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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-f.docx
September 01, 2016 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3)
Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
Appendix F. Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist?
How To Use This Document - When you make modifications to your checklist, review this document with your checklist implementat…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/637.html
October 01, 2018 - content calls with experts in the field, implementation resources, access to the American College of Surgeons … Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=96
January 01, 2024 - This study explored surgeons’ approaches to decision-making for surgery among adults ≥65 years at high-risk … The authors conducted semistructured in-depth interviews with 46 practicing surgeons across Michigan. … They found that although shared decision-making is strongly recommended, surgeons who perform high-risk … Surgeons were also influenced by quality metrics, referrals, and personal experiences.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=149
January 01, 2024 - vision included 1) methods for the objective and rigorous assessment of the performance of practicing surgeons … now exist, 2) simulators are sufficiently mature and sophisticated that practicing surgeons will use … them, and 3) practicing surgeons can improve their performance with appropriate feedback and coaching … The objective of this study was to understand why surgeons stop performing certain unnecessary cancer
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=195
January 01, 2024 - Education: Patient and Caregiver, Caregiving
Childers CP , Hofer IS , Cheng DS Evaluating surgeons … cards have demonstrated variation in intraoperative supply costs and may allow comparisons between surgeons … The investigators concluded that evaluating surgeons based on intraoperative supply costs was sensitive … Evaluating surgeons on intraoperative disposable supply costs: details matter.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide5/scenarios.html
August 01, 2022 - Case Scenarios: Handling Challenging Communications
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose : To help you prepare for disclosure communications by using four scenarios to practice challenging interpersonal communications.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead(s).
How to use this too…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/domino-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Evaluation of
the patient educational materials that our spine surgeons were using concluded that they … Therefore, we presented the spine surgeons with
decision aids produced by various vendors. … Patient Activation Pamphlet: When we discovered that surgeons did not fully understand the concept of … This patient activation pamphlet was well received by the spine surgeons, who distributed it to their … Provider subjects included four attending surgeons, three physician
assistants, and two orthopedic spine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi_investigation.docx
January 01, 2017 - Surgeons:
Nurses:
Scrub technicians:
Anesthesia providers:
Other:
8.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/37-laparotomy-patient.pdf
June 01, 2023 - Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy
Recovering After
Emergency Laparotomy
e
Emergency Laparotomy Patient Education Guide 1
Recovering After Emergency
Laparotomy
Patient Name ___________________________________________________________________
Surgeon Name ________________________________________________…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/20tips/20tips.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Surgeons are expected to sign their
initials directly on the site to be operated on
before the surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Sample 2009 NSQIP report (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program … Normothermia
Interventions
Confirmed that temperature probes were accurate first:
Needed surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/mackenzie-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - the methods and techniques to iteratively develop a best practice
model of multi-person performance (surgeons … Participants
Surgeons, including attending, fellows, and residents in trauma, participated in
video … A cadre of 12 attending surgeons and anesthesiologists (named
the Invasive Procedure Outcome [IPO] Group … The Attending Surgeons who
supervise all the team members were constant throughout the study.
3) … contribution to data collection,
questionnaires, and video review of anesthesiologists, nurses, and surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/093-universal-targeted-decolonization-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - private practice, and whether the preoperative clinics and staff are on- or offsite
· Input from local surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
Preparing for and Recovering
After Hip or Knee
Replacement Surgery
e
Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery Patient Education Guide 1
Preparing for and Recovering After
Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
Patient Name ______________________________…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module5/mod5-case-scenarios.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Purpose: To help you prepare for disclosure communications by using four scenarios to practice challenging
interpersonal communications.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead(s)
How to use this tool: Use the scenarios in this tool to practice and improve disclosure delivery. The Disclosure
Lead(s) can use the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/laparotomy-patient.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy
Recovering After
Emergency Laparotomy
e
Emergency Laparotomy Patient Education Guide 1
Recovering After Emergency
Laparotomy
Patient Name ___________________________________________________________________
Surgeon Name ________________________________________________…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=0
January 01, 2024 - , Michel G , Farela A Association of adherence to individual components of Society of Thoracic Surgeons … retrospective observation study examined the association between the 4 components of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons … Failure to adhere to first dose timing guidelines was directly associated with Society of Thoracic Surgeons-adjudicated … There were no significant associations among the 4 Society of Thoracic Surgeons metrics individually … Association of adherence to individual components of Society of Thoracic Surgeons cardiac surgery antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HP/supplemental-coordination-of-care-hp-child-2158-17a.docx
October 12, 2017 - Specialists are doctors like surgeons, heart doctors, allergy doctors, skin doctors, and other doctors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HP/supplemental-coordination-of-care-hp-adult-2157-17a.docx
October 12, 2017 - Specialists are doctors like surgeons, heart doctors, allergy doctors, skin doctors, and other doctors
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201520.html
July 01, 2015 - Amery’s improved safety performance has helped attract more surgeons—including an ophthalmologist and