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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/3-are-you-ready/cahps-ambulatory-care-guide-section-3.pdf
May 01, 2017 - The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Are You Ready To Improve? … surveys. … surveys to identify strengths and weaknesses; and
• Develop strategies for improving performance. … Mid-level Management: Because CAHPS surveys ask about multiple aspects of the
care delivery process, … The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide
3. Are You Ready To Improve?
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017234-wagner-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - activation, and quality of care measures were also collected from patients
at their study visit via questionnaires … on-line survey
management program (Survey Monkey)32. … The majority of respondents (N=1643) were female and white, non-
Hispanic. … Most respondents were faculty or staff, with median age of 44. … CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey. 2010
[cited 2011; Available
from: http://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/content
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/person-centered.html
August 01, 2025 - Uses a combination of family surveys, video recordings of healthcare visits, and qualitative interviews … to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) surveys. … Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) surveys help to build an understanding of patients’ experience with … There are several CAHPS® surveys focused on different areas of care. … In 2024, the CAHPS added an outpatient mental health survey .
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cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov/CHDSS/Register.aspx
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The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Data Submission System
Account … The CAHPS Database will review your request and will send you an e-mail with the information to access … the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey … This survey is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 299a. … The confidentiality of your responses to this survey is protected by
Sections 944(c) and 308(d) of the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast2-brady.pdf
June 02, 2025 - & Disparities
Report (NHQDR) Program
– Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (CAHPS … 8
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AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Surveys of staff about the extent to which the
organizational … Nursing
Home
209
Nursing homes
12,395
respondents
Medical
Office
2,437
Medical offices
35,523 … respondents
Community
Pharmacy
255
Pharmacies
1,603
respondents
Hospital SOPS Supplemental … AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
SOPS Databases
Hospital SOPS Supplemental Items
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The CAHPS Home and Community Based Services Survey Data Submission … The CAHPS Database will review your request and will send you an e-mail with the information to access … CAHPS Home and Community Based Survey Data Submission System … This survey is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 299a. … The confidentiality of your responses to this survey is protected by Sections 944(c) and 308(d) of the
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-decisionmaking-cg30-adult.html
November 01, 2017 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0: Shared Decisionmaking
Population … version: Adult
Download these items: English (Word, 29 KB)
Users of the CAHPS Clinician & Group … Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/index.html
June 01, 2020 - CAHPS® (pronounced "caps"): CAHPS®, formerly known as Consumer Assessment of Health Plans, is a registered … It is a survey instrument that measures perceptions of the experience of health care. … Perceptions of care (from CAHPS® 3.0H). … adults receive recommended preventive and developmental health care:
Promoting Healthy Development Survey … Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/5_Francis_Fullam_slide_45-52.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Using the CAHPS Database to Compare, Report, and Improve Organizational Performance
®
Lessons Learned … below the national average
• Access was well below the national average
Comparing trends in CG-CAHPS … to H-CAHPS:
• H-CAHPS results on many individual questions are lower than national average but
“9 … survey focuses on:
Performance on “access” issues was an area for academic
medical centers to turn … their attention to in advance of the
national introduction of CG-CAHPS
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www.ahrq.gov/data/index.html
January 01, 2001 - MEPS
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of surveys of families and … These infographics highlight findings from the Agency’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), the … Database for Research (SyH-DR)
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS … ®) Program
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Program supports … survey development, voluntary databases, and research on patient experience with healthcare.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-pcmh-items-cg-survey30-child.html
August 01, 2021 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey 3.0: Patient-Centered Medical Home … Users of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet … Please answer these questions about the provider named in Question 1 of this survey.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/nursing-home/measurement-sets.html
November 01, 2018 - CAHPS ® Measures
The CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys assess the experiences of nursing home residents … The questionnaire asks residents to report on the nursing home environment, care, communication and respect … In addition to asking for an overall rating of care, this questionnaire asks family members to report
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140603_QI/2_steven_martino.pdf
June 02, 2025 - understanding and use of CAHPS and clinical
measures of performance? … measures
Hidden tracking system monitored click patterns
and time spent on each page
Pre- and post-survey … + Clinical
Measures
CAHPS + Clinical
Measures + Comments
P
Satisfaction with choice of
doctors … Measures
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User Behavior Comments
absent
Comments
present
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Probed to examine detail on
CAHPS … Quality
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User Behavior Comments
absent
Comments
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Selected doctor with best CAHPS
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-an-Advisory-Group.html
December 01, 2019 - Step 2: Form an Advisory Group
Review all steps in the process of planning a survey project: … Step 5: Set the Stage for Conducting the Survey .
Step 6: Develop an Evaluation Plan . … This support is critical if your CAHPS project is the first effort of its kind in your area, and especially … This group can provide crucial advice on ways to incorporate a CAHPS project into the community's current … The group can serve as a key link to distribution channels for survey results.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/recommended-reading.html
May 01, 2019 - Survey Research
Aday LA. Designing and conducting health surveys. John Wiley & Sons; 1989. … Internet, Mail and Mixed Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. … How to conduct your own survey. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons; 1994. … CAHPS in practice: the Iowa demonstration. J Ambul Care Manage 2002 April;25(2):32-42. … Beneficiary survey-based feedback on new Medicare informational materials.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-west-virginia-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - modified version of
the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems Clinician & Group Survey—Patient … modified version of the Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Clinician & Group
Survey—Patient … Centered Medical Home (CG-CAHPS-PCMH). … For more information, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-
guidance/item-sets/PCMH/index.html and … /surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/index.html
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops101-2-brady-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Understanding SOPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Brady
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Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety
Priorities … & Disparities
Report (NHQDR) Program
– Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (CAHPS
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-improving-scores.pdf
October 01, 2020 - multiple systems
• Research challenges
• collection of timely & actionable member feedback
• declining survey … Service deep dive: needed more information that
was timely and actionable
Supplemental weekly IVR survey … 3-question automated IVR survey using 5-point scale
(courtesy, information, overall experience with … percentile for 16 consecutive years
Ongoing Quality Improvement
• Repeated supplemental weekly IVR surveys … surveys scratch the surface in identifying
opportunities and supplemental data collection is necessary
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/references.html
May 01, 2024 - Available from: https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/index.html. … Development of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey [cited 2023 June 29]. … Available from: https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/Develop-CG-Surveys.html. … CAHPS Clinican & Group Survey [cited 2023 June 29]. … Available from: https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-alaska-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - modified version of the Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
Clinician & Group Survey—Patient … Centered Medical
Home (CG-CAHPS-PCMH) in order to report on the
patient experience measure.3 Alaska … expanded the use of
this survey throughout practices in the State to use it as a
measure of access … For more information on CG-CAHPS-PCMH, visit http://www.ahrq.
gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH … /surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH