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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"AHRQ"”.
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Improving failure to rescue outcomes : a rapid response team program review
… length of stay, and decreased mortality (AHRQ, 2018; Andersen et al., 2019; Burke et al., 2022; IHI, 2022). According to the AHRQ (2019), complications of medical care are unavoidable, and it is the responsibility of the health care system to quickly identify and treat those complications. …
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Actor Networks in Health Care: Translating Values into Measures of Hospital Performance
… the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other have formed networks to develop and standardize performance measurement systems that can distinguish between quality services and substandard ones. While there is some available …
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Are Appropriators Actually Authorizers in Sheep's Clothing? A Case Study of the Policymaking Role of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
… Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) during the period from 1989-2009. Through an examination of critical incidents and contextual elements, this dissertation examined whether the Subcommittees on L/HHS increasingly have become significant players in shaping AHRQ's policies and …
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Contracting Out in a Complex Network: An Effectiveness Analysis of EPC Program I
… The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a unit of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other tasks, AHRQ supports the development and dissemination of evidence about current best practices in health services delivery through its Evidence-based Practice …
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Medición de la cultura de seguridad del paciente en un hospital público de primer nivel en el municipio de Villeta
… de la Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) versión en español, la cual evalúa doce dimensiones. Los resultados mostraron fortalezas como el aprendizaje organizacional, las mejoras continuas y el apoyo de los administradores para la seguridad del paciente. Las dimensiones clasificadas …
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STANDARDIZATION OF SHIFT REPORT BY IMPLEMENTING A NURSING REPORT SHEET AND ADDRESSING PATIENT VALUES TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS
… The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (2013) reported that approximately 70% of patient adverse events are attributed to communication failures between healthcare providers. Nurses remain inconsistent with information sharing during bedside shift report leading to communication …
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Validating Targeted Behavioral Markers for Teamwork Skill and Performance Outcomes in Simulation
… of team training (Brock et al., 2013). The TPOT (AHRQ, 2014a) was designed to objectively measure teamwork skill performance but has not been sufficiently studied. This methodological study seeks to demonstrate the viability of the Team Performance Observation Tool enhanced with Targeted …
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Improved Communication for Safer Patient Care: The Implementation of SBAR
… and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) surveys, in addition to observational data, indicated a need for communication improvement. Lewin’s three step theory of change was applied in formulating an educational program to address current communication concerns, explore the benefits …
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Bacterial pneumonia hospitalization and pneumonia inpatient mortality in Texas, 1999-2007
… by the Agency for Healthcare and Research (AHRQ), for which good outpatient care can potentially prevent the need for hospitalization or for which early intervention can prevent complications or more severe disease that lead to death. This project evaluated the trends in bacterial Pneumonia …
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An Architectural Framework for Evidence-Based Practice Diffusion, Dissemination, and Institutionalization
… the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is that it takes approximately 10 years to integrate research evidence into practice (Rogers, 2009). Recent studies recognize nurses as a vehicle to shorten the research-to-practice 10-year journey; nurses are realized as the pinnacle for …
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The Relationship Between Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture, Nurse Advocacy, and Nurse Sensitive Patient Outcomes
… the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy (APAS) Acting on Behalf of Patients (ABP) subscale, the Hospital Consumer</p> <p>Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, patient falls and hospital acquired pressure ulcers …
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Development of Interprofessional Simulation Scenarios Within the Re-Established Capital Area Simulation Collaborative
… and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Association of American Colleges of Nursing (AACN), and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) called for effective teamwork among healthcare clinicians to improve patient safety (Horsley et al., 2016). The incorporation of …
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Risk Factors Associated with Pressure Ulcers Among Older Adults in the Emergency Department
… and treatment of pressure ulcers issued by AHRQ and JCAHO in the health care setting.</p>
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Oxygen Consumption in Sepsis
… shock and death. With over 300,000 annual cases (AHRQ, 2011) costing a staggering $1.5 billion (Health Care Utilization Project Brief #185), the importance of sepsis is becoming clear. However, some basic biological mechanisms are poorly understood. Study Purpose: This study investigated the …
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Racial Disparities in Self Reported Health and Health Care Utilization. Does Primary Care Matter?
… the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Specifically, MEPS Panel 10 (2005-2006) and Panel 11 (2006-2007) data were used in the analyses. The final sample comprised of N=15,295 respondents ages 18 and over. Logistic regression analyses were carried out using Stata Statistical …
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Patient Safety Culture and Management Activities Perceived by Geriatric Hospital Nurses
… 2012년 9월 4일부터 10월 5일까지 설문지를 이용하여 조사하였다. 환자안전문화는 AHRQ(2004)에서 개발한 Hospital survey on patient safety culture(HSOPSC) 설문지를 김정은(2004)이 한글로 번안하여 사용한 44문항을 사용하였고, 환자안전관리 활동은 이금옥(2009)이 개발한 도구를 이유정(2011)이 수정 보완한 36문항을 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS window 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe의 사후검정, …
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Improving Physician Behavior with an Obstetric Dashboard
… and it is now an obstetric quality measure (AHRQ and The Joint Commission). One major risk factor of anal sphincter lacerations is episiotomy. National quality benchmarks recommend restricted use of episiotomy (in the absence of an indication like shoulder dystocia), with a recommended …
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Reducing the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers by Enhancing the Role of Unit-Based Skin Champions
… 60,000 deaths each year in the United States” (AHRQ, 2014). A major health problem, it presents grave consequences on the patient’s well-being, significant treatment and recovery delays, increase length of inpatient stays, and have become a “never” event from the standpoint of Medicare …
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Variations in Quality Outcomes Among Hospitals in Different Types of Health Systems
… (1995 - 2000) from multiple sources. We used 4 AHRQ risk adjusted inpatient quality indicators (IQIs) and 5 risk-adjusted patient safety indicators (PSIs) as dependent variables. Random effects models were used in the analysis.It was found that the IQI and PSI models have different patterns. In …
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Community correlates of pneumonia hospitalization and mortality among persons 65 years and older in Texas counties
… and relationship of contextual factors on two AHRQ quality of health care indicators, and their influence on population health. The project utilized 1999-2001 Texas hospital discharge data to estimate county bacterial pneumonia hospitalization rates and pneumonia inpatient mortality rates. …
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