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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-measure-quality-implications-palliative-and-end-life-care
June 30, 2011 - Commentary
Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life … Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life care. … Mortality as a measure of quality: implications for palliative and end-of-life care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practical-approach-measure-quality-handwritten-medication-orders-tool-improvement
September 24, 2010 - Study
A practical approach to measure the quality of handwritten medication orders … A Practical Approach to Measure the Quality of Handwritten Medication Orders. … A Practical Approach to Measure the Quality of Handwritten Medication Orders.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-index-obstetrics-safety-and-quality-care-integrating-cesarean-delivery-rates-maternal-and
March 16, 2022 - Cesarean delivery can lead to adverse outcomes and is commonly used as a measure of obstetrical quality … ; however, these measures do not account for preexisting maternal and neonatal morbidities, which may … This article describes the development and testing of a new obstetrical quality measure that integrates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42705/psn-pdf
November 26, 2013 - 2013
This Joint Commission report summarizes the performance of hospitals across 47 accountability measures … This year's calculation for identifying
Top Performers included a new accountability measure for immunization … This represents 33% of all
Joint Commission-accredited hospitals that report core measure performance … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45101/psn-pdf
July 01, 2017 - A systematic review of patient safety measures in adult
primary care. … A Systematic Review of Patient Safety Measures in Adult Primary Care. … patient safety has been limited by a lack of reliable measures. … This problem is compounded in
ambulatory care, as most existing metrics have sought to measure safety … The majority of metrics sought to measure safety in
medication management, with laboratory testing and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37977/psn-pdf
August 13, 2008 - Do HSMRs really measure patient safety? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-hsmrs-really-measure-patient-safety
This special issue discusses the … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-hsmrs-really-measure-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/whole-patient-measure-safety-using-administrative-data-assess-probability-highly-undesirable
March 19, 2014 - Study
Whole-patient measure of safety: using administrative data to assess the probability … Whole-patient measure of safety: using administrative data to assess the probability of highly undesirable … Whole-patient measure of safety: using administrative data to assess the probability of highly undesirable
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-specimen-identification-errors-new-measure-quality-surgical-care
June 16, 2011 - Study
Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical … Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical care. … Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-documentation-beta-blocker-quality-measure-through-anesthesia-information
June 23, 2009 - Study
Improving documentation of a beta-blocker quality measure through an anesthesia … Improving documentation of a beta-blocker quality measure through an anesthesia information management … Improving documentation of a beta-blocker quality measure through an anesthesia information management
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-self-report-instrument-measure-patient-safety-attitudes-skills-and-knowledge
April 10, 2013 - Commentary
Development of a self-report instrument to measure patient safety attitudes … Development of a self-report instrument to measure patient safety attitudes, skills, and knowledge. … Development of a self-report instrument to measure patient safety attitudes, skills, and knowledge.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rating-medical-emergency-teamwork-performance-development-team-emergency-assessment-measure
January 13, 2010 - Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure … Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure ( … Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-measure-safe-hospital-medication-errors-missed-risk-management-clinical-staff-and
September 27, 2017 - Study
What is the measure of a safe hospital? … What is the measure of a safe hospital? … What is the measure of a safe hospital?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-psychometric-testing-tool-measure-missed-nursing-care
August 20, 2018 - Study
Development and psychometric testing of a tool to measure missed nursing care … Development and psychometric testing of a tool to measure missed nursing care. … Development and psychometric testing of a tool to measure missed nursing care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33855/psn-pdf
April 01, 2018 - looking at particular actions, the denominators for
these measures shrink, the ability to measure a … In fact, it turned out that the measure results from claims were
highly correlated with measure results … We were reluctant because
we felt that a payment measure needs to be surrounded by other measures that … Here you
have a safety or quality measure and an efficiency measure that now influences every hospital … But, we have been awash in measures, and there can be some
measure fatigue.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41726/psn-pdf
September 26, 2012 - seventh annual Joint Commission report summarizes the performance of hospitals across 45
accountability measures—evidence-based … This year's
calculation for identifying "Top Performers" included three new accountability measure sets … year and now accounts for about 18% of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals that report core
measure … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45191/psn-pdf
June 01, 2016 - Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to
measure quality is the most controversial. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rating-hospitals-stars-feds-latest-plan-measure-quality-most-controversial … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rating-hospitals-stars-feds-latest-plan-measure-quality-most-controversial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39055/psn-pdf
October 28, 2009 - Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and
tutors: developing a reliable and valid measure … Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors:
Developing a reliable and valid measure … attitudes-patient-safety-amongst-medical-students-and-tutors-developing-
reliable-and-valid
This study reports on the development and validation of a survey to measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/taking-heat-or-taking-temperature-qualitative-study-large-scale-exercise-seeking-measure
November 02, 2016 - A qualitative study of a large-scale exercise in seeking to measure for improvement, not blame. … A qualitative study of a large-scale exercise in seeking to measure for improvement, not blame. … A qualitative study of a large-scale exercise in seeking to measure for improvement, not blame.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-safety-indicators
June 15, 2024 - CMS responded to this report and other findings and concerns by developing a set of indicators to measure … For example, the Canadian Institute for Health Information developed a Hospital Harm measure, which … As these concerns were resolved through measure refinements and better data quality (e.g., nearly universal … This problem has been partially mitigated by creating a patient safety composite measure (Patient Safety … Indicator [PSI] 90) using weights that reflect both the frequency of component PSIs and their downstream
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867751/psn-pdf
March 12, 2025 - triggers-and-trigger-tools
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/recommendations-using-revised-safer-dx-instrument-help-measure-and-improve-diagnostic-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/recommendations-using-revised-safer-dx-instrument-help-measure-and-improve-diagnostic-safety