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21. Final Progress Report: Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Enhance the Value and Safety of Neonatal Interfacility Transfers in a Regional Care Network (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/umoren-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - In our cohort, 35% were referred from zip codes with high health transportation shortage index (HTSI) … The patient diagnosis, condition (measured by illness severity scores such as Transport Risk Index of … illness severity score. … Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022;38(8):e1449-e53. 38. … Academic emergency medicine. 2008;15(10):923-31.

22. Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ptflowguide.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Severity Index (ESI) triage system as part of their participation in the UMLN II. … Note: Emergency Severity Index: Version 4. … Severity Index (ESI) Level 3, and the highest LWBS rates occurred among a subset of ESI 3 patients presenting … Severity Index (ESI) triage procedures so that mid-acuity patients could be better identified and sent … When we analyzed these data, they clearly demonstrated that the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 3 patients

23. Final Progress Report: Composite Measures of Surgical Performance (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dimick-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - was developed by empirically weighting several input measures, including quality indicators for the index … first is the hospital-level correlation of each quality indicator with the morbidity rate for the index … Hospital length of stay with the index procedure also explained a large proportion of hospital-level … These differences in mortality could not be explained by differences in patient severity of illness, … Hospital morbidity rankings and complication severity in vascular surgery.

24. Using Patient Complaints to Promote Patient Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Pichert_51.pdf
    March 22, 2008 - Figure 1 illustrates calculated indexes for all of a physician group’s members. … Followup data subsequent to “awareness feedback”a Physician status at followup N (%) Complaint indexes … improved 195 (58.0) Complaint indexes unimproved or worse 70 (20.8) Departed after Level 1 intervention … Cause-and- effect analysis of risk management files to assess patient care in the emergency department … Characteristics of families that complain following pediatric emergency visits.

25. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 8) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6g.html
    June 01, 2014 - Medical Home Index — Short Version (MHI-SV) Care Coordination Measure Mapping Table   Measurement … Legend: ■ = ≥ 3 corresponding measure items □ = 1-2 corresponding measure items Medical Home Index … Format/Data Source: A 25-item Medical Family Home Index and a supplementary 47-item Family/Caregiver … The index tracks to 3 of the 6 original MHI domains: (1) organizational capacity, (2) chronic condition … Notes: All instrument items are located online. 1 This instrument contains 72 items; 32 (25 index

26. Final Progress Report: Development of an Education Intervention for Triage Interruption Management (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/johnson-ying-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Better communication in the emergency department. … Emergency Nurse: The Journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association, 19(2), 32– 36. … Testing the performance and accuracy of the emergency severity index in older emergency department … Can Team Triage Improve Patient Flow in the Emergency Department? … Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors

27. Connected Emergency Care Patient Safety Learning Lab (CEC PSLL) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/connected-emergency-care-long-desc.html
    January 01, 2025 - Connected Emergency Care Patient Safety Learning Lab (CEC PSLL) Principal Investigator: Jeremiah … was used to examine the association between patient demographics (race, ethnicity, area deprivation index … Racial and socioeconomic disparities evident in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the emergency … Open science in emergency medicine research . Ann Emerg Med 2020 Aug;76(2):247-248. … Final Report: Connected Emergency Care (CEC) Patient Safety Learning Lab .

28. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
    July 01, 2003 - The NCC MERP severity levels range from “A” (circumstances that have the capacity to cause error), … – Severity Levels A through I NCC MERP = National Coordinating Council on Medical Error Reporting … It did not include those for whom a hospital admission or emergency room visit was necessary. … levels “B” and “C” on the NCC MERP Risk Assessment Index (Table 2). … NCC MERP Definition of a medication error and Risk Assessment Index Figure 1.

29. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa.html
    April 01, 2018 - Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index. … This study reports on a modification to the SENIC risk index. … classification is a relatively standardized, numerical determination that is used routinely to stratify severity … of contaminated and dirty surgeries had positive cultures vs 14% of clean and clean-contaminated); emergency … Prior chemotherapy and emergency surgery were not associated with increased risk for SSI.

30. Pediatric Quality Measures Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/index.html
    July 01, 2016 - of Imaging Management of Chronic Conditions CAPQUAM COE4CCN PMCOE—ADHD Care CAPQUAM—Emergency … Room Use by Children with Asthma CAPQuaM PQMP Asthma I: Rate of emergency department visit use … department visits for asthma     CAPQuaM PQMP Asthma V: Appropriateness of emergency department … LEGEND: ADHD = attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; BMI = body mass index; CAPQuaM = Mount Sinai … lower respiratory infection; M-CHIP = Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program; MS/DRG = measure of severity

31. Final Progress Report: ED Staffing and Patient Outcomes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/bickell-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Conclusion: The swiftness of initial ED exams is most affected by physician perceived illness severity … appendicitis patients move from the ED is affected by level of physician staffing, perceived illness severity … Our findings show that a patient’s perceived illness severity is a determining factor in how quickly … Perhaps the nursing acuity level does not accurately reflect a patient’s physiologic illness severity … Development and validation of a new index to measure emergency department crowding.

32. The Impact of Standardized Order Sets on Quality and Financial Outcomes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Ballard_12.pdf
    February 02, 2008 - Methods: We conducted an observational study to examine order set use by hospital, discharge month, severity … comfort measures only” was recorded in their admitting physician orders or note, consultation notes, emergency … the Joint Commission Core Measures for pneumonia, as indicated by the pneumonia composite compliance index … The core compliance index was based on eight of the national quality measures for pneumonia: 1. … PN-7 influenza vaccination. 5 The core compliance index was calculated as the proportion of

33. Final Progress Report: Prescription Opioid Use Trajectories and Risk Factors Associated with Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wei-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - years).1 This finding parallels an AHRQ study showing that OUD- and OD-related hospitalizations and emergency … Medicare administrative claims data lack information on pain severity, which is the key factor associated … (Yes vs no) 1.49 (1.21- 1.83) <0.001 1.00 (0.76- 1.31) 0.995 Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; ED, emergency … due to nonsterile opioid injection), polypharmacy, and healthcare utilization (any inpatient stay, emergency … Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients Aged 65 Years and Older

34. Final Progress Report: Rapid Understanding of Best Practices in Rural Intensive Care (RUBRIC) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/valley-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Rural hospitals are also less likely to receive emergency or volunteer support in staffing or resources … Models were adjusted for age, sex, area deprivation index, primary diagnosis, severity of illness, comorbidities … The model was adjusted for patient age, sex, area deprivation index, primary diagnosis category, severity

35. Table 5.A.1. Evidence Table (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-143-section-5a-evidence-table.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Data were collected from the Emergency Department (ED) and all inpatient clinical areas. … AEs were defined as the following outcomes associated with the index ED admission: return to the … Trained emergency physicians reviewed patient case summaries to identify AEs. … The final sample included 1,807,488 index hospitalizations and 262,026 readmissions. … The odds of readmission were 23% higher for index hospitalizations with any PSI event compared with

36. Appendix F. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirementapf.html
    February 01, 2014 - Weight Assessment Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents: Body Mass Index … federal initiatives, it does not address treatment of obesity or followup care related to the body mass index … Ambulatory Care – Emergency Department [ED] Visits SNAC members generally supported the importance … Annual Percentage of Asthma Patients with One or More Asthma-Related Emergency Room [ER] Visits SNAC … department; ER = emergency room; HEDIS = Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set; SNAC = Agency

37. Final Progress Report: Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/shapiro-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Though only ED visits were counted as index visits, either ED or inpatient revisits within 72 hours of … the index visit were considered as early returns. 3) Additionally, we completed bivariate analyses … Aim 3 1) For early (72-hour) returns, 28,242 patients presented to the index ED over the 4- month study … ED visit, including 1,513 (5.4%) who represented to the index hospital and 672 (2.4%) who re-presented … identified quality concerns from the index visit, representing a 30% increase in our identification

38. Section 5. Preparing to Launch | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section5.html
    July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals Section 5. … Launch Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency … The Need to Address Emergency Department Crowding Section 2. … Measuring Emergency Department Performance Section 4. Identifying Strategies Section 5. … Educating the nursing staff on Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage procedures so that mid-acuity patients

39. Final Progress Report: Targeted Delivery of Multiparametric Telemetry Clinical Messages to Mitigate Alarm Fatigue - PERSEUS (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/kobayashi-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - 0.53 and 0.02 for severe bradycardia and ventricular tachycardia, respectively --two of the highest-severity … different physiologic cardiorespiratory monitoring modalities correlates positively with the clinical severity … Severity Index (ESI), and chief complaint category. … Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference. … Emergency Digital Health Initiative, Brown University/Emergency Medicine, November 14, 2018, Providence

40. How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight02.html
    May 01, 2013 - It also describes the development of the Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form (MHI-RSF), an adaptation … of the short version of the Medical Home Index (MHI), for use in evaluating the demonstration projects … We also discuss the adaptation of the short version of the Medical Home Index to create the Medical Home … were the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) PCMH recognition tools and the Medical Home Index … Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Tools Center for Medical Home Improvement’s Medical Home Index