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381. Making Effective Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/changes.html
     November 01, 2019 - able to— Identify relevant factors that could improve antibiotic use  Identify interventions to reduce

382. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/cahps-strategy-6-r.pdf
     April 14, 2017 - Missed appointments contribute to discontinuity of care, reduce care opportunities for other patients … The higher levels of preventive services are likely to reduce morbidity and mortality from preventable … more patients come for their allotted appointments, the practice can increase its visit capacity and reduce … Systems to reduce no-shows employ some additional techniques, including:  Reducing perceived barriers … and recall systems are effective at improving immunization rates in adults and children.5 They also reduce

383. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6-r.pdf
     April 14, 2017 - Missed appointments contribute to discontinuity of care, reduce care opportunities for other patients … The higher levels of preventive services are likely to reduce morbidity and mortality from preventable … more patients come for their allotted appointments, the practice can increase its visit capacity and reduce … Systems to reduce no-shows employ some additional techniques, including:  Reducing perceived barriers … and recall systems are effective at improving immunization rates in adults and children.5 They also reduce

384. TeamSTEPPS Additional Video: SBAR in Inpatient Medical Teams | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/sbar.html
     July 01, 2023 - Learn how this technique, one tool in the TeamSTEPPS training program, can improve communication, reduce

385. Central Venous Catheter Insertion Bundle Facilitator Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-insertion-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - In addition, the use of bundles can help reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) by improving … This study demonstrates the importance of measuring and achieving bundle compliance to reduce CLABSIs … new physicians and nurses to help them understand their role in implementing the bundle elements to reduce … this case, the use of a central line checklist to improve compliance with the central line bundle and reduce … provide real time feedback and support changes that will promote proper CVC insertion practices and reduce

386. Challenges to Real-Time Decision Support in Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Fitzgerald_108.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - decision support system for trauma patient resuscitation that is used to encourage consistency and reduce … environments and thereby lead to avoidable errors have been delineated by the airline industry.5, 6 To reduce … Studies have demonstrated that formal trauma patient algorithms encourage consistency, reduce error … Evidence-based clinical guidelines can reduce variability in practice and improve patient outcomes.8 … via visual and auditory displays in the resuscitation bay may enhance clinicians’ interactions and reduce

387. The Business Case for CUSP (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/business-case.html
     April 01, 2013 - Next slide, we look at if we reduce infections, we reduce length of stay. … So what you can do there is you can reduce your staffing level. … And so you take workload reduction – how much did you reduce? … You’re going to reduce the potential for case cancellations in the ORs. … Insurance companies love that, but you’re not going to reduce costs.

388. PowerPoint Presentation: Learn From Defects Through Sensemaking
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - How will you reduce the risk of it happening again? How will you know the risk is reduced? … How will you reduce the risk of it happening again? … How will you reduce the risk of it happening again? … 40 How Will You Reduce Risk of It Happening Again? Engagement is hard! … This continuous effort to reduce risk for patient harm improves your unit’s culture of safety.

389. TeamSTEPPS Additional Video: Labor and Delivery: Successful Outcome Using TeamSTEPPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/labor.html
     July 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS techniques used in labor and delivery units can help improve communication and collaboration and reduce

390. Additional TeamSTEPPS Videos: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Teams | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/check-back-team.html
     July 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS technique, part of an evidence-based approach to safer care, can improve communication and reduce

391. Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting from Algorithms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/guiding-principles.html
     December 01, 2023 - sector of the healthcare system is using these technologies to try to improve patient outcomes and reduce … mitigate and prevent racial and ethnic bias in tools that may perpetuate healthcare inequities and reduce

392. FAQs (Staff): Targeted Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-targeted-decolonization.docx
     March 01, 2022 - with medical devices, we routinely use special products in the nose to get rid of bacteria in order to reduce … Remember, decolonization has been proven to reduce bloodstream infections and MDROs including MRSA and

393. Appendix B. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Using a bundle approach to improve ventilator care processes and reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia … Integrated approach to reduce perinatal adverse events: Standardized processes, teamwork training, and

394. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - Successful approaches to learn from diagnostic quality and develop strategies to reduce harm from diagnostic … and how patient feedback can enrich clinicians’ understanding of patient and family experience and reduce

395. Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions Webinar 1 (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/aspire_webinar1/aspire_webinar1.ppt
     January 01, 2011 - levels that contribute to Medicaid readmissions 2012-2013: Explore whether the best practices to reduce … transitional care when the focus is just on penalty conditions Focusing on those diagnoses only will not reduce

396. 015-Ss-Hand-Hygiene-Periop-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - hand antisepsis is to not only remove these microorganisms, but also to suppress further growth to reduce … for staff to follow the proper procedure for putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) gloves to reduce … How will you reduce the likelihood of this defect happening again? 4. … Slide 26 Case Example: How To Reduce Likelihood of This Defect from Happening Again? … SAY: Now let’s talk about how to reduce the likelihood of this defect from happening again.

397. The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
     March 27, 2008 - In an effort to reduce these occurrences, a panel of experts was convened to update New York State’s … specificity of the New York State Surgical and Invasive Procedure Protocol (NYSSIPP) are expected to reduce … This paper provides a model for other agencies interested in establishing protocols to reduce these … mandatory reporting requirement was implemented in 1985 pursuant to State legislation designed to reduce … Can protocols substantially reduce (or eliminate) error?

398. Cannabis-Final (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/cannabis-final.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Mostly CBD Equal THC and CBD Synthetic Whole Plant CONCLUSION: Evidence suggests cannabis can reduce

399. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
     February 26, 2008 - The evidence on the effect of standardized interventions to reduce falls in acute care settings is inconsistent … Nursing Initiative© (KBNI) framework was used to create evidence-based practice recommendations to reduce … and the presence of regulatory requirements that mandate fall risk assessments and interventions to reduce … Individualized toileting care appears to be an intervention with a high potential to reduce falls and … Using aggregate root cause analysis to reduce falls.

400. Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
     February 26, 2008 - The evidence on the effect of standardized interventions to reduce falls in acute care settings is inconsistent … Nursing Initiative© (KBNI) framework was used to create evidence-based practice recommendations to reduce … and the presence of regulatory requirements that mandate fall risk assessments and interventions to reduce … Individualized toileting care appears to be an intervention with a high potential to reduce falls and … Using aggregate root cause analysis to reduce falls.