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41. Medicaid | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs Blue Shield of California Foundation Uses AHRQ Guide to Reduce

42. Healthcare Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    AHRQ Toolkit Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent Chartbook

43. Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Redesigning Primary Health Care Teams for Population Health and Quality Improvement Using Data to Reduce

44. Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions-primarycare-rpt.html
    March 01, 2021 - the health system, the purpose of this project was to address the important and unfulfilled need to reduce … resulting from AHRQ's research in this area; other project details are at Primary Care Efforts To Reduce

45. Final Progress Report: An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability Final … Progress Report: An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability R03 HS022353 … -02 Title of Project: An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability Principal … Agency Support: Grant Award Number: R03 HS022353 1 Final Progress Report: An Intervention to Reduce … This purpose of this research is to assist in developing the evidence base for interventions to reduce

46. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events The REDUCE MRSA Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Decolonization … Staphylococcus aureus ) found that universal decolonization was the most effective intervention to reduce … HHSA290201000008i Prepared by: The REDUCE MRSA Trial Working Group Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

47. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Evaluating the device daily for necessity will reduce unnecessary use, thus reducing the infection risk … The three areas of focus to reduce device risk: placement, maintenance, and removal Peripheral … Complying with the five steps during the procedure will reduce the risk of introducing organisms to the … A chlorhexidine disc or gel may also be applied at the CVC exit site to reduce colonization risk in hospitals … When accessing the CVC, scrubbing the hub with alcohol for 15 seconds is recommended to reduce the risk

48. Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - The following case studies illustrate the opportunities to reduce the risk and prevent complications … Avoiding inappropriate use of the UC will reduce the risk. … How do we reduce the risk of a similar event happening? … The use of proper insertion technique and maintenance can reduce the risk. … Potential interventions to reduce the risk of VAP include keeping the head of the bed elevated and practicing

49. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce … Diagnostic stewardship represents a partnership between clinicians and diagnostic testing experts to reduce … Given the pivotal role of diagnostic testing in medicine, programs and initiatives to reduce diagnostic

50. Final Progress Report: Automated Lab Test Followup To Reduce Medical Errors (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Automated Lab Test Followup To Reduce Medical Errors Principal Investigator/ … Automated Lab Test Follow-up to Reduce Medical Errors Principal Investigator: David S. … Page 18 Automated Lab Test Follow-up to Reduce Medical Errors ABSTRACT PURPOSE SCOPE METHODS

51. Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities Toolkit To Reduce

52. Patient Self-Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in Virginia Engaging Patients and

53. Appendix B25: Ways Families Can Help Reduce Fall Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities Appendix B25: Ways Families Can Help Reduce … Falls Engineer Instructions Reduce clutter in the room and bathroom Take home items

54. Conclusions and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - With a high-rate of preventability, changes in healthcare systems can reduce the prevalence of these … are unknown, there are feasible solutions, including simulation to both determine the causes of and reduce

55. Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2024 - Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections AHRQ offers free toolkits designed for clinicians … and CAUTI in ICUs Long-term care facilities: Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Toolkit To Reduce

56. Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    of Preventive Services to People with Disabilities AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce

57. Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions This environmental scan … resulting from AHRQ's research in this area; other project details are at Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce … Full Report Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions  (PDF, 784 KB)

58. Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmissions The … Administration (VHA) Hospitals (journal article) How Hospitals Reengineer Their Discharge Processes To Reduce … With AHRQ-Based Discharge Program Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce … Cases and Commentaries: Postdischarge Follow-Up Phone Call Readmissions Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce … Use AHRQ Toolkit To Improve Medication Reconciliation Across Care Settings Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce

59. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2025 - Health care leader action guide to reduce readmissions. … ://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/other-publication/2010/jan/health-care-leader-action-guide-reduce-avoidable

60. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2025 - Health care leader action guide to reduce readmissions. … ://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/other-publication/2010/jan/health-care-leader-action-guide-reduce-avoidable