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141. Warm Handoff: Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/warmhandoff.html
     June 01, 2023 - Note: Resources on this page were used in testing the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary … The materials were improved as a result of the testing process.

142. CAHPS Program: Improving Response Rates and Representativeness - CAHPS Surveys at CMS (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-rr-webcast-011124-goldstein.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - ► Conducting the survey in the preferred language 43 Shortening Surveys • Where we can, we are testing … Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) CAHPS ► Hospital CAHPS • Additional settings where web testing … organization is being contacted for the toll-free number listed in the letter. 48 Qualitative Testing … to Support Telephone Interviewing • Qualitative testing was conducted in 2023 to explore ways to … Letters More Engaging Prenotification and Cover Letters What worked What didn’t work Qualitative Testing

143. Appendix II. Identifying Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/appendix2.html
     June 01, 2014 - coordination search was conducted to identify published literature related to the development, validation, and testing … Development and testing of a measure designed to assess the quality of care transitions. … Validity, testing, or feasibility of measures were not considered during this review phase. … Measures that underwent testing and were shown to have poor validity or reliability were not included … In many cases, additional sources were consulted to address the testing criteria.

144. Job Aid: Model for Improvement and PDSA Cycles (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-model-pdsa.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Using Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles PDSAs are a scientific method for testing out and learning about the … Both positive and negative results of testing are valuable. A key word for PDSAs is SMALL! … Plan – The practice creates the plan for testing the change. Stage 2. … Cycles move from small tests, to refining the change based on the results of the small test, to testing

145. Evaluation of Diagnostic Stewardship Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship7.html
     August 01, 2024 - Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction Background Diagnostic Error in the Testing … laboratory quality measures, such as the percentage of tests followed by protocol-concordant reflex testing … Other potential diagnostic safety outcomes include diagnostic errors in which testing-related factors … indicates racial 91 and geographic disparities in blood culture contamination. 92,93 Improving the testing

146. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=2
     January 01, 2022 - CMS Updates Testing Guidance ​This American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted … Living (NCAL) blog summarizes updated testing guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services … document guides the interpretation of results when antigen tests are used in the following circumstances: testing … of symptomatic residents and healthcare professionals, testing of asymptomatic residents and healthcare … professionals in facilities as part of an COVID-19 outbreak response, and testing of asymptomatic healthcare

147. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 1 Objectives Discuss the importance of judicious C. difficile laboratory testing … Testing limited to patients with diarrhea ≥3 unformed stools per day Confirm patient has not received … a laxative within the prior 48 hours before sending testing No indication for a test of cure Over 60% … No repeat testing within 7 days No testing of formed stool samples 13 Clostridioides difficile AHRQ … Understand the C. difficile testing approach in your institution and if measures can be undertaken to

148. Chipra205-Materials Ii (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA205-Materials_II.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - concern about child's development" Intersection of: "Encounter, Recommended: Referral for Follow-up Testing … concern about child's development" Intersection of: "Encounter, Recommended: Referral for Follow-up Testing … concern about child's development" Intersection of: "Encounter, Recommended: Referral for Follow-up Testing … Set (1.1.1.1)" "Communication: From Provider to Provider: Feedback from a referral for developmental testing … " using "Referral for Follow-up Testing User Defined QDM Value Set (1.1.1.1)" "Encounter, Recommended

149. Development of the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/develop-outpatient-mental-health-surveys.html
     August 01, 2024 - Based on that information, the team revised the survey and conducted additional rounds of cognitive testing … Field testing. … Due to logistical challenges related to finding partners for field testing, the team conducted multiple

150. Checklist for Creating an Observation Tool - Coaching Clinical Teams Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/checklist-creating.html
     May 01, 2017 - Development (Before Drafting Your Tool) → Drafting (Before Testing Your Tool) → Testing … Takes less than 15 minutes for the observer to fill out |___| Incorporates any feedback from the testing

151. Implementation of an Electronic Care Plan for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Version 2: Evaluation Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ecareplan/reports/ecare-plan-for-mcc-v2.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - with initial testing in the open-source Meld sandbox9 before progressing to testing in the Epic proof-of-concept … Section 2—Integration and Implementation of the eCare Plan Apps for Testing 2-3 2. … The development involved a three-phase testing approach (Figure 2-1). … However, Meld’s lack of an introspect API initially hindered testing with the SDS. … Integration and Implementation of the eCare Plan Apps for Testing 2.1 USCDI and the US Core 2.2 Testing

152. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety: July Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-jul2023.pdf
     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

153. Measure: Initial Risk Assessment for Immobility-Related Pressure Ulcer Within 24 Hours of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-16-p002-1-ef.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - Reliability and Validity of the Measure Reliability testing was performed at three children’s hospitals … Measure Development and Testing ● Feasibility testing of the eMeasure was conducted at four Chicago … ● At all four testing sites, each of the EHR systems had structured fields for all measure criteria … ● In parallel-forms reliability testing of the chart review measure, the clinical performance was … ● Feasibility testing indicated that in hospitals that currently administer the Braden-Q on paper,

154. AHRQ’s Care Coordination Quality Measure – Primary Care (CCQM-PC) - Frequently Asked Questions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/ccqmpc/ccqm-pc-faq.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - AHRQ encourages additional research and testing to create a psychometrically sound shorter version of … How can I learn more about the development and testing of the CCQM-PC? A. … documentation that is posted with the CCQM-PC survey provides information about the development, testing

155. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 4) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6c.html
     June 01, 2014 - Outcomes: 2l Care management: Care Coordination Needs: 5; Focus Encounter: 7 Development and Testing … : Pilot testing was conducted in several general pediatric practices with varying sizes, locations, … Testing was conducted in association with the Australian Coordinated Care Trials using data from 1193 … Authors suggest that further testing for predictive and concurrent validity is warranted. 1 Link to … Authors suggest that further testing for predictive and concurrent validity is warranted. 1 Link to

156. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep7.html
     June 01, 2010 - Portions, or even all, of these tools could be used with minimal investment in additional testing and … Second are gaps in testing of applicability of extant measures to a broader array of recipients and settings … measures and supplemental measures for specific populations, settings, and service delivery models, such testing … In contrast, a cross-disability approach argues for more testing and refinement of specialized measure … A related gap is the relative lack of testing of several State-specific tools with items that closely

157. Medication Management Strategy: Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage.html
     June 01, 2023 - Note: Resources on this page were used in testing the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary … The materials were improved as a result of the testing process.

158. Module-5-Slides (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-5-slides.pdf
     December 31, 2022 - and collaborate with IT to develop EMR specifications for an automatic referral system 3 Create a testing … plan to begin testing your planned approach to automate referral for cardiac rehabilitation 7 … 35 TEST Testing Phases 36 Develop Your Testing Plan 37 What testing phases do you need … Bench Testing 38 Primary Purpose: Verify that programming to identify eligible patients for referral … Proceeding without rigorous bench testing is a common cause of implementation failure.

159. Development of the CAHPS ECHO Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/echo/about/Development-ECHO-Survey.html
     May 01, 2018 - Experience of Care & Health Outcomes (ECHO) Survey is the product of nearly 6 years of research and testing … In: The Use of Psychological Testing For Treatment Planning and Outcomes Assessment (3rd ed.). Vol.

160. Timeliness of confirmatory testing for sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/scd-confirmatory-testing.html
     August 01, 2021 - Timeliness of confirmatory testing for sickle cell disease Measure Domain:  Management of Chronic