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3381. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
      December 01, 2016 - focus include preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), combating antibiotic resistance, and reducing … Despite the progress to date in reducing HACs, much work remains to be done to ensure that the U.S. health … These data through 2015 indicate that it is possible to make substantial progress in reducing virtually … considered preventable, the overall PfP goal to prevent 40 percent of preventable HACs would result in reducing

3382. Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/how-to-guide.pdf
      August 01, 2024 - Key suggestions included the following: (25) • Reducing participation requirements for already overburdened

3383. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit - Section 7, Tools and Resources (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/putoolssect7.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - However, recent research has made it clear that successfully reducing pressure ulcer incidence requires … Place the patient on a pressure-reducing surface and explain to the patient and family that the patient … Place the patient on a pressure-reducing surface and explain to the patient and family that the patient

3384. Patient and Family-Centered Care (April 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - knowledge, into our capacity, to achieve the critical goals that we all strive towards, whether it's reducing

3385. Patient-Family-Centered-Care-Transcript (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-transcript.doc
      April 09, 2013 - knowledge, into our capacity, to achieve the critical goals that we all strive towards, whether it's reducing

3386. Final Progress Report: Risk-Informed Interventions in Community Pharmacy: Implementation and Evaluation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/cohen2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Risk-Informed Interventions in Community Pharmacy: Implementation and Evaluation Final Report: Risk-Informed Interventions in Community Pharmacy: Implementation and Evaluation Principal Investigator: Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon), DPS (hon) Team Members: Judy L. Smetzer, RN, BSN,…

3387. Action-Plan-Template (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - The Action Plan should guide the team’s progress toward reducing CLABSI and CAUTI.

3388. Introduction and Welcome (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/intro-welcome.pdf
      March 01, 2022 - Key considerations for decision making • Implementation readiness • Estimated cost implications of reducing

3389. Making Effective Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-facilitator-guide.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Care Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Reducing … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making Reducing … Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Reducing … Care Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Reducing

3390. Creating a Culture of Patient Safety through Innovative Hospital Design (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Reiling.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - Arguably, care standardization could substantially affect hospital organizational factors— reducing … at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston24 identified how information technology can be a tool in reducing … Safety: Vol. 2 434 patient care, allowing the nurse to remain in the room with the patient, thus reducing … Efforts have focused on reducing reliance on short-term memory and providing information when problem … This will result in reducing the latent conditions and active failures that lead to error.

3391. A Model-based Approach to Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Marken.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - report shows how a model of skilled human performance can be used to evaluate safety practices aimed at reducing … Notably absent from these recommendations were many well-accepted safety practices that are aimed at reducing … .14 In the health safety area, the policies being evaluated are medical safety practices aimed at reducing … Health safety practices aimed at reducing error by increasing skill level are, therefore, likely to … Safety: Vol. 2 418 Parameters of error-reduction practice Many different strategies aimed at reducing

3392. 12-Identifying-Stakeholders-Facilitator (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/12-identifying-stakeholders-facilitator.docx
      June 01, 2023 - goal of implementing the ISCR program in hospitals is to improve the perioperative care of patients by reducing … complications, improving the patient experience, and reducing unnecessary healthcare utilization.

3393. North Shore-LIJ Health System Implements TeamSTEPPS® to Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201521.html
      July 01, 2015 - The training also has been instrumental in reducing patient harms, including a 60 percent decrease in

3394. 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 - Teamwork and Communication Definitions and Tools Focus on Reducing Catheter-Associated

3395. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-factsheet.docx
      January 01, 2017 - trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing

3396. Key Findings of the 2014 QDR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-key.html
      September 01, 2015 - Many challenges in improving quality and reducing disparities remain.

3397. 0129References (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0129references.pdf
      October 23, 2013 - The influence of a postdischarge intervention on reducing hospital readmissions in a Medicare population … Reducing Hospital Readmissions: It’s About Improving Patient Care – Health Affairs Blog. 2013. … Available at: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/08/16/reducing- hospital-readmissions-its-about-improving-patient-care … America’s Health Insurance Plans - Innovations in Reducing Preventable Hospital Admissions, Readmissions

3398. LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORKBOOK (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr02/asthqwork.doc
      April 01, 2006 - Estimate a State’s potential cost savings by using targeted disease management and reducing pediatric … Steps for Estimating Potential Savings From Reducing Excess Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations Step … Potential cost savings from reducing excess hospitalizations: Subtract step 8 from step 7 * Step … Do you want to focus on reducing asthma hospitalizations? … Estimate a State’s potential cost savings by using targeted disease management and reducing pediatric

3399. Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr02/asthqwork.pdf
      April 01, 2006 - Estimate a State’s potential cost savings by using targeted disease management and reducing pediatric … Estimate a State’s potential cost savings by using targeted disease management and reducing pediatric … Steps for Estimating Potential Savings From Reducing Excess Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations * Step … at your potential cost savings from reducing excess hospitalizations. … Do you want to focus on reducing asthma hospitalizations?

3400. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/creating-safety-culture/cultureofsafety_hemodialysis.pptx
      September 03, 2014 - safety improvement efforts Conduct a learning from defects exercise 2 Overview The importance of reducing … This Culture of Safety module aims to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the importance of reducing … If not, then improvement is a priority 4 Culture of Safety SAY: Reducing harm at the facility level … Maintaining a culture of safety in your dialysis facility is effective in reducing adverse events.   … Checklists and protocols improve outcomes by reducing variation and controlling processes.