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241. Final progress Report: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Purpose: To investigate whether an email-based intervention termed ‘Spaced Education’ (SE) could reduce … In our randomized trial, we investigated whether spaced education could be utilized to durably reduce … be identical in focus to the original set, except for minor alterations to the clinical contexts to reduce … patient anxiety, reduce patients’ loss of work, reduce the number of inappropriate referrals to the … urology service, reduce the rate of unnecessary prostate biopsies, and result in a substantial cost

242. Toolkit Overview (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/toolkit-overview.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - performance improvement committees that wish to initiate targeted decolonization as a strategy to reduce … suited for hospitals that have already successfully implemented universal decolonization in ICUs to reduce … as antiseptic soap for bathing and the application of mupirocin antibiotic ointment to the nares to reduce … strategy to improve care, lower infection rates for adult non-ICU patients with medical devices, and reduce

243. Defects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/defects.docx
     May 01, 2017 - What can we do to reduce the risk of it happening again? … Did the interventions reduce the likelihood of recurrence of the defect? Has it happened again?

244. Defects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/defects.docx
     March 01, 2017 - What can we do to reduce the risk of it happening again? … Did the interventions reduce the likelihood of recurrence of the defect? Has it happened again?

245. Sustainability: Learning From Defects: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/learn-from-defects-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Missing equipment in line cart First-order problem solving Addresses for one patient, but does not reduce … How will you reduce the risk of it happening again? How will you know the risk is reduced? … Slide 13: How Will You Reduce Risk of Recurrence? … Slide 14: How Will You Reduce Risk of Recurrence? Take advantage of your diverse team . … Slide 16: How Will You Reduce Risk of Recurrence?

246. Index of Clinical Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/index-clinical-topics.html
     April 01, 2025 - Nasal Decolonization Decolonization is the reduction of bacteria on the patient’s body to reduce the … Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis In surgery, skin antisepsis is an important practice to reduce … Bathing with CHG prior to surgery is a key strategy to reduce MRSA and SSIs and protect the surgical

247. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship3.html
     August 01, 2024 - Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce … Concurrent initiatives in imaging stewardship, for instance, aim to increase appropriate use of imaging and reduce

248. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/asthma/introduction.html
     July 01, 2021 - to develop and implement quality measurement and improvement strategies in primary care settings to reduce … Department Use measure, Developing and implementing quality measurement and improvement strategies to reduce

249. Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/reducing-unnecessary-urinary-catheter-use-ed.pptx
     June 02, 2025 - through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce

250. Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions Webinar 5
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/aspire_webinar5/aspire_webinar5.pptx
     June 02, 2025 - investing effort to identify Medicaid-relevant providers and agencies is core to effective efforts to reduce … readmissions Describe a step-wise approach to creating “effective referral pathways” to reduce barriers … identify ways to efficiently connect with a care manager if one exists   Develop “referral pathways” to reduce

251. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/overview-ptsoffventilator-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - In doing so, you will effectively reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other … Interventions to improve patient outcomes and reduce complications focus on the importance of getting … Slide 11 AHRQ Safety Program Goals SAY: The two main safety program goals are: (1) reduce the risk … By getting patients off of the ventilator faster, you will reduce the risk of patient harms associated … Combining all six of these interventions can effectively reduce ventilator associated events, reduce

252. Learn From Defects Tool—Perioperative Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn-from-defects.html
     December 01, 2017 - How will you reduce the likelihood of the defect happening again? … Create a plan to reduce the likelihood of this defect repeating. … How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again? … How will you reduce the likelihood of the defect happening again? … Create a plan to reduce the likelihood of this defect repeating.

253. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Engaging Senior Leaders in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/engaging-senior-leaders.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - to help intensive care unit (ICU) team leaders implement effective strategies and achieve goals to reduce … Senior leaders can take these actions to ensure they are supporting the team working to reduce CLABSI … Conversation Starters To engage a senior leader in efforts to reduce CLABSI and CAUTI, gather all the … Leadership rounds to reduce health care-associated infections. … Exploring leadership within a systems approach to reduce health care−associated infections: A scoping

254. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 3) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_3_Physician_HO_508.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - providers3 Involving the patient and family in discharge planning can improve patient outcomes, reduce … indicator of this, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented new guidelines in 2012 that reduce … To improve quality and reduce preventable readmissions, [insert hospital name] will use the Agency for

255. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
     December 01, 2017 - recommendations, and other resources for hospitals and hospital administrators to improve quality, reduce … Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce … Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol The REDUCE MRSA Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Decolonization … Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) found that universal decolonization was the most effective intervention to reduce

256. Reducing-Unnecessary-Urinary-Catheter-Use-Ed-Transcript (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/reducing-unnecessary-urinary-catheter-use-ed-transcript.docx
     June 02, 2025 - Why is it important that efforts to reduce CAUTI include the emergency department? … are admitted to the hospital come through the emergency department, it is important that efforts to reduce

257. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/011-blood-culture-webinar-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - associated with blood culture contamination Discuss strategies to promote blood culture stewardship and reduce … Blood Culture Stewardship1 Blood culture (BCx) stewardship aims to optimize bacteremia detection and reduce … Effectiveness of practices to reduce blood culture contamination: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices … Effectiveness of introducing blood culture collection packs to reduce contamination rates. … Cost analysis of strategies to reduce blood culture contamination in the emergency department: sterile

258. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-slides.pptx
     June 01, 2021 - Develop an intervention to reduce barriers and evaluate if the intervention is effective. 2 Changing … What could you do to reduce the risk? How do you know that risk was reduced? … contributing factors limited the impact of harm 14 Changing the System 14 What Could You Do To Reduce … Checklists/cognitive aid Architectural/physical design changes Warnings and labels Increased staffing/reduce

259. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/best-practices/index.html
     May 01, 2022 - and Prevention in Nursing Homes Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families to Reduce … Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation

260. Slide Presentation - Workforce Safety and Well-Being Webinar Series (Session 3): Resolving Workforce Turnover Crisis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/workforce-turnover-crisis.pdf
     April 01, 2025 - Session 1: Leadership Strategies that Improve Workforce Safety and Well-being • To improve safety and reduce … loop/provide feedback about actions taken ► Ask about what is going well (psychological safety) • To reduce … Session 2: Addressing Healthcare Workforce Burnout • Reduce depersonalization & increase meaning from … •What specific strategies can healthcare leaders implement to reduce staff turnover? … JAMA Health Forum Interventions that Physicians and Nurses Ranked as “Very Important” to Reduce