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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/using-health-it-to-support-qi.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Health IT tools that support QI enable the practice to measure, track, and share health care
delivery … performance measures and monitor how refinements to clinical workflow processes
(both internal and … Practice processes and workflows consist of structured procedures to measure and report
on practice-level … Over
three years of using the reminder system and tracking the measure, the clinic improved the
pneumococcal … Defining QI measures,
down to the level of data elements such as numerators and denominators, keeps
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tap.html
December 01, 2012 - Unless noted otherwise, contextual measures were constructed for calendar year 2005. … of ICF-MR facilities was measured as the per capita number of ICF-MRs in an area (county and State measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/component-kit.docx
May 01, 2017 - Component
Expected Benefit
Daily Safety Huddles
Brief daily huddles identify problems, track safety measures … The visual management board includes key performance measures and measures of consistent completion of … The daily safety huddle serves as a forum to review these measures on a daily basis. … (measures)
3. What changes can we make that will result in improvement?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-synthesis-report.pdf
July 22, 2015 - investigators assessed the level of implementation achieved
by the practices using an internally developed 28-measure … defined by Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), a
tool used to measure performance … As noted in Appendix B, the five most-improved practices achieved
noteworthy gains in each measure, … While many of the TPC
grants set out to measure the costs related to primary care transformation, only … grantees suggest that in addition to estimating the costs of PCMH
transformation, it is important to also measure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/community-pharmacy/measures-spanish.pdf
April 01, 2014 - Spanish survey items are grouped according to the patient safety culture composites they are intended to measure
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/new-challenge-patient-safety-tools.html
June 01, 2023 - using an AHRQ patient safety tool has resulted in safer care as illustrated through process and outcome measures
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/lifestyle.html
June 01, 2018 - Contents
Chartbook on Healthy Living
Acknowledgments
Healthy Living
Summary
Healthy Living Measures … Maternal and Child Health Care
Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures
Maternal … Health Care: Person-Centered Care & Patient Safety
Maternal and Child Health Care: Care Coordination Measures … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-012617.html
May 01, 2018 - How patient comments affect consumers’ use of physician performance measures. … Consumer response to patient experience measures in complex information environments.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-150-section-5-appendix-1-tables-1-5.pdf
October 22, 2013 - Guidelines and Measure-Specific Testing Results
Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/forming-cuspteam-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Why Engage Across Disciplines
Successful efforts are—
Informed by science
Led by clinicians
Guided by measures … Does it reflect how you will measure success?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/phip-mrabstraction-tool-guidance.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ForwardBack
P-HIP
Stop - Replace
Sometimes you will get a message that says something like
“No measures … This will calculate
the quality measure score for this case, and export the data as a txt
file.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/PCMHFactSheet.pdf
September 01, 2010 - Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems
Developing a CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey to Measure … and reminder letters
• Analysis programs
• Instructions for using analysis programs
• Reporting measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/tzeng-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The payments will be based either on how
well the hospitals perform on certain quality measures or how … much the hospitals' performance improves on
certain quality measures from their performance during … All Patient Refined-Diagnostic Related Group (APR-DRG)
Case Mix Index (CMI; sum of all DRG relative weights … Total nursing
hours per
patient-day
(HPPDs)
The payroll
database
As a system-centered measure … total
nursing
HPPDs
supplied by
registered
nurses
The payroll
database
As a system-centered measure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_audit.docx
December 01, 2017 - Tool: Glucose Control Audit
Glucose Control Audit Tool
Introduction
Problem Statement
While debate continues about its exact numeric value, euglycemia should be maintained perioperatively to prevent surgical site infection. Research suggests an association between hyperglycemia and post-operative complications. Perio…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose-control-audit.html
December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control Audit Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Introduction
Problem Statement
While debate continues about its exact numeric value, euglycemia should be maintained perioperatively to prevent surgical site infection. Research suggests an association between hyperglycemia and post-…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/pines-mccarthy-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - boarding.21
ED boarding, along with ED length of stay and left-without-being-seen rates, is a
quality measure … McCarthy and Pines discussed statistical models that can be used to measure patient
flow, the appropriate … Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, posed some
fundamental questions, such as “What measures … It is a time in
which greater focus is placed on quality and throughput, as several of the measures … of ED
crowding and flow become national quality measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/rosen-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - G study analysis indicated a fair level of measure dependability (G coefficient of .6)
and guidance … This indicates that the dependability of the measures should be improved. … Implications
Peer-to-peer assessment systems for critical care attendings can include dependable measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle.pptx
December 01, 2017 - solution to preventing wound infection.
6
No Single SSI Prevention Bundle
Deeper dive into SCIP measures … 7
Deeper dive into scip measures to identify local defects
Building Your SSI Bundle … And you can see, we identified defects with SCIP measures that the quality control department hadn’t … So, those are things we thought we’d been working on as part of the SCIP measures, but the frontline … it’s documented that hyperglycemia correlates with the rate of wound infection, and this is a SCIP measure
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/ccc/measures.html
April 01, 2022 - Measures From the CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
Parents' Experiences with
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Data Infrastructure Development
Development of Specific Data Files for the Data Mart
Data Measures … Learned
Suggestions for Modifications to the National Data Warehouse
Service Utilization Measures … Clinical Measures
Suggestions for Increasing Access to and Use of Existing Electronic Data