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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/state-regional-demonstration-hit-in-evaluation-report.pdf
July 01, 2015 - Because measure definitions evolved over the life of
the program, we recomputed historical measure scores … Number of patients included in the denominator for several different quality measures
Quality Measures … Because measure definitions evolved over the life of the program, we recomputed historical measure scores … Number of patients included in the denominator for several different quality measures
Quality Measures … *The vertical axis represents the proportion of patients that meet the quality measure.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs025043-ellis-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Primary outcome
measures included: recruitment/retention, acceptability/credibility/expectancy and … Data Sources/Data Collection: The primary outcomes for this feasibility study were measures of
recruitment … National Outcomes Measures (NOMS) – is a clinician reported measure of functional
communication outcome … NOMS utilizes a series of seven-point assessment scales to
obtain functional abilities and over multiple … The ASHA-QCL uses 18 visual analog scales
designed to measure quality of communication life from the
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-precision-performance-measurement-conduct-focused-quality-improvement/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - A quality measure may be recorded as not having been met because a patient was incorrectly considered … The project uses previously developed quality measurement programs that examine EHR data to measure quality … Exception codes are being introduced into the EHR for 18 national quality measures. … to assess changes in the primary outcome: the proportion of eligible patients who do not satisfy a measure … One measure improved at a significantly slower rate, and the performance of mammography declined due
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/cardio-hit-phase-ii
January 01, 2023 - stakeholders, including consumer and patient groups, physicians, payers, policymakers, performance measure … Two sources of data were used for this study: PCPI physician performance measure data that were collected … The practices reported data on 47,075 CAD patients for four CAD drug therapy performance measures and … 13,985 HF patients for three HF drug therapy performance measures, including exception reasons. … Exceptions to outpatient quality measures for coronary artery disease in electronic health records.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs022166-beebe-final-report-2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - measure at six months and 119 completed at least one measure at nine months. … Measures. … The MARS1 was used to measure self-
reported medication adherence. … at least one measure at 9 months. … Measures.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs025618-solberg-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - PROMOTE (Patient Reported Outcomes Measure Optimization through Technology and Engagement)
funded by … (2) What is the
relationship between the measure of SDM and two measures of patient experience (patient … The three-item collaboRATE measure
of SDM was added to existing patient surveys of PROMs. … One
measure of the project’s success is that the partner orthopedics department is planning to continue … Measure once, cut twice--adding patient-reported
outcome measures to the electronic health record for
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021301-miller-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Purpose
The overall goal of this project was to measure the effects of health information technology … Measures developed for the hospital setting will not translate directly to ambulatory
care. … We created a total measure for the entire local population to use
for overall effects and separate measures … We used the measures based on HCUP data for supplementary analysis for younger
populations. … Our hospital supply measure includes the
number short-term general hospital beds per 1,000
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/monitoring-intensification-treatment-hyperglycemia-and-hyperlipidemia/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Therefore, it is important to know which measures are best associated with clinical outcomes. … Turchin and his team developed a physician performance process measure using both structured and unstructured … Specific Aims:
Test the hypothesis that an accurate measure of treatment intensification in the management … computational analysis of the text of physician notes in the EHR. ( Achieved )
Test the hypothesis that the measure … treatment intensification at a given visit. ( Achieved )
Test the hypothesis that case mix-adjusted measure
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-high-performing-systems-small-practices/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Quality measures trended included: aspirin therapy for patients with ischemic vascular disease and/or … An analysis of the effect of each of the individual EHR adoption interventions on 39 quality measures … , and weakly associated with untargeted measures. … Exposure to CDS was not associated with performance on either targeted or untargeted measures. … on the untargeted measures.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017017-logan-final-report-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Information Architect, GE
Healthcare) presenting on emerging interoperability standards
• Quality Measure … For each measure, a report was created and made available online stating the inclusion
criteria, exclusion … Users were able to link directly from their quality report card to this measure-
specific documentation … Other proposed quality measures were not implemented, either because of vagueness in the
measure as … Qualitative Analysis of the Perception and Effects of Quality Measure
Reports
Five practice sites
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-enablement-quality-measurement-health-information/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - report recommended 11 data categories and 39 data types, for a set of 84 high-priority performance measures … within quality data management workflows for identifying patients who are eligible for inclusion in measure … The QDS is a classification system by which measure developers can offer and refine definitions. … The QDS aims to provide direction to measure developers, electronic health record vendors, and other … These elements will be used to construct, with measure-related logic, numerators and denominators.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015354-rachman-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Methods: Methodology included working with vendor, measure developers and end users to
define necessary … incorporation into end user screens, report specifications in a
data warehouse for national performance measure … Another very common situation in current measure sets from
different organizations is differing definitions … criteria
employed to calculate numerators and denominators for what otherwise may appear
to be the same measure … This required direct
involvement of the EHRS vendor, measure developer and clinical users.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-qol-measure-pediatric-transplant-recipients
July 31, 2025 - Implementation of a QoL Measure in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
Project … Health Information Technology (IT) Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures … This research should lead to actionable information about integrating QoL measures into post-transplant
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/balanced-scorecard
January 01, 2023 - When determining how to measure and monitor improvement efforts, during either an initial trial or standardization … For each perspective, CHOOSE AT MOST FIVE MEASURES to indicate progress toward achieving the organization … For each measure, CHOOSE AMBITIOUS TARGETS. … Disadvantages
May be difficult to develop measures for each of the necessary four perspectives. … Evidence-based practice manual: research and outcome measures in health and human services.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-health-information-technology-primary-care-workflow-and-financial/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Impact of Health Information Technology on Primary Care Workflow and Financial Measures - 2010 … Project Name
Impact of Health Information Technology on Primary Care Workflow and Financial Measures … commercial off-the-shelf electronic health record (EHR) systems on primary care workflow and financial measures … Specific Aims:
Estimate the effect of the EHR on workflow outcome measures. ( Ongoing )
Estimate … the effect of the EHR on financial measures. ( Ongoing )
Quantify financial and non-financial costs
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs015188-huck-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - A Steering Committee was convened to examine and define relevant quality measures for
rural hospitals … The final measures for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
and Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) were … Response scales included: 5-point
agree/disagree (41%), 5-point frequency (22%), 6-point frequency ( … Community acquired pneumonia measures (goal > 90%)
MEASURE
FINAL
EASTERN WA
FINAL
WESTERN WA … Acute myocardial infarction measures (goal > 90%)
MEASURE
FINAL
EASTERN WA
FINAL
WESTERN WA
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-pediatric-emergency-care-using-electronic-medical-record
January 01, 2023 - With electronic health record (EHR) data, researchers can measure variations in provider performance … They also collected and reported quality measures of emergency care and patient demographics, including … to collect and determine benchmarks of care for stakeholder-prioritized emergency care performance measures … and derived benchmarks for each measure. … As an example of quality performance measure evaluation, researchers assessed racial and ethnic differences
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-quality-patient-care-equip-project/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - The project worked with vendors, measure developers, and end users to define essential data elements … for end user screens, develop report specifications in a data warehouse for National performance measure … A formal evaluation combined implementation monitoring with process and outcome measures. … The data warehouse supports regular reporting on National performance measures and aspects of system … measures are very common.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health-information-technology-evaluation-toolkit-2009-update.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Measures
Clinical Process Measures
Provider Adoption and Attitudes Measures
Patient Adoption … , Knowledge, and Attitudes Measures
Workflow Impact Measures
Financial Impact Measures … You may
find that this exercise eliminates some measures from your list if you are trying to measure … Draft Your P lan Around Each Meas ure
Map out how you will measure each measure. … Measure 1st measure 2nd measure 3rd measure 4th measure
Briefly describe the intervention.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs022701-ornstein-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Second, the utility of this measure in improving
care was questioned. … impact performance on outcome measures. … on
outcome measures. … Included in Performance Assessment
Measure Title Measure Description Mean %
among
Practices
Standard … Included in Performance Assessment
Measure Title
Table 2.