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21. 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.

22. Explain and Motivate Use of Healthcare Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - Testing Is Essential While this section offers many suggestions about how to explain quality information … You can also use cognitive testing to explore alternative ways of talking about a particular issue, to … Finally, use testing to make sure that your language and message do not offend your consumer audience … Learn more about The Purpose and Process of Cognitive Testing .  

23. Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Continue to expand testing. A dapt – The goal was not met, but there was improvement. … Consider testing a new intervention. … Continue to expand testing. A dapt – The goal was not met, but there was improvement. … Consider testing a new intervention. … This cycle of testing interventions should continue until the desired results are achieved.

24. Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Resources Comparative Report Profiles Writing Tips Design Tips Cognitive Testing … Start consumer testing of the design at an early stage when it’s still possible and cost-effective to … Invite your design team to observe this testing. … Work with your design team to use the results from consumer testing to improve the report's design. … will support changes in design (such as changes that might be needed based on results from consumer testing

25. Resources for Developers of Quality Reports for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Resources Comparative Report Profiles Writing Tips Design Tips Cognitive Testing … Testing Quality Reports With Consumers Learn how you can use the  cognitive testing to elicit audience

26. User-Centered Quality Report (pdf file)
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    March 21, 2012 - me a little more about what you mean and why you think testing can play that role. … What I think is the most effective way to do testing and what I think of when I hear testing is to do … The way that you do the testing -- one full part of the toolkit is devoted to how to do testing with … Do you have any advice on how to make the testing seem more doable for them? … I think that that’s a very valuable approach to take to getting the most out of testing.

27. Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - However, evidence from cognitive testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality … Model_Report_Composite.pdf The developers of a model report for the AHRQ Quality Indicators did cognitive testing … shows how that can be done with two simple sentences which have been subjected to rigorous cognitive testing … ”   [1] This testing was done initially to explore how to add data from the CAHPS Hospital Survey … The approach shown on this page was adopted for the cognitive testing of the AHRQ Quality Indicator Model

28. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2023 - Responsibilities of the CAHPS Consortium: The Consortium is responsible for conceiving, developing, testing … This work includes:  The development and testing of new surveys to measure patient experience (e.g. … The development and testing of survey items on specific topics (e.g., shared decision-making). … Information about products at various stages of development and testing.

29. Issue Brief 9: Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - While many clinicians do not frame diagnostic testing in terms of patient benefit and harms, tests, … ■ Step 5: Final diagnosis or further testing. … Similar logic could be applied to testing more generally with better access to information. … Clinician attitudes and beliefs associated with more aggressive diagnostic testing. … Using Bayes’ rule in diagnostic testing: a graphical explanation.

30. CAHPS Emergency Department Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Cognitive testing of the survey with ED patients. Measure testing with consumers. … Read about the development and testing of the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey .

31. Search FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2019 - Revisions to reflect findings from cognitive testing. … Field testing and psychometric analysis of field test results. … The CAHPS Hospital Survey: development, testing, and use. … Role of cognitive testing in the development of the CAHPS Hospital Survey. … and field testing of the survey.

32. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses.

33. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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    January 01, 2015 - Guide Appendix P Efficacy Versus Effectiveness Efficacy Effectiveness Benefit under ideal use In vitro testing … Reduction of bacteria on the hands Real-world conditions In vivo testing Clinical trials and observation … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix P Regulatory Framework Testing … What data is given about in vitro testing?

34. Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Grants Post Award Grants Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Designing and Testing … No‐Cost Extensions (NCEs) Contracts Grantee Profile Designing and Testing … reviewed August 2023 Page originally created August 2023 Internet Citation: Designing and Testing

35. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Improving Your Laboratory Testing … In vitro testing. Reduction of bacteria on the hands. Effectiveness Real-world conditions. … In vivo testing. Clinical trials and observation. Adoption, usage, tolerability. … Slide 7: Regulatory Framework Testing protocols Bacteria (ASTM E2783, EN 1040, EN 13727) Fungicidal … What data is given about in vitro testing?

36. Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks III | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - Through ACTION III task orders, AHRQ supports and studies the development and testing of interventions … Through ACTION III task orders, AHRQ supports and studies the development and testing of interventions … By testing innovations directly in the settings in which they are intended to be used, ACTION III increases

37. Module 5: Visual Management - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2017 - picture of a rather sophisticated visual management board—this is what you might work toward in your testing … You are testing the hypothesis initially that visual management boards are feasible in your facility … In planning your test, make sure you include the elements on this slide: Select the appropriate testing … Let them know you are testing integration of the board into your huddle practice to see if it adds value … Slide 10: Testing and Implementation: Common Problems and Tips for Visual Management Boards Say:

38. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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    April 13, 2017 - The flexible endoscope manufacturer has performed validation testing with their flexible endoscope to … So, you need to go back to that manufacturer of the disinfectant and ask them, what type of testing device … filters as recommended in the AER manufacturer's instructions for use.2 There are now quality testing … This testing should be performed at least weekly, and after major repairs or whenever there's a concern … It could be, too, that there may be a kink somewhere in the tubing system, so these new testing devices

39. Plan Your Reporting Checklist (pdf file)
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    December 26, 2018 - Questions and Tasks What do you want to learn through the testing process? … Does your organization have resources for multiple rounds of testing and revisions? … Outline your plan for the testing process. Type your response here. … • How will you select members from your audience for testing? Type your response here. … • Can you carry out multiple rounds of testing and revisions of the information in your report?

40. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    July 14, 2023 - (CLIA) regulations to determine how they may be specifically updated to reflect how laboratory testing … Focus areas include remote testing, next generation sequencing and other technologies, and expansion … of point-of-care testing. … During the November 2022 meeting, CLIAC made recommendations related to data as a specimen, remote testing