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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.pdf
January 01, 2006 - publications relevant
to the development and use of risk-
adjustment, hierarchical modeling;
performance measures … alternative
approaches to risk-adjustment and
hierarchical modeling;
• Experience with development of
measures … SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ
QIs) are a unique set of measures … children, women of childbearing age,
the elderly); (5) existence of an
analytical method that can measure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/QI_Newsletter_I_2_13.pdf
May 01, 2015 - uses the Adaptable AHRQ QI Prioritization matrix, part of the AHRQ QI
Toolkit, to select quality measures … implications, strategic initiatives, external mandates
(such as public perception of care), and a measure … The team
uses the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) Process Improvement
Methodology … AHRQ QI improvement software is used to measure improvement efforts over time.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/V2020/ChangeLog_PQI_v2020.pdf
September 30, 2020 - and v4.4 do not check for a possible issue with user-defined
composite weighting – users must set weights … for all possible individual
indicators, including zero weights for indicators that are not to beincluded … New measure name “Community-Acquired Pneumonia Admission Rate” Rationale for the change: Align the measure … v4.3 and v4.4 do not check for a possible issue with user-defined composite weighting – users must set weights … for all possible individual indicators, including zero weights for indicators that are not to beincluded
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Archive/2005usermeetingpresentations.aspx
January 01, 2005 - various methods for
creating aggregate indices and development efforts to
incorporate summary measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V2021/ChangeLog_IQI_v2021.pdf
September 30, 2021 - to the documentation to clarify the measure intent or functionality. … V5.0 March 2015 IQI Composite Specification/
Calculation
Weights for the measures that make up the … and v4.4 do not check for a possible issue with user-defined
composite weighting – users must set weights … for all possible individual
indicators, including zero weights for indicators that are not to be included … that are not indicated for the
measure (that is, where the process measure is not considered appropriate
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Cuny_Failure_to_Rescue_Preventing_Avoidable_Deaths_with_Rapid_Rescue_Teams.ppt
January 01, 2005 - achieving best practice
To further define the common characteristics of FTR patients to refine the measure … September 26, 2005
© 2005 University HealthSystem Consortium *
Key Performance Measure … September 26, 2005
© 2005 University HealthSystem Consortium *
Key Performance Measure … September 26, 2005
© 2005 University HealthSystem Consortium *
Baseline and Outcome Measures … September 26, 2005
© 2005 University HealthSystem Consortium *
Descriptive Measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/resources/Toolkits.aspx
January 01, 2016 - Guidance that can be used to improve pediatric quality in hospitals using the PDIs or other quality measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/V2021/ChangeLog_PQI_v2021.pdf
September 30, 2021 - differences are
expected to exist between the ICD-9-CM v6.0, the last ICD-9 version of the AHRQ QI measures … Rationale for the change:
Measure maintenance. … Rationale for the change:
This name change acknowledges that the measures includes a subset of bacterial … and v4.4 do not check for a possible issue with user-defined
composite weighting – users must set weights … for all possible individual
indicators, including zero weights for indicators that are not to be included
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Listserv_RQI_4.3_final.pdf
November 09, 2011 - As a beta release, the measures and software have
not been field-tested.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/User_Survey_Available.pdf
January 04, 2013 - using the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QI) (www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov) and other healthcare
quality measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/IQI_Area_Level_Retirement_Notice.pdf
September 01, 2016 - Therefore, AHRQ is retiring the following measures based on
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/Retirement%20Notice_v2019_Indicators.pdf
May 23, 2019 - literature on the use of these indicators for quality
improvement
Ø Rarity of events – some indicators measure … events that are so rare that the measure is no
longer reliable or relevant for quality improvement
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Software/WinQI/V2020/AHRQ_WinQI_v2020_Software_Rel_Notes.pdf
July 01, 2020 - v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights … Downloads/Software/SAS/V2020/AHRQ_QI_v2020_ICD1
0_Population_File.pdf
4.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Case_Studies/Carilion_Clinic_Case_Study.pdf
August 01, 2019 - Trinity, Suzanne Sherif
About the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs)
The AHRQ QIs include four sets of measures—Patient … National Quality Forum (NQF), suggesting that stakeholders
across the healthcare enterprise view the measures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/Impact_Webinar_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Healthcare Research and Quality or AHRQ Quality Indicators are a
standardized, evidence-based, quality measure … The software will automatically calculate the measures for you. So you don't have to
do it. … There are a few of the measures that are area level indicators. … And there's
penalties associated with that, given our performance on those measures. … So we actually have -- every month we measure at a
physician level the patients that complied with
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Software/SAS/v2020/AHRQ_SASQI_v2020_Software_Rel_Notes.pdf
July 01, 2020 - IndicatorsTM
Release of AHRQ Quality Indicators Software for SAS QI v2020
4.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Software/SAS/V2020/AHRQ_SASQI_v2020_Software_Rel_Notes.pdf
July 01, 2020 - IndicatorsTM
Release of AHRQ Quality Indicators Software for SAS QI v2020
4.0 Reporting Rates for Specific Measures … v2020 software includes risk-adjustment, signal variance, reference population
rates, and composite weights
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2020/v2020%20QI%20Software%20Release_Final-08032020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - informing policy
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Webpage_Workgroups_2-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Curriculum vitae (with citations to any pertinent publications related to quality measure
development
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/Introduction_to_AHRQ_Quality_Indicators.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Background: In 2010, Cleveland Clinic chose to implement the
PSIs because of the focus placed on these measures … QIs
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Advantages of the AHRQ QIs
• Broadly Applicable
► 90+ measures … www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/
mailto:QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov
Limitations of the AHRQ QIs
• Outcomes measures