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361. Upcoming National Quality Strategy (NQS) Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Upcoming National Quality Strategy (NQS) Webinars Upcoming Webinars will be posted here as they

362. Applying Lessons Learned From Evaluating a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2019 - Applying Lessons Learned From Evaluating a Quality Report What Have You Learned? … Just as you shouldn’t assume that consumers will know how to use quality ratings, you shouldn’t assume

363. Distribute Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - Distribute Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers Long before you have comparative information … There are several related issues to consider: Media for a Quality Report: What medium—e.g., paper … To learn more about what you can do to increase awareness and use of your quality report, go to Promote

364. Examples of How States Use Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Examples of How States Use Quality Measures Child Health Care Quality Toolbox The Child Health … Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children. … The measures, known as Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements, are largely adopted from HEDIS®. … Return to Contents Vermont Health Care Quality Report The Vermont Program for Quality in Health … Online Resource: To access the most current Quality Report, go to: http://www.vpqhc.org/interior.php

365. Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Implement an Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Project Start with the Implementation … to change the way facilities do their work and provide care, allowing for better outcomes and higher quality … Facility Action Plan ( Word , 292.1 KB) This tool supports teams in quality improvement efforts by … ( Excel , 161.2 KB) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the quality

366. Communicating Key Information Upfront in a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Communicating Key Information Upfront in a Quality Report Whether your report is on paper or … Give People a Reason To Look at the Report Provide a Framework for Understanding Quality Build Trust … To learn about design principles in the context of report cards, go to Tips on Designing a Quality Report

367. Identify the Audience for Your Healthcare Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Identify the Audience for Your Healthcare Quality Report Before doing anything else, you need … First Priority: The Primary Audience The group you are trying to reach and inform with your quality … Older adults, for instance, are the primary audience for information on the quality of Medicare plans … Moreover, only part of this limited population will be willing and able to use quality information to … Physicians are often a secondary audience for quality reports on hospitals or nursing homes.

368. Sharing Additional Information and Resources in Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Sharing Additional Information and Resources in Quality Reports Once people are engaged with … Explain Key Facts About Health Care That Relate to Your Quality Information Highlight Consumer Rights … , Protections, and Ways To Complain Offer Information on How Cost and Quality Relate No report … Consider including: Other quality reports (sponsored by your own organization or another organization

369. Transforming service delivery to promote quality of care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2015 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Transforming … service delivery to promote quality of care Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents … Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Introduction … Reporting and using the Child Core Set of quality measures Transforming service delivery to promote … Applying health information technologies (IT) for QI Building partnerships to improve quality of

370. Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement … by the Agency’s  National Advisory Council members about their discussions on advancing healthcare quality … The quality improvement (QI) challenges around home healthcare are myriad. … More personalized quality metrics and better data are on the near-term horizon.

371. Categorizing High and Low Performance in Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Categorizing High and Low Performance in Quality Reports Some sponsors worry about creating … When the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners were preparing to publicly reported data on patients’ … is no meaningful variation across health plans and providers, so there is no need to look at or use quality

372. Choosing a Comparator for Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Choosing a Comparator for Health Care Quality Scores One of the most important decisions you … Many people do not realize that quality varies and that performance is sometimes poor in absolute terms … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States.

373. Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes A key step in effective reporting … In the case of quality reports, the low-hanging fruit would be the people who are already fairly well

374. Researching a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2011 - Researching a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes In the planning stages of … What would they see as the greatest benefits to using comparative quality information? … one kind or another whom they would view as a trusted and attractive “messenger” about health care quality

375. Ordering Health Care Organizations in a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Ordering Health Care Organizations in a Quality Report In what order will different health plans … Health care organizations are more likely to respond to the report with quality improvement efforts. … One effective approach is to provide information about quality within cost tiers. [ 2 ] For example, … Best Practices for presenting Quality Data. … Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: Rockville, MD; 2008.

376. Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit Next Page Table of Contents … Quality of Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions Toolkit Introduction Overview About the Measure … Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement Strategies Improvement Data Other Resources … Pediatric Quality Measures Program Acknowledgements Introduction Overview About the Measure … This toolkit was funded under the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S.

377. How Will You Pay for a Health Care Quality Report? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - How Will You Pay for a Health Care Quality Report? … Local efforts are increasingly using multistakeholder partnerships to pursue quality-related projects … , including the development of quality report cards. … , health plans, and public and private purchasers work together to generate and publish comparative quality … Through this arrangement, health plans bear the cost of collecting data on their quality; the plans also

378. Providing Detail in Quality Reports for Those Who Want It | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Providing Detail in Quality Reports for Those Who Want It Report sponsors always want to tell … More Information About Quality. … Measures of Quality for Different Health Care Settings . … about the meaning of the term “quality” and why it is important. … How we know that quality varies and is sometimes poor. How and why quality makes a difference.

379. Displaying the Data in a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2019 - For related guidance, go to Tips on Designing a Quality Report . … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Hospital Quality Model Report: Composites. 2009. … Less is More in Presenting Quality Information to Consumers. … Best Practices for Presenting Quality Data.

380. Comparing Quality Scores to a State or National Average | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - Comparing Quality Scores to a State or National Average Another strategy is to compare each … especially valuable in showing how well the entire group of providers is doing It is another driver for quality … EXAMPLE: Comparing to a State or National Average Title: Measuring the Quality of Pennsylvania's Commercial … Measuring the Quality of Pennsylvania's Commercial HMOs.