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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-libby-hoy-and-stephen-hoy
March 10, 2021 - A more direct link to patient engagement is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). … development of clinical measures to ensure that measures are meaningful to patients. … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data. … Why process measures are often more important than outcome measures in healthcare. HealthCatalyst.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33788/psn-pdf
June 01, 2015 - and additional measures used in public reports and other public programs, HHS created the
Measure Applications … RW: The sepsis measure came under some scrutiny recently. … RW: You might look at a measure and say this is a good, important measure. … They are tricky to measure, and given the profusion of
measures in safety that your organization does … But it's very hard to measure something
that doesn't happen.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.137_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2006 - HQA: Current Measure Set
Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction or AMI)
• Aspirin at arrival
• Aspirin … HQA: Current Measure Set (cont.) … HQA: Current Measure Set (cont.) … HQA: Current Measure Set (cont.) … instead of process outcomes: if the association between the process measure and the desired outcome
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deciphering-harm-measurement
December 01, 2010 - This editorial discusses methods to measure patient harm in the United States and advocates for consensus … Related Resources
Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-patient-safety-hospice-principles-guide-measurement-and-public-reporting
September 23, 2020 - Detailing how safety measures for hospitals can result in unintended consequences when implemented in … hospice care , this commentary recommends developing hospice-specific safety measures. … November 16, 2022
Expert consensus on currently accepted measures of harm.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-perinatal-patient-safety-review-current-methods
October 19, 2022 - The author discusses four methods for measuring patient safety—structure measures, process measures, … outcome measures, and safety attitude and climate surveys.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/moving-measurement-action-global-principles-measuring-patient-safety
January 09, 2019 - integrated view of the health care system, and building on safety culture to ensure effective use of the measures … August 27, 2013
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community … September 12, 2012
National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety Measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-dentistry-what-do-we-need-know-fundamentals-patient-safety-safety-culture
April 01, 2020 - Fundamentals of patient safety, the safety culture and implementation of patient safety measures in dental … Fundamentals of patient safety, the safety culture and implementation of patient safety measures in dental … Fundamentals of patient safety, the safety culture and implementation of patient safety measures in dental … safety of disabled patients: proposal for a methodology for analysis of health care risks and specific measures … safety of disabled patients: proposal for a methodology for analysis of health care risks and specific measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42695/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric
surgery performance. … Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery
performance. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/composite-measures-profiling-hospitals-bariatric-surgery-performance
This … This measure was more closely associated with future performance than other
surgical quality measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/composite-measures-profiling-hospitals-bariatric-surgery-performance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/international-review-patient-safety-measures-radiotherapy-practice
May 22, 2019 - Review
An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice … An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice. … An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/full-implementation-computerized-physician-order-entry-and-medication-related-quality
September 07, 2011 - order entry (CPOE) continues to be hailed as a solution for medication-related errors and quality measures … This study compared quality of care measures for hospitals with and without CPOE systems. … Investigators found that CPOE-driven hospitals performed better on 5 of 11 measures related to medication … ordering and on 1 of 9 non–medication-related quality measures. … increasing patient safety in the intensive care unit: increasing the implementation rates of proven safety measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-safer-health-care-system-critical-need-improve-measurement
November 03, 2015 - The commentary emphasizes the need for valid patient safety measures and mentions the Surgeon Scorecard … The authors suggest that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) focus on measures of the … current metrics that rely on administrative data due to concerns about validity and accuracy of these measures … A recent PSNet interview discussed AHRQ's efforts to develop patient safety measures and improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38926/psn-pdf
November 13, 2009 - "Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety
Indicators. … "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. … to identify which of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) could be used as a single
measure to … The PSI "selected infections due to medical care" (a
measure of health care–associated infections) appeared … to be the best single measure for this indication.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-relationship-between-hospital-patient-safety-culture-and-performance-measures
August 28, 2024 - Exploring the relationship between hospital patient safety culture and performance on measures … Exploring the relationship between hospital patient safety culture and performance on measures of hospital-acquired … Exploring the relationship between hospital patient safety culture and performance on measures of hospital-acquired … 1, 2017
Navigating a ship with a broken compass: evaluating standard algorithms to measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reviewing-deaths-british-and-us-hospitals-study-two-scales-assessing-preventability
April 03, 2019 - Study
Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing … Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing preventability. … Comparing two scales that assess preventability for mortality, this study found that there is high … Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing preventability. … August 2, 2011
Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/avoidability-hospital-deaths-and-association-hospital-wide-mortality-ratios-retrospective
November 12, 2014 - A commonly used measure of hospital quality is all-cause mortality. … In this study, researchers examined whether two measures of the standardized mortality ratio, which represent … November 12, 2014
Relationship between preventable hospital deaths and other measures … September 24, 2014
Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-va-stakeholders-develop-comprehensive-patient-safety-data-display-lessons-learned
September 25, 2019 - integrate data sources including incident reports , AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators , and other quality measures … May 19, 2014
Using harm-based weights for the AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators … December 19, 2014
A systematic review of patient safety measures in adult primary care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/858173/psn-pdf
December 13, 2023 - This scoping review explored the use of measures to
capture pediatric medication errors in ambulatory … The authors identified 142 studies evaluating 21
measures of medication errors, including measures of … Only 31 studies assessed measure reliability.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866216/psn-pdf
July 10, 2024 - Two such
examples of measures sets that assess health plan quality and patient safety are Healthcare … Effectiveness
Data and Information (HEDIS) measures, managed by the National Committee for Quality … These measures can help
consumers make informed decisions when selecting a health plan through public … qualityinitiativesgeninfo/aca-mqi/patient-safety/mqi-patient-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-measure-value-health-care … Another promising avenue for future research is developing a better understanding for how we can best
measure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46783/psn-pdf
January 24, 2018 - annual report provides performance data for United States hospitals across a range
of accountability measures … In 2016, hospital
performance on accountability measures remained strong. … composite accountability score
decreased slightly, this result is thought to be due to the fact that measures … Quality program, which was designed to facilitate
hospital reporting of electronic clinical quality measures … In 2016, 470 hospitals reported electronic clinical
quality measure data compared to only 34 in 2015