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261. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve heart health and help reduce … coordinate cardiovascular risk reduction efforts across the state to create efficiency, synergy and reduce … leverage ongoing efforts across multiple organizations, individual projects, and existing partnerships to reduce

262. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape.html
     September 01, 2013 - Decolonization, and it has been proven in research studies to protect ICU patients from infection and reduce … The REDUCE MRSA trial showed that universal decolonization is more effective than either screening and … In addition, by removing bacteria, decolonization has been shown to reduce 37 percent of clinical MRSA … A formal cost-effectiveness analysis is being conducted for the REDUCE MRSA trial. … We routinely use an antibiotic ointment in the nose to keep bacteria away to reduce the risk of infection

263. Final Progress Report: Opioid Stewardship in Urology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/smith-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - of clinicians and educated urology practitioners about the latest research and practices that can reduce … Using this calculation has the potential to reduce the number of opioids prescribed by 40 percent.11 … postoperative pain to some degree and reduce the need for additional medical pain interventions. … If now is a bad time for personal reasons, we can reduce it by 25 percent.” … The goal of the project is to reduce high-risk prescribing by at least five percent statewide.

264. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship2.html
     August 01, 2024 - Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce … bringing the clinical laboratory into a broader strategy to advance accurate and timely diagnoses and reduce

265. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/learn-from-defects-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Slide 22 How Will You Reduce Risk Reoccurring? … Slide 23 How Will You Reduce Risk Reoccurring? … Slide 24 How Will You Reduce Risk of Reoccurrence? … Slide 25 How Will You Reduce Risk of Reoccurrence? … Slide 26 How Will You Reduce Risk of Reoccurrence?

266. Changing-System-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - . · Develop an intervention to reduce problems and then evaluate if the intervention is effective. … · What could you do to reduce the risk of this happening again? … Sometimes we forget to acknowledge the factors that reduce potential harm from the adverse event. … Slide 14 What Could You Do To Reduce the Risk? … As we discussed before, standardizing actions helps reduce the risks of problems.

267. Arm in Arm with AcademyHealth, AHRQ is Poised to Build on Successes in Health Services Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/arm-in-arm-with-academyhealth.html
     June 01, 2024 - For example: AHRQ’s research supported efforts to significantly reduce in-hospital adverse events in … In 2022, AHRQ released a primer to help healthcare organizations reduce their carbon footprint and protect … Actions to Mitigate Climate Change features a prioritized set of measures and potential interventions to reduce

268. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Evidence-based care practices improve patient outcomes and reduce complications by getting patients off … First, we must reduce the risk of patient harms associated with mechanical ventilation. … By getting patients off of the ventilator faster, you will reduce the risk of patient harms associated … In addition, you will reduce the number of ventilator-associated events and the duration of mechanical … Your financial leaders will ask you how you can reduce your ICU LOS.

269. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking1.html
     September 01, 2022 - based on probability. 3 Thus, more accurate execution of probability-based diagnosis is needed to reduce … evidence-based methods for training on probabilistic thinking could improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce

270. State-Based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives To Accelerate Implementation of Actionable Knowledge into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pcor/healthcare-extension-services/cooperative.html
     February 01, 2025 - efforts to improve healthcare policy, align payment incentives, and advance clinical practice, and to reduce … These three components of AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service are designed to significantly reduce the

271. Final Progress Report: Safety Advancement in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hall2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - STRUCTURED ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to reduce gaps in care … Scope: The project aimed to develop a checklist-based cognitive tool to reduce the risks of gaps in care … The intended goal was to implement and evaluate the tool to reduce the risks of information gaps in … the emergency department (Specific Aim 2); (c) Evaluate the ability of the status tracking tool to reduce … Specific Aim 3: The third aim involved evaluating the ability of the status tracking tool to reduce the

272. Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-huang.html
     December 01, 2023 - grant in 2022 to compare the use of targeted decolonization with routine post-discharge wound care to reduce … The Decrease SSI Trial (Decolonization to Reduce After-Surgery Events of Surgical Site Infection) project … Huang’s earlier AHRQ-funded work in the REDUCE-MRSA trial , which compared universal decolonization

273. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 3) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_3_Physician_HO_508.docx
     January 01, 2010 - outpatient 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

274. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/toolkit-about.html
     March 01, 2018 - Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals The toolkit was developed as part of a national implementation project to reduce … Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI program, a 4-year initiative to reduce

275. Resources Related to Diagnostic Safety and Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/index.html
     March 01, 2025 - Improving Diagnosis: Patient Safety's Next Great Frontier (October 2016) New Coalition Broadens Efforts To Reduce … Diagnostic Errors  (September 2015) New Report Outlines Goals and Recommendations To Reduce Diagnostic

276. 004-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/004-cusp-learning-from-defects.docx
     October 01, 2024 - How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again? 4. … , related to the institution’s policies, workflow, culture, and resources Slide 14 How Will You Reduce … Slide 15 Evaluating Contributing Factors: Cause-Frequency Grid SAY: When deciding how to reduce the … Slide 28 Case Example Using the Investigating a Defect Worksheet: How Can We Reduce the Chance This … · How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again?

277. 023-Ss-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/023-ss-cusp-learning-from-defects-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again? 4. … of the presentation will focus on the third of the four questions of the LFD process: “How Will You Reduce … Slide 15 Evaluating Contributing Factors: Cause-Frequency Grid SAY: When deciding how to reduce the … Slide 28 Case Example Using the Investigating a Defect Worksheet: How Can We Reduce the Chance This … · How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again?

278. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape.html
     September 01, 2013 - Decolonization, and it has been proven in research studies to protect ICU patients from infection and reduce … The REDUCE MRSA trial showed that universal decolonization is more effective than either screening and … In addition, by removing bacteria, decolonization has been shown to reduce 37 percent of clinical MRSA … A formal cost-effectiveness analysis is being conducted for the REDUCE MRSA trial. … We routinely use an antibiotic ointment in the nose to keep bacteria away to reduce the risk of infection

279. Nursing Intervention to Remove Non-necessary Urinary Catheters
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-040814.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality Building a Team and a Process to Reduce … CAUTI Risk Learning Objectives Describe what is needed to build a team to reduce CAUTI risk Determine … the essential members State what is expected from them Explain the process to reduce CAUTI risk Know … Improve the culture of safety on your unit through the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Reduce … for facilitating the education of other nurses Develops and shares expertise in technical skills to reduce

280. 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 - Blood Culture Stewardship aims to improve bacteremia detection, reduce inappropriate antibiotic use, … Discuss strategies to promote blood culture stewardship and reduce blood culture contamination.