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321. Slide 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-051413.ppt
     January 01, 2013 - CAUTI Reduce antibiotic use Reduce potential of increased resistance and Clostridium difficile disease … Reduce trauma (mechanical complications): Metal and urethral injury Hematuria Hospitalists Geriatricians … due to CAUTI Estimates both current costs and projected costs after a hypothetical intervention to reduce … risk among those catheterized with bacteriuria = 0.10% * CAUTI Cost Calculator Intervention to reduce … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce

322. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Cholesterol Management (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - Substantial PCOR evidence shows that taking a statin medication each day to manage blood cholesterol can reduce … Heart Association (AHA) developed an evidence-based guideline on treating high blood cholesterol to reduce … Robinson JG, Lichtenstein AH, et al. 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce

323. 089-Or-Traffic-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - The goal that the CUSP team agreed upon was to reduce and hopefully eliminate SSIs in their patient population … This included looking at what happened and why, how to reduce the likelihood of this happening again, … Slide 15 Case Example: How To Reduce the Likelihood of This Defect Happening Again? … SAY: How can the CUSP team reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again? … Educating staff is one way to reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again.

324. Evidence in Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/diagnostic-error-reduction.pdf
     September 04, 2020 - An example is a “debiasing” checklist that aims to reduce errors that occur due to shortcuts in the … For example, the first step in the well-known checklist to reduce central-line infections is “Wash your … A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. … Checklists to reduce diagnostic errors. … Debiasing versus knowledge retrieval checklists to reduce diagnostic error in ECG interpretation.

325. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … HAI projects in both grant categories should demonstrate new ways to detect, prevent and reduce HAIs. … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant

326. Impoving Diagnosis (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2019 - advance the field’s knowledge of diagnostic safety and to develop practical tools and resources to reduce … psnet.ahrq.gov/ https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-19-003.html Tools AHRQ’s tools to reduce … Patients and families who engage with providers ask good questions and help reduce the chance of mistakes

327. Appendix C: Examples of Current State of Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - four Health Educator Referral Liaisons to link patients with community resources for counseling to reduce … clinicians (go to https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/community-referral-liaisons-help-patients-reduce-risky-health-behaviors-leading

328. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-brochure.html
     March 01, 2017 - HAIs/CAUTI This program supports long-term care facilities in adopting evidence-based practices to reduce

329. 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 - Currently, it is not clear how to best reduce the overuse of potentially harmful screening services.

330. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2025 - benefits of telehealth became evident during the pandemic, the harms and patient safety practices to reduce … benefits of telehealth became evident during the pandemic, the harms and patient safety practices to reduce … Reducing Adverse Events Related to Anticoagulants (Jan. 16, 2024) Report Protocol Deprescribing To Reduce

331. 4 Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/4-things.html
     March 01, 2017 - 4 Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI 1. Bacteria in the urine does not necessarily mean a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is present. Bacteriuria is the term used to describe a positive urine culture, the presenc…

332. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - Archived Webinars Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk (April 8, 2014) Accessible … PowerPoint ) (487 KB) / Transcript ( Word ) / mp3 audio (6.4 MB) Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce

333. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in the ICU. … Improve patient and family experience Reduce complications Get patients off the ventilator Get patients … risk of patient harms associated with mechanical ventilation Reduce ventilator-associated events, including … Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in the ICU. … Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in the ICU.

334. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/index.html
     October 01, 2015 - through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce … documents prepared for the Partnership for Patients Ascension Health Hospital Engagement Network efforts to reduce

335. Why is Self-Management Support Important? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/self-mgmt/why.html
     February 01, 2016 - improving clinical outcomes In some circumstances, self-management education improves outcomes and can reduce … education program bringing together patients with a variety of chronic conditions may improve outcomes and reduce

336. Webinar 1: Introduction & Overview: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - levels that contribute to Medicaid readmissions. 2012-2013: Explore whether the best practices to reduce … On the left is a box captioned "Reduce Medicaid Readmissions"; two lines connect this box to two boxes … Focusing on those diagnoses only will not reduce hospital-wide readmission rates.

337. Brain Health Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (Brain Safety Lab) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - The project aims were to: Reduce the use of unsafe medications with anticholinergic (ACh) side effects … Usability and feasibility of consumer-facing technology to reduce unsafe medication use by older adults … Usability and feasibility of consumer-facing technology to reduce unsafe medication use by older adults

338. Additional Videos for TeamSTEPPS 3.0 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS technique, part of an evidence-based approach to safer care, can improve communication and reduce … TeamSTEPPS techniques used in labor and delivery units can help improve communication and collaboration and reduce … Learn how this technique, one tool in the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 training program, can improve communication, reduce

339. Physician Burnout (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/ahrq-works/impact-burnout.pdf
     July 01, 2017 - The MEMO study also found that the hope that electronic health records (EHRs) in the workplace would reduce … depression screening quality improvement projects to engage office staff, enhance team work, and reduce … 3 Implementing a Patient-Centered Medical Home can also improve physician satisfaction and reduce … practices, EvidenceNOW is working to increase primary care professionals’ workplace satisfaction and to reduce

340. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - Determine risk factors for postoperative wound dehiscence and identify patients at risk.1-3,7 Reduce … .1,2 o Optimize nutrition before surgery, especially increased protein.1,2 Recommended Practice: Reduce … incision.1,2,9 • Administer appropriate antibiotic selection based on evidence based guidelines1,2,9 • Reduce … Essential First Steps Recommended Practice: Wound Dehiscence Risk Assessment Recommended Practice: Reduce