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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/2020_NASS_Introduction.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Computation of encounter 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 … Software Refined for ICD-10- CM diagnosis codes CMR_VERSION Version of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure

  4. RoboticAmbulatorySurgery (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/RoboticAmbulatorySurgery.pdf
    October 20, 2021 - Measures We examined how the proportion of procedures performed robotically differed by expected payer

  5. The Media: An Essential, If Sometimes Arbitrary, Promoter of Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/media-essential-if-sometimes-arbitrary-promoter-patient-safety
    October 01, 2009 - This focus was provided in large measure by the media. … Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Our goal was to ensure that the residents of South Los Angeles had access to the same quality of care … acceptable for residents in a poorer area of the city with more health conditions to be subjected to a lower quality … of care than residents in other areas just in order to preserve their access.

  6. CAMH Long Doc Template (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/711/Anthrax%20Post%20Exposure%20Prophylaxis%20Implementation%20Guide%20v2.0%2020190607.pdf
    June 07, 2019 - Narrative text created by a guideline or quality measure developer. 2. … designed to represent clinical knowledge so that it can be applied in both the CDS and Clinical Quality Measures

  7. Archived: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
    November 13, 2016 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication November 13, 2016 Recommendations …

  8. Enhanced Medication Histories (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/enhancedmedhistories_102611comp.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - care quality and safety. … care quality and safety. … care quality and safety. … Reminders call a clinician’s attention to a problem of health care quality and safety. … In one category (Laboratory Monitoring Recommended for Chronic Medication Use) health care quality,

  9. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/zHvENvrSUeZh6gFPUK_37c
    February 13, 2018 - Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Screening for Ovarian Cancer US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Services Task Force T he US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) makes rec- ommendations about the effectiveness of specifi…

  10. All-Cause Readmissions Following Hospital Stays for Patients With Malnutrition, 2013 #218

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb218-Malnutrition-Readmissions-2013.jsp
    December 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … No more than one readmission is counted within the 30-day period, because the outcome measure assessed … of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, patient populations, and other topics. … of healthcare in the United States. … Critical role of nutrition in improving quality of care: an interdisciplinary call to action to address

  11. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Wx_w92ukxeDvNShoRQXbhP
    September 06, 2016 - Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Services…

  12. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003
    December 15, 2003 - 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.

  13. Preeclampsia Screening Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/LgA7neX9UurPQRh3pJaYXY
    April 25, 2017 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Maternal and infant health outcomes, including eclampsia, stroke, stillbirth … Calibration was not reported despite being a key model performance measure. … (eg, body mass index, weight, blood pressure) as well as serum markers and Doppler ultrasound measures … Moreover, serum markers and Doppler measures may not be routinely collected, limiting their feasibility … Assessing the performance of prediction models: a framework for traditional and novel measures.

  14. Information Requirements (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/davidson.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - Laboratory Test Result Measurement Value Varchar 255 No Laboratory Test Result Unit of Measure … Test Result Measurement Value Same SQL as in MFHC OBSERV_VALUE Laboratory Test Result Unit of Measure … Master LOINC Code Short Name Long Common Name LOINC Synonym Description Related Names Unit of Measure … Test Identifier LOINC Code (FK) Test Description Result Received Datetime Result Value Unit of Measure … Master LOINC Code Short Name Long Common Name LOINC Synonym Description Related Names Unit of Measure

  15. All-Cause Readmissions Following Hospital Stays for Patients With Malnutrition, 2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb218-Malnutrition-Readmissions-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Critical role of nutrition in improving quality of care: an interdisciplinary call to action to address … No more than one readmission is counted within the 30-day period, because the outcome measure assessed … of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, patient populations, and other topics. … Discharge weights for national estimates are developed using the target universe of 18 community … of health care in the United States.

  16. Recommendation: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening
    May 08, 2018 - Screening Tests Screening for prostate cancer begins with a test that measures the amount of prostate-specific … Asian and Pacific Islander men). 1 Detection Screening for prostate cancer begins with a test that measures … 37 There was no evidence of an adverse effect of radical prostatectomy on generic quality-of-life measures

  17. Archived: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hiv-sexually-transmitted-diseases-behavioral-counseling-1996
    January 01, 1996 - patients should be advised about risk factors for STDs and counseled appropriately about effective measures … Recommendations for physicians to counsel adolescent and adult patients on measures … patients should be advised about risk factors for STDs and counseled appropriately about effective measures … Patients at risk of STDs should receive information on their risk and be advised about measures to reduce … Effective measures include abstaining from sex, maintaining a mutually faithful monogamous sexual relationship

  18. Creating a Foundation for the Design of Culturally Informed Health IT - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r36hs018809-valdez-final-report-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Measures We originally proposed meeting the specific aim of the study by answering two research questions … Context Settings Participants Methods Study Design Data Sources and Collection Interventions Measures

  19. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
    June 20, 2023 - However, no benefit in symptom severity measures was found (pooled mean difference in change, −1.0 [95% … Four trials examined screening only in older adults and only 1 trial used a depression measure that was … of suicide risk screening. 62 Although absolute scores were higher on 2 of the 3 suicidal ideation measures

  20. C:\unzipped\Methods Series Reports to Convert\Comparison_Report_NIS6 1997.wpd (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/Comparison_Report_NIS61997Final.pdf
    August 09, 2000 - Sample weights were developed for the NIS to obtain national estimates of hospital and inpatient parameters … For example, with these weights it should be possible to estimate DRG-specific average lengths of stay … All NIS statistics used sample weights and accounted for the sample design using the SUDAAN microcomputer … Comparison with AHA Data Table 13 demonstrates that hospital weights associated with the NIS yield … because the sample of NIS hospitals was stratified on most of these variables, and sample hospital weights
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