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81. Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 25, 2024 - Other preventive measures include washing your hands frequently and not smoking. … Inpatients Systematic Review Archived November 24, 2014 Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … Pneumonia Research Protocol Archived July 19, 2013 Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures

82. Evidence Map on Home- and Community-Based Services and Person-Centered Care for Older Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2025 - Numerous quality measures exist for HCBS. … on HCBS in terms of interventions, populations, outcomes, person-centeredness, and relevant quality measures … We identified 27 primary studies, 25 systematic reviews, and 29 quality measures. … Numerous quality measures exist for HCBS. … summarizes the HCBS literature in terms of interventions, populations, outcomes, and relevant quality measures

83. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

84. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

85. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - The outcome measures assessed were: • Measures of disease activity: - Active joint count (AJC) - Physician … Laboratory measures of inflammation? … measures most commonly used. … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … • Variation in outcome measures.

86. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 47: Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    May 21, 2024 - ” measures. … We can only improve what we measure. … We are evaluating how to measure documentation burden. … particular measures?. … under the measure set.

87. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2018 - Key Questions 1 and 3; disability in Question 3) and Question 3 also looks at specific combinations/scales … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … pediatric and elder population studies analyzed separately This is particularly an issue for the pooled measure … We have expanded the discussion of combined measures.

88. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 49: Evidence Map on Home- and Community-Based Services and Person-Centered Care for Older Adults (pdf file)
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    September 05, 2024 - Users still need to read the details of each quality measure. … Peer Reviewer #3 Findings In Table 3, the HCBS Quality Measure Set is not a conglomerate of measures … It is not a measure by itself. The set has not been tested for psychometric properties. … We agree that this set may not be a measure by itself. However, we included it for completeness. … Indeed, each measure can be appraised in a standalone systematic review.

89. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
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    March 16, 2017 - Even under ideal conditions that reveal and accurately measure important patient-related and LLP specific … What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb amputation … (KQ 1 & 2) • Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) o Tests, scales, … tools (used prior to prescription to predict functional outcomes with prosthesis) (KQ 2) o Tests, scales … reproducibility, and related characteristics • Exclude studies of validation of translations of non-English scales

90. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    May 19, 2010 - the selection based on their professional knowledge and also considering the frequency of an outcome measure … To arrive at a quantitative measure, we will use the Jadad scale, which was developed for drug trials2 … Since most of the scales used as outcome measures in the pooled analyses are scored so that more severely … Effectiveness: effectiveness trials (pragmatic trials) measure the degree of beneficial effect under … -3 (Conners 3) Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) Conners' Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

91. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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    November 24, 2014 - Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment … All provided strict measure for the review, though external/clinical validity may have been compromised … The definitions for outcome measures seem appropriate. … reason, we cannot answer the reviewer’s question about “how good and reproducible” the instruments and scales … factors in influencing outcomes, and that MIC may be a predictor of patient outcomes rather than a measure

92. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - III report also found moderate strength of evidence linking manual screening tool use to process measure … All the multicomponent sepsis intervention PSPs reported improvement in at least one process measure … , however, only two showed improvements in outcome measures. … (NCQA) patient safety related measures. … SEP-1—Taking the Measure of a Measure.

93. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … That is, the first step identifies who to measure, steps 2-4 identify what to measure, and step 5 assesses … This will require determining appropriate weights for individual components, as well as considering … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Outcomes assessment in cancer: Measures, methods, and applications.

94. Vital Signs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 16, 2016 - They include Blood pressure, which measures the force of your blood pushing against the walls of … Heart rate, or pulse, which measures how fast your heart is beating. … Respiratory rate, which measures your breathing. … Temperature, which measures how hot your body is.

95. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - In addition, they would like to assess whether use of these quality measures or performance metrics, … that examine how documentation (e.g., electronic health records) affects the use of quality measures … Does the use of validated and evidence-based outcomes measures improve clinician outcomes? 3. … Do systems of care get better when they use validated, evidence-based outcomes measures? 4. … and how use of these measures impacts outcomes.

96. Table 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - Improving quality across domains of care requires good measures of quality and outcomes. … At a minimum, dyspnea assessment should include a measure of intensity plus at least one measure of … Where multiple reasonable measures are available, choosing the best measure is less important than measuring … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? … A systematic review of measures of end-of- life care and its outcomes.

97. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Nosocomial Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Although existing guidance recommends using PK/PD measures to guide the treatment of individuals with … nosocomial pneumonia, previous reviews have not determined the impact of using these measures on the … Question 1 For people with nosocomial pneumonia, how does using PK/PD measures to inform decisions … sufficient data are available, meta-analyses and results will be stratified by (1) method of PK/PD measure … Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) measures .

98. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 03, 2011 - The outcome measures may also be enhanced by using selected process measures that address the extent … Measures related to performance of care coordination are also of interest. … 2011 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Care Coordination Measures Atlas. Version 3.

99. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - is a single measure plus a composite of five measures and the coronary artery disease metric is a composite … This model uses a five-step process to develop Resource Utilization Bands and Reference Concurrent Weights … The organization divides measures related to health into delivery measures and population health measures … efficiency measures. … Partnership and CheckQM, a private measure harmonization effort.

100. Draft Comment Form for 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 - SHARE: Draft Comment Form for Measure … for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review Technical Brief December 17, 2024 Measure … Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma Research Protocol August 2, 2024 Pediatric Quality Measures … Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup … Internet Citation: Draft Comments: Draft Comment Form for Measure