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pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/implement-qi.html
November 01, 2018 - A key step is to choose QI measures that provide information to guide implementation, and to collect … Select internal QI measures, collect data, compare with goals and benchmarks, and act on data regularly … When selecting quality improvement measures, practices will want to remember that, unlike accountability … Experienced practice facilitators report that using QI measures help practices make decisions on more … Practices should also regularly compare quality measures to practice-level goals and external benchmarks
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
March 01, 2021 - and population management and to link practices with a central data aggregation system for quality measures … care practices with practice transformation and technical support to document, report, and analyze measures … As of June 2017, 190 practices had reported at least one ABCS measure. … Nine- and 15-month survey data collection as well as ABCS measure submissions from the practices are … for practices that have completed the full 15-month study period but are unable to produce all ABCS measures
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops-wps-study-report.pdf
January 01, 2022 - The survey items use 5-
point agreement scales (“Strongly disagree” to “Strongly agree”), 5-point frequency … scales
(“Never” to “Always”) and include a “Does not apply or Don’t know” response option. … SOPS Workplace Safety Composite Measures
Workplace Safety
Composite Measures Definition: The extent … safety
composite measures and the composite measure average. … Composite Measure Percent Positive Response
The six workplace safety culture composite measures are
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/medical-office/index.html
October 01, 2023 - Survey Items and Composite Measures
Medical Office Items and Composite Measures—English (PDF, 165 … Medical Office Items and Composite Measures—Spanish (PDF, 244 KB).
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ed-cahps/index.html
December 01, 2023 - Quality Measures from the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey
The Emergency Department Survey produces … the following measures of patient experience:
Getting Timely Care. … Measure testing with consumers.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/public-health-emergency-refocus.html
May 01, 2023 - The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grade , one of many indicators that measure healthcare … The decline in patient experience is equally alarming, as captured in Leapfrog’s communication measures … They report five measures: nurse communication, physician communication, staff responsiveness, communication … Nationally, these measures, on average, also declined compared to pre-pandemic times.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/introducing-cahps-child-hospital-survey-transcript.pdf
January 01, 2015 - CAHPS surveys don’t measure satisfaction, per se. … They measure patients’ reports and ratings of their
experiences. … And so we don’t want to actually measure peoples’ satisfaction, we want to measure what actually happened … And we also looked to existing measures -- existing adult measures
and existing child measures from … efforts of these units that were rounding,
but also truthfully have some accountability for another measure
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/guidance-cg-cahps.pdf
April 01, 2021 - to measure
respondents’ assessments of their own or their child’s provider. … When reporting single-item measures, it is important to
indicate that the measure reflects performance … Descriptions of these measures and lists of
the survey questions included in each measure are provided … Review the items in the composite measure from the Health Literacy Item Set. … from the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
Types of Measures
Measures from Core Survey Items
Measures
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module5/module5_slides_fallprev.pptx
December 03, 2012 - How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices
How To Measure Fall Rates
and Fall Prevention … Practices
ADD Hospital Name Here
Module 5
Basic Quality Improvement Principle
If you can’t measure … Will you use NDNQI’s definition to measure and monitor falls? … This measure considers if the unit census is running high or low. … Measure Fall Prevention Practices
Key indicator Who is responsible?
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/tools-and-resources/pbrn-literature/bravenet-prospective-observational-study-integrative-medicine
January 06, 2022 - impact of an integrative approach on chronic pain and a numberof other related patient-reported outcome measures … Repeated-measures analysis was performed on data to assess change from baseline at 24 weeks. … pain, significant improvements were seen in pain as well as other relevant patient-reported out come measures
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/pharmacy/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Survey Items and Composite Measures
Community Pharmacy Survey Items and Composite Measures—English … Community Pharmacy Survey Items and Composite Measures—Spanish Version and Description of Translation
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-midwest.pdf
November 01, 2017 - a practice-randomized trial to determine whether point-of-care
strategies improve ABCS performance measures … and to enable longitudinal tracking of electronic
clinical quality measures across the region. … Update
The Midwest Cooperative is collecting electronic clinical
quality measures (eCQMs), practice … Primary Care Learning
Community [AcademyHealth, 2017]
• Use of the popHealth Open-Source Quality Measure … Treating Your Patients for Tobacco Dependence [2016]
• Understanding the New Cholesterol Performance
Measure
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Consensus Organizational Health Literacy Quality Improvement Measures
Quality improvement measures … obtained consensus from experts on the usefulness, meaningfulness, feasibility, and face validity of 22 measures
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/CHStratPlan.html
December 01, 1999 - Child health services research would benefit from targeted new health outcomes and cost measures. … Children need quality measures for choice and for assessing quality improvement, as well as effective … , foster consumer choice of health care plans and providers, and measure the success of quality improvement … Strategy 6.1.1 : Measure balance at every funding cycle, and share information with those involved in … Strategy 6.1.2 : Measure balance periodically with the help of outside analyses, and share information
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/2024-medical-office-database-report-infographic.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Provider and Staff
Respondents
58%
Average Medical Office
Response Rate
Highest Scoring Composite Measures … Lowest Scoring Composite Measure
Work Pressure and Pace
41%
of respondents "strongly agree" or "agree … 2024 Surveys on Patient Safety Cluture® (SOPS®) Medical Office Database
Highest Scoring Composite Measures … Lowest Scoring Composite Measure
OTHER FINDINGS
Overall Ratings on Quality
Overall Patient Safety
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Survey Items and Composite Measures
Nursing Home Survey Items and Composite Measures—English (PDF, … Nursing Home Survey Items and Composite Measures—Spanish and Description of Translation Process (PDF
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/SOPS-Nursing-Home-DB-Part-I-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - SOPS Nursing Home Survey Composite Measures and Definitions
SOPS Nursing Home Composite Measures Definition … In addition to items that make up these composite measures, the survey includes two single-
item measures … Composite Measure Results – 2023 SOPS Nursing Home Database
SOPS Composite Measures
Average
% Positive … measures are each composed of
three or four survey items. … measure score is two items.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/research/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Health Literacy Measurement Tools
AHRQ-funded researchers have developed four research tools to measure … Organizational Health Literacy Measures
The CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets ask about providers' … Health literacy measures include:
How often health providers explained things in a way that was easy
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/asc/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Survey Items and Composite Measures
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey Items and Composite Measures—English … Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey Items and Composite Measures—Spanish Version and Description of Translation
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/index.html
February 01, 2020 - experience include the public reporting of CAHPS survey scores as well as various initiatives to build measures … Medicaid Services (CMS) has been using several versions of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey since 1998 to measure … CAHPS survey results are combined with other quality measures in "star ratings" that take into account … time; eventually, all medical practices with two or more eligible professionals will be required to measure … These survey results are reported on the Physician Compare website and used with other performance measures