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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-telemedicine-system-promote-patient-care-among-underserved-individuals
January 01, 2023 - The project incorporated hypertension treatment guidelines and quality measures, as well as automated … Measure telemedicine utilization. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012. … Measures Practice Summary Description: This is a sample report that tracks quality measures for Hypertension … Link:
Quality Measures Practice Summary
Project Name: Using a Telemedicine System to Promote
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/measuring-clinical-quality-provider.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Data Quality
5. Describe the data source used for quality
measurement.
a. … How will the implementation of an EHR impact how
you measure quality? … Should quality measures be used to publicly
recognize providers? Why/why not?
12. … Should quality measures be used to offer
rewards/incentives to providers? Why/why not? … Current Experience with Quality Measurement
II. Data Quality
III.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/quality-metrics-transcript-042811.pdf
December 31, 2007 - improvement is that we want to routinely measure quality of care for dozens of measures in
outpatient … quality measures. … for the quality measure. … Can a good or
poor measure in one patient in a panel skew the overall quality measure? … Regardless of these more general quality measures, the implication of this new quality measure are
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-safety-primary-care-practice-translating-research-practice
January 01, 2023 - designed to improve practice performance on these measures. … The main objectives of this study were to:
Develop a set of medication safety measures relevant for … Incorporate these measures in quarterly performance reports sent to participating practices. … measures over a 24 month period. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2010.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021301-miller-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Methods:
Measures of county-level ambulatory care quality were constructed for 2002 to 2013 … Purpose
The overall goal of this project was to measure the effects of health information technology … Aim 2: Combine the data on ambulatory IT with local-area panel measures of
ambulatory care quality … Following the approach in the proposal, we constructed our outcome measures for ambulatory
care quality … We created a total measure for the entire local population to use
for overall effects and separate measures
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-quality-patient-care-equip-project/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Enhancing Quality in Patient Care (EQUIP) Project - 2009
Project Name
Enhancing Quality … The project worked with vendors, measure developers, and end users to define essential data elements … for end user screens, develop report specifications in a data warehouse for National performance measure … A formal evaluation combined implementation monitoring with process and outcome measures. … measures are very common.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015354-rachman-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Methods: Methodology included working with vendor, measure developers and end users to
define necessary … incorporation into end user screens, report specifications in a
data warehouse for national performance measure … These included the American Medical
Association, who provided evidence quality measures and expertise … measures as the foundation. … This required direct
involvement of the EHRS vendor, measure developer and clinical users.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-ambulatory-care-settings-effects-quality-and-disparities
January 01, 2023 - The specific aims of the project were as follows:
Develop a national panel database that measures … Combine the data on ambulatory IT with local-area panel measures of ambulatory care quality and controls … Researchers constructed measures of county-level ambulatory care quality and county-level health IT adoption … The study team explored associations between the IT measures and ambulatory care quality as measured … The measures and models developed in this study may be applied by other researchers for future large-scale
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/rheumatology-informatics-system-effectiveness-patient-reported-outcome-rise-pro
January 01, 2024 - performance measures back to clinicians using a web-based dashboard. … measures among RISE registry practices. … Significant gains in rheumatoid arthritis quality measures among RISE registry practices. … The relationship between electronic health record system and performance on quality measures in the American … measures; how to benchmark PRO quality measures through the RISE registry; and a nursing staff training
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pathways-quality-through-health-information-technology
January 01, 2023 - measurement has improved, allowing for the development of new measures and increased integration of … Five of the focus groups were stakeholder-specific, representing each of the following groups: measure … delivery and minimize the impact on clinician workflow; and 4) there should be central prioritization of measures … These included the categories of measure development, implementation, and testing; data elements and … The report contains 111 specific recommendations in the areas of measure development, implementation,
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/trial-decision-support-improve-diabetes-outcomes/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - This project examined the quality and utilization-related effects of CDS on patients with DM² in 24 practice … Specific Aims
Estimate the incremental effects of DM² on patient quality measures, including changes … of DM² on patient quality measures in specific sub-groups, including race/ethnicity and insurance status … Thus, CDS substantially improved physician-centered, but not patient-centered, quality measures, and … Using electronic medical records to measure and improve performance.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-and-evaluation-standing-orders-using-health-information/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - The electronic SOs and the electronic SO quality-of-care measures are based on the screening recommendations … PPRNet has developed a quality improvement (QI) model called the “PPRNet-TRIP QI model.” … the uptake and sustained use of electronic SOs in these practices. ( Achieved )
Document changes in quality … The research team used quarterly EMR data extracts to measure the presence of health maintenance templates … For the final analyses of the 15 quality indicators, the median across practices was calculated at baseline
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/IAS_Key%20Factors%20and%20Considerations%20for%20Assessing%20the%20Value%20of%20PC%20CDS.pdf
October 01, 2024 - Clinical quality measures assess the degree to which clinical services that
are appropriate for a patient … are delivered safely and in an optimal time frame.11 A few informants
stated clinical quality measures … Assurance Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures, the CMS
Star Quality … Despite urging the use of
quality measures tied to reimbursement, informants noted the difficulty in … Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/faq/what-are-
clinical-quality-
measures#:~:text=Clinical%20Quality
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/monitoring-intensification-treatment-hyperglycemia-and-hyperlipidemia/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - The most widely used process measures for diabetes quality-of-care, hemoglobin (HbA1c), and low-density … Turchin and his team developed a physician performance process measure using both structured and unstructured … Specific Aims:
Test the hypothesis that an accurate measure of treatment intensification in the management … computational analysis of the text of physician notes in the EHR. ( Achieved )
Test the hypothesis that the measure … treatment intensification at a given visit. ( Achieved )
Test the hypothesis that case mix-adjusted measure
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs025618-solberg-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - At that time, health status and quality-of-life measures were developed, although the
focus was still … PROMOTE (Patient Reported Outcomes Measure Optimization through Technology and Engagement)
funded by … (2) What is the
relationship between the measure of SDM and two measures of patient experience (patient … The three-item collaboRATE measure
of SDM was added to existing patient surveys of PROMs. … Measure once, cut twice--adding patient-reported
outcome measures to the electronic health record for
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017067-kaushal-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - First, existing metrics were largely designed to measure quality of care in ambulatory
practices as … program: to develop safety and
quality measures in ambulatory care settings, automate quality measurement … Quality
Reporting Initiative measures (PQRI) and others. … National Quality Forum. Electronic quality measures
(eMeasures). 2011. … National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville,
MD
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-ca-merced
January 01, 2023 - USA, CA, Merced
Quality Indicators Care Coordination Measures Project … Description
This project developed the Care Coordination Measures Atlas, which catalogues … 61 measures of care coordination, maps them to elements of a care coordination measurement framework, … and summarizes key measure properties.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs022701-ornstein-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - quality measure in multivariate (adjusted)
analysis
Measure Agreement
:
Mean (SD)
Staff
Education … Index (SQUID)-Clinical Quality Measure Performance
CQM: Clinical Quality Measures; REC: Regional … Using a summary measure for
multiple quality indicators in primary care: the Summary QUality InDex ( … Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2014 Clinical Quality Measures. … Index (SQUID)-Clinical Quality Measure Performance
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessing-impact-patient-centered-medical-home-mn
January 01, 2023 - The main objectives of the project were to:
Determine the associations between PCMH measures and … measures as well as on the overall and component scores from the Physician Practice Connections-Readiness … Survey (PPC-RS) measure of medical home-ness, there was no relationship between PPC-RS scores and either … measures for diabetes, coronary artery disease, preventive services, and generic medication use. … the average for other medical groups in the region, these increases were greater for only some of the measures
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/asthma-measurement-development-asthma-outcomes-workshop
January 01, 2023 - Technology
Data
Medical Condition
Asthma
Health Care Theme
Quality … Measurement
In order to develop asthma quality measurements, the comparison and validation … An asthma outcomes workshop was held in order to establish standards and identity outcomes measures for … were to:
Establish standard definitions and data collection methodologies for validated outcome measures … Identify promising outcome measures for asthma clinical research and comment on their status and further