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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2017
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg reduced its 30-day readmission rate from 20 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2015 after implementing a discharge progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/nursing/nursing-notes.html
December 01, 2012 - patient safety work done on their unit by building paid hours for quality improvement work into their schedule … This model has financial benefits for the unit because it schedules time for the nurses to work closely
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp5.html
May 01, 2014 - Your appointment personnel can prompt the patient that you are interested in having a brief discussion
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/dailygoals.docx
January 01, 2003 - Daily Goals Checklist
Problem statement: Clear communication among health care providers is paramount. Communication failures lead to patient harm, increased length of stay, provider dissatisfaction, and staff turnover. Effective communication is particularly important in the unit if complicated care plans are to be …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/daily-goals.html
December 01, 2012 - Daily Goals Checklist
CUSP Toolkit
Effective communication is particularly important in the unit if complicated care plans are to be effectively managed by the care team
Problem statement: Clear communication among health care providers is paramount. Communication failures lead to patient harm, increased l…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/5-red-light-green-light.docx
June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Red Light, Green Light: An Overview of Common Implementation Barriers and Facilitators
Purpose of this tool: To help team leaders identify barriers to and facilitators of implementing Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), an enhanced recovery program…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
June 01, 2023 - (Name) Nurse Educator
Describe the communication processes in place, both formally (ISCR meeting schedules
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/index.html
March 01, 2019 - 3.6: Plan for sustainability
Step 4: Convene and Disseminate
Task 4.1: Establish methods and schedules
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/barnes-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - job
satisfaction; (3) documentation, communication, and administrative needs; (4) staffing and work
schedule … barriers related to
documentation, communication, and administrative needs; level of staffing and work schedules
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/09-diagnostic-safety-practice-orientation.pptx
November 24, 2020 - sheet allows patients and their families to prepare for and become more fully engaged in their medical appointments … The goal is to help patients and families to be ready for the appointment and share important information … communicators and diagnosticians can fall short when they are faced with a huge patient panel and a busy schedule … some time to complete it while they are waiting to be roomed (for in-person visits) or prior to the appointment
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
March 01, 2013 - received by accepting practitioners; the number of patients who have and attend a posthospital followup appointment
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/6-improvement-strategies.pdf
March 01, 2017 - address aspects of care that happen in the doctor’s office, such as access to care (e.g.,
scheduling appointments … Customer
Service
Health
Promotion/
Education
Open Access Scheduling for
Routine and Urgent
Appointments … CAHPS for Physician
Quality Reporting
System (PQRS) Survey
**
Access to care Getting Timely
Appointments … , Care, and
Information
Getting Timely Care,
Appointments, and
Information (9 & 12)
Between Visit … Communication (12)
Getting Timely Care,
Appointments, and
Information
Between Visit
Communication
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/cgcahps-webcast-brief-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The survey produces the
following measures of patient experience:
• Access to Timely Appointments, … Survey for Quality Improvement
MGH/MGPO Service Department’s Sample Messages for Staff Huddles
SCHEDULE
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/cgcahps-webcast-brief-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The survey produces the
following measures of patient experience:
• Access to Timely Appointments, … Survey for Quality Improvement
MGH/MGPO Service Department’s Sample Messages for Staff Huddles
SCHEDULE
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/measure-dx.html
March 01, 2025 - Measure Dx: A Tool To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events
As part of a project called Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS), RAND is recruiting healthcare sites that have or can create a quality improvement (QI) team that will commit to using a resource to help them …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/diagnostic-safety-workgroup-march-2022-meeting-notes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety
and Quality in Healthcare
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested “AHRQ to convene a cross agency working …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-111921.pdf
March 11, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - as reviewing the bundle resources and implementing selected bundles
establishing a regular meeting schedule
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - as reviewing the bundle resources and implementing selected bundles
establishing a regular meeting schedule