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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinars/recent-webinars.html
February 01, 2017 - Recent National Quality Strategy (NQS) Webinars
Learn more about the National Quality Strategy … The National Quality Strategy and The Public Sector—Federal Agency Alignment to the Six Priorities … Better Care, Healthier People and Communities, More Affordable Care: 5 Years of the National Quality … Strategy
The National Quality Strategy and The Public Sector—Federal Agency Alignment to the Six … on the National Quality Strategy.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-k-blank-temp.html
May 01, 2017 - Quality Improvement Study Template - Implementation Guide
Slide 1: Quality Improvement Study
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/resources/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources
The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips … , and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children. … This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality … Although projects presented in this section extend beyond the focus of quality of care, they are included … in the Child Health Care Quality Toolbox as useful resources for understanding the breadth of child
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Established Child Health Care 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 … HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. … Existing quality measures typically include:
Detailed definitions of key elements of the quality … Many States have used quality measures in a variety of ways over a period of some years.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/nursing-home/measurement-sets.html
November 01, 2018 - Major Nursing Home Quality Measurement Sets
NQF-Endorsed Measures
The National Quality Forum … The NQF is a multistakeholder organization established to standardize health care quality measurement … Learn about the National Quality Forum . … of life and quality of care from the residents’ perspective. … Examples of Nursing Home Quality Measures for Consumers
Major Nursing Home Measurement Sets and
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight06.html
January 01, 2014 - How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for … Grant Program aims to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing quality of health care … With funding from CMS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is leading the national … Applying health information technology (IT) for quality improvement. … Assessing the utility of other innovative approaches to enhance quality.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/quality-measures.html
November 01, 2018 - What Health Care Quality Measures Will You Report? … Once you have decided whose quality to report, you will need to determine which aspects of their performance … to measure (e.g., clinical quality, patient experience, patient safety, cost). … Although there are thousands of different measures of quality, most of them are designed to meet the … For example, let’s say you are hoping to communicate the ideas that quality matters and that quality
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/index.html
February 01, 2016 - Translate Health Care Quality Data Into Usable Information
The raw scores on most health care … quality measures don’t mean much to the average person. … Most consumers won’t spend much time looking at a quality report. … Quality Report .) … Learn more in Tips on Writing a Quality Report .
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/databases.html
July 01, 2015 - Quality (AHRQ)—are also the primary sources for data and benchmarks. … Quality Compass ®
Quality Compass is NCQA’s interactive, Web-based comparison tool. … Learn more about Quality Compass on NCQA’s Web site at http://www.ncqa.org . … Also in "Measures of Health Plan Quality"
Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers … Major Health Plan Measurement Sets
Databases Used for Health Plan Quality Measures
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/gapsumtp.html
January 01, 2013 - Closing the Quality Gap Series, Summary Report
Structured Abstract
In 2004, AHRQ launched a … collection of evidence reports, Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement … Strategies , to bring data to bear on quality improvement opportunities. … These reports summarized the evidence on quality improvement strategies related to chronic conditions … bring data to bear on quality improvement (QI) opportunities.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/understand/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Data Sources for Health Care Quality Measures
Before you decide which quality measures to report … other primary purposes, so there are advantages and challenges when they are used for the purposes of quality … Challenges of Patient Comments
Not an impartial assessment of health care quality because comments … The Need for Standardization
The use of quality measures to support consumer choice requires a high … for Different Health Care Settings
Quality Measurement Resources
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/adjustment-scoring.html
January 01, 2023 - Making Adjustments to Health Care Quality Scores
One of the most thorny topics in quality measurement … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Risk Adjustment for pediatric quality indicators. Pediatrics 2004 Jan;113(1 Pt 2):210-6. … Improving quality assessment through multilevel modeling: the case of nursing home compare.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/explain.html
March 01, 2016 - Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores
It is best to keep your actual data displays … However, evidence from cognitive testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality … EXAMPLE: Explaining Averages in the Context of a Bar Graph
Title: Model Report for AHRQ Quality … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Hospital Quality Model Report: Composites. 2009.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/mednet-guide/index.html
November 01, 2014 - Implementing a State-Level Quality Improvement Collaborative
A Resource Guide From … designed to help State agencies and policymakers, as well as other stakeholders, implement a State-level quality … A quality improvement collaborative usually consists of policy leaders and health stakeholders working … toward a common goal of improving performance on a well-defined quality measure or set of measures. … This guide describes the core components of a quality improvement collaborative, including examples from
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/workflow-analysis-qi.html
November 01, 2018 - Workflow Analysis for Quality Improvement (QI) in Primary Care
Resource: Workflow Analysis … for Quality Improvement (PDF, 1.7 MB, 17 pages) This presentation explains how primary care practices … can use workflow analysis for quality improvement in all office systems—such as scheduling, patient … processes that need improvement and for planning changes, aspects of Key Driver 2: Implement a data-driven quality … , Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality EvidenceNOW Initiative Publication date: 2015
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/initiatives.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Initiatives in Measuring and Reporting Health Care Quality
Several individual organizations … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Resources
AHRQ Quality Indicators
Consumer Assessment … of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® )
MONAHRQ
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities … Reports (QDR)
Other Organizations and Initiatives
Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) , sponsored … Assurance (NCQA)
National Quality Forum (NQF)
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/index.html
January 01, 2020 - The Six Domains of Health Care Quality : Review the Institute of Medicine’s quality assessment framework … and learn how frameworks help consumers understand quality information. … Types of Quality Measures : Understand how quality measures are classified as representing structure, … Related Resources:
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality … to selecting and adopting measures of quality of care and resource use.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/examples.html
December 01, 2022 - Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers
Health plan quality measures typically … reported to consumers are a combination of clinical quality (doing the right thing, at the right time … Here are some examples of health plan quality measures that research evidence and practical experience … Also in "Measures of Health Plan Quality"
Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers … Major Health Plan Measurement Sets
Databases Used for Health Plan Quality Measures
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/nursing-home/examples.html
April 01, 2019 - Examples of Nursing Home Quality Measures for Consumers
From the available set of nursing home … Here are some examples of nursing home quality measures that research evidence and practical experience … Descriptive Measures: Descriptive measures can convey the nursing home’s capacity for providing high-quality
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/web-report.html
September 01, 2019 - Delivering Health Care Quality Reports on the Web
Web-based reports, which are the most common … format for information on health care quality, generally take two different forms:
Interactive website … To learn about creating Web reports, go to Tips on Designing a Quality Report . … A Web report can offer links to relevant sites with information on quality, costs, or the prevention … Learn about Promoting a Quality Report .
Merge With Other Web-based Materials?