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1. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 01, 2025 - The measures varied by age, timeframe specifications, measure quality, and intended use. … and integration, and measure feasibility. … Few studies demonstrated improvement in quality measure differences between groups. … workload burden, and lack of standardized measure definitions and processes. … Evidence was lacking on measure specification, evaluation of alignment with intended purposes and across

2. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2024 - Results : Measure definitions for screening and followup varied by age and timeframe specifications. … Most vision measures used for quality improvement focused on screening. … and integration, workload burden, and lack of standardization of measure definition and processes. … Challenges to measure development and implementation include data infrastructure and integration, workload … Project Timeline Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing

3. Outcome Measures Harmonization | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 01, 2022 - These projects include: Outcome Measures Framework (OMF) , a conceptual model for classifying outcomes … The OMF is intended to serve as a content model for developing harmonized outcome measures in specific … Standardized library of outcome measures . … Implementation of standardized outcome measures for depression in registries and practice . … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/outcome-measures-harmonization  

4. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 01, 2024 - , which were endorsed nationally. 2 , 3 In the second phase, PQMP 2.0 focused on pediatric measure usability … groups have identified vision, hearing, and developmental screening and followup as areas for pediatric measure … of mapping existing evidence as part of the lifecycle of pediatric measure development for vision, hearing … , or pre-post comparisons of a single intervention or measure implemented over time. … "[tiab] OR "quality measures"[tiab] OR “process measure”[tiab] OR “process measures”[tiab] OR “quality

5. A Review of Quality of Care Evaluation for the Palliation of Dyspnea | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2019 - Part 1: Quality Measures of the Palliative Dyspnea Care Experience A dyspnea quality measure review … Similar to intensity and activity impact dyspnea scales, correlations among HRQoL measures are high, … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … Structural Measure Structural measures of quality refer to the innate characteristics of a system and … Process Measure Process measures refer to what health providers do in the delivery of care including

6. Measure Criteria for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2024 - Español EHC FAQs Home Evidence Reports Measure … Report SHARE: Measure … include the importance, validity, reliability, and feasibility of measures. … , and feasibility of measures. … created December 2024 Internet Citation: Technical Brief: Measure

7. Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - The need for such measures is crucial in serious mental illness (SMI), a long-term illness involving … include an agreed-upon list of relevant QMs; identification of the most meaningful outcomes by which to measure … Outcomes against which to evaluate the effectiveness of QMs are difficult to measure. … of care actually measure quality of care or improve outcomes. … SMI population, and the outcomes against which to assess the effectiveness of QMs are challenging to measure

8. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2023 - Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol … Project Title: Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending I. … Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief The capacity to measure primary care spending is essential … consensus, which we will use to inform our search strategy and guide us in assessing whether a standard measure … researchers, payers, health systems, and policymakers can employ to develop and implement a standardized measure

9. Dyspnea DEcIDE (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2010 - Part 1: Quality Measures of the Palliative Dyspnea Care Experience A dyspnea quality measure review … Similar to intensity and activity impact dyspnea scales, correlations among HRQoL measures are high, … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … Structural Measure Structural measures of quality refer to the innate characteristics of a system and … Process Measure Process measures refer to what health providers do in the delivery of care including

10. Measure Criteria for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2025 - Español EHC FAQs Home Evidence Reports Measure … Report SHARE: Measure … , and feasibility of measures. … Measure Criteria for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities … Project Timeline Measure Criteria for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Healthcare

11. Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2021 - Introduction Significant variation exists in both the types and definitions of outcome measures used … A framework for creating standardized outcome measures for patient registries. … Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures. Research White Paper. … Project Timeline Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Mar 16, 2021 … Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine Abstract Oct 14, 2021 Outcome Measure

12. Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2020 - Introduction Significant variation exists in both the types and definitions of outcome measures used … Harmonized outcome measures for use in depression patient registries and clinical practice . … Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures. Research White Paper. … A framework for creating standardized outcome measures for patient registries. … Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth Abstract Oct 14, 2021 Outcome Measure

13. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2019 - iaa=2481 2 Approach to Representing an Outcome Definition For each measure, the accompanying … Harmonized Definitions for Asthma Outcome Measures OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION MEASUREMENT … A-2 OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION MEASUREMENT NOTES Clinical Response Change in asthma … A-3 OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION MEASUREMENT NOTES Clinical Response Change in asthma … A-6 OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION MEASUREMENT NOTES Resource Utilization Missed

14. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Are the measures of costs that are being reported consumer centered? … What are the potential unintended consequences of public reporting of cost measures? … Cost measure : A financial measure of cost, charge, reimbursement, payment, or out-of-pocket expenses … Are the measures of costs that are being reported consumer-centered? … Cost measure : A financial measure of cost, charge, reimbursement, payment, or out-of-pocket expenses

15. Updating the Measurement Criteria for AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2025 - How should the current NHQDR measure selection prioritization criteria be updated? … How should the new NHDQR measure selection prioritization criteria be applied? … regarding the procedural effort to obtain measures, evidence of content validity for the measure selection … Quality Indicator" [Title/Abstract] OR "Healthcare Quality Indicators" [Title/Abstract] OR "quality measure … OR approach OR committee* OR panel OR expert*)) Project Timeline Measure

16. Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2025 - Main Points This technical brief identifies 11 measure … The most common source for measures was EHR usage logs. … The most common source of data for most measures was EHR usage logs. … Evidence of validity of these measures was limited and incomplete. … The current literature on documentation burden measures offers a wide range of measures, yet with serious

17. Outcome Measures Framework | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2020 - To address this variation, AHRQ developed the Outcome Measures Framework (OMF). … The OMF is intended to serve as a content model for developing harmonized outcome measures in specific … Outcome Measures Framework:  Literature Review Findings and Implications  (PDF, 842 KB) Outcome Measures … Framework (OMF) Design Document  (PDF, 922.1 KB) Outcome Measures Framework: Information Model Report … , and supported the implementation of standardized measures for depression in registries and a health

18. Public-Reporting-Cost-Measures Technical-Brief (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2015 - Cost measure: A financial measure of cost, charge, reimbursement, payment, or out-of-pocket expenses … as a proxy measure for costs. … Second-phase screening  Cost measures met the following definition: A financial measure of cost, … We tightened our definition of “cost measure” to include only those Web sites reporting financial measures … Representative cost measures and definitions extracted from Web sites Measure Definition Source Charges

19. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Included measures have: Low sensitivities, so normal values on the physiologic measure (a negative … High specificities, meaning abnormal values on the physiologic measure (positive test) are unlikely in … Combinations of physiologic measures with measures of consciousness may perform better than physiologic … shock index, 0.77 for lactate, 0.70 for respiratory rate, and 0.89 for Revised Trauma Score combination measure … level considered excellent was for the Glasgow Coma Scale, age, and arterial pressure (GAP) combination measure

20. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2019 - The consultants also provided input on outcome measures used in the minimum measure set and guided … team conducted additional research to identify other relevant outcome measures and measure definitions … Additionally, rather than asking about specific tools or scales, we asked workgroup members about measure … Refining Minimum Measure Sets and Harmonization Identifying the MMS and harmonizing the measures in … Depression measure scales include: PARS, MADRS, HAM-D, CGI-S, CDRS-R, PHQ-9 Other outcomes measures