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241. Impact of Health Information Technology on Clinical Care | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - The quality and safety measures included guideline-adherent drug dispensations and laboratory monitoring … The resource-use measures include emergency department visits, nonelective hospitalizations, and office … and safety measures, and health IT is associated with lower visit rates. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009. … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2008.

242. Harnessing Health Information Technology for Self-Management Support and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Health Plan - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/harnessing-health-information-technology-self-management-support-and-medication/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - To analyze effects of the intervention on relevant metabolic and clinical processes and outcome measures … Specific Aims: Measure the effects of a Medicaid health plan-directed ATSM on patient-centered outcomes … (Achieved) Measure differences in the frequency and nature of patient safety events among participants … Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)-relevant metabolic and clinical process and outcome measures … is superior to ATSM-only with respect to HEDIS-relevant metabolic and clinical process and outcome measures

243. Enhancing Complex Care through an Integrated Care Coordination Information System | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - measure-based pay for performance. … Forum-approved quality measures. … The evaluation included tracking of quality measures, conducting before-and-after surveys of patients … The quality clinics improved their quality measures 14.2 percent versus 8.9 percent for the coordination … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012.

244. Enhancing Patient Safety through a Universal EMR System | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Completed Grant Number UC1 HS015083 Funding Mechanism(s) Transforming Healthcare Quality … The study was designed to examine various measures in the areas of organizational finance, workflow impact … , and clinical processes, to determine what effects the EMR had on these measures. … However, isolating the effects on some of the other measures proved quite elusive.

245. Apkon M et al. 2005 "A randomized outpatient trial of a decision-support information technology tool." | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2005 - The primary outcome was quality of care, which was assessed based on the total percentage of any of 24 … health care quality process measures (opportunities to provide evidence-based care) that were fulfilled … Although there was a modest improvement in performance on screening/preventive measures, it was offset … by poorer performance on some measures of acute care. … : 75% agreed or strongly agreed that [the DSS] provides high-quality information.

246. Pain Management Resources to Support Clinical Decision Support Artifact Development: An Environmental Scan (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-environmental-scan.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - Measures Clearinghouse, the National Quality Forum’s measure database, and the Centers for Medicare … Resources include (but are not limited to) clinical practice guidelines, clinical quality measures, … Measures Clinical quality measures evaluate the degree of compliance with the clinical practice guideline … Language CQM Clinical Quality Measure DoD Department of Defense DVPRS Defense Veteran Pain Rating … Scale eCQM Electronic Clinical Quality Measure FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center

247. Quantifying Electronic Health Record Usability to Improve Clinical Workflow - Final Report (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Acknowledgment of Agency Support: This study was supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The six (20-point Likert) scales of the original TLX (mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand … Summary of data coding quality in terms of intercoder agreement across dual-coded visits. 6.1.4 … Inspection of the factors indicated 2 scales: a 5-item Effort subscale consisting of Mental, Physical … Both scales had values ranging from 1-20, inclusive, with lower numbers indicating preferred outcomes

248. AHRQ-Funded Research Improves the Delivery of Health Services at the Health Systems Level | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2018 - Jason Shapiro used real-time data from an HIE to validate quality measures of potentially avoidable … measures. … Quality Improvement Quality Improvement, often implemented iteratively, is the process of attaining … a higher level of performance or quality compared to previous levels. … In the healthcare environment, quality improvement efforts may focus on strengthening health services

249. R18Hs017179-Tang-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Patient self-reported data was collected using a single questionnaire (containing all scales) at baseline … The complete questionnaire included questions or scales measuring patient diabetes knowledge, attitudes … Additional Outcome Measures Required by AHRQ In addition to the outcome measures incorporated in the … Patients have access to aggregate information about the PAMF physician performance on quality measures … The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure.

250. Engaging Disadvantaged Patients in Sharing Patient Generated Health Data and Patient Reported Outcomes through Health Information Technology - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025505-moore-final-report-2020.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Both intervention and control groups were asked to send their weights in response to a health promotion … Data Sources, Collection, and Outcome Measures Phase 1/Aim 1. … of Life (HRQOL-4) measure, which is a validated PROM that assesses patients’ overall physical and mental … Change in Patient Activation Measure score All Intervention Control Baseline 69 70.3 67.6 Follow … Development and Testing of a Short Form of the Patient Activation Measure.

251. Spreading and Scaling Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - inflammation can cause joint deformities and impair physical functioning, significantly impacting a person’s quality … resources on: how to select the appropriate PROs to use; tips for using PROs to succeed in Federal quality … Merit-Based Incentive Payment System; how to develop efficient workflows for collecting rheumatoid arthritis measures … non-English speaking populations; case studies describing practices with high performance on PRO-based quality … measures; how to benchmark PRO quality measures through the RISE registry; and a nursing staff training

252. Enhancing Patient Matching in Support of Operational Health Information Exchange - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023808-grannis-final-report-2023.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - Similarity Measures. … Similarity measures and frequency weights can be incorporated into the model both as two separate attributes … inverse of frequency weights 𝑔𝑔(𝑤𝑤𝑗𝑗 ), and scaling the modified similarity interval to (0, 1 … We analyzed the effect of treating similarity measure and frequency weights as (a) two separate attributes … In addition, when similarity measure or frequency weights of a field are available, the proposed multinomial

253. A Partnership for Clinician EHR Use and Quality of Care - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017191-pohl-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - research team conducted principal components factor analysis and reliability analysis, revealing three scales … Three measures are presented here representing structure, process, and outcomes aspects of quality. … To measure structural aspects of quality at the center level, the study employed the Physician Practice … A final measure of quality for the study was in the area of medication safety. … Project attempts to measure the depth and quality of EHR use by individual clinicians – and thus measure

254. Harnessing Health IT for Self-Management and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Plan (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017261-schillinger-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - We used validated scales (refer to Table 1), intended to capture the experience of having a chronic … SMART Steps primary and secondary outcomes measures Table 1a. … self-management behaviors between PLUS and ONLY groups, but there were several differences in sub-scales … National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality 2008. … A 12-Item Short- Form Health Survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and

255. Use of Electronic Health Record Metadata to Assess Hospital Discharge Planning for Post-Acute Transitions | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 31, 2025 - HS028865 Funding Mechanism(s) Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality … Identify measures of the discharge planning process that are associated with patient outcomes. … high-readmission risk conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia, the research team will define, measure … associated with process (e.g., timely discharge and followup care) and outcome-based (e.g., readmissions) measures … of transitional care quality.

256. Home Health Worker | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014. … Adoption of Health Information Technology in Home Health Care Care coordination measures … Care coordination measures atlas (Prepared by Stanford University under subcontract to Battelle on Contract … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 2010. … Measures Project Towards Effective and Efficient Adoption of Health Information

257. Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pharmaceutical-safety-tracking-phast-managing-medications-patient-safety/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-006: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Program: Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health Information Technology (IQHIT) Grant … The project is also comparing PhaST to usual care on measures of patient and provider satisfaction, patient … outcomes, and measures of the quality of medication management, such as rates of patient medication … Specific Aims: Determine whether PhaST is superior to usual care on measures of system process. (

258. Prospective | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2024 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2023. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2023. … for Children With Medical Complexity Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures … Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures To Capture Violations of the Five Rights of Medication … , Jason Stuart Project Name Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures To Capture Violations

259. Improving Health Care through HIT in Morgan County, IN | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Both qualitative and quantitative measures were obtained. … Pre-and post-implementation measures were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance techniques … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2009. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2008.

260. Impact of Health IT on Lab Order Use in Community Health Centers (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2011 - We also aimed to measure the economic impact of the tools by estimating the cost of HIT implementation … In 2006, both Centers implemented the EHRS, which includes information on the quality measures for HIV … We also gathered data to measure the costs associated with the intervention. 1. … The hepatitis measures were complicated by the fact that they were not pure lab measures. … This is problematic because unless every measure on the form has been “checked off,” it counts against