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4061. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families--Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/envscan-exec-summary.pdf
      March 01, 2017 -  There are limited measures to assess patient safety in primary care. …  There are limited measures to assess the impact of engagement on patient safety.

4062. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2004 - We found that key measures, including demographics, clinical elements, and length of stay, as well … generated PSIs and Data Comparability 9 considerable debate about the usefulness of the PSIs as a measure … Evaluation of the complication rate as a measure of quality of care in coronary artery bypass graft … Comorbidity- adjusted complication risk: a new outcome quality measure. … Do different case-mix measures affect assessments of provider efficiency?

4063. Evaluation Highlight No.10, August 2014 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight10.pdf
      September 08, 2015 - 18 demonstration States are implementing 52 projects in five general categories: • Using quality measures … incentive payments for using their EHRs to report and improve their performance on certain quality measures … As of spring 2014, the team had developed quality measures written specifically for EHRs to guide

4064. Research to Improve the Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services to People with Disabilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/prevention/stakeholder-report_0824.pdf
      August 01, 2024 - This makes it difficult to measure and attribute improvements in outcomes using traditional research … • Methods • Develop methods to measure short- and long-term outcomes for educational interventions … Lack of data on ableism and bias • How might working definitions and measures of ableism at the clinician

4065. Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety: Rapid Response Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/rapid-response/tool-rapid-response-systems.html
      July 01, 2023 - When regrouping to discuss plan of care if patient fails to respond to initial measures. … ACTION: Determine items and measures to monitor the rapid response system. … Determine how these items and measures will be collected, such as with a rapid response call log.

4066. Researching a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2011 - This research helps you: Select measures your audience will find relevant and important.

4067. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4a_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
      May 31, 2016 - Use appropriate safety measures to protect pediatric patients and staff from accidental punctures and … Measures of pediatric health care quality based on hospital administrative data: the Pediatric Quality

4068. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4o_combo_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
      May 31, 2016 - Use appropriate safety measures to protect pediatric patients and staff from accidental punctures and … Measures of pediatric health care quality based on hospital administrative data: the Pediatric Quality

4069. 19-Perioperative-Teams (doc file)
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      June 01, 2023 - that setting SMART goals could help hold the entire team accountable for working to improve process measure

4070. Assess-Resident-Rti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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      June 01, 2021 - antibiotics in residents with a suspected respiratory tract infection and understand supportive care measures … Once you have a resident with a positive flu test, preventative measures to reduce the spread are incredibly … Chicken soup and other supportive measures also can be helpful to ensure the resident’s comfort during … Slide 10 Case 2: Jonas, 5 Days Later SAY: You decide to proceed with supportive measures and close … Clear communication regarding decision making with residents and family is key, and supportive measures

4071. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2021, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2021-Compendium-TechDoc-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - systems serving low-income and potentially underserved populations, the systems list draws on two common measures … Using this measure, systemwide teaching intensity is categorized as nonteaching, minor teaching, or … It is a measure of the hospital’s overall caseload of low-income insured patients. … A systemwide measure of the count of outpatient centers. … Product We used the 2021 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures

4072. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2020, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2020-Compendium-TechDoc-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - systems serving low-income and potentially underserved populations, the systems list draws on two common measures … Using this measure, systemwide teaching intensity is categorized as nonteaching, minor teaching, or … It is a measure of the hospital’s overall caseload of low- income insured patients. … A systemwide measure of the count of outpatient centers. … Product We used the 2020 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures

4073. Appendix H. Calculating Sensitivity and Specificity for Validation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Appendix H. Calculating Sensitivity and Specificity for Validation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executi…

4074. Final Progress Report: Pneumonia Mortality Risk Index to Support Discussions of Care Options with Elders (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/naughton-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - METHODS (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) The study is … Internal Validation Results Performance Measure Mean Minimum Maximum SD Brier score .112 0.093 … METHODS (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) 5) RESULTS

4075. Facilitator Guide: Communication Strategies for Sustainability (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/communication-strategies-guide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - But find those finish lines along the way—compliance with process measures, a previously ventilated patient … In this example, compliance in a process measure contributes to improvements in outcome measures.

4076. Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load.html
      August 01, 2024 - Concepts for Understanding Cognitive Load Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic Accuracy Measures

4077. Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2024 - Measures Covered by the Value and Efficiency Items Pilot Study Results The Hospital Value and Efficiency

4078. About Shared Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - to better understand the challenges of SDM implementation and to develop processes, skills, tools, measures

4079. Re-engineering the Hospital Discharge: An Example of a Multifaceted Process Evaluation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Anthony.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - With this work, we are developing tools that can now be tested, allowing us to measure their impact; … As resources are always limited, pairing the process measures below with a probabilistic risk assessment … A 12-Item Short- Form Health Survey: Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and … The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. … The development of an instrument to measure social support. Nurs Res 1981;30:264–9. 22.

4080. AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery: Final Report (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) ACS NSQIP is a validated, risk-adjusted, outcomes-based program to measure … Surgical Care Improvement Project Measures From CMS Hospital Compare Web Sitea MEASURE DESCRIPTION … Months 0–6) After phase, teams should be able to– Distinguish between technical and adaptive work Measure … culture of safety within their unit, work setting, and overall hospital.16 The instrument is designed to measure … and failure are multifactorial, change over time, and are not easily captured by any single outcome measure