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  1. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter5.html
    June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update Chapter 5. Measure Mapping Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update Chapter 1: Background Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination? Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework Chapter 4, Emerging Trends in Ca…
  2. www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/spread/notes.html
    December 01, 2012 - CUSP Toolkit Spread Facilitator Notes CUSP Toolkit The Spread module of the CUSP Toolkit helps an organization share, tailor, and implement the components of a process that have worked well at the unit level. The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture…
  3. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/942.html
    December 01, 2024 - COVID-19 Surges Tied to Higher Risks for All Hospital Patients, AHRQ Study Finds Issue Number 942 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. December 17, 2024 Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, AHRQ News Now will not publish ag…
  4. www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/oklahoma.html
    March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Oklahoma Cooperative EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure (Primary Healthcare Extension System) to help smaller primary care practices im…
  5. www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
    March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve the heart health of their patie…
  6. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/failure-rescue-long-desc.html
    April 01, 2021 - Failure to Rescue Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR PSLL) Principal Investigator: George Blike, M.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH AHRQ Grant No.: HS024403 Project Period: 09/30/15-03/31/20 Description: The overall goal of this project was to create the ideal hospital rescue system. Minimizing fai…
  7. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/national-steering-committee.html
    May 01, 2018 - AHRQ Safety Expert Chosen To Co-Chair National Effort to Reduce Patient Harm Press Release Date: May 22, 2018 P. Jeffrey (Jeff) Brady, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), has been named co-c…
  8. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips71.html
    October 01, 2014 - Idaho Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocols for Preventing Blood Clots Search All Impact Case Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls for i…
  9. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/multicenter1003-cp3-coe.html
    October 01, 2014 - IBM Unit Develops Electronic Health Screening Initiative for Employees Based on Task Force Recommendations Search All Impact Case Studies July 2010 A computer-aided screening initiative based on the AHRQ-sponsored U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) recommendations and delivered via a…
  10. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201606.html
    July 01, 2016 - American Cancer Society Uses AHRQ Resources to Support Primary Care Practices in Increasing Cancer Screenings Search All Impact Case Studies July 2016 The American Cancer Society (ACS) is using AHRQ’s Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum to train more than 100 ACS staff members who work with prim…
  11. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/describe.html
    January 01, 2023 - Describe How a Plan or Provider Can Influence a Quality Measure For some measures, it may be necessary to explain what the plan or provider can do to improve its performance. Providers are often concerned that they are being rated on measures over which they believe they have limited influence. When the public …
  12. www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/or-briefing-audit.html
    December 01, 2017 - Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem Statement One of the strongest determinants of safety culture is whether local and hospital leadership respond to staff patient safety concerns. Frontline providers understand patient safety …
  13. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-experience-fry-webinar.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users What Is Patient Experience and How Does CAHPS Measure It? Stephanie Fry Senior Study Director Westat www.ahrq.gov/cahps What is Patient Experience? “Patient experience encompasses the range of interactions that patients have with the health care system, inc…
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/rfe-role-leader.pdf
    March 01, 2017 - Resident and Family Engagement: What is my role as a leader? • Resident and family engagement is one component of person-centered care, a philosophy that recognizes residents as individuals and as partners. • Effective resident and family partnerships are demonstrated by including the residents and family a…
  15. www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/nac-meeting-june28-29.html
    June 01, 2024 - AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet in Baltimore on June 28-29 Press Release Date: June 11, 2024 The National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will convene in person in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, June 28, at 1:45 p.m. E.T. and Saturday, June 29, at 9 a.m. E.T. The counc…
  16. www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/appendix-a4.html
    December 01, 2009 - Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary…
  17. www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/snac-pronovost.html
    December 01, 2021 - SNAC Member: Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., is a patient safety cha…
  18. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/12a-pfe-provider-survey.pdf
    August 01, 2021 - Provider Feedback Survey Provider Feedback Survey Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety AHRQ Publication No. 21-0047-11-EF August 2021 Surveys provide a quick and easy way to solicit provider feedback on toolkit impact and perceived communication effectiveness. You will want to collect pro…
  19. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Set-the-Stage-for-Conducting-the-Survey.html
    December 01, 2019 - Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project: Step 1: Form a Project Team .  Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .   Step 3: Define Your Goals . Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy . Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey. Step…
  20. www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Define-Your-Project-Goals.html
    December 01, 2019 - Step 3: Define Your Project Goals Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project: Step 1: Form a Project Team .  Step 2: Form an Advisory Group .   Step 3: Define Your Goals. Step 4: Plan a Communications Strategy . Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey . Step 6: Develop an…

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