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401. MEASUREMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS IS THE FIRST STEP TO IMPROVEMENT (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/singh-summit2016.pdf
     September 01, 2016 - Health care organizations must step up efforts  Good data, standards and operational definitions  Measure

402. Improving Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care Through SurvivorLink - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-pediatric-cancer-survivorship-care-through-survivorlink/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - Of the 218 pediatric cancer patients contacted through Childrens' Healthcare of Atlanta, 23 (11 percent … As an added security measure, patients and parents are able to monitor who looks at their information … across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality … of care.

403. Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pharmaceutical-safety-tracking-phast-managing-medications-patient-safety/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - This project compared PhaST to usual care on measures of patient and provider satisfaction, patient outcomes … , and measures of the quality of medication management, such as rates of patient medication non-adherence … Specific Aims: Determine whether PhaST is superior to usual care on measures of system process. … (Achieved) Determine whether PhaST is superior to usual care on measures of patient and provider outcomes … , and measures of the quality of medication management such as rates of patient medication non-adherence

404. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00122-3 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hWzpnYXDpQzUr8U_5xY6qS
     January 01, 2003 - When performed correctly, sphygmomanometry provides a measure of blood pressure that is highly correlated … Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a measure of average blood pressure over 24 hours as opposed … www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jncintro.htm studies found that ambulatory blood pressure measure … Homer, MD, MPH* (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality, Boston MA … How to measure blood pressure. JAMA 1995;273:1211–8. 13. McAlister FA, Straus SE.

405. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4a_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
     May 31, 2016 - Use appropriate safety measures to protect pediatric patients and staff from accidental punctures and … Measures of pediatric health care quality based on hospital administrative data: the Pediatric Quality … National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.

406. P13: Developing a Prediction Model to Identify Health Clinics at High-Risk for Clinician Burnout | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/profile-p13-tawfik.html
     May 01, 2024 - In addition to the impacts on affected clinicians, burnout also negatively affects quality of care and … practice-specific metrics from Stanford primary care clinics, including electronic health record (EHR) usage measures … to wellbeing and risk of burnout that could be quantified in a machine learning model alongside EHR measures

407. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: An Update of the Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, 1999–2003 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RkowkNFvCYh9hMnEBcCkGh
     May 01, 2004 - LogMAR than 2 mos of lines amblyopia therapy in the past 2 yrs; aged 7 yrs or older; not able to measure … 5 Years 11 Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years Intention-to- Measures … Rating Yes Yes Yes Yes Fair Yes Yes Yes Yes Fair Yes Yes Yes Yes Good Primary visual acuity outcome measure

408. Archived: Evidence Summary: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
     May 13, 2004 - cycloplegics; more than 2 mos of amblyopia therapy in the past 2 yrs; aged 7 or older; not able to measure … Measures Equal, Reliable, Valid, Including Masking of Outcomes? … permuted-block design Yes No; 97% followup patch; 98% atropine Yes Primary visual acuity outcome measure

409. Prevalence and severity of patient harm in a sample of UK-hospitalised children detected by the Paediatric Trigger Tool. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-and-severity-patient-harm-sample-uk-hospitalised-children-detected-paediatric
     February 15, 2023 - A recent AHRQ WebM&M commentary discusses the emergence of trigger tools as a patient safety measure … June 12, 2013 Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance.

410. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_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. … AHRQ PDIs can be used to flag potential problems in quality of care. … Hospital board quality committees on quality of care.

411. Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028033-frey-final-report-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Participants in TEACHH received all standard care measures. … Questions were drawn from validated survey instruments when available (see ‘Measures,’ below). … Measures: At the time of enrollment, we asked caregivers to share details about the patient and brief … Other key measures … Each assessment repeated key measures from baseline.

412. Final Research Plan: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
     August 30, 2018 - educational outcomes KQ 2 (Behavioral outcomes): Drug use ( required ) (self-reported and/or biologic measures

413. Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy through Virtual Preparation - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021799-cohen-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Data suggest that children as young as 4 years of age can report internal distress using face scales … and easy to use, and they do not result in clustering of scores as is common with categorical-type scales … The Simulation and Radiation Therapy Task Analysis is a measure established in a prior study of preparation … The TSI is a 10-item measure querying participants’ about their satisfaction with the procedural preparation … The TSI was based on the Treatment Evaluation Inventory – Short Form (TEI-SF), a validated measure of

414. Improving Safety and Quality of Emergency Care Using Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support at Triage | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-safety-and-quality-emergency-care-using-machine-learning-based
     September 30, 2023 - This mis-triage can worsen crowding and delays in care, decrease quality of care, and increase disparities … prospectively validate these tools in real-time use by studying their impacts on key patient safety and quality measures … , hospital admission, and fast-track eligibility separately among adult and pediatric patients, and measure

415. Predictive Modeling | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/technology/predictive-modeling
     January 01, 2023 - in Distributed Research Networks Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure … Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure for use in digital remote monitoring.

416. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c3_pdi_staffpresentation.pptx
     January 01, 2006 - www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/modules/pdi_resources.aspx The PDIs are a set of 16 indicators that reflect quality … of care inside hospitals and adverse events that children, adolescents, and, where specified, neonatal … PDIs measure events likely to be preventable through changes at the system or provider level. … One PDI (PDI 19) is a composite measure. Eight of 16 provider-level PDIs are endorsed by NQF. … Compare themselves with other hospitals using national standardized measures to assess quality of hospital

417. Improving Otitis Media Care with EHR-based Clinical Decision Support and Feedback - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-otitis-media-care-electronic-health-record-ehr-based-clinical/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - of care (the primary outcome). ( Ongoing ) Assess the effects of the intervention on the secondary … of care of OM. … Measuring the impact of the CDS on quality of care is the primary outcome of the project. … The project team began to analyze data on the differences in the quality of care between the control … of care.

418. Archived: Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening-2006
     February 15, 2006 - to 42 months of age who had expressive, receptive, or phonological impairments. 25 Only one outcome measure … Screening effectiveness of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory Expressive and Receptive Language Scales … Early language screening in City and Hackney: The concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with

419. Health System Participation in Accountable Care Organizations, 2016 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/chsp-brief4-aco-participation.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - We used data from the Leavitt Partners 2016 Torch Insight tool to construct measures of system participation … • Safety net systems: Systems are categorized as serving the safety net using two measures: (1) systems

420. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/GytpQk-RYN3yBfdzkqUpff
     January 23, 2024 - the prevalence of speech and language delay and disorders have also been observed based on various measures … intensive parent-delivered, group training interventions found ben- efits for expressive language outcome measures … In general, results were inconsistent, with some studies showing improvement in some measures of receptive … .6,21 No individual study was replicated by a study using the same intervention and reporting similar measures … Four stud- ies reported measures of early literacy, with only 1 trial demonstrat- ing statically significant