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141. Health Information Technology in Ambulatory Care Settings: Effects on Quality and Disparities - Final Report (pdf file)
     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

142. Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice - Translating Research into Practice | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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.

143. Using Data for Measuring Clinical Quality: Provider Attitudes and Experience (pdf file)
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     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.

144. Health Information Technology in Ambulatory Care Settings: Effects on Quality and Disparities | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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

145. EQUIP (Enhancing Quality in Patient Care Utilizing Information Technology in Patient Care) (pdf file)
     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.

146. AHRQ's Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects - Appendix A - Workbook (pdf file)
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     June 16, 2021 - positive effects, such as increased revenues, decreased costs, and improvements in patient safety and quality … Identifying Potential Evaluation Measures Select a set of evaluation measures that you may use in assessing … 4, “Identifying Potential Evaluation Measures” to narrow down to a set of candidate measures before … Document for each measure Final evaluation measures Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Measure 4 Briefly … Sample size: A-7 Document for each measure Final evaluation measures Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure

147. Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Patient-Reported Outcome (RISE PRO) Dissemination Project | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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

148. Pathways to Quality through Health Information Technology | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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,

149. Trial of Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Outcomes - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
     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.

150. Implementation and Evaluation of Standing Orders Using Health Information Technology - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     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

151. Monitoring Intensification of Treatment for Hyperglycemia and Hyperlipidemia - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     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

152. Optimizing the Value of PROMs in Improving Care Delivery through Health Information Technology (PROMOTE) – Final Report (pdf file)
     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

153. A Rural Health Information Technology Cooperative to Promote Clinical Improvement - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/rural-health-information-technology-cooperative-promote-clinical-improvement/annual-summary/2008
     January 01, 2008 - an intervention to improve adherence to best practice guidelines. ( Achieved ) Develop a survey to measure … measures data on guidelines adherence—hospital staff were mainly interested in the data repository. … measures. … measures did not truly start until the final 9 to 12 months of the grant. … Selected Outputs Measures: Adapted measures for AMI and CAP best practice guidelines suitable for small

154. USA, CA, Merced | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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.

155. Crossing the Quality Assessment Chasm: Aligning Measured and True Quality of Care | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Crossing the Quality Assessment Chasm: Aligning Measured and True Quality of Care … measure that ranks providers on the degree to which their patients are doing better or worse than expected … measures for diabetes. … Develop a quality measure for diabetes that accounts for patient heterogeneity in terms of baseline HbA1c … Crossing the Quality Assessment Chasm: Aligning Measured and True Quality of Care - Final Report.

156. Findings and Lessons From the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2013 - Developing and Testing Quality Measures 2. … Areas of interest highlighted in the EQM report include developing new measures, accuracy of measure … Developing and Testing Quality Measures 2. … Health IT can support and improve quality measure- ment by efficiently combining data from multiple … These include studying the use of HIE as a data source for quality and safety measure- ment, including

157. Improving the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care Using an Electronic Medical Record Registry - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs020270-alpern-final-report-2017.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - for important pediatric conditions and derive benchmarks for each measure; 3) distribute clinican- … of care performance measures. … Approximately 475 site- and clinician-level quality performance measure report cards were distributed … However, there is documented variability in quality performance measures even within freestanding children … Implications: The ability to accurately and comprehensively assess quality performance measure of outcomes

158. Registry | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2022. … measures among RISE registry practices. … Significant gains in rheumatoid arthritis quality measures among RISE registry practices. … measures in the American College of Rheumatology's rheumatology informatics system for effectiveness … The relationship between electronic health record system and performance on quality measures in the American

159. Asthma Measurement Development - Asthma Outcomes Workshop | Digital Healthcare Research
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     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

160. Enhancing Complex Care Through an Integrated Care Coordination Information System - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - Oregon Health and Science University Funding Mechanism RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … The ICCIS incorporates population management techniques, patient-centered goals, quality measures, and … Measures included indicators of patient engagement, clinic-level quality of care, clinic-level process … In the quality improvement arm, quality measures improved by 14.2 percent as compared to 8.9 percent … Overall, the quality improvement arm achieved more consecutive improvements than the care coordination