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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/health-plan-5.1-child-composite-measures.pdf
January 24, 2024 - "CAHPS Health Plan Survey 5.1H - Child Version Including Medicaid and Children with Chronic Conditions … to the 2023 AHRQ CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database (n = 47 states)
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Table CPC-CH. … Including Medicaid and Children with Chronic Conditions Supplemental Items
CAHPS Health Plan Survey … Results are based on surveys that were conducted during the period
from July 2022 through June 2023 … Instead, states submit their CAHPS data to the AHRQ
CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database and submissions
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-fullreport.pdf
November 02, 2017 - Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Surveys.
2. … Plan Survey and the
Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). … CAHPS surveys use administrative data to develop the sampling frame for survey
administration. … A patient survey system to measure quality improvement: Questionnaire
reliability and validity. … The Picker Patient Experience Questionnaire: Development
and validation using data from in-patient surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/comparative-data/2017-health-plan-chartbook/data-sources-limitations.html
October 01, 2017 - and Limitations
Appendix A. 2017 Survey Respondents by State
Appendix B. … Health Plan Survey results submitted to the CAHPS Database by various survey sponsors, including State … Medicare Data: Each year, the CAHPS Database receives the CAHPS Medicare Managed Care survey data collected … Appendix A presents the number of Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare survey respondents by State included … in the 2017 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-hays.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Improving the Survey Instruments
Ron D. … and Group Survey 4.0 (beta)
• Created in response to:
► Increased use of telehealth associated with … Clinician and Group Survey 4.0 (beta)
• Released in 2020
• Iterative refinements
► Pilot study in … Health Plan
and Clinician and Group Surveys
• CAHPS 5.1 Health Plan/CAHPS 3.1 Clinician & Group surveys … • Randomized CAHPS C-G survey 3.1 and easier (EZ) version
► Patients at federally qualified health
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/research/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Research on Reporting Information to Consumers
The ability to report CAHPS ® survey results … studies to answer key questions:
What are the best ways to report CAHPS survey results so that they … How do the users of CAHPS surveys actually report the results? … What effect does the reporting of CAHPS survey results have on consumers and their choices? … Making survey results easy to report to consumers: How reporting needs guided survey design in CAHPS.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/sample-frame-elements.html
February 01, 2025 - Examples of Sample Frame Elements
The sample frame that a CAHPS survey sponsor provides to a … Elements for an Adult Survey Unique patient ID (typically provided by provider or insurer). … Additional Elements for a Child Survey (if applicable) Parent or guardian’s name.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-111621.html
December 01, 2021 - They also previewed Narrative Item Sets in development for the CAHPS Health Plan Survey and the Child … HCAHPS Survey. … Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs
Center for Quality Improvement … & Group Survey (PDF, 662 KB)
Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D. … Clinician & Group Survey (PDF, 662 KB)
Dale Shaller, M.P.A.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html
June 12, 2025 - known as the National CAHPS Benchmarking Database) is the repository for data from selected CAHPS surveys … The primary purpose of the CAHPS Database is to facilitate comparisons of CAHPS survey results by and … To support the use of CAHPS survey results, the CAHPS Database offers products and services that include … Participation in the CAHPS Database is free and open to all survey users. … ™ (SOPS™) Databases as central repositories for survey data from each of the SOPS surveys.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/Development-HIT-Item-Set.html
July 01, 2022 - item set that would enable survey sponsors to capture both the positive and negative effects of health … In June 2006, AHRQ hosted a meeting with health IT and CAHPS survey experts, as well as stakeholders … Clinician & Group Survey. … 2013 to align the questions and placement instructions with the 2.0 version of the Clinician & Group Surveys … items and placement instructions were modified to fit with the 3.0 version of the Clinician & Group Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-a-Project-Team.html
December 01, 2019 - Once a sponsor has decided to conduct a CAHPS project, one of the first tasks is to assemble a project … draw the sample); and
Benefits counselors and other intermediaries who are involved in disseminating CAHPS … (e.g., which questionnaires to administer, whether to add supplemental items to the questionnaires); … Using survey results;
Deciding how to use CAHPS survey results (e.g., incorporating them into … You can also obtain technical assistance from the CAHPS User Network for some of the tasks typically
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-ahrq-program.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard for patient … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn the trademark … .
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What We Learned 20 Years Ago
Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey
to support improvements … cultural changes, regular measurement and
performance feedback, and experience of interpreting
and using survey … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey
to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ipe-large-org-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
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CAHPS Surveys
• Surveys measure patient experience, not patient … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to CAHPS
design principles to earn the trademark … CAHPS Surveys are considered the gold standard for patient
experience measurement! … 10
What We Learned 20 Years Ago
Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey
to support improvements … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey
to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-narratives-presentations-summary.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) Narrative Item Set ........ 14
Concurrent Session 2: CAHPS Health … Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) Narrative Item Set. … While there were no questions about trust
specifically in the survey, 124 respondents used the word … subgroups in the larger population of survey respondents. … AHRQ’s CAHPS website
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26267629
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/index.html
March 01, 2023 - surveys. … The strategies are intended to address the various topics covered by CAHPS surveys of ambulatory care … Appendix 6a provides a crosswalk of these topics and the measures derived from different CAHPS surveys … (all of which are variations on the CAHPS Health Plan Survey or the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey). … 2017)
Domains for Patient Experience
Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
CAHPS Surveys for Accountable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-analysis-webcast-program-2.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard for patient … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn the trademark … .
10
What We Learned 20 Years Ago
Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey
to support improvements … cultural changes, regular measurement and
performance feedback, and experience of interpreting
and using survey … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey
to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-creative-strategies-ginsberg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Consortium: AHRQ, RAND, Yale, and Westat
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn trademark … .
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Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Value-based purchasing
• Public reporting
• Accreditation
• Quality … narrative protocols
for purposes of facilitating quality improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey … CAHPS Surveys
Uses of CAHPS Surveys
Patient Experience of Care Research at AHRQ
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/child-hcahps-survey-spanish.pdf
May 12, 2016 - Child Hospital Survey, Spanish
CAHPS® Hospital Survey
Version: Child Version
Language: Spanish … side of the questionnaire booklet … CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Spanish
Child_HCAHPS_Spanish_Survey_954b.docx 5/12/2016
Instrucciones … CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Spanish
Child_HCAHPS_Spanish_Survey_954b.docx 5/12/201610
CAHPS® Hospital … Survey
Instructions for Front Cover
Instructions for Format of Questionnaire
Instrucciones para el
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-shaller.pdf
January 01, 2017 - & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey … to
complete a series of open-ended questions placed at the
end of the core survey.
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CG-CAHPS … Narrative Item Set
A structured series of 5 open-ended questions that:
• Prompts survey respondents … Respondents were given a yes/no option. … Survey with Patient-Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) items
• Administered by web
• Respondents were
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/measures-data-funding/index.html
February 01, 2025 - SDM Process_4 (SDMP) Survey A 4-item questionnaire that measures the extent to which patients viewed … of surveys that ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with health plans … Supplemental items that ask about aspects of SDM have been developed for five CAHPS surveys. … CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey … CAHPS Health Plan Child Survey CAHPS Cancer Care Survey Back to Contents Funding Opportunities SDM
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/patient-narratives-webinar-stories.pdf
July 01, 2020 - surveys
Stories are a
tool for quality
improvement
Stories are a
tool for public
reporting … Percent of All Surveys
CG CAHPS
Domains
Communication
Access
Office Staff
Care coordination … ”
- Mark Turner, cognitive scientist, linguist & author
“In the future, your survey should account … Accounting for
such non-physical visits will necessarily change certain questions
in the survey….” … – NIS respondent
“Free text, narrative feedback were preferred
to checkboxes, surveys and patient