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201. Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity Tina Hernandez-Boussard … “Large clinical datasets contain a goldmine of information on healthcare quality and safety. … quality. … Hernandez-Boussard gained expertise in analyzing data to identify and address healthcare quality and … Hernandez-Boussard is a member of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Healthcare Quality

202. Lessons from the Field Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2021 - AHRQ) began working together to implement selected provisions of the legislation related to advancing healthcare … quality and health equity among low-income children. … Using quality measures at multiple levels How can the same measure be used to evaluate quality … of care between multiple levels (i.e., state, health plan, and provider levels) to ascertain how improvement … quality improvement approach(es) undertaken at different levels?

203. AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - These indicators reflect inpatient quality of care, such as potentially avoidable complications and iatrogenic … It should be noted that the PQEs do NOT reflect the quality of care provided in the ED.  … The PQIs flag potential healthcare quality problem areas that need further investigation. … Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) help hospitals assess quality of care inside the hospital and identify … The IQIs provide a perspective on quality of care inside hospitals, including inpatient mortality for

204. 1. Background and Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care Quality Improvement 1. … Page Table of Contents Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care … Quality Improvement Using This Guide 1. … 1,2 In recent years, federal and state initiatives have provided QI support to help improve primary care … quality in the United States and align these supports with payment and incentives.

205. AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2023 - AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN … ► Representing health plans, health systems, federal agencies, and healthcare quality organizations … improvement strategies ► New topic areas − Mental health − Maternity care 33 CAHPS Quality Improvement … , patient experience measurement, culture and employee burnout 34 Quality Improvement Studies … Guide Ambulatory CAHPS Improvement Guide CAHPS Quality Improvement Studies Quality Improvement Studies

206. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 31, 2025 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Making healthcare safer in all settings … commentary on patient safety topics Effective Health Care Program Improving healthcare … quality by providing the best available evidence on benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and services … More Practice Improvement AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and … AHRQ Genius Quality Improvement Guru Data Sage Clinical Hero FLU.GOV

207. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
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     October 01, 2015 - Supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce health care costs … of health care services. … AHRQ PDIs can be used to flag potential problems in quality of care. … of care. … Hospital board quality committees on quality of care.

208. The National Quality Strategy: Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/nqs-fact-sheets/nqs-fact-sheet-0214.html
     November 01, 2016 - Improving health and health care quality can occur only if all sectors of the health care community make … of care, by making health care more patient-centered, reliable, accessible, and safe. … To advance these aims, the NQS focuses on six priorities for health and health care quality that have … The Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality, also established by the Affordable Care Act, intends … What You Can Do The NQS supports the sharing of best practices in health and health care quality improvement

209. Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI) Generates new knowledge, synthesizes evidence … , translates science on what works in health and health care delivery, and catalyzes practice improvement … disseminates evidence to inform policy and practice on how health information technology can improve the quality … of healthcare. … Division of Practice Improvement : Promotes innovative and evidence-based healthcare that advances the

210. Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts To Improve Patient Experience (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/index.html
     February 01, 2020 - Once you have identified the aspects of patient experience for which you want to develop improvement … Your benchmark choices should be guided by your business strategy and improvement goals. … (Learn about regional health improvement collaboratives .) … This type of comparison would allow the medical group to pinpoint improvement opportunities at particular … Creating a Priority Matrix One very useful way to hone in on areas for improvement is to plot a "priority

211. Series Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - of health care through critical assessment of relevant evidence for selected settings, interventions … Effects of bundled payment strategies on health care spending and quality of care. … of care, and as a guide to those quality improvement activities that may fall within their control. … Priority areas for national action: transforming health care quality. … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States.

212. EvidenceNOW: Midwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/midwest.html
     March 01, 2021 - (Illinois Quality Improvement Organization [QIO]) Northern Illinois University (Illinois REC) Northwestern … Deploy an open-source quality measurement platform (popHealth) to establish a regional quality improvement … on Key Project Components Support Strategy The Midwest Cooperative helps practices improve the quality … of care and adoption of the ABCS through individual point-of-care and population management strategies … "Our cooperative focuses on using innovative data analysis strategies to improve quality of care.

213. State at a Glance: Idaho | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - of health care for children? … care quality? … Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality Idaho is implementing a multifaceted health IT … Did the Idaho medical home project enhance quality of care for children? … To what extent did the cross-State Utah and Idaho improvement partnerships enhance quality of care for

214. Bridging Research & Practice in Primary Care (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2021 - teams of experts from seven regional cooperatives—comprising academic research centers and primary care … quality improvement organizations—worked with primary care practices in 12 States. … their capacity for quality improvement. … EvidenceNOW model of external support also boosted the capacity of primary care practices to improve quality … of care and advance heart health.

215. Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2019 - Disparities and Improvement of Cultural and Linguistic Competence In recent decades, there has been … individuals of limited English proficiency (LEP) typically experience less adequate access to care, lower quality … of care, and poorer health status and outcomes. … Ethnic Disparities in Health Care , states that: "Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality … of health care than non-minorities, even when access-related factors, such as patient's insurance status

216. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Internet Access for Health Information and Advice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6d.pdf
     July 07, 2017 - July 2017 (updated) https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/improvement-guide.html The CAHPS … This Intervention The benefits of Internet access to health information and advice include improved quality … of care, timeliness (i.e., 24-hour access), and efficiency. … of care.8 Moreover, health care organizations may be reluctant to invest in this kind of functionality

217. Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality, Safety, and Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities References The Quality Paradigm  Assessments of healthcare … quality tend to focus on discrete elements or facts that are predefined, prospective, and measurable … However, the original terms influence how one studies and approaches improvement. … , safe, equitable, and patient-centric diagnosis, the same parameters defined in the six domains of healthcare … quality. 15 However, unlike the quality or safety paradigms, diagnostic excellence suggests an even

218. Advancing Heart Health Research and Results: What We've Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - EvidenceNOW is to improve primary care practices' capacity for implementing evidence and improving quality … of care. … Access increased capacity for quality improvement after EvidenceNOW  (PDF, 662 KB). … Whether practices expand their capacity for quality improvement and implementation of new evidence into … The national evaluation will also examine: How each cooperative implements its quality improvement

219. Vermont State at a Glance (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - of care for children. … Vermont’s Objectives Using Health IT to Improve Child Health Care Quality Vermont’s health IT initiatives … of care for children, (2) promote the use of health information technology to enhance service quality … of health care for children. … of health care for children?

220. Implementing a State-Level Quality Improvement Collaborative: A Resource Guide From the Medicaid Network for Evidence-based Treatment (MEDNET) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/mednetresourceguide/mednetresourcedguide.pdf
     October 01, 2014 - Develop quality improvement goals with defined and specific targets  Propose a quality improvement … Oversee intervention and monitor/document progress  What can be implemented to improve the quality … of care? … Quality improvement cycle13 Implementing a State-Level Quality Improvement Collaborative Resource … improve prescribing practices and, therefore, the quality of care provided to patients who were taking