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www.ahrq.gov/topics/pressure-ulcers.html
On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
This toolkit helps nursing homes with electronic medical records reduce … Research AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in Virginia
The results of
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case.html
November 01, 2014 - Type of Interviewee
Aims of Lean (in order of most frequent mention)
Senior leaders
Reduce … Department leaders
Reduce waste and increase efficiency.
Staff engagement. … Providers (physicians and mid-level, non-department leaders)
Reduce waste and increase efficiency … Nurses and other frontline staff
Reduce waste and increase efficiency. … Analysts
Reduce waste and increase efficiency.
Return to Document
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/transdisciplinary-learning-long-desc.html
June 01, 2020 - Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste
Long Description … ’ families, and others to eliminate preventable harm, optimize patient outcomes and experience, and reduce … via system interoperability. 2-4 The Smart Agent system dynamically controls insulin infusions to reduce … Final Report: Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/resources.html
March 01, 2017 - Resources
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
This section … Guides
Implementation: Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract … This guide provides LTC facility teams with strategies to implement a quality improvement program to reduce … Sustainability: Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance
Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/patients-risk-of-falls.html
September 01, 2015 - New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls
For older adults, falls are serious … Reduce patient risk and learn about falls through these useful resources:
Falls Among Older Adults
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apc.html
September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events
Overview Statement on Strategy to Reduce MRSA Burden and Bloodstream … Universal decolonization is the routine use of special soaps and nose ointments to reduce bacteria on … Rationale for Decolonization: The REDUCE MRSA Trial
The results of the REDUCE MRSA Trial provide … strong evidence in support of universal decolonization to reduce MRSA and other pathogens in adult ICUs
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apc.html
September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events
Overview Statement on Strategy to Reduce MRSA Burden and Bloodstream … Universal decolonization is the routine use of special soaps and nose ointments to reduce bacteria on … Rationale for Decolonization: The REDUCE MRSA Trial
The results of the REDUCE MRSA Trial provide … strong evidence in support of universal decolonization to reduce MRSA and other pathogens in adult ICUs
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-improvement.html
Case Studies
Opinion Leaders: Effect on Healthcare Practice and Evidence Use
Using Data to Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
staff and leadership in developing an effective antimicrobial stewardship program with the potential to reduce … Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use included guidelines for controlling Clostridium difficile
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/soumerai-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: RCT to Reduce Prescribing Errors in Hypertension
Principal Investigator: Soumerai … AHRQ GRANT FINAL PROGRESS REPORT
RCT TO REDUCE PRESCRIBING ERRORS IN HYPERTENSION
Principal Investigator … Purpose: To compare two educational interventions, group versus individual academic
detailing, to reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use
Slide Presentation
Slide 1
Leveraging … Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use
Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC
Manager Infection Prevention … Objectives
Describe the way in which improvement in the clinical culture can facilitate efforts to reduce … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit4-5.html
November 01, 2014 - (in order of most frequently mentioned)
Senior leaders
Improve organizational culture
Reduce … waste
Department leaders
Reduce waste
Improve organizational culture
Improve quality … of care
Improve patient safety
Physicians, nurses, and other frontline staff
Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/toolkit-sections.html
March 01, 2017 - Toolkit Sections
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The toolkit … Your facility can use the materials in each section in improvement efforts to reduce catheter-associated … provides a step-by-step process to design, develop, and implement a quality improvement program to reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/about.html
December 01, 2017 - was developed as part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce … ) funded a 3-year project to develop and implement resources that help hospital perioperative areas reduce … The project aimed to—
Reduce surgical site infections, and
Improve safety culture using AHRQ’s … safety, quality improvement, and evidence-based surgical care processes that other facilities can use to reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-6.html
November 01, 2014 - Type of Interviewee
Aims of Lean (in order of most frequent mention)
Senior leaders
Reduce … Reduce costs. … Providers (physicians and mid-level, non-department leaders)
Reduce waste. … Nurses and other frontline staff
Goals focused on project level outcomes only (e.g., reduce costs … Systems & Procedures staff
Reduce waste.
Develop staff’s improvement skills.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/health-systems.html
Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency
Practice Improvement
Using Data to Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/provider-pharmacist.html
Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement
AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-discharge.html
Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit
Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/clinician-patient-communication.html
Clinical-Community Relationships
Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/how-to-use.html
March 01, 2017 - How To Use This Toolkit
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities … Your facility can use the materials in each section in improvement efforts to reduce CAUTI and other … For overview information, a good place to start is the Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated