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August 01, 2017 - Planning a CAHPS Survey Project
Because CAHPS projects can vary in many regards, this section … tasks for the project team, and possibly the advisory group as well, is to define the goals of the CAHPS … In a CAHPS survey project, decisions about reporting affect many aspects of data collection and analysis … Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey. … How you implement a CAHPS survey will depend on a variety of initial decisions that affect sampling,
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June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Ginsberg
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren Ginsberg … Consortium – AHRQ, Yale University, RAND
Corporation, Westat
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn trademark … narrative protocols
for purposes of facilitating quality improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey … ► CAHPS Research on Survey Design and Administration
• New Program Brief!
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January 01, 2017 - surveys
• Short Sequence: 5-7 open-ended questions; 5-10 minutes
• Experimental Design: Comparing elicited … www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Illustrating less effective elicitation,
from “matched” respondents
• A less fulsome … ,
from “matched” respondents
• A more fulsome elicitation
Q1. … world settings
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• Response Rates (of survey completers) in multiple contexts
• California: 24.5% … surveys
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Frequency of Responses: By Health Status
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Item
ROUND 2:
FULL
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January 01, 2015 - Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
www.cahps.ahrq.gov
CAHPS Research Directions … • Impact of Shortening CG-CAHPS Survey
• Simplifying CG-CAHPS Item Wording
• Effect of Incentives … Survey
• Analyses of 136,725 surveys across 4 databases
and different care delivery settings
• Medical … • Web mode was less expensive and surveys were
returned more quickly than mail surveys, but
response … and Systems (CAHPS®)
Clinician and Group Survey.
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June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Fry
HOW ARE CAHPS SURVEYS
ADMINISTERED? … Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
Drawing a Sample
• Sampling varies by survey and reporting … with mail or telephone follow-up
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Analysis of Survey Results
• Calculation of survey
composite … measures
• Case mix adjustment
► CAHPS SAS macro
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CAHPS Resources
AHRQ CAHPS Web site:
www.ahrq.gov … /cahps
• Surveys
• Survey administration methods
• CAHPS Analysis Macro
• FAQs and answers
• Bibliography
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November 28, 2017 - CAHPS® Surgical Care Survey
CAHPS® Surgical Care Survey
Document No. 409
Updated 11/28/2017
Patient … Types of Measures
Like all CAHPS surveys, the CAHPS Surgical Care Survey generates three types of
results … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/index.html
Patient Experience … /wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/cgkit/HowtoReportResultsofCGCAHPS080610FINAL.pdf
http://forces4quality.org … /talkingquality/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/improve/index.html
https://
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January 01, 2023 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Closing
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Q&A
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CAHPS Updates
Sign up for email updates
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Questions or Comments? … E-mail: cahps1@westat.com
Phone: 1-800-492-9261
Web site: www.ahrq.gov/cahps/
mailto:cahps1@westat.com … http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/
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THANK YOU! … PLEASE COMPLETE THE WEBCAST
EVALUATION
Q&A
CAHPS Updates
Questions or Comments?
THANK YOU!
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June 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey Webcast - AHRQ
AHRQ’S CAHPS PROGRAM
Consumer … Surveys
Measuring patient experience
Experience
with
Providers
• Clinicians and
Medical Groups … Surveys
Quality improvement
Public reporting
Certification and recognition
Value-based purchasing … Health service research
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AHRQ’S CAHPS PROGRAM
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ … )
Patient Experience
CAHPS Surveys Measuring patient experience
Uses for CAHPS Surveys
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May 22, 2014 - Questionnaires
• CAHPS Clinician & Group Surveys:
Overview of the Questionnaires
• 12-Month Survey … Administration Guidelines
• Preparing a Questionnaire Using the
CAHPS Clinician & Group Surveys … a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician & Group Surveys. … In August 2010, the CAHPS
Team conducted cognitive testing of draft questionnaires that incorporated … Surveys
Questionnaires
Supplemental Items
Survey Administration Guidelines
Data Analysis
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June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Closing
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
To Ask a Question … www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Wrap-Up
• Complete the evaluation survey at the end of the
Webcast. … • Contact us with any questions.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps
CAHPS GovDelivery Listserv
• Want to stay … up to date on all things CAHPS? … @westat.com
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/index.html
To Ask a Question
Wrap-Up
CAHPS GovDelivery Listserv
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cg-survey-4-beta-webinar-guiding-concepts.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0 (beta) - Hays
GUIDING CONCEPTS FOR THE
NEW … CAHPS® SURVEY
Ron Hays, Ph.D. … University Of California – Los Angeles and RAND Health Program
CAHPS Core Surveys:
Some Examples … • Adult and child surveys released July/September 2015.
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CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 … Cognitive
Interviews
Are draft survey questions interpreted correctly and
consistently across respondents
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April 13, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Health Plan Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving CAHPS
Health Plan … Survey Scores
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
April 13, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm … standardized surveys and related products,
including the CAHPS Database
• CAHPS Surveys
• Assess … surveys … Health Plan Survey Scores
CAHPS Webcast Series
CAHPS Family of Surveys
CAHPS Health Plan Survey
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June 02, 2025 - Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey Webcast - INTRO
Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient … Mental
Health Survey
A Webinar Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
Thursday, October 17
1:00 … Program
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Lee Hargraves, PhD
Interim Director of the Center for Survey … Mental Health Surveys
• Outpatient Mental Health Survey
► Purpose
► Development
• Field Testing … the Survey
• Questions and Answers
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Introducing the CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey
Webcast
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September 17, 2015 - Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
Introducing the New
CAHPS Clinician & Group … Survey 3.0
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
September 17, 2015
1:00 – 2:30 pm … standardized surveys and related products,
including the CAHPS Database
• CAHPS Surveys
• Assess … Family of Surveys
3
www.cahps.ahrq.gov
Our Focus Today
Introducing CG-CAHPS 3.0
• Why a new … Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
CAHPS Webcast Series
CAHPS Family of Surveys
Our Focus Today
Today
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January 01, 2017 - CAHPS Elicitation Protocol Webcast
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
To Ask a Question
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps … Wrap-Up
• Review the guidance document: About the CAHPS
Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol … • Complete the evaluation survey at the end of the
webcast. … • Contact us with any questions.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance … @westat.com
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/
To Ask a Question
Wrap-Up
Questions or comments?
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/measures/index.html
October 01, 2024 - CAHPS Measures of Patient Experience
Every CAHPS survey produces several measures of patient … measures; and rating measures, which reflect respondents’ ratings on a scale of 0 to 10. … Measures From the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Surveys CAHPS Health Plan Survey Measures (versions 5.0) CAHPS … Clinician & Group Survey Measures (version 3.0) CAHPS Cancer Care Survey Measures CAHPS Surgical Care … Survey Measures CAHPS Dental Plan Survey Measures CAHPS Outpatient Mental Health Survey Measures
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January 19, 2022 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users Webcast
Understanding CAHPS® Surveys:
A Primer … for New Users
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
January 19, 2022
1:00 – 2:00 pm ET … program
• Define CAHPS surveys and their purpose
• Describe how CAHPS surveys are developed and
administered … • Review how CAHPS survey results can be used to
improve patient experience
• Provide answers to … your questions
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Today’s Speakers
• Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP, Director
CAHPS & SOPS, Center
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January 22, 2020 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Intro
Understanding CAHPS® Surveys:
A Primer … for New Users
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
January 22, 2020
1:00 – 2:00 pm ET … Fry, Senior Study Director, Westat
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Our Focus Today
• Present a comprehensive overview of the CAHPS … program
• Discuss what the CAHPS surveys are and what their purpose
is
• Describe how CAHPS surveys … are developed and
administered
• Review how CAHPS survey results are used to improve
patient experience
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/adult-eng-cg40-3351a.pdf
October 30, 2020 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Visit Survey 4.0 (beta)
CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
Version: Adult … Consortium or approved as a CAHPS survey … Learn more about this survey at https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html. … File name: adult-eng-cg40-3351a.docx
Last updated: October 30, 2020
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … 1 Male
2 Female
CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Adult Survey 4.0 (beta)
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December 27, 2017 - from the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey
CAHPS® Dental Plan Survey
Document No. 709
Updated 12/27/2017 … Types of Measures
Like all CAHPS surveys, the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey generates three types of
measures … • Rating measures are based on items that use a scale of 0 to 10 to measure
respondents’ assessments … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/index.html
Patient Experience … Measures for the CAHPS® Dental Plan Survey
Document No. 709
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CAHPS® Dental Plan Survey