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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-demands-quality-measurement
November 16, 2022 - Commentary
Increasing demands for quality measurement. … Increasing demands for quality measurement. … This commentary relates challenges to meaningful and accurate quality measurement and makes recommendations … to augment health care systems to improve adoption and use of quality measures. … Increasing demands for quality measurement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-measures-patients-risk-adverse-outcomes-veterans-health-administration-expert-panel
June 22, 2022 - Commentary
Quality measures for patients at risk of adverse outcomes in the Veterans … Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration. … This paper describes the development of quality measures to assess the safety and quality of primary … Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration. … August 23, 2023
Using morbidity and mortality conferences to drive quality improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850910/psn-pdf
June 21, 2023 - Developing electronic clinical quality measures to assess
the cancer diagnostic process. … Developing electronic clinical quality measures to assess
the cancer diagnostic process. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-electronic-clinical-quality-measures-assess-cancer-diagnostic … In this study,
researchers developed and evaluated two electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-electronic-clinical-quality-measures-assess-cancer-diagnostic-process
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841566/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - of the quality measures and value-based quality programs that are used within CMS. … We develop or
maintain measures ourselves or utilize measures developed by other “measure stewards” … For example, AHRQ is an important measure steward
for some patient experience measures and the patient … Plans) to align quality measures across all payers. … We measure the glycated hemoglobin and control of blood sugar.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-patient-safety-indicators-related-widely-used-measures-hospital-quality
December 01, 2010 - of hospital quality? … Are patient safety indicators related to widely used measures of hospital quality? … The availability of multiple publicly reported measures of hospital quality has led to controversy, as … measures and found poor concordance overall. … Are patient safety indicators related to widely used measures of hospital quality?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-plan-patient-safety-initiatives
July 10, 2024 - Two such examples of measures sets that assess health plan quality and patient safety are Healthcare … Another promising avenue for future research is developing a better understanding for how we can best measure … key quality measures. … that change every year, including the weights and targets. … Amy Helwig: We often refer to these as quality measures rather than patient safety measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canary-measures-among-ahrq-patient-safety-indicators
November 27, 2012 - Study
"Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. … "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. … appeared to be the best single measure for this indication. … "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. … September 23, 2020
Quality & safety in the time of coronavirus--design better, learn
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/demonstrating-high-reliability-accountability-measures-johns-hopkins-hospital
January 27, 2016 - Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. … realize this goal, the group developed a conceptual model that addresses the challenges accompanying quality … They also employed the Lean framework of define-measure-analyze-improve-control to help teams systematically … November 6, 2013
Validity of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety … February 23, 2011
Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measures-improve-diagnostic-safety-clinical-practice
September 01, 2021 - Commentary
Measures to improve diagnostic safety in clinical practice. … Measures to Improve Diagnostic Safety in Clinical Practice. … Measures to Improve Diagnostic Safety in Clinical Practice. … 16, 2020
Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Annual Perspective
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-crowdsourced-hospital-ratings-coincide-hospital-compare-measures-clinical-and-nonclinical
June 23, 2021 - Study
Do crowdsourced hospital ratings coincide with Hospital Compare measures of … Do Crowdsourced Hospital Ratings Coincide with Hospital Compare Measures of Clinical and Nonclinical … Quality? … Quality? … June 12, 2019
Associations between hospital characteristics, measure reporting, and the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-patient-report-safety-climate-measures-health-care
September 15, 2021 - A systematic review of patient-report safety climate measures in health care. … The authors note that few measures report satisfactory validity and reliability, and few measures have … They suggest that future research focus on developing a stand-alone measure with high validity and reliability … systematic review of primary care safety climate survey instruments: their origins, psychometric properties, quality … See More About The Topic
Researchers
Hospitals
Ambulatory Clinic or Office
Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/selecting-quality-and-resource-use-measures-decision-guide-community-quality-collaboratives
November 17, 2010 - Government Resource
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide … for Community Quality Collaboratives. … Citation Text:
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality … report describes how local health care leaders can guide their organizational planning and performance measures … and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-shantanu-agrawal-md-mphil
February 26, 2025 - Over the years, we've created programs like endorsement, like measure selection for CMS. … to see if a measure is available that meets their needs. … RW : How does a measure get generated by you as an organization? … But we have a number of different programs that try to identify where there are critical measure gaps … behind those measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnostic-quality-safetyreducing-diagnostic-error-measurement-considerations
November 20, 2019 - Washington DC; National Quality Forum: October 28, 2019. … Efforts to track, understand and measure diagnostic errors offer continuing challenges to designing … measures. … It identified new types of active measures and related concepts present in the evidence base. … Need
July 8, 2020
Identification and Prioritization of Health IT Patient Safety Measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/concurrent-and-overlapping-surgeries-additional-measures-warranted
August 17, 2022 - Book/Report
Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries: Additional Measures Warranted. … Citation Text:
Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries: Additional Measures Warranted. … Cite
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Citation Text:
Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries: Additional Measures … February 3, 2016
First, Do No Harm: Improving Health Quality and Patient Safety. … October 23, 2019
Optimal Resources for Surgical Quality and Safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841567/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - and Value-Based
Programs & Initiatives, aim to use measures like the PSIs to both determine the quality … measurement and is transitioning all quality measures into digital quality measures (dQMs).8 CMS
introduced … electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM), a subset of dQMs that use EMR data, into its
quality reporting … , a measure that was recently added
by CMS to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. … Digital Quality Measures. May 2022. Accessed June 28, 2022.
https://ecqi.healthit.gov/dqm
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploratory-analysis-association-between-hospital-quality-measures-and-financial-performance
September 11, 2024 - Study
An exploratory analysis of the association between hospital quality measures … An exploratory analysis of the association between hospital quality measures and financial performance … This study examines the association of several quality-of-care measures and hospital profitability as … An exploratory analysis of the association between hospital quality measures and financial performance … October 9, 2024
Impact of repeated reimbursement penalties on hospital total quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-patients-perception-care-and-measures-hospital-quality-and-safety
February 13, 2019 - The relationship between patients' perception of care and measures of hospital quality and safety. … of quality and safety, measured through Hospital Quality Alliance data and the AHRQ Patient Safety … However, their findings do add to the argument for greater patient-driven measures in assessing the quality … The relationship between patients' perception of care and measures of hospital quality and safety. … February 10, 2012
Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fostering-transparency-outcomes-quality-safety-and-costs
January 29, 2015 - The lack of effective quality and safety measures hinders health care improvement and transparency … This commentary recommends ways to enhance the use of quality and safety measures, including establishing … March 24, 2017
Developing a measure of value in health care. … February 10, 2021
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins … October 31, 2014
Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-measures-burn-care-do-national-reporting-systems-accurately-reflect-quality
August 20, 2018 - Study
Patient safety measures in burn care: do national reporting systems accurately … reflect quality of burn care? … Patient safety measures in burn care: do National reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn … This study examined quality measures reported to the University Health Consortium, an alliance of academic … Patient safety measures in burn care: do National reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn