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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool21.html
April 01, 2024 - information needed, such as the reason for the referral, pertinent medical history, medicines, and test … Procedure or test you are referring the patient to requires prior approval with their insurer. … Ultimately, it is up to the patient as to whether or not to undergo any particular test or screening. … Calculate the percentage of patients who have completed the test and the percentage of those who have … been notified of the test results.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/search.html?order=title&page=0&search_api_fulltext=&sort=asc
Health Plan
Children with chronic conditions
H-HL23
Blood test … , x-ray, or other test results were easy to understand
Adult
Hospital
Health … literacy
C-HIT15
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test results were easy … Health information technology
C-HIT16
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test … Health information technology
C-HIT17
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual/visual-mgmt.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Model for Improvement To Introduce a Visual Management Board
Plan: Lay out the specifications of your test … Do: Conduct the test
Study: Review how the test went and what lessons were learned
Act: Integrate your … learning into your next test or into daily practice
Aims: Introduce visual management board into practice … Identify where board will be kept and presented
Notify the relevant huddle team of the upcoming test … Schedule a 10-minute “debrief”
Practical Tips To Remember for Your First Test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreentab4-9.html
April 01, 2018 - Conclusions
References
Study Group
N c
Stool Test
Colonoscopy
Any Screening … Test b
% Screened
p d
% Screened
p d
% Screened
p d
Control
2,643
0.56
—
3.32 … Includes stool test, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, or barium enema x ray. … We used a two-sample test of proportions to compare the control and card-intervention, and control and
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - or more unformed stools in a 24-hour period without an alternative
explanation, and positive stool test … days of treatment (retest to confirm the diagnosis)
• C. difficile testing recommendations
o Do not test … formed stool samples
o Confirm patient has not received a laxative in the previous 48 hours
o Do not test … infants younger than 1 year of age; reasonable to not test infants younger than
2 years of age
o
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh11.html
April 01, 2018 - Performance on SSI types using test set
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Table of Contents
Improving … Performance on SSI types using test set. Content last reviewed April 2018.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/dykes-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - When the team discovered no such tool
existed, we developed the Fall Prevention Knowledge Test. … , validation, and paired (test and retest)
samples. … Individual items demonstrated robust retest stability values.5
Fall Prevention Knowledge Test: The … Outcomes related to Specific Aim 3 include the Fall Prevention Knowledge Test. … Development and
Validation of a Fall Prevention Knowledge Test.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.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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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/measures3.html
June 01, 2018 - Men age 40+ who had a screening prostate-specific antigen test in the past year. … Men Who Had a Screening Prostate-Specific Antigen Test
Men age 40+ who had a screening prostate-specific … antigen test in the past year as part of routine exam, by age, race, and education, 2014
Race / … Overall Rate: In 2014, 21.1% of men age 40 and over reported a PSA test in the past year (data not shown … Groups With Disparities:
In 2014, men ages 40-54 were less likely to receive a PSA test in the past
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/dischargeprep.html
March 01, 2013 - *Attach Additional Appointment Sheet if Needed****
Day / Date / Time
Phone and Fax #
Reason / Test …
How patient will get to appointment
Day / Date / Time
Phone and Fax #
Reason / Test …
How patient will get to appointment
Day / Date / Time
Phone and Fax #
Reason / Test …
How patient will get to appointment
Day / Date / Time
Phone and Fax #
Reason / Test …
How patient will get to appointment
Day / Date / Time
Phone and Fax #
Reason / Test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.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
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rogers.pdf
January 01, 2003 - BCMA example
The scenario used to test BCMA took the form of a “shift change” report and
involved … The test subject (nurse) then chose the order in
which the patients would be medicated and began the … ”
• At one point a nurse manager asked the test subject, “Can you work an
extra shift?” … The following is an excerpt from the shift change
report transcript for one of the hypothetical test … A debrief
interview is conducted following the test to obtain further information from the
test subject
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Elder_18.pdf
February 19, 2008 - • Chart audits of test orders, results, and patient notification. … For all practices, the type of test
ordered (laboratory, imaging, or special test) and the site where … At this same office, physicians’
laboratory test orders were handwritten on the billing sheet; test … “I wish I had
seen this test result earlier!” … Dissatisfaction with test
result management systems in primary care.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-action-planning-tool-template.pdf
November 10, 2022 - Will you pilot test the initiative? … PDSA Plan:
Area within the facility where pilot test will be done:
2f.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/search.html?order=title&page=23&search_api_fulltext=&sort=desc
Population
Survey
Topics
C-HIT16
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test … Health information technology
C-HIT17
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test … Clinician & Group
Health information technology
H-HL23
Blood test … , x-ray, or other test results were easy to understand
Adult
Hospital
Health
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/baker_crc_screening.pdf
January 01, 2014 - a comprehensive
outreach program to educate and encourage people to complete a Fecal
Occult Blood Test … We concentrated on the FOBT because it is the screening test most often
used by community health centers … feedback loop to patients: If the FOBT was negative, the
patient was informed and reminded that the test … If patients did not complete their repeat test, what were the reasons? … understanding of health information, they were
able to successfully follow the instructions, complete the test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-slides.html
June 01, 2017 - Plan: Lay out the specifications of your test.
Do: Conduct the test. … Study: Review how the test went and what lessons were learned. … Act: Integrate your learning into your next test or into daily practice. … Slide 7: Details To Consider for Your First Test
Image: Details to consider for your first test flow … chart
Slide 8: Practical Tips To Remember for Your First Test
Keep the board free of clutter
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-3-gray-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - )
Interview experts,
providers, and
staff
Identify key
thematic areas
Develop &
cognitively test … draft items
Obtain input from
Technical Expert
Panel (TEP)
Pilot test
Conduct
psychometric … Test new items with new areas of focus, such
as Just Culture
4. … position and work
areas
Update of the Hospital SOPS Survey:
HSOPS 2.0
• Conducted a 2017 pilot test … 2.0
– Decided to continue further development and cognitive
testing
• Will conduct another pilot test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/valuewebcast-sorrarev.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Items for Hospitals and Medical Offices - SORRA
Value & Efficiency Survey Item
Development and Pilot Test … medical offices
Conducted
psychometric
analyses
Consulted with
TEP to finalize
items
16
Pilot Test … • 40 survey items pilot tested
– Plus 1 additional item in hospital survey
• After the pilot test … Efficient
• Ensures cost-effective care (avoids waste, overuse, and
misuse of services)
Pilot Test … /sops
mailto:SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com
Value & Efficiency Survey Item Development and Pilot Test
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Sustainability
Apply the Model for Improvement to Observation–2
Plan: Lay out the specifications of your test … Do: Conduct the test
Study: Review how the test went and lessons learned
Act: Integrate your learning … into your next test or into daily practice
7
Module 4: Observation and Integration | ‹#›
AHRQ … Decide if there are certain procedures, times of day, and days of the week you want to include in your test