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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/peterson-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - and having special 
healthcare needs; they may be in declining health and they often will stay as an inpatient … increase of MRSA infections in LTCF residents between 2006 and 
2007, with an overall rise in disease for inpatients … and $35.7 
billion to $45 billion (after adjusting to 2007 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for inpatient … for all urban consumers) to a high of $25.0 to $31.5 billion (70% of infections 
preventable, CPI for inpatient … screen test was negative and the discharge screen was a PCR-positive, culture-
positive test.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3b_combo_resultspresentation.pdf
June 02, 2025 - • Replace the charts with charts that you create 
with your data (use the Excel workbook from 
Tool … Tool B.3b Slide 2
The Toolkit for Using the 
AHRQ Quality Indicators 
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to focus on, and fill in these slides based on 
that indicator and your hospital’s data … SLIDE BEFORE PRESENTATION
	The Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators �Results and Discussion of Data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/getting-started-slides.pptx
December 31, 2022 - professionals, is designed to result in efficient systematic referral to outpatient CR during the hospital discharge … Referral Measure
	Numerator = Number of eligible inpatients referred 	to outpatient CR program
	Denominator … = Number of inpatients discharged 	with 	appropriate ICD-10 codes MINUS Exclusions
		(Recommended time … with a qualifying event/diagnosis who have been referred to an outpatient CR program prior to hospital discharge … Definitions  and Algorithm
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Sample Enrollment Measure
	Numerator = Number of referred inpatients
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/decision-making.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Inpatient census data and data from 
the clinical microbiology laboratory are needed for this estimate … should be counted from the third day of a non-ICU stay until transfer to 
an ICU or until hospital discharge … non-ICU days should be counted from the third day of a non-
ICU stay until ICU transfer or hospital discharge … associated with sizeable 
reductions in MRSA infections in MRSA carriers in a large randomized post-discharge … aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus with 
daily chlorhexidine gluconate bathing for medical inpatients
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - 100.00
Weighted Frequency Tables: PUF Medicare Outpatient File
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Discharge … DSCHRG_STUS Frequency Percent
Cumulative 
Frequency
Cumulative 
Percent
00: Unknown Value (but present in data … Discharged/transferred/referred to another institution for outpatient services as specified 
by the discharge … 72: Discharged/transferred/referred to this institution for outpatient services as specified by 
the discharge … 99.94
Weighted Frequency Tables: PUF Medicare Outpatient File
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Discharge
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-cleary-slides.pdf
March 01, 2010 - urgent office visits, 
and hospitalizations 
• Higher overall patient ratings of hospitals’ care and 
discharge … www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Patient Experience and Safety
• More positive patient experiences associated with fewer 
inpatient … (Meterko et al. 
2010) 
• Higher patient ratings associated with lower hospital 
inpatient mortality … as Fenton: 2000-2005 Medical 
Expenditure Panel Survey data linked to National Health 
Interview Survey … were not amenable to medical care
•Fenton findings likely reflect intensive end-of-life 
care
•The data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - However, these data were not linked to individual users. … Impact of a transition-of-care pharmacist during hospital discharge. … Pharmacist-managed inpatient discharge medication reconciliation: a 
combined onsite and telepharmacy … Assisting at Routine Medical Discharge (project PharmD). … Multidisciplinary approach to inpatient 
medication reconciliation in an academic setting.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
December 01, 2017 - Improving the Emergency Department Discharge Process 
 Millions of patients visit hospital emergency … ED discharge failure, such as ED return within 72 hours or more, carries significant clinical implications … RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Toolkit 
 Researchers at the Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) developed … and tested the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED). … AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit 
 AHRQ Issue Brief: Harnessing the Power of Data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - fractures, sprains, lacerations, or concussions) have been reported to occur in 6 to 
10 percent of inpatients … During the KBNI data-mining phase, data can be 
extracted using quality improvement or research methods … Development and 
evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool 
(STRATIFY) to predict which elderly inpatients … Take a second 
glance: A novel approach to inpatient fall prevention. … Temporal 
association between hospitalization and rate of falls 
after discharge.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - fractures, sprains, lacerations, or concussions) have been reported to occur in 6 to 
10 percent of inpatients … During the KBNI data-mining phase, data can be 
extracted using quality improvement or research methods … Development and 
evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool 
(STRATIFY) to predict which elderly inpatients … Take a second 
glance: A novel approach to inpatient fall prevention. … Temporal 
association between hospitalization and rate of falls 
after discharge.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-2-implementation-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - implementing automatic referral with care coordination 
Secondary audience: Non-team cardiac clinicians, discharge … different members of the team for 
status updates on the Action Plan tasks, sharing information and data … Map out the hospitals current CR process from time of          
referral/discharge to appointment and … Develop a protocol for clinician to clinician hand-off to   
inpatient/rehabilitation CR programs to …  Data labor hours for data management and analysis 
 Additional headcount  
• Hold a Meeting to
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Regenstein_54.pdf
May 08, 2008 - Data collection power. … Is the data collection required feasible? Are the data reproducible? Are 
the data reliable? … never been collected, and it often required cooperation and collaboration from clinical staff in 
inpatient … encounters provided and more on whether each LEP patient 
received services at certain points during the inpatient … believe that true demand for 
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language services cannot be identified without full screening of all inpatients
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Loux.pdf
January 01, 2004 - database with data from nearly 1,000 U.S. … 20 percent stratified sample of non-Federal, 
short-term, general and specialty hospitals.8 It has discharge … None of the 144 
hospitals lacking identification data was located in the Northeast. … Large 
hospitals, for example, performed 1,628 inpatient surgeries per year compared to 
251 inpatient … Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Meurer.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Individual hospitals already routinely gather and report administrative discharge 
data. … Discharge Data electronic health records and 
validated diagnosis code criteria.14 Screening criteria … Finally, quality 
of discharge data is heavily dependent on coding quality, thereby preventing strict … This surveillance and reporting system using administrative patient discharge 
data avoids any additional … Medical injury 
identification using hospital discharge data.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dresselhaus-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Medication errors, including preventable adverse drug events, are especially common in the 
inpatient … Lacking, however, are data specifically correlating 
these factors with medication errors. … These data allow errors to be linked to the ordering physician or administering 
nurse. … link self-reported work and mood data with errors as closely as possible. … The study was conducted in the inpatient settings of four affiliated academic hospitals.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm3a.html
October 01, 2014 - , physician referral, self-identification, hospital discharge planners, predictive modeling, and referral … √ Test the data periodically to assess tool's accuracy. … managers who decided, based on their experience, to target individuals with a high number of ER visits or inpatient … Illinois, and Rhode Island, place nurse care managers in hospitals to reach out to potential members on discharge … By targeting eligible members on discharge, the State hopes members will be more inclined to participate
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
April 10, 2017 - elements 
such as PICU admission date (mm/dd/yyyy), PICU admission time (hh:mm, military time), 
PICU discharge … or transfer date (mm/dd/yyyy), and PICU discharge or transfer time (hh:mm, 
military time) will be abstracted … The PICU is the “canary in the coal mine” for pediatric inpatient care; it is the intended 
placement … Care Setting – inpatient: Yes. 
c. Care Setting – other – please specify: No. 
d. … Patients were 
observed up to three times per week for 2 weeks, then once per week until PICU discharge
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wei-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Prognostic factors: The project team examined all inpatient or outpatient medical 
encounters with a … Not all fatal prognostic factors --- e.g., injuries --- would be present in inpatient or 
outpatient … stay, emergency room visit, skilled nursing home
stay, and inpatient surgery). … Trends in Opioid Use Disorder Among Older Adults:
Analyzing Medicare Data, 2013-2018. … Accuracy of external cause of injury codes
reported in Washington State hospital discharge records.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/appendix-c.html
July 01, 2018 - represented the most significant subgroup in the LWBS data. … Once the project was started, feedback would be requested constantly and data reviewed. … Conceptually, we realized that adding more space would not necessarily address the core problem: inpatients … allow us to address the issue with expediency, while simultaneously developing programs to address the inpatient … Leonte 
 Inpatient Units 
 Hospitalist 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barriers to Successful Implementation (actual
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
May 31, 2016 - the risk-adjusted rate of this
indicator was 2.83 per 1,000 eligible patients in 2008.1
• Based on data … from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, cases flagged by this PSI had 2.2%
excess mortality, 1.3 days … Data from the VA hospital
system showed similar findings, where cases that were flagged by this PSI had … payment.3
• This indicator is also reported on Medicare’s Hospital COMPARE as part of the Hospital
Inpatient … Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program measures (calendar year 2014
discharges).