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341. Expanding and Enhancing All Payer Claims Database System Capacity in States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2018 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) AHRQ Quality … Funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supported the travel expenses for … derive a starter set of measures. … Categorize these measures into broad types (e.g., costs/efficiency, quality of care [process and outcome … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

342. 2022 Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance (CHIP) Chartbook (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2023. … composite measure, the four ratings, HEDIS questions, and Children with Chronic Conditions measures … The CAHPS Health Plan Survey uses several different response scales. … Table G-1 displays the different response scales and how the options are categorized for top box and … Top Box and Proportional Score Crosswalk to CAHPS Response Scales Response Scale Lower Proportion

343. Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey_Transcript (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - CAHPS surveys don’t measure satisfaction, per se. … And so we don’t want to actually measure peoples’ satisfaction, we want to measure what actually happened … And one component of the CHIPRA program is the Pediatric Quality Measures Program. … measures, of standardized quality measures for Medicaid and SCHIP programs. … And the goal was to develop pediatric quality measures that would be in the public domain.

344. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - Infection-Related Data Definitions Tool ( PDF , 373 KB; Text Version ) A visual guide on a select set of measures … to consider when measuring performance to reduce CAUTIs, with a sample of these measures and explanations … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-surveillance.html  

345. Centers of Excellence and Coordinating Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2019 - They have developed some new performance measures and have calculated new and existing performance measures … This coordination and collaboration will help align the concepts, data, methods, and measures needed … experts will meet regularly to advise AHRQ and the Centers of Excellence about data and performance measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

346. How Does the NPSD Work? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - NPSD’s Role in Quality and Patient Safety Data Reporting Tools Resources Contact Us … In addition, some of this information also appears in AHRQ's National Quality and Disparities Report. … NPSD Data Are Unique The data presented by the NPSD differ from clinical quality measures reported … Clinical quality measures reported by other agencies typically focus on all eligible members of the population … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

347. Research Findings & Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Patient Safety Evidence-based Practice Center Reports Fact Sheets National Healthcare Quality … Medical Errors and Patient Safety Quality Translating Research Into Practice Quality & … and Quality Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators, and ambulatory clinical performance measures. … reports from research grants administered since 2000 on a variety of patient safety topics, such as measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

348. Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Comments Due March 4 on Quality Indicators Measure for Severe Maternal Morbidity . … Patients with heart failure admitted to hospitals that perform poorly on mortality and readmission measures … Comments Due March 4 on Quality Indicators Measure for Severe Maternal Morbidity A new Request for … The measure would be validated, refined and maintained by the agency’s Quality Indicators (QI) program … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

349. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - Processes Early Mobility Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures … materials to help units accomplish three goals: monitor ventilator-associated events (VAEs) and outcome measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

350. St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2015 - Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS®), a standardized survey that measures … discharge orders "Our hospital began implementing the HCAHPS survey in 2010 to improve three key measures … Joseph's director of quality management. … To address the "response of hospital staff" measure, St. Joseph's developed diverse strategies. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

351. Choosing an Intervention and Measuring Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - The Intervention Worksheet provides examples of potential interventions and ways to measure outcomes … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

352. Key Driver 6: Nurture Leadership and Create A Culture of Continuous Learning and Evidence-Based Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - deliberate and consistent communication, role modeling, education, review of implementation and outcome measures … Review measures of implementation and impact of evidence-based practices regularly To create a culture … of evidence-based care, it is essential that leaders review measures of whether the practice has in … Leaders should visibly use those measures to signal the importance of adapting to new evidence. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

353. HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - GINSBERG (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2023 - Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs Center for Quality … • Health Systems Research: Invest in research and evidence to make health care safer and improve quality … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … survey data 9 CAHPS Surveys: Gold standard for patient experience measurement CAHPS Surveys: ►Measure … patient experience, not patient satisfaction ►Capture the patient’s voice in development and testing ►Measure

354. Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Sign up: Quality Measure Tools Email updates Slide 1 Identifying Key Areas For Delivery System … Hard to improve what you can't measure. … P4P, public reporting, "shared savings") → measures had better be good. … Slide 19 Examples of research questions At what level is it desirable and feasible to measure quality … Alternate Formats PowerPoint Version [ - 190 KB] Related Content Topic: Quality Measures

355. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Clostridium difficile infections were previously tracked in the “All Other HACs” measure, which is a … Collectively, 28 specific measures are used (Exhibit A1a): 15 measures to generate rates for the 10 … Measures used to estimate the national HAC rate HAC Type Source Measure Adverse Drug Event MPSMS … The weights follow, based on their percentage of the inpatient population: • AMI: 1.95%, • CHF: 3.10% … the 21 measures. 2.

356. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Survey Items and Composite Measures Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey Items and Composite Measures—English … Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey Items and Composite Measures—Spanish Version and Description of Translation … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

357. Implementation and Impact of Medicare’s Voluntary Ambulatory Care Quality Reporting Program (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Implementation and Impact of Medicare’s Voluntary Ambulatory Care Quality Reporting Program AHRQ DELIVERY … measures approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). … multivariate differences-in-differences (DID) model to compare performance on vetted, claims-computable measures … The three measures of inappropriate utilization included: ■ Ambulatory care-sensitive admissions, … ■ No association existed between participation and targeted measures: With few exceptions, participation

358. Improving Value and Efficiency in Hospitals and Medical Offices: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Sets (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set composite measures they are designed to improve. … Composite Measure 4. … Resources by Additional Measures Experience With Activities To Improve Efficiency 1. … Resources by Composite Measure Composite Measure 1. Empowerment To Improve Efficiency 1. … Resources by Additional Measures Experience With Activities To Improve Efficiency 1.

359. CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - The CAHPS narrative items generate insights into the topics addressed by the survey’s measures as well … But narratives can also reduce consumers’ attention to standardized measures and lead to suboptimal doctor … choices based on those measures. … How patient comments affect consumers’ use of physician performance measures. … but led to a decline in decision quality.

360. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - SOPS Surveys Measure Patient Safety Culture The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) are … a consistent methodology across a large sample of respondents, they are standardized and validated measures … significant relationships exist between SOPS patient safety culture scores and important healthcare delivery measures … Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home setting. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.