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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/index.html
March 01, 2025 - CAHPS Surgical Care Survey
The CAHPS Surgical Care Survey asks adult patients to report on surgical … The Surgical Care Survey is unique among CAHPS surveys in that it assesses patients' experiences with … surgical care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings by asking respondents about their care: … Like other CAHPS surveys, this questionnaire focuses on aspects of surgical quality that are important … the following guidance: CAHPS Survey Design and Administration Translating surveys and other materials
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-05-edgman-levitan.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 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 … Voluntary CAHPS Databases for the Clinician & Group and Health Plan Surveys
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Chartbook: Displays … Using CAHPS Surveys To Improve Patient Experience
CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide
Use of Survey … and Certification
Use of Survey Results in Research
CAHPS Database
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/modifying/index.html
May 01, 2020 - Modifying a CAHPS Survey
All CAHPS surveys are designed to achieve two important goals:
Standardization … Adding to the Core Questionnaire
You can customize a CAHPS questionnaire to meet needs unique to your … Changing the Core Questionnaire
Some organizations use CAHPS surveys as starting points for a modified … If you make these kinds of changes, the questionnaire is no longer considered a CAHPS survey. … their survey, and encourages the use of names that will be meaningful to respondents.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys
Instructions for Analyzing Data
from
CAHPS® Surveys … The program adjusts the survey data for standard individual case-mix
variables such as respondent age … If data from different CAHPS questionnaires are in the same data set, responses for equivalent questions … The response categories on the CAHPS
surveys may differ from this example, so please refer to the survey … CAHPS web page about analyzing CAHPS survey data).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/susan-edgman-levitan-intro-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Strategies for Improving … CAHPS
Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS)
Survey Scores
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network … Develops standardized surveys and related products,
including the CAHPS Database
• CAHPS Surveys
• … surveys … Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
CAHPS Webcast Series
CAHPS Family of Surveys
Facility
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-04-fry.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CAHPS 101
HOW ARE CAHPS SURVEYS
ADMINISTERED? … with mail or telephone follow-up
Survey environment rapidly evolving; CAHPS Consortium continues
extensive … ► CAHPS SAS macro
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CAHPS Resources
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AHRQ CAHPS Web site:
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
• Surveys
• … Survey administration methods
• FAQs and answers
• Bibliography
• CAHPS Ambulatory Care
Improvement … ://www.ahrq.gov/cahps
http://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality
How are CAHPS Surveys Administered?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/whats-available.pdf
March 20, 2017 - Available for the Child Hospital
Survey:
Questionnaires
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Overview … of the Questionnaire
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey 1.0
(English and Spanish)
Survey Administration … Survey
Available for all CAHPS surveys:
• Analyzing CAHPS Survey Data: Free
programs for analyzing … Questionnaire
The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) assesses the experiences of
pediatric … preparing and sending letters and emails
about the survey to respondents.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-02-ginsburg.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/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html
March 01, 2025 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
The CAHPS ® Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) asks patients … Version 3.1 The 3.1 version of the survey updates the 3.0 version to prompt respondents to consider in-person … potential respondents, Collect the survey data, Track responses, and Use the survey results to report … Translating CAHPS surveys into other languages Analyzing CAHPS survey data Quality Measures From … other developers of physician-level surveys of patient experience.
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cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov/files/CH/CAHPS-ChildHospitalUserGuide.pdf
April 01, 2022 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey System User Guide
THE CAHPS CHILD HOSPITALSURVEY
DATABASE
CAHPS Child … The respondent-level data submitted to the
CAHPS Database is classified by HIPAA as a Limited Data Set … /surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hp_survey.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital … About
Each hospital requires a copy of the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey questionnaire to be used. … /surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hp_survey.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-100620.html
October 01, 2020 - Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS)
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Summary … Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs
Center for Quality Improvement … Senior Statistician
RAND, Santa Monica, CA
Introducing the Emergency Department CAHPS Survey (PDF … , 272 KB)
Analysis of ED CAHPS Survey Data (PDF, 60 KB)
Kirsten Becker, M.S. … Director, RAND Survey Research Group
Senior Survey Director
RAND, Santa Monica, CA
ED CAHPS Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/improving-cg-cahps-scores-webcast-transcript.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Edgman-Levitan (opening), Slide 3
We have multiple surveys that we call the CAHPS family of surveys. … We also have the Nursing Home CAHPS Surveys. … We also
have the Health Plan CAHPS Survey, a Surgical Care Survey, the ECHO CAHPS which measures people's … surveys. … That's the method
of the CAHPS survey. The Pulse One-Minute Survey is a very short survey.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-transcript.pdf
January 01, 2020 - discussing our research on survey
methods and data collection. … As I said, you're going to hear today from survey
methods researchers who have worked on CAHPS efforts … And by a web survey
I mean an electronic version of the survey that's online so a respondent either … We
sent a mail questionnaire, reminders, second questionnaire. … and how long was the survey questionnaire?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2021-childhcahps-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2021 - 2021 CAHPS Hospital Survey Database Chartbook
THE CAHPS DATABASES
CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Database … (17 and younger) and
their parents or guardians, who serve as survey respondents, with inpatient care … Distribution of 2021 Child HCAHPS Survey Database Respondents by Response Mode
Response Mode Percent … Respondent-level survey results are calculated across all respondents in the Database, ignoring their … /surveys-guidance/hospital/about/fielding-child-hcahps-93.pdf
Child HCAHPS Survey Database 2021 Chartbook
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-2021-webcast-survey-database.pdf
January 01, 2021 - CAHPS HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES SURVEY
DATABASE
Michael Corrothers
HCBS CAHPS Database … Lead,
Westat
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CAHPS Database Overview
• Central repository of data for selected CAHPS surveys … o CAHPS Health Plan (HP) Survey
o CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG) Survey
o NEW: CAHPS Home and Community-Based … Database
Upload
Questionnaire
Submit a copy of the
HCBS CAHPS Survey
instrument used for
data … CAHPS HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES SURVEY DATABASE
CAHPS Database Overview
HCBS CAHPS Database
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-101-webcast-01-fry-intro.pdf
January 08, 2019 - CAHPS 101
Understanding CAHPS® Surveys:
A Primer for New Users
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS … Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-PI, Yale CAHPS
team … 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 … 5
Understanding CAHPS®Surveys: A Primer for New Users
Need Help?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sample-notification-letters.pdf
April 07, 2017 - Available for the Child Hospital
Survey:
Questionnaires
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Overview … respondent should return the survey
(for mail surveys) or fill out the survey online (for online surveys … To allay respondents’
concerns or anxieties about how the ID number is used, add this note in
the questionnaire … respondent should return the survey
(for mail surveys) or fill out the survey online (for online surveys … To allay respondents’
concerns or anxieties about how the ID number is used, add this note in
the questionnaire
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ed-cahps/index.html
December 01, 2023 - CAHPS Emergency Department Survey
The CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) assesses the … Learn more— Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) (Webcast) (October 6, 2020) … Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) (1:28:20)
How To Get the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey … respondents. … AHRQ’s CAHPS Consortium approved this instrument as a CAHPS survey in March 2020.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20160315/debra-rosen-slides.pdf
March 15, 2016 - Strategies for Improving CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores
Improving CG-CAHPS
Scores … Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey Scores”
A Webcast Presented by the AHRQ CAHPS User Network
March … NEVHC also uses other surveys and data to supplement
the CAHPS data. … ◦ Pulse one-minute survey (Point of Care survey using
Natural Language Program)
◦ Patient shadowing … 1973” 29
Access was identified as a priority focus area
◦ Identified through patient experience surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/translating/index.html
March 01, 2025 - Translating CAHPS Surveys and Other Materials
Most CAHPS surveys are available in Spanish, … Guidelines for Translating CAHPS Surveys If you are translating a CAHPS survey, please review the following … The translated survey must accurately reflect the content and intent of the English questionnaire. … Direct the translators to produce colloquial questions and instructions that survey respondents can easily … The CAHPS grantees developed these guidelines for the translation and cultural adaptation of CAHPS surveys