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  1. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/V2022/AHRQ_QI_Full_Brochure.pdf
    March 24, 2023 - Prevention Quality Indicators (PQls) PQls identify issues of access to outpatient care, including appropriate … • IQ ls include risk adjustment where appropriate. … events during a hospital stay to help assess total incidence within a region • Risk adjustment where appropriate … • They include risk adjustment where appropriate. … health planners use AHRQ Qls to ask questions that provide initial feedback about clinical areas appropriate
  2. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Comparative_Reporting_Insert_QI_Tech.pdf
    December 01, 2005 - Page 24 (Executive Summary): “For reasons fully described in the report, these indicators may not be appropriate … Page 23: “For reasons fully described in the report, these indicators may not be appropriate for public
  3. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V50/Pediatric_Ind.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - ■ Include risk adjustment where appropriate. ■ Include hospital-level indicators to detect potential … Hospitalization for these types of conditions can often be avoided with appropriate use of high- quality
  4. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/PQI13_Retirement_Announcement.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - observation services may decrease the number of chest pain admissions; this shift may be clinically appropriate … affect care but also eventually impact the validity of the county level measurements as reflection of appropriate
  5. Background (pdf file)

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/ICD10/Background.pdf
    October 01, 2014 - Clinical and Coding Experts: …use a team approach that involves experts in the code sets and the appropriate … questions of clinical comparability exist, evaluate consistency of clinical concepts, and ensure appropriate … “Use Appropriate Conversion Tool: When converting from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10- CM/PCS, for example, maps
  6. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V50/IQI_Brochure.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - ■ Include risk adjustment where appropriate. ■ Can be downloaded at www.qualityindicators. … Hospitalization for these types of conditions can often be avoided with appropriate use of high- quality
  7. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/V50/PSI_Brochure.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - ■ Include risk adjustment where appropriate. ■ Can be downloaded at www.qualityindicators. … Hospitalization for these types of conditions can often be avoided with appropriate use of high- quality
  8. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.htm
    January 01, 2006 - The Workgroup will evaluate appropriate technical and methodological approaches currently available … Appropriate use of sub-sampling techniques for model validation.
  9. I (pdf file)

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/AHRQ_QI_Guide_to_Comparative_Reporting_v10.pdf
    June 30, 2009 - It is important to remember that an evidentiary gap does not mean an indicator is not appropriate for … Processes of care have been shown to decrease mortality at a patient level, including appropriate use … It is most appropriate to compare children’s hospitals to other children’s hospitals, rather than to … It is most appropriate to compare children’s hospitals to other children’s hospitals, rather than to … It is most appropriate to compare children’s hospitals to other children’s hospitals, rather than to
  10. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Case_Studies/Johns_Hopkins_Case_Study.pdf
    August 01, 2019 - team – focuses on the identification of risk factors for VTE and ensuring that patients receive the appropriate … Current improvement efforts include compliance with ordering and administration of appropriate prophylaxis
  11. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2013/C.14.10.D001_REVISED.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Convene Clinical and Coding Experts: …use a team approach that involves experts in the code sets and the appropriate … where questions of clinical comparability exist, evaluate consistency of clinical concepts, and ensure appropriate … • “Use Appropriate Conversion Tool: When converting from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS, for example, … equivalences or where none of the ICD-10-CM/PCS codes apply to the clinical intent (with determination of appropriate … substitutes, when appropriate); and • suggestion of diagnosis logic to be added to several procedure
  12. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/Introduction_to_AHRQ_Quality_Indicators_FAQ.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - You can pick and choose whatever indicator or indicators are most appropriate for your organization … Are the AHRQ QIs appropriate for public reporting?
  13. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2011/ICD-10_Report_02-08-11_Final.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - so anytime within this timeframe; submissions will be received via the annual update process or the appropriate … specific practices include: (1) using a team approach to convene clinical and coding experts in the appropriate … Furthermore, the appropriate tolerance level for population discrepancies is unknown… “Face validity … Clinical and Coding Experts: …use a team approach that involves experts in the code sets and the appropriate … AHRQ, CMS) and state agencies and payers should consider contributing to such an effort, as appropriate
  14. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Modules/default.aspx
    July 01, 2021 - Quality Indicator Resources AHRQ QI Methodology QI Reporting/User Tips AHRQ QI Life Cycle AHRQ Quality Indicator Empirical Methods , Revised July 2021 Describes the empirical methods used to calcula…
  15. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report_Appendix_B.pdf
    September 16, 2004 - Organizations National Committee for Quality Assurance specific conditions under which the measure is appropriate
  16. Document (pdf file)

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - The Workgroup will evaluate appropriate technical and methodological approaches currently available … • Appropriate use of sub-sampling techniques for model validation.
  17. Slide 1 (ppt file)

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Varga_Implementing_All_the_consensus_standards_the_journey_so_far.ppt
    January 01, 2005 - Clinically appropriate preventive methods should be implemented consequent to the evaluation. … Clinically appropriate preventive methods should be implemented consequent to the evaluation.
  18. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/resources/Toolkits.aspx
    January 01, 2016 - The QI Toolkit serves as an “inventory” from which hospitals can select those tools that are most appropriate
  19. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/QI_Newsletter_I_2_13.pdf
    May 01, 2015 - Nearly all of the admissions were being entered as “elective” instead of with the appropriate designations … down on each case flagged by the PSI to understand why the case failed and forward such cases to the appropriate
  20. qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2011/QI_Measure_Development_Implementation_Maintenance_Retirement_Full_5-3-11.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Testing includes identifying and deploying an appropriate test dataset for use with the AHRQ QIs. … The appropriate application of an indicator is partially informed by validation efforts. … Validation may inform the most appropriate application, and continued use of the indicators will ultimately … Testing includes identifying and deploying appropriate test datasets for use with the AHRQ QIs. … We will also be discussing whether the age span identified in the included population is appropriate

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