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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47609/psn-pdf
December 19, 2018 - 3-year investigation into whether tracking of vital
signs by nursing staff could serve as a viable measure … post-operative-mortality-missed-care-and-nurse-staffing-nine-countries-cross-sectional-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/missed-nursing-care-key-measure-patient-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/missed-nursing-care-key-measure-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ncpdp-recommendations-and-guidance-standardizing-dosing-designations-prescription-container
September 09, 2020 - to reduce risks around oral liquid medication administration, including assigning a standard unit of measure … smaller than one), and ensuring that dosing mechanisms and container labels employ corresponding units of measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45180/psn-pdf
May 05, 2017 - In
particular, methods to measure safety that are patient-centered and can be compared across organizations … This study proposes adverse event–free admissions as a potential measure of safety,
defining the term … subset of hospitals with markedly higher rates of adverse events using this metric, implying that
the measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-measurement-patient-safety-culture
February 14, 2015 - 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure … June 28, 2010
Development of a measure of patient safety event learning responses. … November 27, 2009
The H-PEPSS: an instrument to measure health professionals' perceptions … 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/measurement-patient-safety
September 15, 2024 - analogy, an institution's view of its safety issues inevitably depends on the method being used to measure … Processes—what is done to the patient Outcomes—what ultimately happens to the patient A structural measure … Studies of medication reconciliation may measure processes (such as the proportion of patients for … adverse events, existing tools all have limitations , and controversy continues to plague efforts to measure … for use on a national basis (as well as retiring outdated measures), creating measures of patient safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33593/psn-pdf
June 15, 2024 - analogy, an institution's view of its safety issues
inevitably depends on the method being used to measure … Processes—what is done to the patient
Outcomes—what ultimately happens to the patient
A structural measure … Studies
of medication reconciliation may measure processes (such as the proportion of patients for whom … adverse events, existing tools all have limitations, and
controversy continues to plague efforts to measure … for use on a national basis (as well as retiring outdated
measures), creating measures of patient safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/meaningful-measurement-patient-and-family-engagement
March 10, 2021 - A more direct link to patient engagement is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). … development of clinical measures to ensure that measures are meaningful to patients. … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data. … Why process measures are often more important than outcome measures in healthcare. HealthCatalyst.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836716/psn-pdf
March 09, 2022 - medication dispenses after a fall or
hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used
quality measure … medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a
mixed methods study of a commonly used quality measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47905/psn-pdf
April 03, 2019 - This systematic review examined whether
preventable death rates could be used as a measure of hospital … The authors conclude that
preventable death rates would not be a valid or reliable measure of patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-study-finds-teaching-hospitals-have-higher-risk-complications-findings-disputed
June 01, 2016 - describes problems with analyzing data from a 2011 report on hospital-acquired conditions to accurately measure … Resources From the Same Author(s)
Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-shantanu-agrawal-md-mphil
February 26, 2025 - Over the years, we've created programs like endorsement, like measure selection for CMS. … to see if a measure is available that meets their needs. … RW : How does a measure get generated by you as an organization? … But we have a number of different programs that try to identify where there are critical measure gaps … behind those measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-attitudes-questionnaire-psychometric-properties-benchmarking-data-and-emerging
June 16, 2011 - This AHRQ-supported study discusses one of the best-studied tools to measure and assess patient safety … authors describe their findings with a goal that their tool will allow health care organizations to measure … Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-patient-safety-indicators-and-centers
June 14, 2017 - The ability to use administrative data to measure patient safety is critical, because chart review is … The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the CMS Hospital-acquired Conditions (HACs) aim to measure … Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/speaking-about-patient-safety-concerns-influence-safety-management-approaches-and-climate
August 12, 2020 - This study developed a measure of patient safety leadership style for nurse managers. … Researchers found that their measure of control-based versus commitment-based safety management was valid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement
January 23, 2012 - Commentary
Classic
Accountability measures—using measurement … Accountability measures--using measurement to promote quality improvement. … the leadership of The Joint Commission proposes a framework for quality measurement that emphasizes measures … Such measures—termed "accountability measures"—should have a strong evidence base, be measurable at the … Accountability measures--using measurement to promote quality improvement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74691/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Updates included changing the response scales from six to seven points so that there would be a
neutral … More work is needed
to measure associations between use of the instrument and patient outcomes. … Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx
Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety … Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx
Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety … Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx
Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-detective-story-why-doctors-make-diagnostic-errors
October 23, 2018 - The interview explores his work to measure diagnostic errors, understand factors that contribute to them … September 1, 2018
Electronic health record reviews to measure diagnostic uncertainty
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-libby-hoy-and-stephen-hoy
March 10, 2021 - A more direct link to patient engagement is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). … development of clinical measures to ensure that measures are meaningful to patients. … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data. … Why process measures are often more important than outcome measures in healthcare. HealthCatalyst.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/updated-results-ahrq-surveys-patient-safety-culture-workplace-safety-supplemental-item-set
December 11, 2024 - participating hospitals found “Protection From Workplace Hazards” as the highest-scoring composite measure … and “Addressing Workplace Aggression From Patients or Visitors” as the lowest-scoring composite measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-mcgann-md
July 10, 2024 - One of the most surprising measures was to reduce the rate of early elective delivery in this country … We're in a unique position at Medicare to measure those readmissions. … The NHSN website and data collection system and its measures are as standardized as they come. … That having been said, we have more than 500 different types of individual measures across the 11 types … The Partnership for Patients 2.0 statement of work does have a suggested standardized list of measures