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April 01, 2009 - Either process or outcome measures can be valid measures of
quality—valid in the sense that they really … So if you're going to use an outcome as a valid
measure of quality, you must have a proven relationship … outcome for other reasons, but if you don't know how to
improve it, then it is not really a valid measure … must have a proven relationship of a process to an outcome in
order for that process to be a valid measure … Medicare is considering adding a large number of measures that are derived from their claims
databases—measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44159/psn-pdf
July 08, 2016 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-core-metrics-health-and-health-care-progress
Measures to assess … This publication reviews findings of a
committee convened to discuss core measures for health care and … outlines a set of 15 standardized
measures to optimize performance assessment and develop data that … vital-signs-core-metrics-health-and-health-care-progress
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-lets-measure-what-matters
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-and-measuring-patient-safety
June 16, 2011 - safety and quality measurement while also sharing the challenges in choosing process versus outcome measures … March 11, 2020
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins … June 28, 2010
Linking Joint Commission inpatient core measures and National Patient Safety
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January 27, 2016 - By 2013, the health system reached at least 96% compliance on 6 of 7 targeted measures, with 4 hospitals … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures … January 27, 2016
Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns … November 18, 2016
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72688/psn-pdf
October 06, 2022 - Request for proposals for clinical quality measures to
improve diagnosis. …
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/request-proposals-clinical-quality-measures-improve-diagnosis
A … lack of consensus on measures for the effectiveness and accuracy of diagnosis represents a gap in
improvement … This announcement seeks proposals to examine quality measures to motivate
excellence in three primary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/request-proposals-clinical-quality-measures-improve-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49522/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - List the current measures set being used nationally. … This can occur when the association between the process measure
and the desired outcome is weak, or … payers should consider incorporating predictable unintended events into the standard public
reporting measure … hospitals reported that patients on heparins experienced hematomas following immunization, then the
measure … Table
Hospital Quality Alliance: Current Measure Set
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-good-report-card-unintended-consequences-public-reporting-hospital-quality
October 01, 2004 - List the current measures set being used nationally. … This can occur when the association between the process measure and the desired outcome is weak, or when … payers should consider incorporating predictable unintended events into the standard public reporting measure … hospitals reported that patients on heparins experienced hematomas following immunization, then the measure … Table Hospital Quality Alliance: Current Measure Set Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46289/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Communication training, adverse events, and quality
measures: 2 retrospective database analyses in … Communication Training, Adverse Events, and Quality Measures: 2
Retrospective Database Analyses in Washington … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective-database-analyses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective-database-analyses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33695/psn-pdf
April 01, 2010 - Recognizing that
progress in improving quality and safety hinges on the availability of robust measures … ; rather, it is a neutral body that endorses
measures. … Lacking standardized measures and
publicly reported performance data, payers, the public, and policy … in order to stimulate improvement.(21) For example,
consumers may have difficulty understanding a measure … represent the single source of measures for public reporting and pay-for-performance programs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weighty-mistake
September 01, 2016 - surely a need for many pediatric care environments—especially outside of children's hospitals—to upgrade scales … we (in the US) live in a non–metric-based society, we wish to communicate with families in units of measure … Still, I and the organizations listed above believe it is safest and should be standard of practice to measure … such provider-targeted, and consumer-focused, solutions come to market, including integrated digital scales … the following: (i) All providers that care for children should have access to infant and pediatric scales
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837848/psn-pdf
August 17, 2022 - Health care quality and safety in a correctional system:
creating goals and performance measures for … Health care quality and safety in a correctional system: creating
goals and performance measures for … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-quality-and-safety-correctional-system-creating-goals-and-
performance-measures … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-quality-and-safety-correctional-system-creating-goals-and-performance-measures … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-quality-and-safety-correctional-system-creating-goals-and-performance-measures
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March 02, 2011 - Screening of hospital discharge data using the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators , along with other measures … October 31, 2014
Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns … December 1, 2010
Impact of diagnosis-timing indicators on measures of safety, comorbidity
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March 25, 2020 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-spring-2019-final-cdp-report
The development of effective measures … This report
contributes to a long-standing initiative to define an evolving set of measures to respond … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/public-reporting-antibiotic-timing-patients-pneumonia-lessons-flawed-performance-measure
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November 24, 2021 - Measures to assess health care often add burden for overwhelmed hospital workers, and lack of consistency … This publication reviews findings of a committee convened to discuss core measures for health care and … outlines a set of 15 standardized measures to optimize performance assessment and develop data that
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864866/psn-pdf
March 20, 2024 - 2024 National Impact Assessment of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measures … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2024-national-impact-assessment-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-
quality-measures … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2024-national-impact-assessment-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-quality-measures … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2024-national-impact-assessment-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-quality-measures
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March 09, 2022 - show nudges improve specific aspects of healthcare quality, but most studies reported only process measures—whether … Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures … November 13, 2024
How intervention studies measure the effectiveness of medication safety-related
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May 20, 2009 - Building on a model of structure, process, and outcome measures used to evaluate health care quality, … the authors present a detailed discussion of attributes necessary for safety-specific measures. … December 23, 2016
Adherence to simple and effective measures reduces the incidence of
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December 04, 2019 - Canada continues to lag behind other OECD countries on
measures of patient safety
December 4, 2019 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canada-continues-lag-behind-other-oecd-countries-measures-patient-safety … indicators across 12 countries worldwide and
gives Canada's current status on a variety of patient safety measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canada-continues-lag-behind-other-oecd-countries-measures-patient-safety
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July 21, 2017 - safety and overall safety outcomes by comparing patient perceptions of safety (measured by the Patient Measure … perception of safety (measured by the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture ), and quantitative measures … The investigators found that both Patient Measure of Safety and Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture … results were correlated with objective measures of safety, and they appeared to contribute independently … January 23, 2017
Developing a reliable and valid patient measure of safety in hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unexpectedly-long-hospital-stays-indicator-risk-unsafe-care-exploratory-study
January 07, 2015 - unexpectedly long hospital stays varied widely between hospitals and were correlated with other quality measures … Although much more work is required to validate this measure, it may fill a need as a measure of patient … November 19, 2008
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