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  1. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_research-protocol.pdf
    March 13, 2012 - The FDA addresses the safety and effectiveness of diagnostic tests and the quality of the design and … manufacture of these tests, whereas CLIA regulates laboratory personnel qualifications, quality-control … result from both preanalytic factors [e.g., sample preparation] as well as analytic factors [such as reagents … patients with breast cancer, questions formulated in a report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2008.

  2. Hospital Expands Use of AHRQ’s QI Toolkit To Improve Patient Safety Measures Prioritized by Medicare (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/standalone_psi_casestudy.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - center in Seattle, Washington Lead staff for improvement project Ellen Robinson, PT, a clinical quality … specialist Quality measure Postoperative deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism (DVT/PE)—AHRQ … Hospital Context for Quality Improvement Focus HMC is engaged in a continuous quality improvement effort … The quality improvement leaders at HMC had three related goals when they started this effort: 1. … original QI Toolkit led to the development of Tool B.4: Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators

  3. Ambulatory Care Safety | PSNet

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    December 15, 2024 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is also leading efforts to improve ambulatory quality … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … 30, 2023 Patient Safety Primers Patient Safety Indicators

  4. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_research-protocol.pdf
    August 22, 2008 - Three Summary Ratings of Quality of Individual Studies Quality Rating Definition Good (low risk of … A study that adheres mostly to the commonly held concepts of high quality include the following: a … GRADE handbook for grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendation. … Quality of Life/ 33. $quality of life.mp. 34. $qol.mp. 35. … Quality of Life/ 8. $quality of life.mp. 9. $qol.mp. 10.

  5. A Troubling Amine | PSNet

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    September 01, 2003 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Shake Well September 1, 2003 Dispensing errors and counseling quality

  6. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2015 - We hope it will be used to guide quality improvement efforts at facilities with physician training programs … designed to provide institutions with periodic feedback that addresses patient safety, health care quality … an Indwelling Urinary Catheter Discourage Urine Culture Use Appropriate Urine Culture Use Urine quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education

  7. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - We hope it will be used to guide quality improvement efforts at facilities with physician training programs … designed to provide institutions with periodic feedback that addresses patient safety, health care quality … an Indwelling Urinary Catheter Discourage Urine Culture Use Appropriate Urine Culture Use Urine quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education

  8. Inhaled Corticosteroids for Children With Persistent Asthma Prescribed at Time of Discharge From the Emergency Department (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-fullreport.pdf
    September 01, 2018 - • Potential for quality improvement (i.e., there are effective approaches to reducing the quality … gap or disparity in quality) … Special Health Care Needs The data obtained for this study do not include indicators of special health … Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Populations The data obtained for this study do not include indicators … Health plan*: Can compare quality of care among health plans.

  9. Clinical Decision Support Tools (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/clinical-decision-support-tools.pdf
    November 16, 2023 - This project was funded under grant number U18HS028740 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  10. Adapting a National Curriculum to Better Collect Race and Ethnicity Data in New Mexico Hospitals

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/nm7.jsp
    July 01, 2016 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Background The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality funded the New Mexico Department of Health … reduce barriers of race/ethnicity/tribal identification data collection to increase completeness and quality … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  11. Timing the Distribution of a Healthcare Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/timing/index.html
    March 01, 2016 - Timing the Distribution of a Healthcare Quality Report Information is more likely to be useful … Many sponsors of health plan quality information address this issue by providing it at the same time … This helps the audience see how information about quality fits with the other factors they care about … Flood the Market One option is to place promotional materials or even the quality information itself … The goal of this approach is to keep the idea of comparative quality information in front of consumers

  12. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Supporting Measure Implementation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-measure-implementation.pdf
    August 01, 2025 - ■ Provide Practical Tools for Stakeholders: Developed and disseminated new measures, indicators, … Indicators 2002–2006 $885,322 Purpose: Develop a set of quality indicators for outpatient care in … Key Findings/Impact: Results from the articles published on 23 outpatient quality indicators consistently … The 23 quality indicators fell into 5 categories: 1) medicinal management of common chronic diseases … of Care 2003–2004 $36,752 Purpose: The International Society for Quality in Health Care 6th Indicators

  13. Facts and Figures Exhibit 5.4

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/exhibit5_4.jsp
    January 01, 2009 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009 … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  14. Facts and Figures Exhibit 3.1

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/exhibit3_1.jsp
    January 01, 2009 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009 … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  15. Facts and Figures Exhibit 3.3

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/exhibit3_3.jsp
    January 01, 2007 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007 … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  16. Facts and Figures Exhibit 2.4

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/exhibit2_4.jsp
    January 01, 2009 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009 … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  17. Link Plus Tip Sheet and Resources

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or18.jsp
    July 01, 2016 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  18. A radiation oncology-specific automated trigger indicator tool for high-risk near-miss safety events. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-oncology-specific-automated-trigger-indicator-tool-high-risk-near-miss-safety
    October 14, 2020 - July 15, 2020 Clinical communities at Johns Hopkins Medicine: an emerging approach to quality … 2011 Team training in the neonatal resuscitation program for interns: teamwork and quality

  19. The Effects of Out-of-Pocket Costs on Enrollees' Experiences With Health Plans: Implications for Consumer Reporting (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/effects-costs-enrollees-vonglahn-20120101-transcript.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - podcast from TalkingQuality, a Web site about communicating comparative information on health care quality … years now, Ted and his colleagues have worked with the State of California to score and report the quality … The Office of the Patient Advocate, or OPA, is the state agency that publishes these quality performance … Also at an earlier point, the Aligning Forces for Quality folks had done some work across the various … Ted von Glahn Yes we can report them, but it prompted us to turn to creating two new indicators of performance

  20. Promote Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/index.html
    December 01, 2018 - Promote Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers For years, sponsors did little or nothing … to promote their comparative quality reports to the public. … Surveys indicate that most consumers don’t know that quality reports even exist, let alone where to find … Given all the time, energy, and money that go into creating an effective quality report, it is critical … Strategies   [1] Kaiser Family Foundation. 2008 Update on Consumers' Views of Patient Safety and Quality
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