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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/talkingquality/resources/checklist/checklist-translate-data.doc
December 26, 2018 - sections of Translate Data Into Information:
· Showing Differences in Performance
· Describing Quality Measure … But there are alternative ways to present scores for the same measure. … If so, how will you determine the appropriate weights? … Explore this topic in Describe How a Plan or Provider Can
Influence a Quality Measure. … FORMCHECKBOX
Confirm that the subject of your report can influence each measure.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/develop/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Where established measures are lacking, States may wish to develop their own quality measures. … Searched AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) compendium of quality measures? … A "valid" measure will be reliable and will also measure the intended aspect. … They will put the measure to use and report on how it works. … Requirements, which include a measure of lead screening.
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Webcasts & Recent Events
Public Reporting of Patients' Comments with Quality Measures … Announcements
Contact CAHPS
Public Reporting of Patients' Comments with Quality Measures … Video item)
CAHPS Webcast: June 3, 2014
Public Reporting of Patients' Comments with Quality Measures … created April 2016
Internet Citation: Public Reporting of Patients' Comments with Quality Measures
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/administration.html
March 01, 2021 - The approach used to harmonize measures across the cooperatives is also briefly described. … Harmonizing Measures Across the Cooperatives
The EvidenceNOW initiative began with seven different … cooperatives’ proposed internal evaluations using a range of designs, methods and measures . … The RFA specified the required core outcomes measures, which were ABCS measures and practice capacity … They selected from among the measure options for cholesterol management and blood pressure, and determined
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/faq/index.html
January 01, 2019 - What are the response scales for CAHPS surveys? … All CAHPS surveys use three different response scales:
Never/Sometimes/Usually/Always.
0–10 Scale … phases for the original CAHPS Health Plan Survey, the development team examined four alternative rating scales … When respondents were asked about their preferences among the various rating scales outlined above, the … captures a concept, and how strongly the composite measure relates to other measures.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/measures.html
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Supplemental Items
Health Literacy
Measures … Improving Patient Experience
CAHPS Announcements
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Measures … Please note: The CAHPS Health Literacy Item Set for Health Plans does not include recommended composite measures … Page last reviewed May 2017
Page originally created May 2017
Internet Citation: Measures
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March 01, 2023 - exist that are appropriate for developing a facility-level measure or measure set of a healthcare facility … measures of facility-level climate resiliency? … The relationship of these measures to existing, already-collected measures, such as patient safety measures … The measurement purpose matters in measure development and implementation. … Little to no research appears to be available evaluating the relationship between existing efforts to measure
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Measures … Improving Patient Experience
CAHPS Announcements
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Measures … Page last reviewed April 2022
Page originally created April 2022
Internet Citation: Measures
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/patient-comments.html
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Domains of Healthcare Quality
Types of Quality Measures
Data Sources … Use of Patient Comments
Key Questions About Measures
Measures in Different Settings … Reporting Anecdotes Alongside Evidence-Based Measures
Because anecdotal information is nonrepresentative … https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/patient-comments.html
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Data & Measures … To do that, the response scales are first converted to numerical values. … It is done to ease comparison across items and composites that use different response scales. … or composite measure (e.g., Doctor Communication). … That is, scores below the "50" line denote measures for which the practice's performance is below the
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Use of "Roll-Ups" To Report CAHPS Survey Results and Other Quality Measures … In this podcast, Marc Elliott and David Kanouse from RAND talk about the use of composites measures … Internet Citation: Use of "Roll-Ups" To Report CAHPS Survey Results and Other Quality Measures
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-using-measurement-for-quality-improvement.html
November 01, 2016 - When we first looked at our measure inventory of all the measures that were used across programs in HHS … So now my grading from agreement to, "Let's all use a particular measure to measure hypertension control … Measure alignment is really one of our critical goals, but it's also about new measure development: " … And believe me, if you are a measure nerd like me, you know that there are many, many gaps in measures … One measure to define diabetes in one way, and another measure to define diabetes in another way, but
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Data & Measures … Data years vary by measure and data source and some data may not be available for some measures or groups … Data Source Changes Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Measure Data
Abbreviations Used in Appendix B … Measure Data
COVID-19 Experiences (PDF, 5.4 MB).
Access to Care (PDF, 2.3 MB). … Supplemental Measures (PDF, 5.7 MB).
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October 25, 2022 - The access measure panel excludes measures with less clear interpretation. … • In 2003, this process yielded an initial measure set that included 147 measures from two
dozen data … Additions have been made to the measure set as new domains of quality, data, and measures
have become … To analyze all measures across the measure set in the same way for assessing disparities, some
measures … • “Measure improved” indicates performance on the measure improved; “measure got
worse” indicates performance
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/index.html
July 01, 2020 - Information about the survey measures. … Quality Measures From the Cancer Care Survey
This survey generates the following measures of patient … Availability of interpreters (single-item measure). … Review measures from the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey . … These measures expand on the measures from the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey .
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-mepsmethods.pdf
December 01, 2022 - Person-level weights,
specific to the SAQ and DCS, were used for measures derived with data from these … More
information about the weights is available at https://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/. … Measures dropped beginning in the 2021 NHQDR
Note Measure Measure Type
Dropped from
2021 NHQDR … CAHPS and CIS measures asked in odd years only starting in 2018
Measure Measure Type
Adults who had … Child Preventive Care measures asked in even years only starting in 2018
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/consumer-reporting/research/reporting-patient-narratives.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Reporting Patient Narratives With Standardized Measures of Quality
AHRQ Publication No. 15 … of health care quality, including CAHPS® survey measures. … How patient comments affect consumers’ use of physician
performance measures. Med Care. … Consumer response to patient experience measures in complex
information environments. … years of experience, and “drill down” to view the component measures ...
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140603_QI/2_steven_martino.pdf
June 25, 2014 - Public Reporting of Patients' Comments with Quality Measures: How Can We Make It Work? … understanding and use of CAHPS and clinical
measures of performance? … with internet access
Assigned randomly to 1 of 6 experimental arms
with different combinations of measures … CAHPS + Clinical
Measures + Comments
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Satisfaction with choice of
doctors available
24% very … 43% 33% .06
Probed to examine detail on
clinical measures
43% 30% .01
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Data & Measures … The 35-item self-report tool uses a 5-point Likert scales to measure perceptions.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023qdr-meps-methods.pdf
December 01, 2023 - Person-level weights,
specific to the SAQ and DCS, were used for measures derived with data from these … Measures dropped beginning in the 2021 NHQDR
Note Measure Measure Type
Dropped from 2021
NHQDR … CAHPS and CIS measures asked in odd years only starting in 2018
Measure Measure Type
Adults who had … Child Preventive Care measures asked in even years only starting in 2018
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Children … Specifications
MEPS Estimates
Measure Changes Due to 2018 MEPS Redesign
Terminated Measures
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