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www.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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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/adult_hp_survey.html
January 01, 2025 - produces 11 measures of patient experience: seven composite (multi-item) measures and four single-item … measures (including two global ratings). … The measures are as follows: Communication with nurses (composite measure) Communication with doctors … (composite measure) Restfulness of hospital environment * (composite measure) Care coordination* ( … (global rating; single-item measure) *Indicates new measure as of January 1, 2025.
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www.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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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/index.html
June 01, 2017 - Key Categories and Domains for Measures That Leverage APCD Data
Barriers to Using … That Leverage Unique APCD Data
Level of Measurement
Measure Type
Measure … Sources of Measures for Use With APCDs
Literature Review
Barriers to Use of APCDs … Use of APCD Data for Measurement
Issue 1: Inadequate Measurement Science
Issue 2: Measure … Specification
Issue 3: Measure Implementation Issues
Issue 4: Measure Gaps
Conclusion
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-webcast-cleary.pdf
April 02, 2025 - provider
• Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) supplemental items: 3
questions and a 2-item composite measure … Additional items: 4 items about discussions with patients plus a 3-
item Shared Decision Making composite measure … , the provider
rating, or the PCMH measures
• Of the additional comparisons, only the Shared Decision … Making
composite measure was significantly different
50
Patients With and Without Email Addresses … , there was one statistically significant
difference
• On the 5 supplemental measures, there were 3
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - Specifically, CMS changed data sources for three measures for FFY 2012, retired one measure and added … Providers must consistently use the billing codes in the measure specifications, otherwise the measure … measure specifications. … Incentives included $10,000 per measure reported from an EHR for the base year (up to 18 measures, or … per measure, capped at a total payment of $100,000.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2020_hp_chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2020 - DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE MEASURES, ITEMS, AND RATINGS ................................... 25
CAHPS … , rating measures, and individual items. … For questions and composite measures based on 4-point response scales (i.e.,
"always," "usually," "sometimes … DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE MEASURES, ITEMS, AND RATINGS
The following tables present the composite measures … DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE MEASURES, ITEMS, AND RATINGS
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/implguide-pt4.html
October 01, 2015 - By continued assessment of process measures and outcome measures, such as CAUTI rate, the effectiveness … Administering the survey at least twice allows teams to measure effectiveness of their interventions … Process Measures
The prolonged use of indwelling urinary catheters is a significant risk factor for … Some other process measures that can be collected as necessary include but are not limited to: number … CAUTI rate is one way to measure the outcomes of the care of patients’ urinary needs on your unit.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/asthma/qi-strategies.html
July 01, 2021 - Contents
Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the Measure … It describes the settings and the multiple factors that impact the asthma ED measure. … (ED) Use, is an outcome measure based on administrative data. … to guide improvement efforts that will impact the measure. … While this measure is designed to be interpreted by the payer, interventions to improve process measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-pt1-transition-updated.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Composite Measure Average Percent Positive Scores and Differences Between
HSOPS 2.0 and HSOPS 1.0 – … • Thirty-two survey items grouped into 10 composite measures (a composite measure
consists of 2 … survey items in each composite measure. … scores for the individual survey items within each composite measure. … All HSOPS 2.0 composite
measure percent positive scores were higher compared with HSOPS 1.0, except
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www.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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/data-research/cahps-data-research-abstract-form-example.pdf
February 01, 2025 - Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine: 1) relationships between
the CAHPS Health Plan Survey measure … Rating of Health Care
Hypothesis 2:
Race and Ethnicity scores for each CAHPS Health Plan Survey
measure … Hypothesis 2: We will conduct analysis of variance (ANOVA) on
each case-mix adjusted patient experience measure … Indicate the CAHPS measures
you plan to use to test your
hypotheses (e.g., composite
measures, single … Explain
how these measures will
operationalize the concepts in
your hypotheses.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/patient-comments.html
February 01, 2016 - Reporting Anecdotes Alongside Evidence-Based Measures
Because anecdotal information is nonrepresentative
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/gaps.html
March 01, 2017 - office safety is one of the strongest and most widely used assessment tools currently available to measure … safety culture in practices. 265 Another surrogate measure of safety has been through the evaluation … One promising measure is the Patient Measure of Safety for use within the acute and primary care settings … . 266 , 267 Until these measures are implemented to scale, surrogate measures of patient safety such … of engagement. 270 Assessment of patient activation is also a potential measure that may be linked
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2019_hpchartbook.pdf
January 01, 2019 - , rating measures, and individual items. … The lowest scoring composite measure is “Getting Needed Care. … , the individual question
items that compose each composite measure, and the four ratings. … For questions and composite measures based on 4-point response scales (i.e.,
"always," "usually," "sometimes … DEFINITION OF COMPOSITE MEASURES, ITEMS AND
RATINGS
The following tables present the composite measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-tools-webcast-2022-yount.pdf
January 01, 2022 - User Network for CAHPS and SOPS
Analysis of Survey Results
• Calculation of survey
composite measures … adjusted scores
► Indicates whether an entity’s score is statistically different from the
average
► Weights … the data
► Weights the items in the composite measures
− Equally weight the items
− Weight based on … • Weight item and composite measure results to the
population
• Weight items in composite measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/qdr2015-chartbook-careaffordability.pdf
August 01, 2016 - Care Affordability Measures for Which Disparities Were Eliminated
For the measure people under age … White
Care Affordability Measures for Which Disparities Were Growing
For the measure people without … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0083episiotomy.pdf
March 01, 2016 - measures to
a broad audience. … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs
(if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores
from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any)
Section 4. Measure Categories
Section 5.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/careaffordability-slides.html
September 01, 2018 - Slide 10
Care Affordability Measures for Which Disparities Were Eliminated
For the measure people … Slide 11
Care Affordability Measures for Which Disparities Were Eliminated
For the measure people … Slide 12
Care Affordability Measures for Which Disparities Were Growing
For the measure people … Slide 13
Care Affordability Measures for Which a New Disparity Was Identified
For the measure … Notes: For this measure, lower rates are better.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023nhqdr-introduction-rev.pdf
December 07, 2023 - The
measures cover a wide variety of conditions and settings. Data years vary across measures. … These enhancements include:
• Introducing coreii measures and composite measures and refining the methods … The tables display key statistics for all measures, including measure title, data source,
benchmark, … • Measure Specifications, which provide information about how measures are generated
and analyzed … Measures highlighted in the report are described, as well as
other measures that were examined but not