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  1. Doctors are more dangerous than gun owners: a rejoinder to error counting. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-are-more-dangerous-gun-owners-rejoinder-error-counting
    June 24, 2020 - that focus on measuring adverse events and limiting variability are inherently limited, as they only measure

  2. Promoting Self-Management in Stroke Survivors Using Health Information Technology - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/promoting-self-management-stroke-survivors-using-health-it/annual-summary/2012
    January 01, 2012 - Stroke survivors in the intervention group self-measure blood pressure (BP) and upload the information

  3. Improving Care Transitions of Hospitalized Patients With the Pharmacy Integrated Transitions Program | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-care-transitions-hospitalized-patients-pharmacy-integrated-transitions-program
    January 01, 2020 - The research team will also measure equity within the program’s implementation, observing how people

  4. Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hindsight-2020-thrombolytics-alcohol-intoxication
    December 18, 2024 - intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke to prevent major disability. 17 Indeed, one key process measure … Laboratory Testing Inherent to this discussion is whether the hospital in this case had the capability to measure … It is not customary to measure and/or wait for other laboratory tests; “alteplase treatment should not … Get With the Guidelines: Stroke Program Measures & Definitions [Internet].

  5. Final Progress Report: Demonstration Project To Refine, Automate and Test a Novel Emergency Department Trigger Tool (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/griffey-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - allow a better estimate of the incidence of harm in the ED, establish a baseline against which to measure … , utility (actionability), and fidelity (sensitivity and specificity), followed by final voting on measures … records selection, including selecting on a nominal number of triggers (e.g., >4) and using trigger weights … Preventable harm: getting the measure right. BMJ 2019;366l4611. 62. … Assessing the performance of prediction models: a framework for traditional and novel measures.

  6. About CDSiC | CDSiC

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/cdsic/cdsic-about
    January 01, 2016 - : Skip to main content HHS.gov Menu Main navigation CDS Home CDS Innovation Collaborative An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services …

  7. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mvp/ltvv-intro/ltvv-intro-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - elements: ventilate with 4 to 6 cc/kg of the patient’s predicted body weight based on height and sex; measure … It may be as simple as providing disposable tape measures in patient rooms and including height as part … When a patient is admitted, the nurses or the respiratory therapist can measure the height, and then … Develop a process in which nurses can accurately measure a patient's height and make that information … Another important measure to standardizing protocol is assigning a custodian of the process.

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/863650/psn-pdf
    February 28, 2024 - knowledge connects clinical practice with IT data infrastructure so that reports are built correctly to measure

  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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