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41. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2022 - Calculation of the measures was limited by the availability of the measure data elements within these … • Assess the burden of calculating the measures and the value of providing the measure results. … As a first step, the practice identifies all quality and other registry measures that they would like … implementations that seek to capture the full set of harmonized measures, including the Quality of … Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire: a new measure.

42. Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Structured Abstract Background One of the intended goals of publicly reporting the cost and quality … While public quality reporting is well documented, less is known about public reporting of costs and … We conducted a systematic scan to identify Web sites that report cost measures, and cataloged these measures … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

43. Standardized Libraries of Harmonized Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2022 - To address these limitations, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed the Outcome … Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain Research Protocol Aug 02, 2024 Pediatric Quality … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

44. Draft Comment Form for Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2024 - Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Submit Project Timeline Pediatric Quality Measures Program … for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review Technical Brief December 17, 2024 Measure … You Might Also Like Draft Comments Dec 17, 2024 Draft Comment Form for Measure

45. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - indicators or quality measures. … A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Quality measures for supportive cancer care: The cancer quality-ASSIST (Assessing Symptoms Side Effects … National Quality Forum. Measure Evaluation Criteria. 2008: Washington, DC. 17.

46. EHC Protocol: Updating the Measurement Criteria for AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
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    September 06, 2023 - Which prioritization criteria for health care quality measures have been proposed? … How should the current NHQDR measure selection prioritization criteria be updated? … describing only the need for quality of care measures, only quality of care measures without describing … regarding the procedural effort to obtain measures, evidence of content validity for the measure selection … " [Title/Abstract] OR "Healthcare Quality Indicators" [Title/Abstract] OR "quality measure" [Title/

47. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - quality measures into the domains of access, outcome, patient experience, population health, process … Regardless of disability type or etiology, outcome measures to evaluate quality care for people with … efforts. 6 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … instruments Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting.

48. Updating the Measurement Criteria for AHRQ’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) (pdf file)
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    December 28, 2023 - Which prioritization criteria for health care quality measures have been proposed? … How should the current NHQDR measure selection prioritization criteria be updated? … describing only the need for quality of care measures, only quality of care measures without describing … regarding the procedural effort to obtain measures, evidence of content validity for the measure selection … " [Title/Abstract] OR "Healthcare Quality Indicators" [Title/Abstract] OR "quality measure" [Title/

49. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Included measures have: Low sensitivities, so normal values on the physiologic measure (a negative … High specificities, meaning abnormal values on the physiologic measure (positive test) are unlikely in … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2018. … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

50. • Measurement and outcomes need consensus definitions • State Medicaid programs need robust HEDIS and NCQA measures for all severe and persistent mental health conditions. • Consensus definitions would help answer questions such as “Does… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Our managed care program contracts with CCNC for robust reporting on quality measures around prevention … Providers support and work to adopt national measures. … NC Medicaid is committed to improving the quality of care provided to our SMI population. … Accountability for quality services may make some clinicians uncomfortable. … This may increase as financial incentives are tied to quality of work vs quantity of work.

51. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2023 - Few studies examined diagnostics or diagnostic outcomes, such as breast cancer diagnosis quality measures … high-quality (e.g., measured using validated scales). … We found 90 studies that take various approaches to describe, measure, and analyze organizational characteristics … standardization of measures across studies and a need for multilevel inquiry. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2023.

52. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 49: Evidence Map on Home- and Community-Based Services and Person-Centered Care for Older Adults (pdf file)
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    September 05, 2024 - Peer Reviewer #1 Findings Table 3: HCBS Quality Measure Set: Domains – last line is “A compilation of … Peer Reviewer #3 Guiding Questions Clarify the term “quality measures”. … Users still need to read the details of each quality measure. … Peer Reviewer #3 Findings In Table 3, the HCBS Quality Measure Set is not a conglomerate of measures … The quality measures listed in Table 3 are for HCBS interventions.

53. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 05, 2010 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2010. … reported outcome measures of Table 1 (page 17). … of the scales based on the citations provided. … Might it be a measure of scapular position? … Please define this measure, and clarify that this is a measure of function / disability.

54. Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care … Benchmark Measures We defined benchmark measures of quality of cancer care at the end-of-life using … Our measure of chemotherapy toxicity may be a more specific measure of over-zealous chemotherapy use … Measures of the quality of end-of-life care can be divided into those that measure over-use of aggressive … Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review.

55. Evidence Map on Home- and Community-Based Services and Person-Centered Care for Older Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2025 - Numerous quality measures exist for HCBS. … measures, and identify research gaps for older adults. … We identified 27 primary studies, 25 systematic reviews, and 29 quality measures. … Numerous quality measures exist for HCBS. … measures for older adults and older adults with disabilities.

56. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - O utcomes measures for each question: The outcome measures of interest include: health outcome measures … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review Disparity Measure. … Included studies should capture health outcome measures and/or process measures. … improvement intervention and measure a change in outcomes relative to a referent group. … Report Research Protocol Aug 02, 2024 Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An

57. Research and Surveillance Methods for Improving Medication Safety Using Administrative Claims Databases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - We will assess the validity of the measure set using state Medicaid data. … and underuse of medications) and have developed an initial measure set, we will share this information … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

58. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - This review will include any measure of circulatory or respiratory compromise or combination measures … interventions used for serious injury, or whether the injury is rated as severe using accepted rating scales … We will also abstract how the included studies evaluate the measures, the measure characteristics, and … circulatory measure and a respiratory measure and then the GCS is optional. … measure, but not both (e.g., a measure that combines GCS and blood pressure).

59. Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure Codes on the Perceived Value of EPC Reports to Health Systems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2020 - The first identified quality measures covered by the report with descriptive information. … The second contained page numbers in the report’s executive summary where those quality measures are … We incorporated them in revised quality measure tables. … when the hyperlinked quality measure indexing tables were available. … the reports in the future if they had enhanced quality measure tables like these available.

60. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2017 - This review will include any measure of circulatory or respiratory compromise or combination measures … interventions used for serious injury, or whether the injury is rated as severe using accepted rating scales … We will also abstract how the included studies evaluate the measures, the measure characteristics, and … trauma who are treated in the prehospital setting by EMS personnel, what is the evidence that scales … a circulatory measure and a respiratory measure and then the GCS is optional.