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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip7.html
November 01, 2019 - Test a Health Care Quality Report With Your Audience … Test a Health Care Quality Report With Your Audience
Members of your intended audience are … Learn More About Testing
How will you test aspects of your health care quality report? … Test the Report With Your Audience
Guidelines and Other Resources To Fine-tune Your Writing … Test a Health Care Quality Report With Your Audience. Content last reviewed November 2019.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pilot-results-parti.pdf
September 01, 2019 - 2019 Hospital Survey Pilot Test Results Part I
Pilot Test Results From the 2019 AHRQ
Surveys on Patient … Response Rate Statistics – 2019 SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Pilot Test ..................... 3
Table 3. … Distribution of 2019 SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Pilot Test Respondents by
Staff Position ............ … Distribution of 2019 SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Pilot Test Respondents by
Unit/Work Area ............ … Hospitals
2019 SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Pilot Test Results 10
Chart 2.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/needs-and-testing/index.html
May 01, 2019 - Home
Talking Quality
Plan Your Reporting Project
Test … The best way to do this is to test each aspect of your report and your dissemination strategy with your … Why Test Materials With Your Audience? … Here are some issues to explore when you test a report card:
Are people interpreting the information … In the second round, you could test a redesigned table that uses different symbols.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/infection-control-and-prevention.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Staff will need to know when testing is
indicated, as well as what to do while
waiting for test results … The results of the COVID-19 test will indicate what happens next:
• If the test for COVID-19 is positive … , nursing home staff should continue to isolate the resident as well as test other residents and staff … • If the test for COVID-19 is negative and the resident has been in contact with a COVID-19 positive … for COVID-19
Is the test for
COVID-19 positive
or negative?
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospice/index.html
December 01, 2023 - themes from the focus group and interview transcripts, the team made recommendations for the field-test … Field test. … inpatient care: acute care hospitals and freestanding hospice IPUs
Based on analyses of the field test … The team removed items that were included on the field test instrument solely to facilitate tests of … Hospice Experience of Care Survey: Development and Field Test (Research Report). RAND Health.
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June 01, 2022 - Home
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Study Finds Patients Who Self-Test … Newsletter
AHRQ News Now
Events
Study Finds Patients Who Self-Test … Today's Headlines:
Study Finds Patients Who Self-Test Negative for COVID-19 Not Properly Quarantining … of U.S. adults who tested negative for COVID-19 with at-home self-test kits indicated that they would … and older were asked to complete an online survey on their interpretation of at-home COVID-19 self-test
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/measures.html
May 01, 2017 - to take medicines
Health Literacy Items for Hospitals
How Well Hospital Staff Explain Tests and Test … Hospital staff explained what a blood test, x-ray, or other test was for
H-HL21. … Explanation of blood test, x-ray, or other test was easy to understand
H-HL22. … Hospital staff explained blood test, x-ray, or other test results to patient
H-HL23. … Blood test, x-ray, or other test results were easy to understand
Ease of Filling Out Forms
H-HL25
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-mar2023.pdf
July 14, 2023 - • Home Test to Treat
o NIH launched Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth
program. … • Make My Test Count
o NIH launched MakeMyTestCount.org last December (news
coverage: https:// … as part of
their guide for over-the-counter (OTC) at-home COVID-19 test
results. … -19-telehealth-program
https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-report-rapid-test-results-6951432
https: … //www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-report-rapid-test-results-6951432
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/oas/index.html
November 01, 2023 - instrument, the team responsible for its development conducted cognitive interviews with patients to test … Field test. … A field test was conducted in the summer of 2014 with 36 facilities (18 HOPDs and 18 ASCs) to test the … Based on the field test findings, the survey instrument was revised and finalized. … In 2015, a mode experiment was conducted to test data collection modes, detect potential nonresponse
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-toolkit.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Example of a lab testing process
Test
ordered
Test
performed
Test results
tracked
Test results … It begins with developing a
plan to test a change (Plan), followed by the test (Do). … Ordered test not done 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1
2. Test performed incorrectly 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1
3. … not monitored through follow up
Test
ordered
Test
performed
Test results
tracked
Test results … Patient Name & ID Type of Test
q blood test q non-blood test q imaging (CT, MRI, x-ray, etc
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
October 01, 2023 - During this hospital stay, did you have a blood test, x-ray, or other test?
… During this hospital stay, before you had a blood test, x-ray, or other test, how often did hospital … How often was the explanation of what the test was for easy to understand?
… During this hospital stay, when you had a blood test, x-ray, or other test, how often did hospital staff … How often were the results of your blood test, x-ray, or other test easy to understand?
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pt1-transition-updated.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Response Rate Statistics of the 2019 Pilot Test in 25 Hospitals ..................................... … After the 2017
pilot test, HSOPS 2.0 was revised for the 2019 pilot test. … In the 2019 pilot test, differences in
scores were smaller than in the 2017 pilot test:
• Scores on … A second pilot test was then
conducted in 2019 on the revised HSOPS 2.0 in 25 hospitals. … More details about the 2019 pilot test and additional results can be found in the
document Pilot Test
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-dalal.html
January 01, 2024 - AHRQ funding has enabled me to design, develop, implement, and test digital health interventions that … They also can notify clinicians of important pending tasks, such as test results, and predict potential … first AHRQ grant in 2009 to develop an automatic notification system to alert physicians of final test … “Physicians often are unaware of test results that return after a patient leaves the hospital—a problem … Dalal, hospital executives are now using the findings to inform how test results are managed as part
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/cognitive/index.html
September 01, 2019 - Quality Reports
One of the most useful techniques available to report sponsors who want to test … It was then adapted to test health-related report materials in general and quality reports in particular … For example, if you are considering different formats for a data display, you can test out several versions … with another small group of individuals can also be helpful to explore remaining issues and help you test … These techniques can be used to test one report format or to evaluate a variety of alternative formats
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/dev_child_hp_survey.html
April 01, 2020 - of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement at Boston Children’s Hospital (CEPQM) to develop and test … In the summer of 2012, the survey development team conducted a pilot test of the draft survey in English … Based on comprehensive psychometric analyses of the field test data, the survey team made revisions to … development team conducted 23 cognitive interviews with parents in Atlanta and the Washington, D.C., area to test
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/liquid-biopsy-topicrefinement.pdf
July 29, 2021 - The test needs to have sufficient analytic validity (i.e., the test needs to
measure the substance of … FDA approved test
• Patient characteristics that may interfere with test performance, such as
autoimmune … Methods Guide for Medical Test
Reviews. … FDA approved test. … FDA approved test.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sops/news/previous-announcements.html
November 01, 2023 - Eligible nursing homes may receive an incentive for their participation in the pilot test. … importance of workplace safety, an overview of the development of the item set, and results from a pilot test … importance of diagnostic safety, an overview of the development of the item set, and results from a pilot test … guide and guidance for hospitals transitioning to the new version; access results from a 2019 Pilot Test … Develop and cognitively test draft items.
Obtain input from TEP.
Pilot test.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/tools/sbar.html
November 01, 2019 - patient history related to the current situation, signs and symptoms of the presenting complaint, and any test … "This test/consult will allow us to start to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms and help us achieve … What should the patient expect from any treatment or test? … "I would like you to have the test/start this treatment." … "You should complete the test within 2 weeks and come back to see me so we can talk about the results
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
November 01, 2021 - • The exposure of patients and staff to
individuals with positive COVID-19 test
results was identified … Of the 320 records analyzed, 19 (5.9%) explicitly identified patients as having a
negative COVID-19 test … days.4
The most commonly reported type of event was the identification of a patient with a positive test … second most common type of patient safety concern identified in the data was related to a COVID-
19 test … Many areas for errors to occur
especially with increase in test volume.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-111921.pdf
March 11, 2022 - VA • The External Peer Review Program is being used to determine the
quality of test results communication … o The aim is to accelerate the improvement of test result
communication in the VA. … SAFER Guides to
assess their forthcoming electronic health record (EHR)
implementation, including test