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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Archive/News2004.aspx
January 13, 2004 - AHRQ, and the new guide will help those designing public reporting and payment
initiatives identify measures … The Quality Indicators measure outcomes that consumers care about
such as patient safety and complication
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/resources/Toolkits.aspx
January 01, 2016 - Guidance that can be used to improve pediatric quality in hospitals using the PDIs or other quality measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/MONAHRQ%20Position%209-19-12.pdf
September 19, 2012 - health plans to quickly and easily create a website using their
own hospital discharge data, inpatient measures … from CMS Hospital Compare and/or
HCAHPS survey measures for public reporting of quality (for more information
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Software/WinQI/V2020/AHRQ_WinQI_v2020.0.1_Software_Rel_Notes.pdf
January 01, 2021 - coded discharges in their input file got unexpected results around
POA-based exclusions in PSI and PDI measures … v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights … Downloads/Software/SAS/V2020/AHRQ_QI_v2020_ICD10_Po
pulation_File.pdf
4.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.pdf
January 01, 2006 - publications relevant
to the development and use of risk-
adjustment, hierarchical modeling;
performance measures … alternative
approaches to risk-adjustment and
hierarchical modeling;
• Experience with development of
measures … SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ
QIs) are a unique set of measures … children, women of childbearing age,
the elderly); (5) existence of an
analytical method that can measure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/v2019/TechSpecs/NQI_03_Neonatal_Blood_Stream_Infection_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2019 - However, common practice reports
the measure as per 1,000 discharges.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/v2018/TechSpecs/PDI_12_Central_Venous_Catheter-Related_Blood_Stream_Infection_Rate.pdf
June 01, 2018 - However, common practice reports the
measure as per 1,000 discharges.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Case_Studies/Johns_Hopkins_Case_Study.pdf
August 01, 2019 - This effort
involves implementing the PSIs alongside other quality measures to achieve system-wide improvement … “The PSIs are one group of measures we use to align our system-wide quality improvement goals
and communicate … Stollenwerk, Margaret Trinity
About the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs)
The AHRQ QIs include four sets of measures—Prevention … National Quality Forum (NQF), suggesting that stakeholders across the
healthcare enterprise view the measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Software/WinQI/V2021/AHRQ_WinQI_v2021_Software_Rel_Notes.pdf
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5.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … Software for WinQI v2021
Version 2021 Page 2 July 2021
5.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … v2021 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population rates, and
composite weights … Provider-Level Indicators
The AHRQ WinQI v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS software does not include the following measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/IQI_Area_Level_Retirement_Notice.pdf
September 01, 2016 - Therefore, AHRQ is retiring the following measures based on
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Farquhar_Overview_of_AHRQ_QI.ppt
January 01, 2005 - Basic philosophy: Create indicators of quality, not necessarily definitive measures
Primary design … carotid endarterectomy and PTCA) are included in the IQI software but are not recommended as stand alone measures … Updated review of the volume and procedure-based mortality measures.
PQI – FY2006 coding update. … QI Comparative Data
Summary measures of distribution from National data
Expected, risk-adjusted and
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V50/IQI_Brochure.pdf
September 01, 2015 - ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V50
www.qualityindicators
Endorsement
A number of measures … Find NQF-endorsed
AHRQ measures at www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov. … Indicators
■ Parameter estimates, benchmark data tables, and
methodology to create composite measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/V50/PSI_Brochure.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Endorsement
A number of measures … Find NQF-endorsed
AHRQ measures at www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov. … Safety Indicators
■ Parameter estimates, benchmark data tables, and
methodology to create composite measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2019/TechSpecs/IQI_18_Gastrointestinal_Hemorrhage_Mortality_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2019 - However, common practice reports
the measure as per 1,000 discharges.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2020/TechSpecs/IQI_18_Gastrointestinal_Hemorrhage_Mortality_Rate.pdf
March 01, 2021 - However, common practice reports
the measure as per 1,000 discharges.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.htm
January 01, 2006 - publications relevant to the development and
use of risk-adjustment, hierarchical modeling; performance measures … alternative approaches to risk-adjustment and
hierarchical modeling;
Experience with development of measures … SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs) are a unique set of measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/SAS_QI_Release_Memo_COVID-19-Fix_v2021.pdf
September 13, 2021 - The error occurs in the Measures programs for the PSI, PDI and IQI modules. … To correct this, the
Measures program will be updated by adding the red text below:
Version 2021
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/QI_Newsletter_II_5_13.pdf
May 20, 2013 - http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/modules/iqi_resources.aspx
Reporting of Rates for Specific Measures … software are no longer reporting expected rates, risk-
adjusted rates and smoothed rates for the following measures … Delivery With Instrument
• PSI #19 Obstetric Trauma Rate – Vaginal Delivery Without Instrument
These measures … to Version 4.1 supported
weighted analyses with appropriate standard errors using discharge-level weights … and Risk Adjustment Coefficient Tables
V4.5 Benchmark Data Tables
Reporting of Rates for Specific Measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/Introduction_to_AHRQ_Quality_Indicators.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Background: In 2010, Cleveland Clinic chose to implement the
PSIs because of the focus placed on these measures … QIs
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MORE ABOUT THE AHRQ QIS
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Advantages of the AHRQ QIs
• Broadly Applicable
► 90+ measures … www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/
mailto:QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov
Limitations of the AHRQ QIs
• Outcomes measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/v2019/TechSpecs/PDI_16_Gastroenteritis_Admission_Rate.pdf
July 01, 2019 - However, common practice reports the
measure as per 100,000 population.