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2241. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/1998ChangesintheNISRedesignFinal.pdf
      January 18, 2002 - We no longer calculate weights to the frame or weights to the state. … decided at the outset to omit this aspect of the sampling methodology in the future, we attempted to measure … Figures 10 and 11 summarize the differences between HCUP and non-HCUP hospitals on another size measure … While these differences can be explained by disease and severity measures in patient-level analyses, … " • "Analyzing Repeated Measures and Cluster-Correlated Data Using SUDAAN Release 7.5" (1997).

2242. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONWIDE AMBULATORY SURGERY SAMPLE (NASS) 2019 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/2019_NASS_Introduction.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - • The 2019 NASS includes several new data elements: o Patient race and ethnicity o Comorbidity measures … Computation of sample weights is straightforward. … Encounter weights were calculated by stratum. … of an appropriate method for calculating variances for nationwide estimates depends on the type of measure … -10-CM diagnoses Elixhauser Comorbidity Software Refined for ICD- 10-CM CMR_aaab2 Comorbidity measures

2243. Lessons Learned From AHRQ’s State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/SRD_LessonsLearned_0.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - demonstrate the provider-, organization-, and community-level effects of HIE on patient safety and quality … of care. … sustainability for the HIO and the stated objective of the AHRQ SRD contract, to use HIE to improve health … care quality. 3-2 Governance This section outlines the SRDs’ lessons learned about setting … The SRDs’ evaluation plans measure both process and outcomes.

2244. 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.

2245. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2003
      February 04, 2003 - (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA); Mark S.

2246. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/4GH3or2_-oQ7ChXfjCB2ux
      March 02, 2020 - • Trials and cohort studies that measure effects on quality of life, func- tion, and extrahepatic effects

2247. Improving Outpatient Safety of Older Adults through Electronic Patient Portals - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024071-lindquist-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Measures Time Points: For data extracted from the EPP for study Aims 1-3, we defined the pre-period … Literacy: Initially we used the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (STOFHLA) as the measure … Implementing electronic health record-based quality measures for developmental screening.

2248. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-screening-1996
      January 01, 1996 - Several studies report that a combination of immune markers and measures of insulin responsiveness can … asymptomatic persons, enrolling individuals identified by autoantibodies levels and other physiologic measures

2249. Overview to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2001
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2001.jsp
      January 01, 2001 - Data Elements in the NIS Hospital Weights File, Starting in 1998 Table 5. … Discharge-level weights to calculate national estimates for discharges. … One file per data type: Core and Hospital Weights. … When using the hospital weights with the subsample files, there is no need to multiply the hospital weights … TOOLS AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are clinical performance measures for use with readily available

2250. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2020.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - Reducing hospital readmissions is a key strategy for improving the quality of healthcare while containing … Although discharge-level weights were calculated for the NRD, hospital-level weights were not calculated … Users should not equate the discharge-level weights to weights that can be used to estimate population … Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for … Software Refined for ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes CMR_VERSION Version of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure

2251. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2019.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - Reducing hospital readmissions is a key strategy for improving the quality of healthcare while containing … Although discharge-level weights were calculated for the NRD, hospital-level weights were not calculated … Users should not equate the discharge- level weights to weights that can be used to estimate population … Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for … Software Refined for ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes CMR_VERSION Version of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure

2252. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - Data Elements in the 2016 NRD Severity Measures File ---------------------------------- 7 Table D.3 … Reducing hospital readmissions is a key strategy for improving the quality of health care while containing … This report describes 12 key measures of hospital readmissions from different agencies or companies … Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for … Data Elements in the 2016 NRD Severity Measures File Table D.3.

2253. Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Clinician-Facing CDS Intervention (pdf file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/18/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Statin_CVD_Clinician_Facing.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - CQL allows logic to be shared between CDS artifacts—and eventually with electronic clinical quality measures … (eCQMs)—in support of improving healthcare quality. … their patients about ways to reduce their risk including starting a statin medication as a preventive measure

2254. Racial Misclassification and Disparities in Mortality among AI/AN and Other Races, Washington (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or26.pdf
      June 01, 2012 - Suggestions we have heard from Tribal members for the difficulty in moving the needle on this measure … Misclassification errors may follow a patient between data systems • Net result: morbidity and mortality measures

2255. 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

2256. Guide to Reducing Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/guide-to-reducing-unintended-consequences-of-electronic-health-records.pdf
      August 01, 2011 - These measures are useful as examples of what can be developed to assess and improve the usefulness … • System interface efficiency: measure of how well the EHR communicates with ancillary systems (e.g … log Corrective Actions Steps taken to date Assigned To Date Assigned Progress Evaluate measures … Usage metric Measure for tracking the frequency and manner in which an EHR is used. … These measures are useful as examples of what can be developed to asse...

2257. Zyao53-Sqrb6Ozzkzdmjjt (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZYao53-sqRb6oZzKzDmjjt
      December 01, 2003 - beyond age 74.50 Approaches to Screening BMI, the most common screening test for obesity, is easy to measure … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness in the elderly. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1989;43:231–236. 57.

2258. Evidence Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
      January 19, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Health outcomes, tobacco cessation at 6 months or more, and adverse events … 98 , 99 , 102 , 105-107 , 109 Two placebo-controlled trials found significantly higher mean birth weights … pregnant women, of the 120 study groups included in the review, 97 groups reported the primary outcome measure … placebo-controlled trials reported no difference with NRT, and 2 trials reported higher mean birth weights … psychological well-being, and none reported negative effects Reasonably consistent; reasonably precise Measures

2259. 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.

2260. CDS Connect Final Report Year 2 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-year2-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - to train healthcare systems and professionals to put research results into practice, and generating measures … One AHRQ priority is to improve health care quality by accelerating the real- world clinical implementation … uploading, hosting, and sharing of CDS artifacts, providing access to resources that can improve the quality … of care across the Nation • Production-level CDS Authoring Tool, which eases and facilitates the creation … Narrative text created by a guideline or clinical quality measure (CQM) developer (e.g., the recommendation