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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving/problem-solving-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - Finally, what are your changes that you are going to test? … When you “plan,” you lay out the specifications or the details of your test. … When you “do,” you actually run the test. … Turning to problem solving:
· A first test—can you assign a problem to one of the four boxes and follow … · A second test—can you assign each of five problems to a box and follow through to resolution?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/evidence-now-webinar-learning-health-care-systems.pdf
August 02, 2017 - opportunities for
REFLECTING ON data &
DESIGNING changes
Help clinicians/staff
IMPLEMENT and TEST … ORGANIZE information so it
is “actionable” &
DISSEMINATE
Help clinicians/staff
IMPLEMENT and TEST … so it
is “actionable” &
DISSEMINATE
One-to-one meetings
Help clinicians/staff
IMPLEMENT and TEST … ORGANIZE information so it
is “actionable” &
DISSEMINATE
Help clinicians/staff
IMPLEMENT and TEST … information so it
is “actionable” &
DISSEMINATE
Help clinicians/staff (and
org) IMPLEMENT and TEST
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30810.html
October 01, 2014 - The SAHLSA also incorporates a comprehension test using multiple-choice questions in addition to the … word-recognition test in the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine. … A Latino, fluent in English and Spanish, applied the test," he explains.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/healthy-men/men-over-50.pdf
March 01, 2014 - Others, such as colonoscopy, a test for colon
cancer, need special equipment, so you may
need to go … After a screening test, ask when you will see
the results and who you should talk to about
them. … If you are 75 or younger, get
a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Several
different tests—for example, a stool test or a
colonoscopy—can detect this cancer. … Have your blood
cholesterol checked regularly with a blood test.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe48.html
October 01, 2014 - members could review and then receive credit for based on knowledge adoption demonstrated on a post-test … program, members read the provided material or watch an educational video before completing a post-test … By the end of July 2009, 122 nurse practitioners had completed the post-test and 108 received credit.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt2.html
December 01, 2017 - The nurse should observe the resident's safety during ambulation using the Get Up and Go Test and during … For instructions to the Get Up and Go Test and Wheelchair Screen, go to the Falls Assessment Cue Sheet … Get Up and Go Test
Bed Transfer
Toilet transfer
Chair transfer
1.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article15.html
June 01, 2014 - When S. aureus was recovered, identification was confirmed with the Staphaurex® agglutination test. … GeneOhm™ MRSA achromopeptidase (ACP) assay, and the second swab was used for the Cepheid Xpert® MRSA test … PCR was only done on the nares, since the test is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved only for … BD GeneOhm test, and six for the Cepheid test.
… PCR can be a useful test methodology for nasal screening in LTCFs, although test systems vary in sensitivity
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article15.html
June 01, 2014 - When S. aureus was recovered, identification was confirmed with the Staphaurex® agglutination test. … GeneOhm™ MRSA achromopeptidase (ACP) assay, and the second swab was used for the Cepheid Xpert® MRSA test … PCR was only done on the nares, since the test is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved only for … BD GeneOhm test, and six for the Cepheid test.
… PCR can be a useful test methodology for nasal screening in LTCFs, although test systems vary in sensitivity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sarkar3-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Scope: We focused on three high-priority ambulatory safety issues: (1) test result management: when patients … ’
diagnostic test results are not acted upon in a timely fashion, diagnostic delays and failures often … We aim to address (a) test results
management, (b) outpatient monitoring for high-risk conditions, and … Project 1: Timely, Accurate, Active Test Result Management: Our aims for this project were as follows … RESULTS:
Project 1: Timely, Accurate, Active Test Result Management Principal Findings and Outcomes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/moore-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - A weighted kappa test is used to verify the agreement between risk
estimates based on the point system … is used to test for goodness of fit and
calibration. … was used to test for goodness of fit and calibration. … Hosmer-Lemeshow test and discrimination (AUC) with AUC point
estimates and 95% confidence intervals … A study by
Abramson et al. showed that the pre-test probability of emergency department
physicians
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Second, do I need to order a diagnostic test? … Most of these tests are specific—around 90 percent—so if the test is positive, you generally can trust … the test is, as well as how long it takes to get a result, and what sample to collect. … If you do not have a rapid test available, consider whether this might be useful for your practice. … In this circumstance, like in the height of influenza season, you may not need to test unless you are
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state-apa.html
January 01, 2024 - diagnostic safety/error + technology tools
diagnostic safety/error + testing
diagnostic safety/error + test … order
diagnostic safety/error + test results management
diagnostic safety/error + close the loop
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state-apa.html
January 01, 2024 - diagnostic safety/error + technology tools
diagnostic safety/error + testing
diagnostic safety/error + test … order
diagnostic safety/error + test results management
diagnostic safety/error + close the loop
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/2_mark_schuster.pdf
January 22, 2015 - • Pediatric Quality Measures Program
• Development of the Child HCAHPS Survey
• National Field Test … Pilot test
8. Revised draft survey
9. National field test
10. … End-user cognitive testing
17
National Field Test
• 69 hospitals, 34 states
• Mail or telephone … Measures Program
Patient Experience Measurement
Child HCAHPS Development Process
National Field Test
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30808.html
October 01, 2014 - The AHRQ-funded tool is a health literacy test-the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-speaking … The SAHLSA, however, incorporates a comprehension test using multiple-choice questions in addition to … the word-recognition test in REALM.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/764.html
May 01, 2021 - Measurement Resource
A May 27 webinar highlighted opportunities for healthcare organizations to field test … The field test will be conducted through an AHRQ contract with the MedStar Health Institute for Quality … recruited 256 family physicians from four health systems with mature quality measurement programs to test … The test found 15 types of errors related to production and transfer of quality data, including breaks
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/search.html?order=field_supplemental_topics&page=7&search_api_fulltext=&sort=desc
Health information technology
C-HIT15
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test … 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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/04-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-yount.pdf
October 20, 2021 - Test the new diagnostic safety items in medical offices
Conduct psychometric analysis of the pilot … Results
• Results shown as “percent positive scores”
When this office doesn’t receive a patient’s test … results are communicated to patients, even if the
test results · u are normal. 84
This office is … effective at tracking a patient's test results
from labs, imaging, and other diagnostic procedures. … 83
When this office doesn't receive a pateint's test results,
staff follow up. 79
When this office
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool4b1.html
April 01, 2018 - Spanish)
4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening
4.b-4 Stool Test Kit Request … Card
4.c-1 Letter to Patient for Responding to Stool Test Kit Requests
4.d-1 Reminder Letter to … -1 Master Patient Database Elements
5.d-1 Chart Audit Review Form
6.a-1 Feedback Form for Stool Test … Positive
6.a-2 Feedback Form for Stool Test Negative
6.b-1 Feedback Form for CDE
A.1-2 Practice … Enclosed is a stool test kit.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-o-fac-notes.html
May 01, 2017 - To do that, there are specific types of disinfectant test strips available. … Follow the label directions for the test strip. … On the test strips, they may also have you perform quality checks. … Perhaps you do three checks of the test strip in 100 strength and then three tests of the test in a 50 … These test kits can make sure that we are doing that.