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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/develop/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Develop Your Own?
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Existing measurement sets assess a limited number of factors. There may be health conditions, health services, or specific population subgroups of great interest for which esta…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/resources/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality of children's health, health care, and general …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/why/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Why Child Health Measures?
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in a special focus on quality measurement for child health programs. Increasingly,…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/CHStratPlan.html
December 01, 1999 - Strategic Plan: Children as a Priority Population
Describes AHRQ's Strategic Plan goals and objectives for including children in research as a priority population.
Vision
To establish the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as one of the Nation's key public organizations for improving the qual…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata6.html
May 01, 2018 - Additionally, section 201(b) of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-7.html
November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures--Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS)
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Availability
Child Measures Included
Users
Compariso…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-8.html
December 01, 2017 - Examples of How States Use Quality Measures
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Arizona
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washingt…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/cahptab.html
December 01, 2017 - Factors for Selecting Performance Measures
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Factors
CAHPS®
HCUP QIs
HEDIS®
Title V
Suitable for comparing?
Yes, if CAHPS® specifications followed.
Not designed for com…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-6.html
November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures--Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI): Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS)
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Conten…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/indicators/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Quality Indicators at a Glance Matrix
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Measure
Effectiveness
Safety
Patient-Centered
Timeliness
Established Measures
Consumer Assessment …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/uses/fbba97.html
December 01, 2017 - Federal Balance Budget Act of 1997: Excerpts
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
The Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33, increased the attention given to performance monito…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-5.html
November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures--Title V of the Social Security Act
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Child Measures Included
Users
Comparisons and Trends
Ben…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/useful.html
July 01, 2018 - AHRQ Program Management Tools
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
National Guideline Clearinghouse™
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ taken down on July 16, 2018, because federal funding t…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/uses/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Uses of Quality Measurement
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
A clear plan for using quality measurement is a prerequisite to a successful quality measurement strategy. An established plan hel…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Overview: Existing Measurement Sets
Advantages of Using Established Measures
Quality Measures in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-4.html
November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures: HEDIS
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Child Measures Included
Users
Comparisons and Trends
Benchmarking and Databases
Ser…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-9.html
November 01, 2017 - Mental Health Quality Measures
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Overview
Experience of Care and Health Outcomes Survey (ECHO™)
National Inventory of Mental Health Quality Mea…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/emerging/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Emerging Measures
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
The increasing demand for and use of quality measurement information generates interest in developing new measures in areas for which none e…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/understand/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Understanding Quality Measurement
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
What Is Quality?
The Institute of Medicine defines health care quality as "the degree to which health care services for in…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-3.html
November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures: AHRQ Quality Indicators
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children.
Contents
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Child-Specific Quality Indicators
Availa…