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81. Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes | PCMH Resource Center
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    June 01, 2010 - It does not assess whether the PCMH or health IT can improve quality and reduce costs. … pilots, demonstrations, and programs are testing the effectiveness of the medical home model on the cost … Some evidence suggests that it improves the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and safety of medical … patient population registries, can also address some of the medical home principles at relatively low cost … natural choice for ensuring close coordination between AHRQ and CMS in implementing this relatively low-cost

82. What Is the Environment for Reporting on Health Care Quality? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2016 - Costs and Benefits of Public Reporting Whether you are reporting on quality voluntarily (e.g., as a … ) or because you are mandated to (e.g., by State legislation), it is useful to assess the potential costs … implications: Can you predict expenses with some confidence, or will it be hard to anticipate future costs

83. Citations Database Definitions | PCMH Resource Center
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    Cost and Reimbursement. … Includes resources that discuss payment approaches and the costs of providing medical home services. … These resources present evidence of the effects of the PCMH or major components on costs, health outcomes

84. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - The reduction not only prevented patient harm, it also saved an estimated $385,000 in healthcare costs … Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs

85. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and costs … reduce CLABSI to studies showing safety programs leading to marked reduction in CLABSI and related cost

86. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - When examining the cost of antibiotic medications alone, one study showed that antibiotic stewardship … on antibiotics per resident over the study period and, when taking into consideration the potential costs … of treating adverse health events, the cost savings was $1,098 per resident. 2 Why Is Antimicrobial … The result is increased resident mortality, hospitalizations, and costs.

87. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - the hospital as a result of the reduction in HACs and that approximately $19.9 billion in health care costs … Results The methods for this 2014 update on the rates and counts of HACs and associated costs and deaths … As a result of this variation, costs associated and deaths averted by HAC type, as shown in Exhibits … Similarly, we estimate an associated reduction of $19.9 billion in health care costs from 2011 to 2014 … estimates established for the costs and deaths associated with HACs in 2011 have not been modified.

88. Burnout in Primary Care: Assessing and Addressing It in Your Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - reduce quality of care, leading to lower patient satisfaction and patient safety as well as higher costs

89. Top Five Most Expensive Conditions Treated in U.S. Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Databases Healthcare Cost … Hospitals (PDF, 391 KB) Source: HCUP Statistical Brief #160: National Inpatient Hospital Costs:

90. Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary Care, No. 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2013 - three-part aim of improved individual and population health, improved patient experience, and reduced cost … leading to serious complications, and hospitalizations typically account for the bulk of the total costs … influencing patient trajectories of care and health status, preventing hospitalizations, reducing costs … For example, creative ways to share savings from any reductions in specialty and acute care costs with … Costs of quality improvement: a survey of four acute care hospitals.

91. AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet Example (pdf file)
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    June 29, 2016 - cost to investigate/ implement new process is less than annual cost of event Anticipated costs … cost to investigate/ implement new process is less than annual cost of event Anticipated costs … cost to investigate/ implement new process is less than annual cost of event Anticipated costs … cost to investigate/ implement new process is less than annual cost of event Anticipated costs … cost to investigate/ implement new process is less than annual cost of event Anticipated costs

92. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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    July 12, 2017 - The estimated cost of individual patient care for Stage 3 and above pressure injuries ranges from $21,000 … Often the most compelling case is the business case due to hospital costs. … The estimated costs grabbed the attention of hospital leadership. … Putting the cost along with the HAPI measure makes the cost implications more concrete. … Other benefits included optimal patient care and avoiding the cost of treating Stage 3 or 4 injuries.

93. CAHPS Survey Administration: What We Know and Potential Research Questions (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2017 - respondents does not substantially increase costs, assuming invitations are e- mailed. … This is a lower-cost alternative to traditional live interviewer-administered phone surveys. … • In-person distribution can cost more than mail surveys if outside staff is hired. … Notably, this approach also cost 36% more than using mailed surveys (and 8% more in cost per returned … survey), refuting a prevalent belief that in-person distribution is a lower-cost option.

94. Building the Evidence Base for the Medical Home: What Sample and Sample Size Do Studies Need? Table 2 | PCMH Resource Center
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    October 01, 2011 - Average ICC reported in studies in our literature review Costs Hospitalizations Emergency Room Visits

95. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low-back Pain: Topic Refinement (pdf file)
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    March 03, 2014 - ; this makes the total costs associated with low back pain substantially higher than the direct health … care costs.6 The prognosis of acute low back pain (an episode lasting less than 4 weeks) is generally … disability often remain relatively constant.8 Such patients account for the bulk of the burdens and costs … Lost productive time and cost due to common pain conditions in the US workforce. … Back pain in primary care: predictors of high health-care costs. Pain. 1996;65(2-3):197-204.

96. Meeting Minutes, November 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2016 - Esquea cautioned that elimination does not always reduce overall costs. Paul B. … Award for Outstanding Research was presented to Robinson et al. for their study of the use of reference pricing … AHRQ’s Steven Cohen, Ph.D., retired as Director of the Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends. … Nearly all large insurers provide some information on expected out-of-pocket costs. … MEPS offers assistance to Congress in evaluating coverage trends and costs. Dr.

97. The Medical Home: What Do We Know, What Do We Need to Know? A Review of the Earliest Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model. Table 5 | PCMH Resource Center
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    March 01, 2013 - of Care Processes of Care 7 3 Health Outcomes 4 3 Mortality 2 2 Cost … and Service Use Costs (with or without the Intervention) 11 4 Hospital Use 12 5

98. Early Evidence on the Patient-Centered Medical Home - Table 2 | PCMH Resource Center
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    February 01, 2012 - Care Quality Outcomes: Health Outcomes Quality Outcomes: Mortality 7 4 2 3 3 2 Cost … and Service Use Outcomes: Costs (with or without the Intervention) Cost and Service Use Outcomes: … Hospital Use Cost and Service Use Outcomes: Emergency Department Use 11 12 9 4 5 3

99. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2015 - Cost: Evidence from three studies suggests that improvements in continuity of care, teamwork, and other … The time and cost required to apply for PCMH 6 recognition/certification can be significant … were a burden for practices, even when practices made cost-saving efforts such as leveraging existing … While staff costs per visit increased by $8.27 because of staffing increases, staff cost per physician … for pediatric populations, and incremental implementation was not associated with cost savings for

100. Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology's Potential to Build Medical Homes (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - pilots, demonstrations, and programs are testing the effectiveness of the medical home model on the cost … Some evidence suggests that it improves the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and safety of … patient population registries, can also address some of the medical home principles at relatively low cost … natural choice for ensuring close coordination between AHRQ and CMS in implementing this relatively low-cost … Costs and benefits of health information technology.