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821. America's Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/dhhs-2008-issue-brief.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - America's Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information MAN SERVICES . U U S H T O F H E A L T H & NE America’s Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information Health literacy—the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and se…

822. 2. Study Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/study-methods.html
     June 01, 2020 - of Care, Access to Care, Health Care Costs and Utilization, and Equity of Care), four domains of health … The domains for “outputs” of health care include the following: Quality of Care. … of Care research domain, while three others reflected specific cross-cutting categories of research— … of Care, Cost and Utilization, or Equity) and at least one of the “input” domains, or (b) address the … of Care or Equity, that would ensure the projects’ inclusion in the scan as HSR.

823. Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement-fac-notes.html
     May 01, 2017 - It will then discuss how to understand and measure engagement in your facility. … This partnership is important because health care quality and safety directly affect patients and families … Engagement helps ASC facilities improve overall quality of care, patient safety, and patient outcomes … care quality and safety. … care quality and safety, care delivery, educational materials, and facility design.

824. AHRQ Individual Research Career Development (K) Award Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/kaward/kaward-evalreport.pdf
     August 01, 2016 - of care (76 percent). … Gout treatment guidelines and quality measures. … Figure 9 shows that nearly all funded proposals addressed quality of care; general health services research … is serious about improving the quality of care and the health of our people, and reducing the cost of … Care Quality in Primary Care Quality & Safety in Health Care R Radiology Rehabilitation Psychology

825. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
     January 28, 2011 - of health care. … advise on policies and practices to support patient and family engagement, and recommend how to better measure … care quality and safety for all patients • Help hospital staff carry out changes to improve hospital … of care at this hospital. … care quality and safety for all patients; and (3) To help hospital staff carry out changes and improvements

826. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Group Practice Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/CHSP_2016_GPLF_tech_Dec2020.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - xviii We use beneficiary dates of service for Medicare beneficiaries as a measure of services provided … These values give us a measure of the percentage of services billed through a group practice that occurred … HSI00000013/Advocate Health Care CHILDREN'S & WOMEN'S PHYSICIANS OF WESTCHESTER, LLP HSI00000130/Boston Childrens

827. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
     June 01, 2023 - of healthcare for all Americans. … safety, preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI’s), measuring and addressing disparities in care … Increased uptake of evidence-based practices that strengthen healthcare quality, safety, equity, and … of healthcare and health outcomes. … quality, and health outcomes.

828. Final Progress Report: Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/catchpole2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Our evaluations were therefore multi-dimensional; based on surrogate measures of clinical performance … suites, workspaces, and the distribution of tasks within them may be critical to improving safety and quality … of care.

829. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 15. Care Transitions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/care-transitions-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Impact of relational coordination on quality of care, postoperative pain and functioning, and length … of care in the transition from hospital to home by providing patients with tools and support to navigate … the quality of care transitions and focus on patient-centeredness for the purpose of performance improvement … • The Care Transition Measure–38,9 is a 3-question care transition measure questionnaire to assess … the quality of care transitions and focus on patient-centeredness for the purpose of performance improvement

830. Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/obesity-toolkit.pdf
     March 01, 2014 - Health Care Professional Partnership Guide, a toolkit from the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare … Quality that guides advocates on how to link community based organizations with health care providers … They are engaged in a number of chronic care quality improvement projects and diabetes studies.

831. Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Composite measures combine CAHPS survey questions that measure the same dimensions of patients’ experiences … this will equal 1; for composite measures this will equal the number of items in the composite measure … Item Weighting – Algorithm for Composite Measures The CAHPS Analysis Program uses item weights to … will receive different composite measure scores if the composite measures are calculated with different … For composite measures, the several adjusted entity means are combined with equal item weights (one

832. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsineonatal.pdf
     October 01, 2012 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative A Progress Report on the National On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention A Pr…

833. Scientific Rationale (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/scientific-rationale.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - HAI performance has been adopted as a core safety measure by many state regulatory agencies, CMS, and … Priority areas for national action: transforming health care quality.

834. AHRQ Hospital Financial Measures Database Methodology Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/hfmd-methodology-report.pdf
     August 02, 2024 - They also can be used to test for relationships with indicators of quality of care. … Future measure development activities could include expanding the measures by using utilization variables … Hospital Financial Measures Database 15 Methodology Report FINANCIAL MEASURE GROUP RATIOS: TABLES 3.1 … Use the fitted values from the derived variance function to establish weights (wi=1/σ2). 4. … Estimate regression coefficients using these weights.

835. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices_Toolkit Overview and Recommended Prelaunch Activities (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/intro-overview.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - HAI performance has been adopted as a core safety measure by many state regulatory agencies, CMS, and … Priority areas for national action: transforming health care quality. … Effectiveness of measures to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with community-associated

836. Pf-Engagement-Facnotes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - It will then discuss how to understand and measure engagement in your facility. … This partnership is important because health care quality and safety directly affect patients and families … Engagement helps ASC facilities improve overall quality of care, patient safety, and patient outcomes … care quality and safety. … care quality and safety, care delivery, educational materials, and facility design.

837. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/universalicu.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - o Comprehensive Estimate: The infection measure used in the REDUCE Trial was the number of ICU patients

838. Diagnostic Issue Brief 19 Electronic Test Result Communication in the Era of the 21st Century Cures Act (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/diagnostic-safety-issue-brief-test-result-communication.pdf
     July 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Issue Brief 19 Electronic Test Result Communication in the Era of the 21st Century Cures Act PATIENT SAFETY e Issue Brief 19 Electronic Test Result Communication in the Era of the 21st Century Cures Act This page intentionally left blank. e Issue Brief 19 Electronic Test Result Communication …

839. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2021, Group Practice Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2021-group-practice-linkage-file-tech-doc.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - linked to health systems.xx xx We use beneficiary dates of service for Medicare beneficiaries as a measure … These values give us a measure of the percentage of services billed through a group practice that occurred … Compendium systems with zero group practices linked are Alecto Healthcare Services (HSI00000021) and Childrens … Emergency Physicians LLC HSI00001450/Larkin Health System Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc HSI00000213/Childrens

840. 2012 CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2012_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Results cannot be compared to the 12-Month versions because of differences in the survey response scales … Some of these differences may be related to differences in response scales. … Both the public site and the submitter’s site present CG-CAHPS results for composite measures, ratings … For questions and composites based on 4-point response scales (i.e., "always", "usually", "sometimes … Public Site The public site presents a variety of CG-CAHPS survey results such as composite measures