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2941. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2016-01.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - The weights used to calculate the QDR summary measures were relatively consistent with AHRQ IQI and … IQIs and PSIs Used for the QDR Summary Measures The QDR summary measure for mortality for selected … The QDR summary measure weights were the same as the weights in the similar IQI Composite. … The IQI Composite weights were proportionally reallocated into the QDR summary measure weights to account … The PSI Composite weights were proportionally reallocated into the QDR summary measure weights to account

2942. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2017-03.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - The weights used to calculate the QDR summary measures were relatively consistent with AHRQ IQI and … IQIs and PSIs Used for the QDR Summary Measures The QDR summary measure for mortality for selected … The QDR summary measure weights were the same as the weights in the similar IQI Composite. … The IQI Composite weights were proportionally reallocated into the QDR summary measure weights to account … The PSI Composite weights were proportionally reallocated into the QDR summary measure weights to account

2943. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 20 Core Functionality in Pediatric Electronic Health Records (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pediatric-ehr_disposition-comments.pdf
      May 01, 2015 - However, we are discussing pediatric specific QI measures. … Pediatric quality measures have been difficult to determine and to apply on a global basis. … Designing systems to be able to accurately measure quality metrics is essential but this reviewer is … Peer Reviewer #7 Findings There has been a tremendous amount of work in measure development that … Extensive measure sets are being developed but it is unclear how best to use them and/or whether to

2944. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - The HbA1c test measures the average amount of glucose in a patient’s blood over a 3- or 4-month period … of two types of injected antidiabetes agents: subcutaneous insulin or a GLP-1 agonist.70 If these measures

2945. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - The HbA1c test measures the average amount of glucose in a patient’s blood over a 3- or 4-month period … of two types of injected antidiabetes agents: subcutaneous insulin or a GLP-1 agonist.70 If these measures

2946. Archive Site Map | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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      April 27, 2021 - Toolkit (Archived April 6, 2017) IT Tools for Chronic Disease Management: How Do They Measure … Managing Change: An Overview (Archived April 6, 2017) Massachuesetts Quality e-Measure … Evidence-Based Practice (Archived April 6, 2017) Using electronic health records to measure … conditions in primary care: empirical evaluation of the community-acquired pneumonia clinical quality measure … Validation of electronic data capture of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome--Quality of Life Measure

2947. Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/COVID-19-pharmaceutical-treatments-rapid-review.pdf
      March 01, 2024 - Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments Rapid Evidence Product Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments Background and Purpose The purpose of this rapid review is to determine if COVID treatments authorized for emergency use…

2948. Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/COVID-19-pharmaceutical-treatments-rapid-review.pdf
      March 01, 2024 - Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments Rapid Evidence Product Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments Background and Purpose The purpose of this rapid review is to determine if COVID treatments authorized for emergency use…

2949. Treatment Strategies for Patients with Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease (LECVD): Disposition of Comments (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/comments/lecvd-comments.pdf
      April 01, 2017 - outcomes (reflux free rates and closure rates) to patient- centric quality of life measures. … Outcome measures are always a problem; the ones used here are "par for the course" and represent a … the Society for Vascular Surgery and American Venous Forum Methods QoL is an important outcome measure … Vascular Surgery and American Venous Forum Results Prevention of recurrence should be an outcome measure … as direct measures of patient benefit.

2950. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_technical-brief.pdf
      October 01, 2014 - range) Imaging Modalities Comparators Tumor Response Overall Survival Timing Outcome Measures … (s) of Imaging Study Design Institution Estimated Enrollment & Eligibility Primary Outcome Measure … FDG is an indicator of glucose metabolism within cells rather than a direct measure of tumor proliferation … Small pilot studies have reported on the efficacy of several novel tracers that may be able to measure … Future research efforts should address patient-centered outcome measures and shared decision-making

2951. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_appendixes.pdf
      March 01, 2009 - RCTS: >3 months and >100 participants Any measure of treatment adherence, persistence, or … • Intermediate outcomes are health measures that individuals do not personally experience, such as … Different measures of smoking exposure and mammographic density in postmenopausal Norwegian women: a … A survey of preventive measures among BRCA1 mutation carriers from Poland. … • Failure to measure most important outcomes.

2952. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_technical-brief.pdf
      October 01, 2014 - range) Imaging Modalities Comparators Tumor Response Overall Survival Timing Outcome Measures … (s) of Imaging Study Design Institution Estimated Enrollment & Eligibility Primary Outcome Measure … FDG is an indicator of glucose metabolism within cells rather than a direct measure of tumor proliferation … Small pilot studies have reported on the efficacy of several novel tracers that may be able to measure … Future research efforts should address patient-centered outcome measures and shared decision-making

2953. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_appendixes.pdf
      March 01, 2009 - RCTS: >3 months and >100 participants Any measure of treatment adherence, persistence, or … • Intermediate outcomes are health measures that individuals do not personally experience, such as … Different measures of smoking exposure and mammographic density in postmenopausal Norwegian women: a … A survey of preventive measures among BRCA1 mutation carriers from Poland. … • Failure to measure most important outcomes.

2954. Clinical Practice Improvement and Redesign: How Change in Workflow Can Be Supported by Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/09-0054-EF-Updated_0.pdf
      June 01, 2009 - intervention); necessary database elements to support CDS; operational features to promote usability and to measure … For “fit” to exist requires an understanding of what system elements need to fit together and how to measure … Quantitative measures can be subjective questionnaires, 203, 206-208 or, importantly, more objective … measures of response time (i.e. productivity) and accuracy (i.e. quality and safety) of the clinicians … Qualitative measures can be based on interviews or focus groups.

2955. Clinical Practice Improvement and Redesign: How Change in Workflow Can Be Supported by Clinical Decision Support | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
      digital.ahrq.gov/key-topics/clinical-decision-support/clinical-practice-improvement-and-redesign-how-change-workflow-can-be-supported-clinical-decision
      June 01, 2009 - intervention); necessary database elements to support CDS; operational features to promote usability and to measure … For “fit” to exist requires an understanding of what system elements need to fit together and how to measure … Quantitative measures can be subjective questionnaires, 203, 206-208 or, importantly, more objective … measures of response time (i.e. productivity) and accuracy (i.e. quality and safety) of the clinicians … Qualitative measures can be based on interviews or focus groups. 

2956. Chartbook #17: Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004 (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb17/cb17.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - 1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, in which charges rather than payments were used to measure

2957. Clinical Practice Improvement and Redesign: How Change in Workflow Can Be Supported by Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/biblio/09-0054-EF-Updated_0.pdf
      June 01, 2009 - intervention); necessary database elements to support CDS; operational features to promote usability and to measure … For “fit” to exist requires an understanding of what system elements need to fit together and how to measure … Quantitative measures can be subjective questionnaires, 203, 206-208 or, importantly, more objective … measures of response time (i.e. productivity) and accuracy (i.e. quality and safety) of the clinicians … Qualitative measures can be based on interviews or focus groups.

2958. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - We compared the studies using relative and absolute measures because of differences in baseline risk … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods Are the definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures appropriate … information for us to derive these measures. … We had used our calculated mean difference and measure of variability which was similar. … We do feel that eGFR and albuminuria are relevant clinical measures in themselves and even though we

2959. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - We compared the studies using relative and absolute measures because of differences in baseline risk … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods Are the definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures appropriate … information for us to derive these measures. … We had used our calculated mean difference and measure of variability which was similar. … We do feel that eGFR and albuminuria are relevant clinical measures in themselves and even though we

2960. Medicare Prescription Drug Data Development: Methods for Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Using Observational Data | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/patient-safety-databases-prescriptions/research
      August 26, 2008 - To apply methods and test measures appropriately, research must examine the application of measures before … In addition, it accommodates an accurate measure of exposure to the drug of interest. … IPW is the inverse of the probability of the person being prescribed the therapy and thus weights their … Therefore, our study does not measure outcomes for managed care enrollees. … but are not the actual measure.