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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/v2019/TechSpecs/PQI_15_Asthma_in_Younger_Adults_Admission_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2019 - However, common practice reports the
measure as per 100,000 population.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2021/TechSpecs/IQI_09_Pancreatic_Resection_Mortality_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2021 - However, common practice reports the
measure as per 1,000 discharges.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2020/v2020%20QI%20Software%20Release_Final-08032020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - informing policy
► Some used for performance based payment programs
• Broad Applicability
► 65+ measures … software reports
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composite weights … Some used for performance based payment programs
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Records where DRG is assigned the value of 999 are not used for measure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/EDPerformanceMeasures-ConsensusStatement.pdf
January 01, 2006 - Performance Measures/Time Measures
A. … Performance Measures/Proportion Measures
“People Who Left Before They Were Supposed To”
The language … The Development of Indicators to Measure the Quality of Clinical Care in EDs
Following the Modified-Delphi … Performance Measures/Time Measures
B. For Admitted Patients:
C. … Performance Measures/Proportion Measures
Emergency Department Patient Flow
Definitions Related to Patient
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/v2018/TechSpecs/PQI_10_Dehydration_Admission_Rate.pdf
June 01, 2018 - However, common practice reports the measure as
per 100,000 population.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/V50/PQI_Brochure.pdf
April 01, 2022 - AHRQ Quality Indicators™
Prevention Quality Indicators
Measures … Beginning in fiscal year 2022, AHRQ will no
longer seek NQF re-endorsement for its portfolio
of measures … Find NQF-endorsed AHRQ measures at
https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures/
list_ahrq_qi. … Quality
Indicators
■ Parameter estimates, benchmark data tables, and
methodology to create composite measures … topic_id=USAHRQ_39
https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures/list_ahrq_qi
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2004/General%20Overview%20of%20the%20Conferences%20for%20Health%20Care%20Purchasers%20and%20Providers.doc
January 01, 2004 - purchasers and other stakeholders need information to guide their selection and use of appropriate quality measures … value-based purchasing emerges, purchasers and providers seek sound guidance on whether and how to measure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQS_Support/default.aspx
Asked Questions
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality IndicatorsTM (QIs) are measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/
Asked Questions
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality IndicatorsTM (QIs) are measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/Default.aspx
Asked Questions
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality IndicatorsTM (QIs) are measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Shalaby_General_Motors_AHRQ_Quality_Partnership.ppt
January 01, 2005 - Diabetes cx - long term
Uncontrolled diabetes
Lower extremity amputation
Low Birth Weight
– Not a measure … coronary angioplasty (PTCA) area rate
Laminectomy or spinal fusion area rate
Low Birth Weight
– Not a measure … ranges of the beneficiaries are those appropriate to the indicator reported, e.g., the diabetes PQI measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/v2021/TechSpecs/PQI_11_Community_Acquired%20_Pneumonia_Admission_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2021 - However, common practice reports the measure as per
100,000 population.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V50/Pediatric_Ind.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Endorsement
A number of measures … Beginning in fiscal year 2022, AHRQ will no
longer seek NQF re-endorsement for its portfolio
of measures … Find NQF-endorsed AHRQ measures at
https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures/
list_ahrq_qi. … Quality
Indicators
■ Parameter estimates, benchmark data tables, and
methodology to create composite measures … https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov
mailto:QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov
https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/v2020/TechSpecs/PQI_05_Chronic_Obstructive_Pulmonary_Disease_(COPD)_or_Asthma_in_Older_Adults_Admission_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2020 - However, common practice reports the
measure as per 100,000 population.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Update_of_May_2013_AHRQ_QI_Software_v4.5_with_Corrected_PSI_90.pdf
January 01, 2013 - for the PSI composite measure (PSI #90). … weights. … It also shows how to update the
weights if your SAS software is using the incorrect default weights. … or the
updated correct default weights. … weights.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/ICD10_v2021_FAQ.pdf
September 01, 2021 - modules will also suppress expected rates, risk-
adjusted rates, smoothed rates, and composites for measures … AHRQ QIs Fact Sheet: FAQs on the SAS QI and WINQI, v2021
Version 2021 Page 8 July 2021
All measures … AHRQ will not seek re-endorsement of its portfolio of measures in the QI Program
starting in fiscal … To ensure that the measures meet the national standards for measure development, we
will continue to … We intend to focus on
developing and maintaining measures and tools that facilitate system and area-level
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/FullListPublications-508.pdf
October 09, 2024 - How Preventable Hospitalizations
Became A Widely Used But Flawed Quality Measure." … “Expert Consensus on
Currently Accepted Measures of Harm.” … Do pre-
existing complications affect the failure to rescue quality measures? … "Canary measures" among the AHRQ
patient safety indicators. … Failure-to-rescue: comparing definitions
to measure quality of care.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Geppert_Composite_Measures.ppt
January 01, 2005 - Jeffrey Geppert
Battelle Health and Life Sciences
Overview
Project objectives
Why composite measures … Who might use composite measures? … may mislead
Construction of the composite increases the power of quality appraisals
Allows for both measure-specific … future performance is often historical performance + structure
The greater the reliability of the measure … for a particular provider, the more weight on historical performance
The less the reliability of the measure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Schichilone_Romano_Implications_of_ICD-9-CM_Coding_Rules_for_Measuring_QIs.ppt
January 01, 2005 - Post Operative Hip Fracture
This measure seems to include fractures that occurred prior to admission … Post Operative Hip
Fracture
This measure seems to include fractures that occurred prior to
admission
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Software/Default.aspx
July 01, 2020 - AHRQ QI Software
Putting the power of AHRQ Quality Indicators in your hands.
AHRQ offers free software to help users using the AHRQ QIs generate results that are both accurate and actionable.
Use of this free software ensures a standard, trusted approach to quality measurement…