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361. Exhibit 3.11. Lean Project Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 3.11. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

362. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
     September 01, 2013 - percent of patients are infected by MRSA on any given day among 83 North American ICUs. 15 Furthermore, studies … Chlorhexidine bathing has been previously evaluated in single center and small multicenter studies, which … Several studies have shown 90 percent efficacy within 2 weeks of a 5-day regimen. 24-27 It also significantly … nearly all is rapidly converted to monic acid, an inactive metabolite. 32,34 Multiple observational studies … MRSA Trial found negligible rate of skin reactions (<1 percent) from CHG use; two other large scale studies

363. The AAFP Patient Safety Reporting System: Development and Legal Issues Pertinent to Medical Error Tracking and Analysis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - This initial study, launched in 2000, led to three subsequent studies within the AAFP National Network … raised in the first two studies. … AAFP study (the DCERPS study) differed slightly from those used in the first two studies. … The first two studies taught us that understanding how errors cascade was important. … Distribution of error types from three AAFP error-report studies Table 2.

364. Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/thyrser.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - studies have been done. … For these categories of studies, we included studies in the general adult population, a demographic … We excluded studies of screening for congenital or familial thyroid disorders and studies of screening … of these studies were before/after studies in which reductions in serum lipids could have been due … observational studies.

365. Final Topic Refinement Document - Therapeutic Options for Obesity in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/obesity_topic-refinement.pdf
     May 22, 2014 - The adherence rate is only 75% among the short-term studies that were evaluated. … Only 4 of 10 studies were longer than 2 years. … None of the studies was assessed for bias. … A separate search on obesity treatment (any 4 population) showed 2072 on-going studies. … PICOTS Population(s) Population o Studies with population age 65 or older will be included o Studies

366. Exhibit 4.11. Dissemination of Results from Lean Projects Throughout the Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 4.11. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

367. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     May 07, 2008 - The ‘number of arms’ refers to specific groups or conditions within the studies. … The medicines used (nicotine patch, nicotine gum, bupropion, etc) varied across the studies. … In this studies, 21.7% of the tobacco users who received medicines alone were smokes free approximately … Not all studies used varenicline as the active medication. … In addition, many of the studies supporting these interventions comprised diverse samples of tobacco

368. Systems Change: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Studies randomized at higher level units were considered for the analyses only if the study's analytic … In fact, however, the few studies that analyzed data at the level of the clinician or clinic shared no … Only two studies, somewhat heterogenous, were available for this analysis. … In the analyzed studies, clinician behavior was assessed via patient report or chart review (not via … Studies have documented that tobacco dependence treatments provide a timely return on investment when

369. Reducing Waste and Inefficiency in Health Care Through Lean Process Redesign: Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2018 - peer-reviewed and gray literature) displayed the following methodological limitations: Although many studies … Studies generally failed to use rigorous quasi-experimental designs or comparative and longitudinal case … Instead, most studies reported on case studies without documenting the use of rigorous case study methodologies … * Findings denoted with asterisks were observed in 75 percent or more of the studies (including both … literature); those without asterisks were observed in at least 25 percent, but fewer than 75 percent, of the studies

370. 011-Ss-Decolonization-Strategies-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - It has been used not just in retrospective and observational studies, but in many randomized controlled … There are studies that also showed a benefit when employing a universal approach. … It should be noted that studies have shown either approach to be more cost effective when compared to … These studies have been mostly carried out in the joint replacement and spine surgery literature. … However, two studies that employed universal decolonization in preparation for surgery and evaluated

371. Exhibit 6.8. Kaizen Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 6.8. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

372. Exhibit 2.9. Lean Project Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 2.9. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

373. Exhibit 1.8. Kaizen Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 1.8. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

374. AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-edgeman-levitan.pdf
     October 01, 2023 - improvement strategies ► New topic areas − Mental health − Maternity care 33 CAHPS Quality Improvement Studies … improvement, patient experience measurement, culture and employee burnout 34 Quality Improvement Studies … CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide Ambulatory CAHPS Improvement Guide CAHPS Quality Improvement Studies … Quality Improvement Studies Providers’ use of narratives linked to patient and workforce experiences

375. Exhibit 5.14. Lean Tools and Activities for Pediatric Continuity of Care Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 5.14. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

376. Newsroom | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Impact Case Studies AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide … The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded

377. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
     September 01, 2013 - percent of patients are infected by MRSA on any given day among 83 North American ICUs. 15 Furthermore, studies … Chlorhexidine bathing has been previously evaluated in single center and small multicenter studies, which … Several studies have shown 90 percent efficacy within 2 weeks of a 5-day regimen. 24-27 It also significantly … nearly all is rapidly converted to monic acid, an inactive metabolite. 32,34 Multiple observational studies … MRSA Trial found negligible rate of skin reactions (<1 percent) from CHG use; two other large scale studies

378. Developing Invitation Messages that Increase Survey Response Rates - Shaller (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-shaller.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - - Shaller Wording to Encourage Completion of Open-Ended Survey Questions: Results of Two Pilot Studies … Dale Shaller, M.P.A Overview • Two pilot studies examined completion rates of the CAHPS Narrative … • Both studies were conducted as part of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) annual … • The aim of the studies was to identify effective wording of transition messages for motivating respondents … cahps/index.html Wording to Encourage Completion of Open-Ended Survey Questions:Results of Two Pilot Studies

379. Exhibit 2.15. Major Factors that Inhibited Lean Success at Central | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 2.15. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.

380. Exhibit 4.19. Major Factors that Inhibit Lean Success | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies Exhibit 4.19. … Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies … Introduction to the Case Studies Case 1.