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  1. If safety is your yardstick, measuring culture from the top down must be a priority. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/if-safety-your-yardstick-measuring-culture-top-down-must-be-priority
    April 29, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article If safety is your yardstick, measuring culture from the top down must be a priority. Citation Text: If safety is your yardstick, measuring culture from the top down must be a priority. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. March 22, 2007. Copy Cit…

  2. Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center: Charter – Option Year 2 (pdf file)

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/OY2_Final_Stakeholder%20Center%20Charter.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center: Charter – Option Year 2 Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center: Charter – Option Year 2 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 www.ahrq.gov Contract No: 75Q80120D00018 Prepared by…

  3. Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unreported-errors-intensive-care-unit-case-study-way-we-work
    December 12, 2012 - October 26, 2011 Developing and testing a tool to measure nurse/physician communication

  4. The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pridx-framework-engage-payers-reducing-diagnostic-errors-healthcare
    January 22, 2025 - Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Evaluation of Measure

  5. Leadership oversight for patient safety programs: an essential element. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leadership-oversight-patient-safety-programs-essential-element
    October 03, 2017 - 10, 2018 Navigating a ship with a broken compass: evaluating standard algorithms to measure

  6. Toward the modelling of safety violations in healthcare systems. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-modelling-safety-violations-healthcare-systems
    May 01, 2024 - 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure

  7. Surgeons' non-technical skills in the operating room: reliability testing of the NOTSS behavior rating system. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeons-non-technical-skills-operating-room-reliability-testing-notss-behavior-rating-system
    December 22, 2010 - This study describes the use of a tool used by surgeons to measure non-technical and behavioral skills

  8. Can we use incident reports to detect hospital adverse events? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-we-use-incident-reports-detect-hospital-adverse-events
    March 06, 2005 - September 27, 2023 Do HSMRs really measure patient safety? 

  9. Automating Assessment of Obesity Care Quality - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018157-hazlehurst-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Performance of automated measures compared to chart review Measure delivered per Comparison … For measures 2-8, these prevalences are very consistent with those observed in the EMR-measure validation … Table 4 Prevalence of OCQ measures during selected visits in 2007 OCQ Measure OCHIN KPNW Total n … 17 measures, as only two occurrences of this measure were noted, but was included in the summary … Second, because not all patients had a follow-up visit within the window in which final weights were

  10. Automating Assessment of Asthma Care Quality - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automating-assessment-asthma-care-quality/activity/automating-assessment-asthma/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - false positive and negative rates, and 95-percent confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for each measure … the automated measurement method was refined and applied to the target population for each quality measure … only. ( Achieved ) 2010 Activities: The process for development and refinement of the ACQ measure … Data for the theophylline measure was too sparse to evaluate adequately. … except the theophylline lab measure, for which the data were to sparse to evaluate.

  11. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017160-kmetik-final-report-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - The integration of the performance measures involved the translation and mapping of the measure specifications … Measures The performance measures used in this project focused on CAD and HF. … Measure Met Findings. … The rate for each quality measure was lower than the rate reported for similar measures used in the … Measure.

  12. Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/McColmSuccessStory2009_0.pdf
    December 01, 2009 - coding (i.e., by EHR software) compared to manual coding (i.e., by an individual) of health data to measure … and Report on Quality of Clinical Care A quality measure is a standardized assessment that quantifies … PQRI measure (e.g., diabetic patients) was available in the demographic and diagnosis/procedure codes … For one measure, the additional requirement was found in the medication list; the other 11 measures … • All of the quality measure exclusions were captured using queries.

  13. Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy through Virtual Preparation - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021799-cohen-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Data suggest that children as young as 4 years of age can report internal distress using face scales … and easy to use, and they do not result in clustering of scores as is common with categorical-type scales … The Simulation and Radiation Therapy Task Analysis is a measure established in a prior study of preparation … The TSI is a 10-item measure querying participants’ about their satisfaction with the procedural preparation … The TSI was based on the Treatment Evaluation Inventory – Short Form (TEI-SF), a validated measure of

  14. TRial of Aggregate Data Exchange for Maintenance of certification and Raising Quality (TRADEMaRQ) - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs022583-phillips-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - measure results. … dashboards, time spent reviewing measures, selection of SAMs and IAs, and changes in quality measures … Measures Overlap in Quality Measures Used in TRADEMaRQ by Partner TRADEMaRQ Measures NQF # (description … dashboard populated with their own measure data (table 4). … This level of scrutiny may be required for maintaining measure accuracy.

  15. Kid 2019 Maskedstats Hospital V2 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/tools/stats/KID_2019_MaskedStats_Hospital_V2.PDF
    January 01, 2019 - Data Elements Variable: N_BRTH_U (Number of universe births in the stratum) Moments N 3998 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: N_DISC_U (Number of universe discharges in the stratum) Moments N 3998 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: N_HOSP_U (Number of universe hospitals in the stratum) Moments N 3998 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: S_CMPB_U (Number of sample sick newborns in the stratum) Moments N 3998 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: S_HOSP_U (Number of sample hospitals in the stratum) Moments N 3998 Sum Weights

  16. serious-mental-illness-outcomes-140303 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
    March 03, 2014 - Although stakeholders have proposed a variety of quality measures (QMs), no single validated measure … or identifies any existing measure that appears appropriate for use as a QM. … The technical brief will interview key informants—including quality measure developers, quality measure … and Psychosocial Instruments provide bibliographic access and descriptions of tests, manuals, rating scales … Definition of Terms Quality measure (QM): Broadly defined, quality measures are tools that help measure

  17. Nass Summary Stats Hospital 2019 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/stats/nass_summary_stats_hospital_2019.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - Hospital File The UNIVARIATE Procedure Variable: DISCWT (Encounter Weight) Moments N 2958 Sum Weights … : N_DISC_U (Total Number of AS Encounters for all Hospitals in NASS_STRATUM) Moments N 2958 Sum Weights … S_DISC_U (Total Number of AS Encounters for Sampled Hospitals in NASS_STRATUM) Moments N 2958 Sum Weights … Procedure Variable: S_HOSP_U (Total Number of Sampled Hospitals in NASS_STRATUM) Moments N 2958 Sum Weights … Procedure Variable: TOTAL_AS_ENCOUNTERS (SASD encounters with >= 1 narrow surgery) Moments N 2958 Sum Weights

  18. Neds 2019 Hospital Maskedstats (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2019_Hospital_MaskedStats.PDF
    January 01, 2019 - Continuous Data Elements Variable: DISCWT (Weight to ED Visits in AHA universe) Moments N 989 Sum Weights … Continuous Data Elements Variable: HOSPWT (Weight to hospitals in AHA universe) Moments N 989 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: N_DISC_U (Number of AHA universe ED visits in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 989 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: N_HOSP_U (Number of AHA universe hospitals in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 989 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: S_HOSP_U (Number of sample hospitals in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 989 Sum Weights

  19. Neds 2018 Hospital Maskedstats (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2018_Hospital_MaskedStats.PDF
    January 01, 2018 - Continuous Data Elements Variable: DISCWT (Weight to ED Visits in AHA universe) Moments N 990 Sum Weights … Continuous Data Elements Variable: HOSPWT (Weight to hospitals in AHA universe) Moments N 990 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: N_DISC_U (Number of AHA universe ED visits in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 990 Sum Weights … Elements Variable: N_HOSP_U (Number of AHA universe hospitals in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 990 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: S_HOSP_U (Number of sample hospitals in NEDS_STRATUM) Moments N 990 Sum Weights

  20. Maskedstats Nrd 2019 Hospital V2 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/stats/MaskedStats_NRD_2019_Hospital_V2.PDF
    January 01, 2019 - Elements Variable: N_DISC_U (Number of universe discharges in NRD_STRATUM) Moments N 2507 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: N_HOSP_U (Number of universe hospitals in NRD_STRATUM) Moments N 2507 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: S_DISC_U (Number of sample discharges in NRD_STRATUM) Moments N 2507 Sum Weights … Data Elements Variable: S_HOSP_U (Number of sample hospitals in NRD_STRATUM) Moments N 2507 Sum Weights … Tests For Location Quantiles S_HOSP_U Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests
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