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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs025043-ellis-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Acknowledgment of Agency Support: This project was funded by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality … National Outcomes Measures (NOMS) – is a clinician reported measure of functional
communication outcome … NOMS utilizes a series of seven-point assessment scales to
obtain functional abilities and over multiple … ASHA Quality of Communication Life Scale (ASHA-QCL) – is a measure of patient-
reported quality of communication … The ASHA-QCL uses 18 visual analog scales
designed to measure quality of communication life from the
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - ICCIS incorporates population management techniques, patient-centered goals, quality measures, and clinical … Measures include indicators of patient engagement, clinic-level quality of care, clinic-level process … From the end-user perspective, Version Two of ICCIS increased the speed of loading quality measure reports … In the quality improvement arm, clinics received reimbursement for meeting quality measure benchmarks … Overall, this arm demonstrated a doubling of achieved quality measures and achieved more consecutive
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/scaling-and-spreading-electronic-capture-patient-reported-outcomes-leveraging
January 01, 2024 - Project Description
Publications
Routine capture of patient-reported outcome measures … Improvement
On an individual patient basis, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can … Current measures of surgical quality emphasize processes, adverse events, and resource use, which are … Patient-reported outcome measures within a national multispecialty surgical quality improvement program … Patient-reported outcome measures within a national multispecialty surgical quality improvement program
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-health-information-technology-primary-care-workflow-and-financial
January 01, 2023 - Impact of Health Information Technology on Primary Care Workflow and Financial Measures … Number
R03 HS018220
Funding Mechanism(s)
Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality … Estimate the effect of the EHR on financial measures. … Impact of Health Information Technology on Primary Care Workflow and Financial Measures - 2011 … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_020165_hirsch_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - measures. … measures. … measures are often perceived by physicians to not accurately
measure quality. … Hirsch is evaluating the validity of using EHR data in P4P measures, specifically focusing on quality … (Ongoing)
• Determine the impact of utilizing different EHR criteria on existing quality measures for
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r18hs018275-parsons-annual-summary-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - care and
experience a rapid rate of improvement of their quality measures. … Quality measures trended included: aspirin therapy for patients with ischemic vascular disease and/ … An analysis of the effect of each of the individual EHR adoption interventions on 39 quality measures … Similarly, technical assistance was
not associated with quality performance on the targeted measures … However, while financial incentives
for quality measures were significantly associated with improved
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/cardio-hit-phase-ii
January 01, 2023 - Measurement
Quality measure exceptions are defined by the Physician Consortium for Performance … Improvement® (PCPI) as reasons why patients who are eligible for a measure based on a broad criterion … 13,985 HF patients for three HF drug therapy performance measures, including exception reasons. … measures for coronary artery disease in electronic health records. … Exceptions to outpatient quality measures for coronary artery disease in electronic health records.
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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/principal-investigator/yazdany-jinoos
February 27, 2024 - develop the American College of Rheumatology's Toolkit for implementation of rheumatoid arthritis outcome measures … 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. … The relationship between electronic health record system and performance on quality measures in the American
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/massachusetts-quality-e-measure-validation-study/final-report
January 01, 2023 - Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation Study - Final Report
Citation
Schneider … Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation Study - Final Report. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012. … PDF
Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation Study - Final Report
The findings and … Principal Investigator
Schneider, Eric
Project Name
Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/improving_quality_care_for_children_with_special_needs_2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Improving Quality Care for Children with Special Needs
1 | ImprovIng QualIty Care for ChIldren wIth … Outcome measures included rates of CSHCN identification
from NBS and NHS, tracking of diagnosis, and … (Achieved)
2010 Activities: The project team conducted statistical analysis of outcome measures for … from 1,500-2,500 grams, and more
than 9.0 days longer than babies with weights greater or equal to … from 1,500-2,500 grams, and 7.3 days longer than babies with weights greater than
or equal to 2,500
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/learning-primary-care-meaningful-use-exemplars
January 01, 2023 - The MU program was implemented in three stages; for each stage, submission of clinical quality measures … Calculate practice and provider level performance, achievable benchmarks of care, and a summary measure … "Meaningful" clinical quality measures for primary care physicians. … "Meaningful" clinical quality measures for primary care physicians. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/improved-compliance-quality
March 01, 2006 - Improved compliance with quality measures at hospital discharge with a computerized physician order entry … Purpose of Study: To assess the effect of CPOE discharge tools on quality measures for acute myocardial … Years of study: 2001-2003 Study Design: Pre-post Outcomes: Impact on health care effectiveness and quality … measures and a prescription writer function. … Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome: Smoking cessation counseling increased from 1% to 43% of
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-quality-patient-care-equip-project
January 01, 2023 - Methodology included working with vendor, measure developers, and end users to define necessary data … incorporation into end user screens, report specifications in a data warehouse for national performance measure … A formal evaluation combined implementation monitoring with process and outcome measures. … The Data Warehouse supports regular reporting on national performance measures and aspects of system … Lack of standardization for quality measures and data specifications made some of these tasks even more
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/trial-aggregate-data-extraction-maintenance-certification-and-raising-quality/citation/clinical
January 01, 2023 - Clinical quality measure exchange is not easy. … Clinical quality measure exchange is not easy. … Project Name
Trial of Aggregate Data Extraction for Maintenance of Certification and Raising Quality
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - measures, and clinical reminders to support clinical care teams and patient self-management. … Measures include indicators of patient engagement, clinic-level quality of care, clinic-level process … Quality measures were selected and defined. … A protocol was developed for how and where to extract the data from the EHRs into ICCIS for quality-measure … In terms of the quality improvement measures, of the five quality improvement measures tracked in the
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-section-6.pdf
November 14, 2014 - and financial measures to use in analyzing the process and quality of
clinical care. … CliniCal ouTComes measures
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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/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/development-risk-adjusted-outcome-measures-ehr-environment/final-report
January 01, 2023 - Development of Risk-Adjusted Outcome Measures in the Electronic Health Record Environment - Final Report … Development of Risk-Adjusted Outcome Measures in the Electronic Health Record Environment - Final Report … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012. … PDF
Development of Risk-Adjusted Outcome Measures in the Electronic Health Record Environment … Principal Investigator
Schmaltz, Stephen
Project Name
Development of Risk-Adjusted Outcome Measures