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281. In Pandemic’s Wake, We Must Recommit to Patient and Workforce Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - As the Nation's healthcare delivery systems emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous priorities for … and healthcare worker safety is not a separate priority; it is central to safe, effective healthcare systems … Secretary Xavier Becerra convened leaders from some of the United States’ largest healthcare delivery systems … healthcare workforce safety and held a listening session to learn how HHS can partner with delivery systems … : culture, leadership and governance; patient and family engagement; workforce safety; and learning systems

282. AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: Federal Partnerships in Improving Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2020 - Healthcare Research Program at AHRQ provides foundational research to ensure that digital healthcare systems … Given the scope and complexity of implementing digital health systems to improve the Nation's health … Through a nearly $6 million award from HHS, five grantee teams were selected to test several systems … In September 2009, AHRQ and the NSF convened a workshop ( Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health … engineers, and fund research projects that address systems modeling in health services research, with

283. The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - stalled or reversed due to the stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic put on our local healthcare delivery systems … But during the same period, as healthcare delivery systems in our communities strained under the pressures … We have lots of work ahead of us as we rebuild our healthcare delivery systems to be more resilient to … But we must also focus on building resilient local healthcare delivery systems and hospitals that provide … We must start rebuilding our healthcare delivery systems immediately, focusing on improving patient safety

284. An Introduction to Assessing Practices: Issues to Consider (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-12-intro-to-assessing-practices.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Review and explore online resources for assessing practice systems and sample assessment tools listed … • What systems and software will they need to analyze and interpret the data for use in QI work? … • What systems will be put in place to hold them accountable for completing these tasks? … Our medical group/clinic operations rely heavily on organized systems 1 2 3 4 5 8 6. … The thinking of our leadership is strongly oriented toward systems 1 2 3 4 5 8 7.

285. Data Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 12, 2025 - Health Systems The Compendium of U.S. … Health Systems is a suite of files that provides insight into the healthcare organization landscape. … It includes data on systems, hospitals, group practices, outpatient sites, nursing homes, and home health … Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Database The CAHPS Database (formerly

286. Patient-Centered Medical Home Cost of Sustaining and Transforming | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/primary-care/pcp-costs/valko-costs.html
     May 01, 2015 - Patient-Centered Medical Home Cost of Sustaining and Transforming AHRQ Estimating the Costs of Supporting Primary Care Transformation Grants Principal Investigator: George Paul Valko, MD Institution: Thomas Jefferson University AHRQ Grant Number: R03 HS22630 Overview of Estimating Costs G…

287. Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/transform.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Single-bed rooms and improved air filtration systems can reduce the transmission of hospital-acquired

288. Final Progress report: Creating High Reliability Organizations (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods: We conducted a small, qualitative research project studying systems and cultural issues pertinent … Press, 1993) – leadership, culture of safety, redundancy designed into systems, and organizational … healthcare, epidemiological evidence for patient safety improvement, organizational psychology of systems … Other lectures developed specific themes related to cultures of safety (reporting and learning systems … , barriers to adoption of such systems).

289. Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/rapid-response/rapid-response-fac-guide.html
     July 01, 2023 - For rapid response systems to be sustainable, they need ongoing support, resources, and governance. … Similarly, obstetrical rapid response systems are distinct from neonatal rapid response systems. … Studies and experience with the use of rapid response systems for maternity patients is emerging. … Synergy with related or similar initiatives or hospital rapid response systems. … Support implementation of unit systems: Staff training/communication. Simulation.

290. Strategies to Better Engineer Safety into Healthcare Delivery (pdf file)
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     March 06, 2025 - One contributing factor was that “systems and processes were overly reliant on the healthcare workforce … Engineering; Founding Director, Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering, University … Valdez, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences & Engineering Systems and Environment … The authors stressed that “a robust systems engineering approach must be used to ensure that alarms … Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety.

291. Workflow (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/workflow-analysis-qi.pdf
     February 01, 2005 - North Carolina Area Health Education CentersNorth Carolina Area Health Education Centers Office Systems … • A physician office depends on different systems all working together or in parallel … – Examples of systems: Scheduling Phones (messaging and triage) Prescription Refills Check in … greenBook.htm Workflow Traditional Workflow Analysis Technical Prose Workflow Analysis Office Systems … Systems in a Practice How to start Workflow in Quality Improvement Flu VacFlow Map To describe

292. Facapplycusp (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Learning systems; and 5. Accountability and justice. … To achieve optimal outcomes, organizations must design robust systems that minimize risks. … Forcing functions, checks, and redundancies are some features of systems intended to minimize the risk … Learning systems By establishing learning systems, organizations can manage both systems and human behavior … In contrast, a Just Culture environment will support improved outcomes by emphasizing both robust systems

293. 130-Ss-Swiss-Cheese-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - To ensure a defect never happens again, failures should be viewed from a systems lens to improve the … This perspective is referred to as the “systems lenses.” … Slide 6 Systems Impact Safety SAY: Systems lenses allow us to take a comprehensive view of all the … When defects happen, it is essential to use new lenses to identify systems in play and be vigilant in … As seen in systems engineering, every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.

294. A System to Describe and Reduce Medical Errors in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kaprielian_9.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - Errors related to filing systems. 4. Errors in dispensing medications. 5. … Elder, et al.,11 suggested that barriers to establishing systems in family medicine offices include … Systems were developed as needed to prevent recurrences. 3 M & M conferences, held roughly … As the practice group realized that investigations resulted in systems improvements, and that human … It is rarely cost effective or desirable to change systems in response to every single event.

295. A Strategic Approach for Funding Research: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Initiative 2000–2004 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Keyes.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Selker, TIPI Systems to Reduce Errors in Emergency Cardiac Care). 3. … , hand-held electronic medication and specimen management systems, medication bar coding systems, automated … Sixteen 3-year grants to evaluate a variety of reporting systems were awarded. … These 16 projects represent three categories: voluntary reporting systems, mandatory reporting systems … Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems.

296. Summary of Patient Safety Research Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/summit-research-2020/questions.html
     March 01, 2021 - What systems-based approaches can be used to improve the delivery of healthcare and support the needs … For example, for problems that require systems-based solutions, do options for framing ROI that apply … a systems-based perspective help organizations better understand and realize benefits that are based … How can systems engineering principles be used to identify the relevant hospital systems and subsystems … What hospital-based support systems best reduce cognitive load for clinical staff?

297. Sustainability Tool - Sustainability Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/tool.html
     June 01, 2017 - Are information systems in place to support the effort going forward?   … Are change goals integrated with other performance measures and reward systems of participating entities … Are change goals integrated with existing programs, policies/procedures, and information systems of participating … change goals are not aligned and integrated with the strategic goals, performance measures, reward systems … , programs, policies/procedures, and information systems of participating entities, what strategies can

298. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2016 - Part One: Physician Feedback Report Fundamentals Part Two: Design of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems … Part Three: Three Strategies for Continuous Improvement of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems … Part Four: A Research Agenda To Advance the Science of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems Concluding … This resource is intended to support the evidence-based design of physician feedback reporting systems … available to developers of physician feedback reports to support continuous improvement of their reporting systems

299. Prologue: The Shift toward Performance and Tools (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Prologue_Keyes_Vol3.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - While patients certainly want highly knowledgeable clinicians, they also expect their health systems … independent solo practitioner, low tech model involving long hospital stays to a high tech, complex, systems-based … forms of simulation to improve proficiency, reinforce behaviors, and identify both individual and systems … essential that human capabilities and limitations be taken into account in the design of interactive systems … Far too often, the fit between practitioners and the systems within which they must function is less

300. AHRQ COVID-19 Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2019 - Health Systems Research AHRQ invests in research to generate new evidence and evidence synthesis to … help healthcare systems and healthcare professionals improve the care of patients. … the COVID-19 pandemic is supported by AHRQ's initiatives in the use of practice improvement, health systems