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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Measures used to estimate the national HAC rate
HAC Type Source Measure
Adverse Drug
Event
MPSMS … The weights follow, based on their percentage11 of the inpatient population:
• AMI: 2.15%,
• CHF: 3.24% … ,
• Pneumonia: 4.41%,
• SCIP plus 5 other major surgeries: 19.17%,
• Global: 71.03%.
11 These weights … The change in weights to incorporate newer information is the reason that the HAC
rate calculated in … the 21 measures.
2.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2022-hp-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2022 - composite measure, the four ratings, HEDIS
questions, and Children with Chronic Conditions measures … DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE MEASURES, ITEMS, AND RATINGS
The following tables present the composite measures … The CAHPS
Health Plan Survey uses several different response scales. … Table G-1 displays the different response scales
and how the options are categorized for top box and … Top Box and Proportional Score Crosswalk to CAHPS Response Scales
Response Scale Lower Proportion
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/qualityindicators/index.html
November 01, 2020 - Tools for Data Analytics
AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures … of healthcare quality that can be used to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes. … AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs ) are standardized, evidence-based measures of healthcare quality … that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical … facilitate efforts to improve clinical quality and can be used to improve performance on PDIs and other measures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/gain-trust.html
November 01, 2018 - Find Potential Partners
Identify the Subject
Decide on Your Role
Choose Quality Measures … Reasons for their suspicion include the following:
Debate continues about the “right” way to measure … Be prepared to provide a justification for the measures and reporting strategies you want to use. … Possibilities include the following:
Use publicly available data and measures. … (Learn more about sources of data and measures in Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-5/guide.html
September 01, 2017 - End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Clinics
Pharmacy
Multiple Settings
Quality Measures … Module Goals
The goals of Module 5 are to have the Implementation Team agree on and develop a plan for measures … Say: The goals of Module 5 are to have the Implementation Team agree on and develop a plan for measures … Fall rates are outcome measures. … Tracking process measures helps us assess if we are making the changes we intended to make in our Action
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr23/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Quality measures are grouped into six priorities: patient safety, person-centered care, care coordination … The report is based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities covering a broad array of healthcare … Measures Used in State Disparities and Quality Maps
Appendix D. … Quality Trends and Disparities Tables
Data Sources (PDF, 604 KB)
Measure Specifications (PDF, 3
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/put5.html
October 01, 2014 - How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? … How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices?
6. … It is important that you only measure and track pressure ulcers. … Two types of measures can be monitored: incidence and prevalence rates. … Also included are other measures of care that could be collected.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - Collectively, 28 specific measures are used: 14 measures to generate rates for the 9 specific PFP HACs … and 14 measures to generate a summary rate for “all other” HACs. … Of the 28 measures, 21 are from the AHRQ/CMS Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS), 6 are … Information on 2012 Measured HACs
Partnership for Patients Hospital-Acquired Condition
Source
Measure … ADE Associated With Warfarin
180,000
5.46
150,000
4.53
MPSMS
Total ADE (sum of above 5 measures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/preparing-data-for-analysis.pdf
May 15, 2017 - • The screeners for the questions included in the core composites measures. … Table 5 displays most of the response
scales used in CAHPS surveys and shows how the options can be … Crosswalk of Proportional Scores and Response Scales
Response Scale Type
Lower Proportion
(“Bottom … have items on two different response scales (Always
to Never and Yes, definitely to No). … The top box score for this
measure would be 40%.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/topics/disparities.html
The report is based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities covering a broad array of health … Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbooks
Chartbooks include a summary of trends across measures … health care from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports and figures illustrating select measures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/papers-briefs-and-resources
December 01, 2011 - The report lists care coordination measures selected systematically from AHRQ’s Care Coordination Measures … Searchable Databases of Instruments and Measures
Primary Care Measures Databases: Resources for … comprehensive profiles of existing measures of care coordination; organizing those measures along two … a framework for understanding measurement of integrated care; providing a list of existing measures … goals to facilitate selection of measures.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/index.html
April 01, 2024 - Emergency Department
Health Plan
Using CAHPS Health Plan Survey Data
Survey Measures … the survey data,
Tracking responses, and
Using the survey results to report patient experience measures … Review measures from the CAHPS Health Plan Survey . … NCQA asks all plans seeking accreditation or providing quality measures (HEDIS) for public reporting … The National Quality Forum (NQF) first endorsed the CAHPS Health Plan Survey as a measure of health plan
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/evaluation-design.html
March 01, 2021 - Results
Research Design and Methods
Evaluation Design and Methods
Methods and Measures … The cooperatives were asked to capture a core set of measures of A spirin use, B lood pressure control … , C holesterol management and S moking cessation (ABCS measures) to allow for a robust evaluation of … Additionally, the cooperatives were required to measure practices’ capacity using the Adaptive Reserve … Coop
Design
Framework
Intervention
Duration
Intervention
Components
Core Outcome
Measures
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - Measures used to estimate the national HAC rate
HAC Type Source Measure
Adverse Drug
Event
MPSMS … The weights follow, based on their percentage8 of the inpatient population:
• AMI: 2.15%,
• CHF: … surgeries: 19.17%,
• Global: 71.03%.
8 These weights … The change in weights to incorporate newer information is the reason that the HAC
rate calculated in … for 201511 (9 months), and each ICD-10-dependent measure for
2016,12 and 201713
Measure Name
2015
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2018_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2018 - , rating measures, and individual
items. … the following:
• "How Well Providers Communicate with Patients" was the highest scoring composite measure … (85%) and "Getting Timely Appointments, Care, and Information” was the lowest scoring composite
measure … For questions and composite measures using 4-point response scales (i.e., "always",
"usually", "sometimes … As a proxy measure for practice size, the number of providers (e.g., doctors of medicine, doctors of
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Safety
Patient Safety Research Summaries
Patient Safety Resources by Setting
Quality Measures … Patient Safety Measure Tools & Resources
Information about AHRQ efforts to reduce medical errors and … Pediatric Quality Measures Program
Pharmacy Health Literacy Center
This site provides pharmacists … Quality Measure Tools & Resources
Quality improvement measurement, tools, and information, including … AHRQ Quality Indicators Hospital Toolkit, ambulatory clinical performance measures, and TalkingQuality
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination.html
August 01, 2018 - The Care Coordination Quality Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC) builds on previous AHRQ work to develop … Care Coordination Measures Atlas—June 2014 Update . … Appendix IVa ( PDF - 8.56 MB ) in this Update presents many new measures emphasizing primary … has assembled additional resources to help clinicians, clinical teams, and health care administrators measure … Brian Jack, Boston University School of Medicine
The new Care Coordination Quality Measure
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/cahps-infographic-v7.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Clinician & Group
Composite Measures
Getting Timely Appointments,
Care, and Information
How Well … 2 How does your provider measure up?
3 What has gone well?
4 What hasn’t gone well? … What You Gain from These Questions
CAHPS
Clinician &
Group
Composite
Measures
++
Actionable … information
that offers
insights into
scores for
CAHPS
measures
++
Information
about
aspects … of
experience
related to
CAHPS
measures
++
Information
about aspects of
experience
not
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr02/asthqwork.doc
April 01, 2006 - This is an important quality improvement measure because many hospital visits for asthma can be avoided … ) and number of hospitalizations for asthma (an outcome measure)? … Measure
U.S. average (%)
Best-in-class average (%)
Your State (%)
Best-in-class average minus your … Measure
State A (%)
Your State minus State A (points different)
Better than State A
(
State B (%) … Place a check (() in the blank of the measure you select.
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2023-hp-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2023 - composite measure, the four ratings, HEDIS
questions, and Children with Chronic Conditions measures … CHIP Composite Measures Top Box by General Child and Children with Chronic Conditions
Composite Measure … The CAHPS
Health Plan Survey uses several different response scales. … Table H-1 displays the different response scales and
how the options are categorized for top box and … Top Box and Proportional Score Crosswalk to CAHPS Response Scales
Response Scale Lower Proportion