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221. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing … Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) facility testing … Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2 This document is intended to provide … guidance on the appropriate use of testing among healthcare personnel.

222. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents … and Healthcare Personnel The latest COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing homes can be found on this … treating COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, including the role of monoclonal antibodies, serologic testing

223. Development of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Narrative Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/development/index.html
     July 01, 2023 - Experimental Testing of the Protocol To assess the performance of the initial item set, the team conducted … In a second round of experimental testing with 332 respondents, the team assessed responses to these … Field Testing of the Protocol To assess how well the Narrative Elicitation Protocol performs outside … Release of the Final Version of the CG-CAHPS Narrative Item Set Based on additional testing of the

224. Management of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-clostridioides-difficile.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - pre-emptive contact precautions while waiting for the results of C. difficile test results.1 • C. difficile testing … − Do not repeat testing within 7 days. − Do not perform tests of cure. … Gut check: Clostridium difficile testing and Treatment in the molecular testing era.

225. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-o-part2-transcript.docx
     June 02, 2025 - 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

226. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare: March 2024 Meeting (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2024 - (CMS) with organizations that represent a broad spectrum of the clinical laboratory and diagnostic testing … • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion o Testing practices that are not FDA approved:  CDC … This testing is not FDA approved and is being performed at private laboratories as laboratory-developed … CDC has investigated this practice using CMS data and can confirm that this testing is occurring, and … Concerns have been raised that this testing may lead to inappropriate antibiotic use.

227. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare July Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/IAWG-July-2024-meeting-notes.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - o Testing practices that are not FDA approved  CDC has been notified that providers, including those … This testing is not FDA approved and is being performed at private laboratories as laboratory- developed … CDC has investigated this practice using CMS data and can confirm that this testing is occurring, and … Concerns have arisen that this testing may lead to inappropriate antibiotic use. … • Advancements in testing, telehealth, and specific areas such as maternal and mental health.

228. Cesarean Delivery for Nulliparous (NTSV) Women (Appropriate Use) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-0082-fullreport.pdf
     March 01, 2016 - sites where feasibility testing was conducted. … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi-testing … The DET is completed by staff at each testing site. … testing was conducted. … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi-testing

229. Behavioral Health Risk Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-0085-fullreport.pdf
     December 31, 2015 - testing was conducted. … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi-testing … The DET is completed by staff at each testing site. … testing was conducted. … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi- testing-protocol.pdf

230. Acute Care Learning Laboratory—Reducing Threats to Diagnostic Fidelity in Critical Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/acute-care-threats-long-desc.html
     February 01, 2024 - engaged key stakeholders to identify threats to the diagnostic process and guide the design, development, testing … data resources, real-time data processing capabilities, and patient clinical data, the laboratory is testing … As it prepares for pilot testing, the lab plans to apply for funding to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness … Feasibility and reliability testing of manual electronic health record reviews as a tool for timely identification … Feasibility and reliability testing of manual electronic health record reviews as a tool for timely identification

231. Skills-Test (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/skills-test.docx
     March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Training Module 1—Skills Questions The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene 1. How long should you rub your hands with soap when you are hand washing? a. At least 5 seconds b. At least 15 seconds c. At least 30 seconds d. At least 60 seconds 2. How long should you rub your ha…

232. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/sheridan_screening_overuse.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - psychological, and costs: Physical Emotional/Psychological Costs  Injury from screening or follow-up testing … the immediate harms of the screening test, not future related harms such as unnecessary follow-up testing … Through testing the educational materials we learned that:  Fewer than half of patients recognize … and untreatable diseases - Altering the language or risk communication used to describe harms - Testing

233. Measures of Inefficiency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Among men ages 40-54, Asians were less likely than Whites to receive PSA testing and Blacks were more … Asians, and American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) were less likely than Whites to receive PSA testing … Among men age 75 and over, AI/ANs were less likely than Whites to receive PSA testing. … education and those with a high school education were less likely than men with any college to receive PSA testing

234. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - addresses infection control and prevention in nursing homes, highlighting screening and monitoring, testing

235. Appropriate outpatient blood testing for children with sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/scd-outpatient-blood-testing.html
     August 01, 2021 - Appropriate outpatient blood testing for children with sickle cell disease Measure Domain:  Management

236. Final Progress Report: Promoting Safe Care Transitions: Simulation-Based Mastery Learning to Improve Communication in Times of Diagnostic Uncertainty (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/rising-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Each participant completed a minimum of three study visits: T1 (baseline testing), T2 (average of 16- … 19 weeks post-baseline), T3 (average of 11-15 weeks post T2), and subsequent post-testing as needed. … Pilot testing of the UCEM was conducted with four senior resident physicians and ED fellows. … We had initially planned for T3 testing to occur in person. … This may have been at T2, at T3, or upon additional follow-up testing. 15 Table 3: Descriptive

237. Measure: Developmental Screening Follow-up: Follow-up with Patient Family After Developmental Screening (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_16-p001-1-ef.pdf
     April 01, 2016 - Reliability and Validity of the Measure ● Pilot reliability testing of the eMeasure was conducted in … ● Parallel forms reliability eMeasure testing was performed at one site, and a total of 224 developmental … Feasibility testing was conducted in the primary care networks of the Chicago Pediatric Quality and … Selected Results from Tests of the Measure ● Feasibility testing indicated that while many demographic … ● Parallel forms reliability eMeasure testing indicated that in one site, while the eMeasure was

238. Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/advancing-diagnostic-equity.pdf
     November 15, 2022 - are less likely to be tested for coronavirus.1 Similar disparities have been documented with cardiac testing … address their biases through self-reflection activities (e.g., examining rates of how often essential testing … improve appointment attendance, ad- dress language barriers, and reinforce the importance of refer- rals, testing … COVID-19 racial disparities in testing, infection, hospitalization, and death: analysis of Epic data … November 12, 2021. https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue- brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death

239. Final Progress Report: Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Testing the Re-engineered Hospital Discharge … Final Progress Report Title of Project: Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Testing the Re-engineered … advocate and the pharmacist's follow-up call, and 3) a prediction model for risk stratification for testing … We kept the remaining 266 subjects in each arm of Project RED for testing our prediction rules.

240. BMI Assessment and Recommended Weight Gain (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-mc4-fullreport.pdf
     July 01, 2016 - testing was conducted. … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi-testing … The DET is completed by staff at each testing site. … A second phase of reliability testing was carried out at the same sites where feasibility testing was … (See Measure Testing Protocol for PCPI Performance Measures, ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cqi/pcpi-testing-protocol.pdf