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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/FL20LOINCIntroductionHammond.jsp
December 20, 2010 - Includes long names, short names and synonyms
Definition axes
Component name (analytic)
Property measured … Timing
Type of sample
Type of scale
Method (where relevant
COMPONENT
What is measured … , evaluated or observed
Examples
Potassium
Hemoglobin
Hepatitis C antigen
PROPERTY MEASURED … Characteristics of what is measured
Examples
Length
Volume
Mass concentration
Time stamp … oxygen, not
dextro, not d-
Other Naming Rules
Place Identifier of substance measured first
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-delivery-hpv-vaccine/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Prompting effectiveness will be measured using a before-and-after study design. … vaccine doses, overall rates of completed HPV vaccination courses, and health maintenance visits will be measured … Outcomes will be measured at baseline, the electronic patient reminder will then be implemented, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch-7-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
March 29, 2012 - Risk Factors
We now let C
0
be one or more baseline covariates
measured at time zero. … Measured
confounders are often proxies for unmeasurable
constructs. … If underlying disease
severity and prognosis are not precisely measured
and correctly modeled, CCBs … A measured proxy can sometimes
stand in for an unmeasured confounder. … Likewise,
important confounders sometimes are measured
with error.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40392/psn-pdf
February 10, 2015 - Global Trigger Tool' shows that adverse events in
hospitals may be ten times greater than previously
measured … Global trigger tool' shows that adverse events in hospitals may be ten
times greater than previously measured
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Subtract that value from the measured proportion. … Add the product from b to the measured proportion. … Subtract that value from the measured proportion. … Subtract that value from the measured proportion. … Subtract that value from the measured proportion.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Leonhardt_35.pdf
March 15, 2008 - Accuracy of the chart medication list was
measured during two data collection periods, baseline and … Condition—intervention site or comparison group—was assigned and measured on the
clinic level. … Patients’ rate of personal medication list and bag utilization, measured at both the intervention
and … Use of the project-specific “Partners in Safety” medication list (measured only in the
intervention … The relationship between the interventions and the measured outcomes was not defined.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46499/psn-pdf
May 17, 2018 - This prospective cohort study measured nursing home safety culture
using the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey … on Patient Safety Culture and also measured rates of catheter-
associated urinary tract infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39620/psn-pdf
September 20, 2011 - This study advances our understanding by examining patient perceptions of care,
measured through a validated … survey tool, and technical measures of quality and safety, measured through
Hospital Quality Alliance
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Mostashari_List_of_Measures_TCNY_AQA_eQARR_Crosswalk_1_30_08_Mostashari.pdf
June 16, 2021 - and female
patients >=45
years of age
without IVD or
Diabetes who
have a total
cholesterol/HDL
measured … IVD,
DM)
Patients 18-75
years of age
with a diagnosis
of IVD or
diabetes who
had a LDL level
measured … eQARR 2007
Monitor Body
Mass Index in
adults
Patients >= 18
years of age
who have a BMI
measured … with
diabetes
(6months)
Patients 18-75
years of age
with diabetes
who had at least
one HgA1C
measured … diabetes (good
control)
Patients 18-75
years of age
with diabetes
who had at least
one HgA1C
measured
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/methods.html
October 01, 2015 - transformation initiative that was studied; how successful the initiative was and what, if any, impacts were measured
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/methods.html
March 01, 2017 - transformation initiative that was studied; how successful the initiative was and what, if any, impacts were measured
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013.html
January 01, 2018 - Overall, this represents approximately 92 percent of measured HACs calculated for the PfP. … These data on SSIs are used to calculate the HAC rates, overall, for approximately 2 percent of all measured … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data 7 and account for approximately 6 percent of all measured … These HACs constituted about 34 percent, 27 percent, and 8 percent of the HACs measured in the 2010 baseline … 15 There is still much more work to be done, even with the 17 percent decline in the HACs we have measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_surveillance.pdf
January 15, 2013 - In the second
model, Phe and IQ were measured
concurrently (within 6 weeks of
each other). … Two of the three studies measured
reductions in Phe levels, and one
assessed cognitive outcomes. … ) were measured using
the checkerboard reversal
task (CRT). … Auditory evoked
potentials were measured
using the auditory oddball
task (AOT). … In the
second model, Phe and IQ were measured
concurrently (within 6 weeks of each other).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-library-asthma.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Clinical Response Change in asthma
controller medication use
Measured by patient/caregiver self-report … Patient Reported Asthma-specific quality of
life
Asthma-specific quality of life should be measured … Patient Reported General quality of life General quality of life should be measured using a quality of … Resource
Utilization
Treatment-related
resource utilization
All resource utilization (as measured … Experience of care Patient satisfaction with
care
Patients with high care satisfaction, as measured
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/home-health-quality-improvement.html
December 01, 2022 - What unique aspects of care in our homes should be considered, monitored, and measured? … ensure this trust, patients and their families must be involved in selecting and designing what is measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-243-prehospital-airway-management-evidence-summary_0.pdf
June 01, 2021 - conclusions for Key Questions 1-3 were supported by low or
moderate SOE (see Table A):
o Survival measured … o Neurological function measured by the Cerebral Performance Category
(CPC), Pediatric CPC, or modified … Continued on page 2
2
When SGA was compared with ETI, outcomes measured by the … CPC favored ETI in adult patients with cardiac arrest; there was no
difference in outcomes measured … • Key findings for comparisons within ETI (Key Question 4):
o Survival measured in hospital:
No
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-delivery-hpv-vaccine/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Prompting effectiveness will be measured using a before-and-after study design. … vaccine doses, overall rates of completed HPV vaccination courses, and health maintenance visits will be measured … Outcomes will be measured at baseline, the electronic patient reminder will be implemented, and summary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-k-study-elements.docx
June 02, 2025 - Timebound
· Benchmarks can be helpful in setting a goal, but are not always available for what needs to be measured … Communication/
Reporting of Findings
Schedule a time to share all of the data collected, how it was measured
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - For example,
measured adverse drug events continued to drop from 2014 to 2016, while measured pressure … New 2014 national HAC rate baseline
Hospital-Acquired Condition
2014 Measured Baseline
for HACs … HACs 2,651,937 89.1
Total PSI-Based Measured HACs 195,162 6.6
Total NHSN-Based Measured HACs 73,158 … HAC count estimates (rounded)
Hospital-Acquired
Condition
2014
Measured
Baseline
for HACs
2015 … HACs
2,651,937 89.1 2,547,480 85.6 2,438,443 82.0
Total PSI-Based
Measured HACs
195,162 6.6
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap5tab9.html
December 01, 2017 - Table 9: Health risk as measured by the Verisk Risksmart software by age and health status.