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1. How Will You Test Aspects of Your Health Care Quality Report? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2019 - This testing is especially important when you are introducing information that is new and complex. … What Testing Can Tell You At its best, testing at the developmental stage (sometimes referred to as … The Basics of the Audience Testing Process Define Your Objectives Before you initiate testing with … Some testing is almost always better than none at all. … Learn more about The Purpose and Process of Cognitive Testing .

2. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Tools Improving Your Laboratory Testing … Process The tools in this step-by-step guide can increase the reliability of the testing process … This step-by-step guide can help you increase the reliability of the testing process in your office. … Use of the Guide This guide (PDF, 4.48 MB) tells you how to: Assess your office testing process, … https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/lab-testing-toolkit.html  

3. Conducting Cognitive Testing for Health Care Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2019 - Why Is Cognitive Testing of a Quality Report Useful? … How Is Cognitive Testing Conducted for a Quality Report? … Knowing When To Stop Testing Cognitive testing is an iterative process. … Conducting Usability Testing of a Health Care Quality Report Usability testing is another type of one-on-one … It is often necessary to conduct usability testing in addition to cognitive testing, as a report that

4. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2017 - Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit c IMPROVING YOUR LABORATORY TESTING … The 10-minute video “Testing, Testing, Testing” is available (http://youtu.be/PaZvalKtC-g) to introduce … The testing process is a system. … Think about the testing process in your office. … system and errors related to the lab testing process.

5. Development of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2022 - Cognitive testing. … Field testing. … Cognitive testing of items that refer to "your provider" rather than "your doctor". … This survey is a beta version because the testing process is not complete. … While the CAHPS team has conducted testing of the wording, further testing, including field testing,

6. Development of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2020 - Cognitive testing (English and Spanish). … In August 2010, the CAHPS team conducted cognitive testing of draft questionnaires that incorporated … The testing was done with both adults and children in English and Spanish. … A second round of cognitive testing was completed in the spring of 2011. … Field testing. NCQA field tested the instrument in the winter of 2010-2011.

7. Development of the CAHPS Adult Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2023 - Pilot testing. … Testing began in June 2003 and ended in August 2003. … Additional field testing. … Pre-implementation testing. … More pre-implementation testing took place in the spring and summer of 2005.

8. Development of the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2020 - Cognitive testing . … instrument in response to findings from the interviews, resulting in a 78-item questionnaire used for pilot testing … Pilot testing . … Field testing . … End-user testing.

9. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2022 - Infection control and prevention depends on screening and monitoring, testing, and responding to potential … Quick testing and responses to possible cases can mean the diff erence between infection spreading … Testing may also be needed to comply with federal and state requirements. … Screening & Monitoring Testing & Responding Quarantine & Isolation 2 31 * This Best Practice … Nursing home staff need clear written policies and procedures for screening, monitoring, testing, and

10. Development and Usability Testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Common Formats to Capture Diagnostic Safety Events (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - Development and Usability Testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Common Formats to … Capture Diagnostic Safety Events ORIGINAL ARTICLE Development and Usability Testing of the Agency … In addition to usability testing, additional feedback from the field will ensure that AHRQ’s CFER- DS … Revisions After Usability Testing Usability testing reinforced the variability in diagnostic pro- cesses … Version 0.1 of the CFER-DS, which incorporated what was learned from usability testing, was reviewed

11. Development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - from industry experts, reports from sponsors, vendors, and other users, and evidence from cognitive testing … Cognitive testing. … understandable and meaningful to respondents, the CAHPS team has conducted multiple rounds of cognitive testing … This testing helped survey developers choose the most accurate and accessible language in English and … Field testing.

12. Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Family Member Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2019 - questionnaires and items received in response to that notice, the team prepared a draft instrument for testing … Cognitive testing of survey questions. … In 2005 and 2006, the items in this instrument went through two rounds of cognitive testing with people … Field testing.

13. Tip 7. Test a Health Care Quality Report With Your Audience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - The key to successful testing is to do it early and, if budgets and schedules permit, often. … testing to find out whether you have addressed the problems adequately. … Learn More About Testing How will you test aspects of your health care quality report? … An example of how to do testing and use the results: Hoy EW, Kenney E, Talavera AC. … A step-by-step guide on testing methods for people without a research background: How to collect and

14. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - o Completed pilot testing for Diagnostic Safety Measurement for Learning and Improvement: A Resource … o Pilot testing Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions. … to improve care management of depression o A new grant awarded, “NIH to evaluate COVID-19 at-home testing … https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-evaluate-covid-19-home-testing-system https://www.nih.gov … /news-events/news-releases/nih-evaluate-covid-19-home-testing-system https://reporter.nih.gov/search/

15. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety: July Meeting Summary (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2023 - o Leveraging of the total testing process across patient care and laboratory settings to support diagnostic … This manuscript expands on the traditional model of the total testing process to include contemporary … Examples are provided that illustrate how this model can be used to understand and optimize the testing … testing. … During the November 2022 meeting, CLIAC made recommendations related to data as a specimen, remote testing

16. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    November 19, 2021 - o Nearing completion of pilot testing TeamSTEPPS for Improving Diagnosis curriculum. … .) • Getting ready to start pilot testing Diagnostic Safety Measurement for Learning and Improvement … Imaging and Bioengineering • NIH-funded screening study builds case for frequent COVID-19 antigen testing … www.nibib.nih.gov/news-events/newsroom/nih-funded-screening-study-builds-case-frequent-covid-19-antigen-testing

17. Development of the CAHPS Child Hospital Narrative Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Pilot testing of the draft items . … Cognitive testing. … ensure that respondents understand and interpret the items as intended, the team conducted cognitive testing … This testing was completed in late summer of 2022. … Based on the findings from this testing, the team made a decision to drop the initial item asking parents

18. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2021 - o We have begun pilot testing the TeamSTEPPS for Improving Diagnosis curriculum. … • COVID Response: Work has focused on preventing the spread of the disease, testing and treating … • RADx Home COVID Testing App: NIBIB is leading an effort to evaluate home COVID testing when paired

19. Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - Swift Abstract The development and testing of a patient fact sheet entitled Five Steps to Safer … “Consumer testing” refers to the process of testing materials or concepts with an audience.) … This testing also uncovered valuable information regarding cultural differences. … Development and testing of promotional materials As mentioned previously, physician testing of the … Abstract Introduction Background Consumer testing Physician testing Testing with consumers whose

20. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2022 - o TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement is now posted on the AHRQ website o Completed the pilot testing … o Completed pilot testing of our resource – Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions … Mobile Application Reporting through Standards project to address the unmet need of shifting in COVID testing … , to ensure accurate and appropriate reporting on at-home testing results.