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  1. PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-slides.pptx
    June 01, 2021 - Goal—to collect high-quality samples, which will lead to better decisions about antibiotic prescriptions … , EID Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Biofilm Laboratory, Division of Healthcare Quality

  2. An Evaluation of an Interactive Social Media Web site for Parents who are Concerned about Immunizing their Children | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-interactive-social-media-web-site-parents-who-are-concerned-about
    January 01, 2023 - HS019760 Funding Mechanism(s) Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2013.

  3. Value of New Drug Labeling Knowledge for e-Prescribing - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-new-drug-labeling-knowledge-e-prescribing/annual-summary/2008
    January 01, 2008 - Strategic Goal: Develop and disseminate health IT evidence and evidence-based tools to improve the quality … information for the dissemination of computer-actionable knowledge that can improve patient safety and quality

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38837/psn-pdf
    June 28, 2011 - This study compared the detection of adverse events in hospitals using the AHRQ patient safety indicators … suggest that measuring safety requires a multifaceted approach, but they caution about using such indicators … issue/paying-piper-investing-infrastructure-patient-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-overview … ihi-global-trigger-tool-measuring-adverse-events-2nd-edition https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-selected-ahrq-patient-safety-indicators-based-va-national-surgical-quality

  5. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-132-fullreport.pdf
    January 23, 2017 - • Potential for quality improvement (i.e., there are effective approaches to reducing the quality … gap or disparity in quality) … the States in which Q-METRIC conducted testing, newborn screening data for infants did not include indicators … Health plan*: Can compare quality of care among health plans. … References Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  6. Mapping a Large Patient Safety Database to the 2005 Patient Safety Event Taxonomy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Clarke_8.pdf
    January 25, 2008 - Introduction The Federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, signed on July 29, 2005 … This presumes no universal quality control. … The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: Provisions and potential opportunities. … National Quality Forum. Standardizing a patient safety taxonomy. … Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2006. 3.

  7. A Costly Colonoscopy Leads to a Delay in Diagnosis | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/costly-colonoscopy-leads-delay-diagnosis
    September 01, 2014 - 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 … patient safety issue that can lead to many downstream consequences including worse outcomes, lower quality … 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

  8. Statistical Brief #105: Diabetes Management: Tests and Treatments among the 18 and Older U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in 2003 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st105/stat105.pdf
    December 01, 2005 - cy for Healthcare earch and Quality Highlights 03, 6.6 percent of the civilian noninstitution … It is cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health … National Healthcare Quality Report (2004). Rockville, Md.: U.S. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … , PhD, Director Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  9. 2013 Child Core Set Measure Retirement Process Summary of SNAC Scoring: Round II – Final Scoring (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/supplemental-materials/supplementaldoc3.pdf
    September 01, 2014 - Useful in MCO contracts to drive quality improvement. … Many State demonstrations driving quality improvements already. … Useful in MCO contracts to drive quality improvement. … This is not a quality measure --- is more PCP visits better? … Regardless of the issues identified, there are relatively strong indicators that central line bundles

  10. Measure: Appropriateness of Red Cell Transfusions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-16-p002-2-ef.pdf
    May 01, 2016 - Measure Fact Sheet – The AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) 2 Pediatric RBC transfusions … ● This measure is unique in that it is physician-specific and capable of measuring quality based … reliability testing was performed at one Chicago-area children’s hospital in the Chicago Pediatric Quality … Measures Program (PQMP) as a followup to identifying the initial core set of children’s health care quality … Measure Fact Sheet – The AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Measure: Appropriateness

  11. Adolescent Assessment of Preparation for Transition (ADAPT) to Adult-Focused Health Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-146-fullreport.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Measure Owner Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM) 1.E. … National Quality Forum (NQF) ID (if applicable) Not applicable. 1.F. … improvement (i.e., there are effective approaches to reducing the quality gap or disparity in quality … Of the available statistical indicators for internal consistency, the ordinal reliability coefficient … The quality of this facilitation can only be assessed by direct report.

  12. Respiratory Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/respiratory.html
    June 01, 2018 - Substance Abuse Musculoskeletal Diseases Respiratory Diseases National Healthcare Quality … 51.6 28.5 41.0 38.6 40.7 33.8 45.1 Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, … Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 4.4, 2008-2013. … suggest a failure of prevention-oriented care since most asthma exacerbations are preventable with high-quality

  13. From Emergency to Community: Implementing a Social Needs Assessment and Referral Infrastructure using Health Information Technology - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs026505-wallace-final-report-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - project was funded under contract/grant number R21 HS26505 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … ServicePoint software and the University of Utah’s EPIC electronic health record to evaluate the nature, quality … Information Specialists, who are subject to routine quality oversight, use HIPAA-compliant ServicePoint … A quality improvement initiative to increase screenings, with dedicated staff, will continue in Spring … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

  14. Chapter 3: Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3b.html
    May 01, 2018 - References AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality). 2006. … Creation of new race-ethnicity codes and socioeconomic status (SES) indicators for Medicare beneficiaries … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Availability of data to measure disparities in leading health indicators at the state and local levels … Boston, MA: Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council. — 2009b.

  15. Minding the Gaps: Creating Resilience in Health Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Nemeth_116.pdf
    April 27, 2008 - Those patients received only 55 percent of recommended steps for top-quality care among 439 measures … Wreathall27, 28 and Wreathall and Merritt29 have tried to select sets of indicators that map onto aspects … These indicators are chosen to reveal circumstances in which management may be unaware of such challenges … Nemeth’s research is supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, … Who is at greatest risk for receiving poor-quality health care?

  16. 2022 Updated Results for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops-wps-study-report.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospitals Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2022. … Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Training 83 1% Information Technology, Health Information Management, Clinical Informatics 378 3% Quality … Training 27 Information Technology, Health Information Management, Clinical Informatics 28 Quality

  17. Archived: Evidence Summary (Pregnant and Postpartum Women): Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-primary-care-screening-for-and-treatment-of/depression-in-adults-screening
    January 26, 2016 - Quality: study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality (ie, it was poor quality) using study design–specific … Quality: 1 good-quality trial, 5 fair-quality trials Fair Key question 2: Performance characteristics … Quality: 1 good-quality study, 22 fair-quality studies Fair Key question 2: Performance characteristics … Quality: 2 good-quality studies, 16 fair-quality studies Fair Key question 5: Harms of treatment … Quality: 1 good-quality SER, 1 fair-quality randomized trial, 9 good-quality cohort and case-control

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42774/psn-pdf
    May 28, 2015 - Patient safety in plastic surgery: identifying areas for quality improvement efforts. … Patient safety in plastic surgery: identifying areas for quality improvement efforts. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-plastic-surgery-identifying-areas-quality-improvement-efforts … Using AHRQ patient safety indicators, this study established that approximately 4% of plastic surgery … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-overview

  19. Consensus building for development of outpatient adverse drug event triggers. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consensus-building-development-outpatient-adverse-drug-event-triggers
    November 10, 2010 - June 20, 2011 Validity of selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators based on VA National … Surgical Quality Improvement program data. … January 31, 2018 Examining the validity of AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): is … April 3, 2017 Association of postoperative readmissions with surgical quality using a … April 15, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Care Quality

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35006/psn-pdf
    October 25, 2013 - HealthGrades Quality Study: Second Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthgrades-quality-study-second-annual-patient-safety-american-hospitals … The report used the Patient Safety Indicators developed for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthgrades-quality-study-second-annual-patient-safety-american-hospitals-study … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-overview
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