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441. Designing Care Management Entities for Youth with Complex Behavioral Health Needs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide2/index.html
     September 01, 2014 - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 10 grants, funding 18 States, to improve the quality … of health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). … Quality Demonstration Grant Program aims to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing quality … of health care for children. … 18 demonstration States are implementing 52 projects in five general categories: Using quality measures

442. Electronic Library | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2020 - Officer Reports Frequently Requested Records AHRQ Purchase Card List (PDF, 146 KB) National Healthcare … Quality Report Preliminary Measure Set for Home Health in the National Healthcare Quality Report

443. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pptx
     October 01, 2015 - Supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce health care costs … of health care services. … “quality of care” per se, we use certain measures as an “indicator” of quality. … Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) reflect quality of care inside hospitals (PDIs) reflect quality of … Hospital board quality committees on quality of care.

444. Appendix II: Technical Expert Panel and Federal Partners Group | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apii.html
     June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services Appendix II … and Community-Based Services Executive Summary Introduction and Scan Methodology Evaluation of Measures … in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … Measures and Gaps Other Potentially Important Measurement Areas and Sources Conclusion Glossary … and Tools Appendix IV: List of Measures Appendix V: Tested Measures by DRA Domain Appendix VI:

445. Discussion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - All-Payer Claims Databases Introduction Reviewing the Landscape of All-Payer Claims Databases Measure … These measure sets can be used to learn about more efficient ways to achieve better outcomes. … Measure development gaps. … Measure sets are likely to provide the best picture of health care value. … Testing is required before a measure can be fully implemented.

446. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-sustainability-centers-of-excellence-references.html
     April 01, 2025 - Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.

447. Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/Development-PWMI-Item-Set.html
     April 01, 2020 - Development of the CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments The CAHPS Consortium collaborated with a number of stakeholders, disability researchers and State agencies to develop the Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments (PWMI). Partners in this work included the following organizations: …

448. Evidence-based Practice Center Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - develops reports to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of healthcare in the United States. … These reports may be used for informing and developing coverage decisions, quality measures, educational … Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for Children and Adolescents April 2025 Measure … Criteria for AHRQ’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report April 2025 Programs for Responding

449. Introducing electronic screening tools for developmental delay and autism into pediatric primary care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/pa-specialinnovation.html
     August 01, 2018 - Developmental Screening in the First 3 Years of Life is a part of the Core Set of Children’s Health Care … Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP. … Program, a set of 10 grants awarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve the quality … of health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

450. Archived Announcements About CAHPS Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - Getting Needed Care was the lowest scoring composite measure. … The 3.1 and 3.0 versions generate the same measures of patient experience with primary and specialty … physician bonus payment is based on Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set ( HEDIS ) clinical measures … Journal of General Internal Medicine. " Examining the Role of Patient Experience Surveys in Measuring Health … Care Quality " in Medical Care Research and Review.

451. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/index.html
     March 01, 2017 - Improving quality of care in the inpatient setting requires a solid foundation of skills to manage organizational … Guidance that can be used to improve pediatric quality in hospitals using the PDIs or other quality measures … The QI Toolkit supports improvement of the AHRQ QIs as well as other hospital quality measures.  … Project Charter Includes a charter to help you define the implementation team, goals, and measures … quality indicators Case study: Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety Measures

452. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2018, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2018-Compendium-TechDoc-update.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - changes over time with the ultimate goal of understanding how health systems can improve the cost and quality … of healthcare. … systems serving low-income and potentially underserved populations, the list draws on two common measures … Product We used the 2018 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures … Provider-offered Medicare Advantage plans: recent growth and care quality.

453. Public Inquiry Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Utilization Project (HCUP) Job Opportunities & Internships Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) National Healthcare … Quality and Disparities Reports (QDR) Newsletters/Subscriptions Other (Category not listed) Partnerships … Children, Elderly, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Men's & Women's Health) Publications & Research Quality Measures

454. Meeting Minutes, November 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2017-11-nac/nacmtg1117-minutes.html
     February 01, 2018 - Data and Methods The 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report revealed varying overall … quality of care by State for years 2014-2015. … health care quality. … It is derived from the 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report . … of care in primary care practices, with a focus on cardiovascular health.

455. Meeting Minutes, November 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New Hampshire were the Nation’s best performing States for health … care quality. … CMS in developing measures. … A national guidelines clearinghouse and a national quality measure clearinghouse are additional tools … Ling raised the idea of what we do not measure. How can we measure functional limitation? Dr.

456. Development of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Narrative Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/development/index.html
     July 01, 2023 - How patient comments affect consumers’ use of physician performance measures. … Consumer response to patient experience measures in complex information environments.

457. Step 3: Define Your Project Goals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Define-Your-Project-Goals.html
     December 01, 2019 - Context for the Survey Project Is this project part of a bigger effort to educate consumers about health … care quality? … health benefits managers to identify and offer health plans and providers that perform well on the CAHPS measures

458. Diagnostic error in mental health: a review (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-mental-health-bmjqs.pdf
     April 15, 2024 - Nevertheless, a lack of clear consensus on how to conceptualise, defne and measure errors in diagnosis … biases can interfere with this process.4–6 Validated psycho- logical tests and symptom reporting scales … More detailed conceptual and operational defini- tions for diagnostic errors are needed to measure and … Improving diagnosis in health care. quality chasm series. … Recommendations for using the revised safer DX instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety

459. Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
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     October 01, 2015 - of health care received by Hispanics were available for almost all measures tracked in the QDR. … Hispanics receive poorer quality of care, especially as related to person centeredness. … Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Health Care for Hispanics 5 National Healthcare Quality … of health care received by the general U.S. population Disparities in care experienced by different … care Quality of health care NQS priorities 6 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

460. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: From Concept to Action (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/bindman-summit2016.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - and train health care systems and professionals to catalyze improvements in care • AHRQ generates measures … system AHRQ’s Unique Role: Evidence and Implementation Evidence Tools for Implementation Data and Measures … safety and diagnostic error • Begin to understand how to measure