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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44355/psn-pdf
September 02, 2015 - Effect of a real-time pediatric ICU safety bundle
dashboard on quality improvement measures. … Effect of a Real-Time Pediatric ICU Safety Bundle Dashboard on
Quality Improvement Measures. … -
measures
Adherence to quality and safety measures (such as informed consent, presence of urinary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-real-time-pediatric-icu-safety-bundle-dashboard-quality-improvement-measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-real-time-pediatric-icu-safety-bundle-dashboard-quality-improvement-measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-richard-kronick-phd
February 01, 2014 - For example, part of the challenge is how do you measure diagnostic errors? … RK : AHRQ publishes an annual report that describes many measures of quality, safety, and disparities … It also showed improvements in quality on a number of measures publicly reported by CMS. … For example, we don't yet have good measures of diagnostic acumen, or of the quality of a physician's … ability to measure much of what matters in medical care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weighty-mistake
September 01, 2016 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … we (in the US) live in a non–metric-based society, we wish to communicate with families in units of measure … Still, I and the organizations listed above believe it is safest and should be standard of practice to measure … such provider-targeted, and consumer-focused, solutions come to market, including integrated digital scales … the following: (i) All providers that care for children should have access to infant and pediatric scales
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47350/psn-pdf
November 29, 2018 - Do crowdsourced hospital ratings coincide with Hospital
Compare measures of clinical and nonclinical … quality? … Quality? … between crowdsourced ratings of hospitals (i.e., through consumer-
oriented sites) and publicly reported quality … of hospital quality and safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-safer-health-care-system-critical-need-improve-measurement
November 03, 2015 - The commentary emphasizes the need for valid patient safety measures and mentions the Surgeon Scorecard … The authors suggest that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) focus on measures of the … Hospital board and management practices are strongly related to hospital performance on clinical quality … June 24, 2019
Improving the quality of health care: what's taking so long? … November 30, 2016
Human factors and ergonomics and quality improvement science: integrating
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-perinatal-patient-safety-review-current-methods
October 19, 2022 - The author discusses four methods for measuring patient safety—structure measures, process measures, … outcome measures, and safety attitude and climate surveys. … September 1, 2016
Emerging trends in perinatal quality and risk with recommendations … ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality … View More
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Facility and Group Administrators
Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/urgent-need-improve-health-care-quality-institute-medicine-national-roundtable-health-care
May 27, 2015 - The urgent need to improve health care quality. … The authors review existing efforts to improve quality, including regulation, "Continuous Quality Improvement … The urgent need to improve health care quality. … May 27, 2015
Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association … December 23, 2008
Accountability measures—using measurement to promote quality improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-hospital-public-quality-reporting-electronic-health-record-medication-safety
October 21, 2020 - Study
Association of hospital public quality reporting with electronic health record … Association of hospital public quality reporting with electronic health record medication safety performance … Hospitals participating in the voluntary Leapfrog program must publicly report data on several quality … measures. … Hospitals that participated in the Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) Evaluation Tool , which measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36277/psn-pdf
October 21, 2010 - Are the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
obstetric trauma indicators valid measures of hospital … Are the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality obstetric
trauma indicators valid measures of hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-obstetric-trauma-indicators-valid … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-obstetric-trauma-indicators-valid-measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-obstetric-trauma-indicators-valid-measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33803/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - For example, part of the
challenge is how do you measure diagnostic errors? … RK: AHRQ publishes an annual report that describes many measures of quality, safety, and disparities. … It also
showed improvements in quality on a number of measures publicly reported by CMS. … For example, we don't yet have good measures of
diagnostic acumen, or of the quality of a physician's … our ability to measure much of
what matters in medical care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-adjusted-morbidity-teaching-hospitals-correlates-reported-levels-communication-and
July 12, 2010 - correlates with reported levels of communication and collaboration on surgical teams but not with scale measures … correlates with reported levels of communication and collaboration on surgical teams but not with scale measures … Hospitals are urged to measure their safety culture through the use of one of several validated surveys … s)
Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality … April 1, 2006
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Physicians
Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-project-2015-2017
April 15, 2005 - National Quality Forum; NQF. … The National Quality Forum (NQF) has been a leader in defining patient safety reporting measures. … website provides information about the third cycle of an NQF patient safety project that solicited new measures … National Quality Forum; NQF. … September 27, 2016
Patient Safety Measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45813/psn-pdf
January 18, 2017 - Considering chance in quality and safety performance
measures: an analysis of performance reports by … red, amber, green: the need to avoid distraction by random
variation in organisational performance measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/considering-chance-quality-and-safety-performance-measures-analysis-
performance-reports … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/considering-chance-quality-and-safety-performance-measures-analysis-performance-reports … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/considering-chance-quality-and-safety-performance-measures-analysis-performance-reports
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/performance-measures-neurosurgical-patient-care-differing-applications-patient-safety
June 03, 2020 - Study
Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications … Performance Measures in Neurosurgical Patient Care: Differing Applications of Patient Safety Indicators … Performance Measures in Neurosurgical Patient Care: Differing Applications of Patient Safety Indicators … July 22, 2015
Patient safety in plastic surgery: identifying areas for quality improvement … adverse events in surgery: comparing events detected by the Veterans Health Administration Surgical Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-process-compliance-and-surgical-outcomes-medicare-beneficiaries
May 01, 2015 - Hospitals are now required to report adherence to measures intended to prevent post-surgical complications … These measures are being publicly reported by groups including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … However, this analysis found that high levels of adherence to these accountability measures were not … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Association of hospital participation in a quality … December 4, 2019
Association of hospital participation in a regional trauma quality improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-and-measuring-patient-safety
June 16, 2011 - The authors begin with an overview of safety terms and the basics of safety and quality measurement while … also sharing the challenges in choosing process versus outcome measures and tracking compliance with … March 11, 2020
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins … July 14, 2010
Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on patient … June 28, 2010
Linking Joint Commission inpatient core measures and National Patient Safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-healthcare-review-concepts-dimensions-measures-and-progress
November 21, 2014 - Review
Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts, dimensions, measures and … Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts, dimensions, measures and progress. … Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts, dimensions, measures and progress. … 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure … October 26, 2010
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Quality and Safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-safety-2012
November 02, 2012 - Book/Report
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality … annual Joint Commission report summarizes the performance of hospitals across 45 accountability measures … This year's calculation for identifying "Top Performers" included three new accountability measure sets … last year and now accounts for about 18% of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals that report core measure … April 24, 2013
National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety Measures: A
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measures-and-measurement-high-performance-work-systems-health-care-settings-propositions
December 21, 2017 - Commentary
Measures and measurement of high-performance work systems in health care … Measures and measurement of high-performance work systems in health care settings: Propositions for improvement … Measures and measurement of high-performance work systems in health care settings: Propositions for improvement … October 4, 2011
Beyond service quality: the mediating role of patient safety perceptions … September 29, 2017
Pediatric Quality Indicators Overview.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpatrick-s-romano-md-mph
July 10, 2024 - Multiple approaches are necessary to get closer to concepts that we're trying to measure. … PR: Well, the simple answer is you can't improve what you don't measure. … The Program started with a fairly limited set of measures that are now called Inpatient Quality Indicators … or IQI, including risk-adjusted mortality measures and measures of volume on specific procedures for … from The Joint Commission, from Hospital Compare , from process measures, risk-adjusted mortality measures