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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/AHRQ_QI_Standing_Work_Group_Announcement.pdf
March 14, 2016 - providing information on potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries,
procedures … The AHRQ IQIs reflect quality of care inside hospitals and include inpatient
mortality for certain procedures … and medical conditions; utilization of procedures for which there are
questions of overuse, underuse … , and misuse; and volume of procedures for which there is some evidence
that a higher volume of procedures … guidelines and
practices
One or more individuals with advanced expertise in statistical and analytic methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr04ap06N.pdf
January 01, 2006 - consist of up to 15 individuals who
have expertise in one or more of the
following areas: Statistical methods … technical
expertise in health care quality
measurement development, and a
familiarity with statistical methods … development of composite
measures; performance measures and
reporting;
• Expertise in statistical methods … design in order to evaluate the
effectiveness of the recruitment
materials, questionnaire, and survey
procedures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2019/TechSpecs/IQI%2091%20Mortality%20for%20Selected%20Conditions.pdf
July 01, 2019 - For more information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods and Composite User
Guide.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Listserv_AHRQ_Hospital_QI_Toolkit.pdf
January 24, 2012 - The toolkit is a general guide to using improvement methods, with a particular
focus on the QI.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2021/TechSpecs/IQI%2091%20Mortality%20for%20Selected%20Inpatient%20Conditions.pdf
July 01, 2021 - State Inpatient
Databases (SID), 2018
For more information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V2021/Version_2021_Benchmark_Tables_PDI.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification/Procedural Classification System (ICD-10-CM/PCS)
diagnoses and procedures … the SID include indicators of the diagnoses being present on admission (POA) and 42
included the procedure … were not included in the reference population used to develop PDI 08 and PDI 09 due to incomplete
procedure … http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-06.pdf
AHRQ Quality IndicatorsTM
Pediatric Quality … reference population and the risk adjustment process may be found in Quality Indicator
Empirical Methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/v60/TechSpecs/PDI_19_Pediatric_Safety_for_Selected_Indicators.pdf
August 01, 2017 - For more
information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report_Appendix_B.pdf
September 16, 2004 - Reproducibility
• Validity (face,
construct, content)
• Accuracy
• Case-mix risk
adjustment methods … Assurance
specific conditions
under which the
measure is
appropriate to use has
been given
• Methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQS_Support/FAQ_Software.aspx
November 02, 2015 - They all require diagnosis codes and procedure codes in ICD-9-CM format, in which the codes are in character … The method used for the confidence intervals is David W. Hosmer, Stanly Lemeshow. … incident must be:
A condition or event that is not an EXPECTED or an inherent part of the procedure … Refer to the Empirical Method Document for details. … (events that should not occur) like transfusion reaction and foreign body left in during a surgical procedure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/FAQ_Software.aspx
November 02, 2015 - They all require diagnosis codes and procedure codes in ICD-9-CM format, in which the codes are in character … The method used for the confidence intervals is David W. Hosmer, Stanly Lemeshow. … incident must be:
A condition or event that is not an EXPECTED or an inherent part of the procedure … Refer to the Empirical Method Document for details. … (events that should not occur) like transfusion reaction and foreign body left in during a surgical procedure
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V2020/Version_2020_Benchmark_Tables_PDI.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification/Procedural Classification System
(ICD-10-CMS/PCS) diagnoses and procedures … 2011 SID at hospitals that were required to report POA to CMS (http://www.hcup-
us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods … Version v2020 Page 1 July 2020
https://us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-06.pdf
http://www.hcup … the reference population and the risk adjustment process may be found in
Quality Indicator Empirical Methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report1.pdf
May 01, 2007 - that it is there, because
it indicates that the sponsor is willing to be “transparent” about their methods … people often think about going to a hospital
with respect to a particular disease condition and/or procedure … Once again, there is
not clear evidence of what the “correct” volume is for many procedures, so we cannot … Topics Model Report so that volume indicators are on the same
page as mortality indicators for a given procedure … • Make decisions about methods and conventions to use in identifying statistically
significant
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/AHRQ_Quality_Indicators_Software_Changes_v50.pdf
January 01, 2015 - versions, AHRQ software had a step to calibrate the patient’s expected
mortality rate using proportional methods … is made by CMS.
7) Has AHRQ found a way to correct the algorithm problem of linking PSI 09 procedures … the procedure day, then the ordering
of those procedures—the indexed procedure and the procedure to … If the user does not have the procedure day, that
will be a limitation. … We currently recommend using a data set that has the procedure day in it.
8) In the previous
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/PSI_Composite_Development.pdf
March 01, 2008 - Low-Mortality DRGs (PSI #02), Foreign Body
Left During Procedure (PSI #05), and Transfusion Reaction … For example, potential extensions of the composite measure method include the incorporation of process … Empirical Methods
Appendix D. … Low-Mortality DRGs (PSI #02), Foreign Body Left During Procedure (PSI #05), and Transfusion Reaction … For example, potential extensions of the composite measure method include the incorporation of process
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/v2020/TechSpecs/PSI%2090%20Patient%20Safety%20and%20Adverse%20Events%20Composite.pdf
July 01, 2020 - For more information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods and Composite User Guide.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/v2021/TechSpecs/PSI%2090%20Patient%20Safety%20and%20Adverse%20Events%20Composite.pdf
July 01, 2021 - For more information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods and Composite User Guide.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V2021/Version_2021_Benchmark_Tables_IQI.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification/Procedural Classification System (ICD-10-CM/PCS)
diagnoses and procedures … report POA to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, http://www.hcup-
us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods … http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-06.pdf
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015 … reference population and the risk adjustment process may be found in
Quality Indicator Empirical Methods
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/AHRQQI_McDonald_Davies_Pediatric_Indicator_Module.ppt
January 01, 2005 - validity
Does the indicator identify quality of care problems that are flagged or suspected using other methods … assess nationwide rates, hospital variation, relationships among indicators
To develop appropriate methods … which occur during procedures. … Because of difficulty identifying minor procedures (may not be coded), these indicators include all patients … Risk Adjustment
Reason for admission/ type of procedure
DRGs
Comorbidity
Must develop de novo
SES
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Listserv_SAS_and_WinQI_4.3.pdf
August 24, 2011 - Empirical Methods: Present on Admission (POA) Prediction
The AHRQ QI Prediction Module was modified … indicators are not
due to a software error; they represent a limitation in current parameter estimation procedures
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Archive/2005usermeeting.aspx
September 28, 2005 - ·
Use of the AHRQ QI in the
National Healthcare Quality Reports
·
Methods