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161. Standardized Libraries of Harmonized Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - Home Evidence Reports Standardized Libraries of Harmonized Outcome Measures … AHRQ assessed the feasibility of using the OMF to develop standardized libraries of outcome measures … , so users can understand the level of comparability between measures across different systems and studies … The clinical areas for AHRQ’s libraries of harmonized outcome measures are: Atrial fibrillation … Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup

162. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - is a single measure plus a composite of five measures and the coronary artery disease metric is a composite … This model uses a five-step process to develop Resource Utilization Bands and Reference Concurrent Weights … The organization divides measures related to health into delivery measures and population health measures … efficiency measures. … Partnership and CheckQM, a private measure harmonization effort.

163. • Measurement and outcomes need consensus definitions • State Medicaid programs need robust HEDIS and NCQA measures for all severe and persistent mental health conditions. • Consensus definitions would help answer questions such as “Does… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - “Does the use of validated and evidence-based outcomes measures improve clinician outcomes?” … —meaning, does the provider get better at what he or she does through the use of outcomes measures? … “Do systems of care get better when they use validated, evidence-based outcomes measures?” … Our managed care program contracts with CCNC for robust reporting on quality measures around prevention … Providers support and work to adopt national measures.

164. McCormack-notes-151008 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2015 - So in my talk today, I’ll talk a little bit about health literacy and what it is, how we measure health … higher morbidity, mortality, higher healthcare costs, significant societal impact. 6 With 100 measures … In  the tool shed you will find information about validity, reliability, and whether the tool measures … I’m a big advocate for it. 21 We can also measure health literacy at the organizational  level … the operation of the organization and ho well it integrates health literacy into planning, evaluation measures

165. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - Appendix A, at the end of this report, describes each of the PTSD measures in detail. … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales. 30. National Center for PTSD. Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS). … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/dts.asp http … PTSD outcome measures Outcome Measure Description Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)2, 28 … • It can be scored as a continuous measure of PTSD symptom severity.

166. Statistical Design and Analytic Considerations for N-of-1 Trials (Chapter 4) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - Another approach would be to form a weighted composite scale, with weights accommodating patient and … patient's true decisionmaking state, one might instead analyze each outcome separately and report a measure … For example, Guyatt 14 and Larson 15 both used Likert scales with ratings from 1–7 to measure patient … extend the previous models to multiple patients with n-of-1 studies, we assume that the same outcome measure … Explicit prespecification of weights across outcomes is preferable to post hoc weighting.

167. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - That seems like a curious measure to use in PTSD studies since it’s designed to measure disability from … categorized as a functioning measure. … We have updated the report to categorize SF-36 as a QOL measure. … We have included measures of function as reported in the studies, and the ODI was classified as a measure … Definitions and diagnostic criteria are appropriate for the outcome measures.

168. Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Posttraumatic (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2017 - All other comparisons Outcomes KQs 1–3: PTSD symptom reduction (see Appendix A for a list of measures … analysis was used, method of handling dropouts and missing data, validity and reliability of outcome measures … gr=cli&prod=dts&id=overview#scales. 38. Institute of Medicine. … PTSD outcome measures Outcome Measure Description Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)36 … • It can be scored as a continuous measure of PTSD symptom severity.

169. Outcome Measures Harmonization | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - These projects include: Outcome Measures Framework (OMF) , a conceptual model for classifying outcomes … The OMF is intended to serve as a content model for developing harmonized outcome measures in specific … Standardized library of outcome measures . … Implementation of standardized outcome measures for depression in registries and practice . … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/outcome-measures-harmonization  

170. Advancing Measurement of Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Objectives The goal of Phase 2 was to refine the Phase 1 framework; identify, develop, and test PCC measures … Develop and Test Measures : We developed an inventory of PCC survey items by examining published literature … generally able to understand the questions, apply them to their own experiences, and use the response scales … followed by psychometric analysis, and finalizing the items and developing short and long-term versions of measures

171. S50 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - An alternative is to use data that measure characteristics of patients and their treatments. … generalizabil- ity and external validity, 4. detailed characterization of patients through use of robust measures … Comprehensive holistic framework Variables specified precisely for all patient, treatment, and outcome measures … Variables specified precisely for all patient, treatment, and outcome measures Database Limited to … Development of a pediatric age- and disease-specific severity measure.

172. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 23, 2012 -  Outcomes measures for each question: The outcome measures of interest include: health outcome … To measure potential changes in the inequity of care between patient groups, priority condition studies … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review  Disparity Measure. … In identifying studies, we will include studies that capture and report a measure of disparity in health … Included studies should capture health outcome measures and/or process measures.

173. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - exists for effective transition of care from pediatric to adult services for CSHCN, nor is a single measure … or set of measures consistently used to evaluate effectiveness of transitions of care … Further, this review discusses definitions and measures for effective healthcare transition for CSHCN … Studies also used a diverse set of outcome measures to evaluate intervention effects. … Similarly, no single measure or set of measures is used in this body of research.

174. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269_Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture To Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes (pdf file)
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     January 02, 2024 - This review aimed to define and measure RMC and the absence of RMC, described as disrespect or abuse … We need to measure these experiences since that will improve our ability to hold systems and individuals … Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM-OB Scale … Any further evaluation of tools to measure respectful care should include these tools. … "Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM-OB

175. Physical Therapy Interventions for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Limited direct comparative effectiveness evidence demonstrated similar benefits in disability measures … Gait, mobility restrictions, muscle strength, and range-of-motion measures were associated with disability … measures in individual studies. … Minimum clinically important differences in scales were determined for 26 tools but have not been used … interventions were not consistently evaluated according to the clinical importance of improvement in scales

176. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
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     March 16, 2017 - Even under ideal conditions that reveal and accurately measure important patient-related and LLP specific … What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb amputation … (KQ 1 & 2) • Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) o Tests, scales, … tools (used prior to prescription to predict functional outcomes with prosthesis) (KQ 2) o Tests, scales … reproducibility, and related characteristics • Exclude studies of validation of translations of non-English scales

177. EHC Technical Brief 32: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2019 - Authors do not need to change their methods but might provide a sentence or two on the limitations of measures … better placed with the other figures on population characteristics and before the figure on rating scales … #4 Findings p. 27 line 19: Does this apply to any diagnostic instrument or only to specific rating scales … This data element is captured in outcomes, as we abstracted data on depression measures. … The continuous rating scale measures would be worth categorizing in a separate field rather than mixing

178. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Existing testing trials and studies do not always have a health outcome as the primary outcome measure … Researchers sometimes focus on an outcome measure for which they hope to demonstrate a benefit, such … on patients, beyond the primary clinical outcome measures. … one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, 7 one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain

179. 13-MDM347013 30..38 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Existing testing trials and studies do not always have a health outcome as the primary outcome measure … Researchers sometimes focus on an outcome measure for which they hope to demonstrate a benefit, such … on patients, beyond the primary clinical outcome measures. … one feels that testing may lead to clinically relevant anxiety, 7 one of the existing anxiety scales … These scales are probably not sensitive enough to detect more subtle changes, which could help to explain

180. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - interventions measured changes in professional attitudes toward the population of interest but did not measure … the formal health care system, or prompted provider behavior at the point of care were more likely to measure