Innovations & QualityTools | AHRQ Innovations Exchange

Innovations & QualityTools | AHRQ Innovations Exchange

Innovations

Care Process Algorithms Improve Continuation of Beta Blockers During Perioperative Period 8/14/2013

Clinicians follow algorithms that lay out a standardized process for ensuring that surgical inpatients and outpatients receive beta blockers as appropriate, leading to near universal compliance with recommended therapy.

Comprehensive, Culturally Sensitive Care and Self-Management Support Improves Health-Related Behaviors, Clinical Outcomes, and Emotional Health in Native Americans with Diabetes 8/14/2013

The Full Circle Diabetes program provides comprehensive care and self-management support to Native Americans with diabetes, leading to improvements in health-related behaviors, clinical outcomes, and emotional health.

Creation of Households Program in Nursing Home Improves Residents' Health Status, Reduces Staff Turnover, and Boosts Demand for Services 8/14/2013

Meadowlark Hills, a retirement community, renovated one of its facilities so residents can live together in group households and become more independent. This led to improved residents' health and a sharp decrease in staff turnover.

Early Activation of Acute Myocardial Infarction Team Reduces Time Between Emergency Department Arrival and Start of Angioplasty Procedure 8/14/2013

The University of Michigan Health System redesigned the process for activating its acute myocardial infarction team, with an emphasis on the earliest possible electrocardiogram administration and team activation, ideally while the patient is en route to the hospital.

Emergency Department–Based Case Managers Throughout County Electronically Schedule Clinic Appointments for Underserved Patients, Allowing Many to Establish a Medical Home 8/14/2013

Emergency department–based case managers at nine Milwaukee hospitals use electronic technologies to schedule and track attendance at follow-up clinic appointments for low-income, uninsured patients who come to the emergency department with nonurgent needs, allowing many such patients to establish a medical home.

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QualityTools

Developing and Running a Primary Care Practice Facilitation Program: A How-to Guide 8/14/2013

This how-to guide was designed to support organizations interested in starting a practice facilitation program for primary care transformation.

How To Implement Electronic Health Records 8/14/2013

This tool provides a six-step approach for providers and physicians to implement an EHR system in their practice.

The Batz Guide for Bedside Advocacy: Teaming up for the Patient 8/14/2013

The Batz Guide for Bedside Advocacy is a tool that patients can use to organize their health care information, including telephone numbers, information about medications, and test results to bring to appointments.

Refugee Health Screener–15 8/14/2013

The RHS-15 was developed in a community public health setting to be an efficient and effective way to sensitively detect the range of emotional distress common across refugee groups.

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Guideline Summary for Clinicians: Detection, Diagnosis, and Management of Dementia 7/31/2013

This tool is a two-page summary of three American Academy of Neurology guidelines on dementia.

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