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3321. Final Progress Report: Analysis of Factors Associated With Clinical Checklist Compliance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/sarcevic-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Measures of compliance included the number of unchecked items, number of checklist notes, checklist … Measures: We determined the measures of checklist use based on prior research that found the importance … We added four measures that were specific to note taking: the number of margin notes, the number of … Measures: Our measure of compliance was checklist completion in relation to task performance, because … We also added timing of check-offs as a new measure, given our focus on concurrent use of checklists

3322. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/carbapenem-resistant-1.pdf
      March 01, 2020 - Infection prevention and control measures and tools for the prevention of entry of carbapenem-resistant … Systematic review of the effectiveness of infection control measures to prevent the transmission of … Thus, the denominator of this measure excludes known carriers.). … During the baseline period, the ICU had to be closed three times as a measure to stop the spread … Authors did not measure hand hygiene and CP compliance.

3323. Improving Value and Efficiency in Hospitals and Medical Offices: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/valueresourcelist.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - listed in alphabetical order, organized by the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) composite measures … Management Support for Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste ................ 4 Resources by Additional Measures … are organized according to the relevant AHRQ Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set composite measures … Resources by Additional Measures Experience With Activities To Improve Efficiency 1. … Resources by Additional Measures VI. General Resources VII.Alphabetical Index of Resources

3324. Transforming service delivery to promote quality of care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary3.html
      September 01, 2015 - Quality Demonstration Grant Program Introduction Reporting and using the Child Core Set of quality measures

3325. 2017 CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2017_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - Medicine and Hematology/Oncology have among the highest scores across specialties for all composite measures … available for the Adult 3.0 version, there appears to be a slight decline in scores for 4 of the 5 core measures … For questions and composites based on 4-point response scales (i.e., "always", "usually", "sometimes … As a proxy measure for practice size, the number of providers (e.g., doctors of medicine, doctors of

3326. How Does the NPSD Work? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/npsd/how-does-npsd-work/index.html
      February 01, 2024 - NPSD Data Are Unique The data presented by the NPSD differ from clinical quality measures reported … Clinical quality measures reported by other agencies typically focus on all eligible members of the population

3327. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
      October 01, 2015 - learning collaborative and by providing practice coaches, monthly performance reports on diabetes quality measures … assessed by ranking the practices based on their improvement from baseline to 18 months on three diabetes measures … least-improved practices, the percentage of patients who met target values decreased for all three measures

3328. Reducing Waste and Inefficiency in Health Care Through Lean Process Redesign: Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/leanprocess/leanprocess.html
      May 01, 2018 - Impact was assessed using efficiency measures (cycle or turnover time, specimens per hour, cases per … day/week, reductions in practitioners' walking distances, cost savings); measures of quality and safety … number of adverse events, bloodstream infections, overall rates of infection, medication errors); and measures

3329. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events Module 2
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-vae-slides.pptx
      January 01, 2017 - ventilator-associated events (VAE) Identify the definitions of VAE Recognize the need for an accurate objective outcome measure … VAEs ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients 21 VAE: AN OBJECTIVE OUTCOME MEASURE

3330. Section 4: Selecting Care Management Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm4.html
      October 01, 2014 - Guideline Sources Guidelines and Measures, https://www.ahrq.gov/gam/index.html National Heart, … A workgroup of North Carolina physicians met to design PIP structure and to choose measures and reward … The workgroup chose measures that would affect cost and could be gathered using existing data sources … Established a provider collaborative that helped select measures to evaluate the initiative. … Monitor their health (e.g., reminders to take medication, measure blood pressure).

3331. Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/obesity-pcpresources.pdf
      May 01, 2014 - Although some staff or clinicians may argue that BMI measures are not perfect, they are the clinical … Y1 ____ N2 Y1 ____ N2 Other weight measures … • Other weight measures: Some clinics may use alternate means to record weight status such as Body … Clinic Resources (Example: Scales are located in each exam room to facilitate privacy of data collection … Your health care team will measure your weight and height to calculate your BMI.

3332. Final Progress Report: Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaboration Conference: Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/eskandari-raval-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations). … The Joint Commission: Performance Measures. … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations).

3333. Transforming Primary Care Practice: Lessons From the New Orleans Safety Net (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-rittenhouse.pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Despite some differences between the five clinics, each showed improved or stable scores on PCMH measures … greater overall success, as measured by an overall PCMH score, as well as higher scores on specific PCMH measures

3334. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.docx
      January 01, 2012 - strategies exceeded Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services national averages on several core quality measures … Improved CAHPS Hospital Survey scores and patient experiences of care Many of the CAHPS Hospital Survey measures … Hospital Survey, and hospitals are rewarded or penalized based on their performance on specific CAHPS measures … outcomes — specifically, emotional health, symptom resolution, functioning, pain control, and physiologic measures

3335. Final Report: Improving Drug Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/magid-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The primary outcome measure for all interventions was the occurrence of medication errors, defined as … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) The data collection … Medication errors were the primary outcome measure for assessing the success and sustainability of … CrCl measures can be directly measured or calculated using the Cockcroft Gault formula (Appendix E) … Measures The indicators of safety measured in the project were medication errors, defined as the dispensing

3336. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances-new-directions/index.html
      July 01, 2022 - Hospital Language Services: Quality Improvement and Performance Measures (   PDF , 128 KB ) Marsha … Using Process Measures to Improve Patient Safety Practices to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism (   PDF , 438

3337. Recommendations for AHRQ’s Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/next-steps.html
      August 01, 2022 - After completing an inventory of data systems and measures in the first year of the PSML evaluation, … field may need more investment and national infrastructure development to improve common datasets and measures … own primary data, based on thoughtful decisions upfront about the most relevant and useful outcome measures

3338. New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Blood Clots | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips98.html
      October 01, 2014 - Each category is associated with a clear set of recommendations about the most appropriate measures to … "These actions collectively have led our facility to adopt VTE as a set of core measures on which we … large-scale implementation of new software to help us track our performance and progress on all core measures

3339. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides4.html
      October 01, 2017 - Slide 27: Monitor Implementation Progress Baseline measures of pressure injury rates and processes … Tracking care processes to prevent pressure injury is a measure of implementation success and should … Outcome measures: track changes in pressure injury rates.

3340. SOPS® Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-survey-english.docx
      September 01, 2024 - · For the survey items grouped according to the safety culture composite measures they are intended … to measure, please read the Nursing Home Survey Version 1.0 Items and Composite Measures document