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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-011922.html
April 01, 2022 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast)
January 19, 2022
Summary … surveys, explained how they focus on patients' priorities, and built on current research in survey development … Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs
Center for Quality Improvement … Principal
Shaller Consulting Group
Stillwater, MN
How are CAHPS Survey Results Used? … video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5Xt6AEg2LJ0
Understanding CAHPS ® Surveys: A Primer
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-webcast.pdf
October 01, 2017 - surveys, some
recent updates to the CAHPS survey suite and research that is related to survey administration … CAHPS survey. … CAHPS surveys and surveys in general are presented, for example,
in a paper version where you will just … We have a
paper in the Dental CAHPS Pediatric Survey—it's not an official CAHPS survey, but we actually … methods for the reasons that
there are a lot of benefits of it, including shorter administration time
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-2021-webcast-closing.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Introducing a New Database for Users of the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey … question in the box
that opens
► Make sure “All Panelists” is
selected
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CAHPS … Contact the HCBS CAHPS Database
E-mail: HCBSCAHPSDatabase@westat.com
Phone: 1-855-580-4657
Website
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/administering-child-hcahps-narrative-items.pdf
November 01, 2023 - https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hp_survey.html
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps … /surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/modifying/index.html
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources … Anticipated Engagement by Respondents
Users of this item set are likely to find a high level of respondent … Oversight of Vendors
Organizations that administer CAHPS surveys typically take steps to maintain the … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/ch/suppl-narrative-items-child-hospital-survey.html
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/hcbs-database/participate.html
December 01, 2024 - CAHPS survey instrument. CAHPS data file. … CAHPS Survey data to the HCBS CAHPS Survey Database will receive: A private, customized feedback report … Accepted Versions of the HCBS CAHPS Survey The CAHPS Database accepts the following survey instruments … Requirements To Participate in the HCBS CAHPS Survey Database To participate in the HCBS CAHPS, survey … Survey instruments must not omit any of the survey items related to respondent characteristics.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/echo/about/Development-ECHO-Survey.html
May 01, 2018 - Development of the CAHPS ECHO Survey
The CAHPS ® Experience of Care & Health Outcomes (ECHO) … Survey is the product of nearly 6 years of research and testing by CAHPS grantees at the Harvard Medical … The survey merges the best aspects of two existing consumer surveys regarding care for mental health … consumers, clinicians, and policy experts, including representatives from:
The CAHPS Consortium. … They shaped the survey through their participation in questionnaires, focus groups, and cognitive interviews
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-shaller.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Shaller
HOW ARE SURVEY RESULTS
USED? … Surveys
To Improve Patient Experience
Monitor and assess performance on
CAHPS measures
- Compare … resources for research:
► CAHPS Database Research Files
► CMS Data Sets for CAHPS surveys
► SEER … Database Overview
• Databases are for selected CAHPS surveys
► CAHPS Health Plan (HP) Survey
► CAHPS … Using CAHPS Surveys To Improve Patient Experience
CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide
Use of Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-what-you-should_know-shaller-webinar.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS Surveys
Dale Shaller, MPA
Principal
Shaller Consulting Group
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
CAHPS Surveys … Field testing partners
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CAHPS Surveys: What You Should Know
• Surveys focus … of data
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• Surveys focus on what patients … 30
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CAHPS Surveys: What You Should Know
• Surveys focus on what patients want … What You Should Know About All CAHPS Surveys
CAHPS Surveys: What You Should Know
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/CG/administering_cg_narrative_items.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps … /surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/index.html
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … that administer CAHPS surveys typically take steps to maintain the
confidentiality of respondents.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-ginsberg-ahrq-program.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Slides 8-13
AHRQ’s CAHPS® Program
Caren Ginsberg … Consortium: AHRQ, RAND, Yale,
and Westat
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CAHPS Surveys
• Surveys measure … CAHPS is committed to capturing the patient’s voice.
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Uses of CAHPS Surveys … Collecting patient experience data using patient
narrative information; effectiveness of different survey … CAHPS Surveys
Uses of CAHPS Surveys
Patient Experience of Care Research at AHRQ
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/index.html
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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-ginsberg.pdf
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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-schlesinger.pdf
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
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Frequency of Responses: By Health Status
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Item
ROUND 2:
FULL
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/ron_hay-slides.pdf
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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The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Data Submission System
Help
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The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Data Submission System
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-fry2.pdf
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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/measures-surgical-409.pdf
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
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January 01, 2023 - Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Closing
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June 09, 2025 - HCBS CAHPS Data Specifications 1.0
CAHPS® HCBS Adult Survey 1.0 with Supplemental Employment Module … Use “3 = Other/Not applicable” for
respondents with a Survey
Disposition Code NOT equal to 1, 2, … Did someone help the
respondent complete this survey? … Who helped the
respondent? … Who helped the
respondent?