Quality Improvement (QI) Toolkit with Templates, Instructions, and ...
Resource: Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit This toolkit consists of 10 tools and templates—with instructions and examples—for primary care practices to use for quality …
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work …
Framework and Competencies Page 3. Key Skills. Communication. A verbal and nonverbal process by which information can be clearly and accurately exchanged among team members.
Types of Health Care Quality Measures
Measures used to assess and compare the quality of health care organizations are classified as either a structure, process, or outcome measure. Known as the Donabedian model, this …
Defining the PCMH | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The medical home model holds promise as a way to improve health care in America by transforming how primary care is organized and delivered. Building on the work of a large and …
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Section 4: Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process
Download Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (PDF, 457 KB). Health care delivery systems that are working to improve patient experience can face daunting …
Timing When planning the dissemination, decide when different dissemination activities will be most relevant. The ideal timing will depend on the progress of the project as well as on the …
Pharmacology of Naloxone . Naloxone is an opioid antagonist. Naloxone has minimal bioavailability if taken sublingually / buccally, and so sublingual / buccal formulations does not …
Preventing Falls in Hospitals - Agency for Healthcare Research and ...
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital. A fall may result in fractures, lacerations, or internal bleeding, leading to increased …