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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/background.html
February 01, 2017 - Methodological References Cited by Grantees
The Nation’s health care system is currently … vast transformation with the goals of achieving higher quality, more accessible, and more efficient health … care for all Americans. … can help sustain lower costs of delivering care. 5-7 To expand the body of evidence, the Agency for Healthcare
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/tool.html
March 01, 2017 - Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs … /CAUTI
Getting to know your health care team helps you get the best care possible. … The members of your health care team include:
You
Family or friends, as you wish. … You and Your Family or Friends
You are part of your health care team. … Your family and friends can be a part of your health care team, if you like.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/east-asheville.html
March 01, 2021 - Implementing Evidence-based Heart Health Care in Asheville
East Asheville (NC) Family Health … Care is a two-provider primary care practice in this North Carolina retirement mecca. … With its focus on improving the delivery of heart health care, EvidenceNOW differs from other quality … care was identifying patients between ages 40 and 79 who had not had a heart issue yet. … care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p012-ef.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Health care provider reports demonstrate inconsistent delivery of
health care transition services, inadequate … care during the period of transition to adult-focused health care. … with Special Health Care Needs. … A consensus statement on health care transitions for young adults with special health care
needs. … Health Care Needs.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/quality-domain.html
December 01, 2022 - Organizing Quality Measures by Domains of Health Care Quality
Quality information is easier to … understand if users have a framework, or mental model, for thinking about health care quality. … care that many consider to be domains of quality, broadly defined. … The IOM says health care should be safe, effective, timely, patient-centered, efficient and equitable … Care Settings .
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/trust.html
December 01, 2022 - Build Trust in the Sponsor of a Health Care Quality Report
Focus group research consistently … indicates that the public is wary, and legitimately so, about the sources of data on the performance of health … care plans and providers. [1] They are fully aware that some of the health care information available … They need to build a brand as a reliable and convenient source of useful information about health care … If appropriate, mention that you are concerned about improving health care for the whole community.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/home/about/about-cahps-home-health-care-survey-rev.pdf
September 01, 2017 - CAHPS Home Health Care Survey
Page 1 of 2
CAHPS HOME HEALTH CARE SURVEY
The CAHPS Home Health Care … Survey asks patients who receive home health care services about their
experiences with home health … QUALITY MEASURES FROM THE HOME HEALTH CARE SURVEY
The Home Health Care Survey produces the following … health care agencies, for which CMS pays the lion's share of costs. … CARE SURVEY
SURVEY AND GUIDANCE AVAILABLE FROM CMS
QUALITY MEASURES FROM THE HOME HEALTH CARE SURVEY
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/silver2-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - HEALTH CARE
Title: Sociotechnical Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Home Health Care
Principal Investigator … Grant Award Number:
1P20HS017139-01
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ST-PRA IN HOME HEALTH CARE
1. … Figure 1 provides an overview.
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ST-PRA IN HOME HEALTH CARE
Figure 1. … Socio-Technical Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Home Health
Care. … Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:87-99.
4 Johnson KG.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/advisorycouncil/adcouncil2.html
April 01, 2018 - The approach health care systems traditionally take neglects the most critical member of the team—the … care system, but they want to be part of the team working to correct it. … In 2005, Aurora Health Care received funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ … Gaining a better understanding of the health care system, including their organization. … Understanding how to be an active participant in their own health care.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/adjustment-scoring.html
January 01, 2023 - Making Adjustments to Health Care Quality Scores
One of the most thorny topics in quality measurement … /research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare … /research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare … Medicaid Services has several stratified reports measuring and reporting on the nature and extent of health … care disparities.
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/competencies-affinity-group/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety Competencies Affinity Group
Background The AHRQ National Action Alliance Healthcare … workforce to support the safety of healthcare delivery. … Environmental Scan, Resources, and Strategies The National Action Alliance established the Healthcare … to clinical and non-clinical team members—increase their capacity for providing safe healthcare. … , analyzed the current state of healthcare safety competencies.
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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 … formerly known as Consumer Assessment of Health Plans, is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare … It is a survey instrument that measures perceptions of the experience of health care. … Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS).
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Data Sources for Health Care Quality Measures
Before you decide which quality measures to report … care experiences. … Challenges of Patient Comments
Not an impartial assessment of health care quality because comments … Likely to have an undue influence on people’s health care decisionmaking. … Also in "Select Measures to Report"
The Six Domains of Health Care Quality
Types of Measures You
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mcheff-measures.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Healthy Living
Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures
Previous … Care
Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures
Maternal and Child Health Care: Person-Centered … Care & Patient Safety
Maternal and Child Health Care: Care Coordination Measures
Maternal and Child … Health Care: References
Lifestyle Modification
Clinical Preventive Services
Functional Status … 2012
63.0
62.9
66.0
64.2
2013
64.4
61.9
69.8
64.2
Source: Agency for Healthcare
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/paper/idkeydsrapc.html
February 01, 2014 - Home health care agencies.
Retail clinics. … Culture
Type of culture
How can organizational culture be measured in health care delivery organizations … What are the effects of increased provider negotiating leverage on the quality and cost of health care
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/order.html
November 01, 2018 - Ordering Health Care Organizations in a Quality Report
In what order will different health plans … Health care organizations are more likely to respond to the report with quality improvement efforts. … Disadvantages to Rank Ordering
Health care organizations generally do not like this approach, since … Presenting data in cost tiers can make it clear that it is possible to get high quality health care without … Best Practices in Public Reporting: How to effectively present health care performance data to consumers
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings
Thanks to significant advances in the … Measures of Long-term Care Quality
Also in "Select Measures to Report"
The Six Domains of Health … Care Quality
Types of Measures You Can Report
Understanding Data Sources
Selecting the Right Measures … for Your Report
Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings
Quality Measurement Resources
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/index.html
February 01, 2016 - Media Options for a Health Care Quality Report
What medium will you use to convey information
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - AHRQ works with its HHS colleagues, researchers, doctors, nurses, other health care professionals, and … health care teams across the country to create new knowledge about how to improve care and make it safer … Similarly, we preliminarily estimate an associated reduction of $28.2 billion in health care costs from … care system is as safe as it can possibly be. … AHRQ’s patient safety programs continue to enable and guide improvements in health care delivery.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/introduce.html
November 01, 2018 - Introduce the Contents of a Health Care Quality Report
Both the title and the first page of your … For example, a title can be explicit about:
The kind of health care the report addresses. … The California HealthCare Foundation’s CalQualityCare Web site is an example of this approach. … The Type of Organization
The first page should say what kind of health care organization is the subject