, representing only the … The findings from the baseline assessment of CSAEs are descriptive, rather than evaluative, and are preliminary … than causal.

200. Presentation: Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_sustscorecard.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - Tackle any remaining barriers or any barriers as they come up proactively rather than reactively. 4 … Rather than provide an established scorecard template, we recommend a flexible model with room for local … of team meetings held in the last 6 months, the dashboard columns score the results: Anything less than … An acceptable target range is 60 percent to 80 percent, and scores greater than 80 percent are excellent … We often find that physicians complete fewer surveys than those in other job roles.