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121. AHRQ Slide Template (ppt file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Romano_Selecting_Quality_Measures.ppt
     January 01, 2005 - facilitators or markers) Weakly associated with process/outcome measures Easy to measure, but hard to … Use structural indicators when acceptable process or outcome measures are not available (“free ride” … meaningful and easy to understand Reflect not just what was done but how well it was done (difficult to measure … directly) Morbidity measures tend to be reported inconsistently (due to poor MD documentation and/or … improvement in quality of care, or at least more attention to quality indicators Measures/indicators

122. Federal Register Doc 06-4574 - AHRQ Quality Indicators
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/fr16my06N.htm
     January 01, 2006 - : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. … publications relevant to the development and use of risk-adjustment, hierarchical modeling; performance measures … alternative approaches to risk-adjustment and hierarchical modeling; Experience with development of measures … of measures of health care quality that make use of readily available hospital inpatient administrative … : the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), the Inpatient Quality Indicators, the Patient Safety Indicators

123. FAR Notice ICD-10 Workgroups (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/EXTENDED%20FAR%20Notice%20ICD-10%20Workgroups.pdf
     July 31, 2012 - Workgroups July 10, 2012 EXTENDED Federal Register Notice for workgroups on ICD-10-CM/PCS Conversion of Quality … Indicators The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a notice in the Federal … [FR DOC# 2012-16734] seeking nominations for members of workgroups on ICD-10-CM/PCS Conversion of Quality … measures based on ICD-9-CM and/or ICD-10-CM/PCS codes, and demonstrating familiarity with the AHRQ … Curriculum vita (with citations to any pertinent publications related to quality measure specification

124. FAR Notice ICD-10 Workgroups (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/FAR%20Notice%20ICD-10%20Workgroups.pdf
     July 13, 2012 - Workgroups June 4, 2012 Federal Register Notice for workgroups on ICD-10-CM/PCS Conversion of Quality … Indicators The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a notice in the Federal … [FR DOC# 2012-13306] seeking nominations for members of workgroups on ICD-10-CM/PCS Conversion of Quality … measures based on ICD-9-CM and/or ICD-10-CM/PCS codes, and demonstrating familiarity with the AHRQ … Curriculum vita (with citations to any pertinent publications related to quality measure specification

125. I (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/AHRQ_QI_Guide_to_Comparative_Reporting_v10.pdf
     June 30, 2009 - It should measure an important aspect of quality that is subject to provider or health care system control … other indicators intended to measure the same or related aspects of quality, such as process of care … Because many quality measures have not been systematically studied, most indicators have one, two or … Some process measures have been associated with higher VBAC success. … In addition, reporting as a rate scales the count by the number of discharges or size of the hospital

126. No Slide Title (ppt file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Shalaby_General_Motors_AHRQ_Quality_Partnership.ppt
     January 01, 2005 - Partnership Measuring and Managing Quality with AHRQ Quality Indicators Sam Shalaby Director of Community … With the AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators( PQIs), Area Level Inpatient Quality Indicators(IQIs), Area … Diabetes cx - long term Uncontrolled diabetes Lower extremity amputation Low Birth Weight – Not a measure … coronary angioplasty (PTCA) area rate Laminectomy or spinal fusion area rate Low Birth Weight – Not a measure … ranges of the beneficiaries are those appropriate to the indicator reported, e.g., the diabetes PQI measures

127. Retirement of the Area-Level Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) in Future Versions of the AHRQ QI Software (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/PSI_Retirement_Notice.pdf
     September 01, 2016 - PSI 27: Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate This announcement is to inform users of AHRQ Quality … For instance, there are problems with operationalizing PSI 25 as an area-level measure without linked … In September 2016, the AHRQ Quality Indicator Standing Workgroup reviewed and discussed the utility … of the measures and the need for significant analytical work for the area-level PSIs as outlined above … area-level PSI indicators should be retired in order to focus on new and high-impact areas of healthcare quality

128. Pqi13 Retirement Announcement (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/PQI13_Retirement_Announcement.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - of PQI 13, “Angina without Procedure Admission Rate” This announcement is to inform users of AHRQ Quality … These concerns, outlined below, were reviewed and discussed by an AHRQ Quality Indicator workgroup … This shift in coding greatly reduces the validity of this measure, as originally intended, to reflect … as effectively with medications.2 While it is unclear whether this incentive impacts county-level measures … analysis file (2012) and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 4.4.

129. Introduction To Ahrq Quality Indicators Faq (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/Introduction_to_AHRQ_Quality_Indicators_FAQ.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Introduction to the AHRQ Quality Indicators for Hospitals & Health Systems Tuesday, October 20, 2015 … There are several CMS programs that use AHRQ Quality Indicators including the HAC Reduction Program … There are also several other agencies that use AHRQ Quality Indicators, but they are not necessarily … For example, there's a series of diabetic measures in the PQIs that if you can prevent diabetic patients … The AHRQ Quality Indicators are developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in conjunction

130. IQI Change Log (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/V43/Change_Log_IQI_4.3.pdf
     August 01, 2011 - IQI Change Log AHRQ Quality Indicators Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) Log of Revisions … the standard practice is not to risk adjust the measure, but to exclude from the denominator patients … that are not indicated for the measure (that is, where the process measure is not considered appropriate … Created a new indicator (IQI #33), Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate which closely mirrors the JCAHO measure … See 16-9 6 http://www.jcaho.org/pms/core+measures/information+on+final+specifications.htm.

131. Microsoft Word - AHRQ QI IQI Composite Report Draft-rev.doc (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/AHRQ_IQI_Composite_Draft.pdf
     January 01, 2006 - downloads/iqi/iqi_technical_specs_v30.pdf AHRQ Quality … Indicators Inpatient Quality Indicator Composite Measure Draft Technical Report Page 30 9/29/2006 … AHRQ Quality Indicators Inpatient Quality Indicator Composite Measure Draft Technical Report

132. C.16.6.D004 (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/QI_Newsletter_II_5_13.pdf
     May 20, 2013 - for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the release of the AHRQ Quality IndicatorsTM ( … Quality Indicators (IQI), Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) and Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDI) modules … http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/modules/iqi_resources.aspx Reporting of Rates for Specific Measures … to Version 4.1 supported weighted analyses with appropriate standard errors using discharge-level weights … designed to help hospitals understand the AHRQ Quality Indicators and use them to improve quality

133. Impact of Fiscal Year Coding Updates, v2021 (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/V2021/v2021_FY_Coding_Updates.pdf
     July 01, 2021 - AHRQ QI measures have been developed over time with input from numerous teams of clinical and technical … Forum (NQF), and general advances in the science of quality measurement. … (PQIs), Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), and Pediatric Quality … These modules include area-level indicators which measure ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and … hospital-level indicators which measure the outcomes of hospital care.

134. Criteria for a good indicator for comparative public reporting (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report_Appendix_A.pdf
     August 01, 2004 - level may have to be suppressed • Not applicable to the majority of hospitals • Volume is a proxy measure … level may have to be suppressed • Not applicable to the majority of hospitals • Volume is a proxy measure … average = 55 procedures per year) • Not applicable to the majority of hospitals • Volume is a proxy measure … hospital • Applicable to hospitals that provide cardiac surgical services • Volume is a proxy measure … reports refers to the inclusion of these QIs in the measure set of the National Healthcare Quality Report

135. U (doc file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2004/General%20Overview%20of%20the%20Conferences%20for%20Health%20Care%20Purchasers%20and%20Providers.doc
     January 01, 2004 - Can hospital quality be measured well enough to link payment to quality? … and other purchasers are pursuing “quality-based purchasing” strategies. … measures. … , purchasers and providers seek sound guidance on whether and how to measure hospital quality, publicly … and pursue quality-based purchasing as a mechanism for improving quality and will help providers prepare

136. WinQI Software
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/winQI.aspx
     July 01, 2021 - Indicators (PQI) PQI Individual Measure Technical Specifications (v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) … Download Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) IQI Individual Measure Technical … v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) Download Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) PSI Individual Measure … Indicator (PDI) PDI Individual Measure Technical Specifications (v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) … (“AHRQ”) for incorporation into AHRQ’s Quality Indicator Software.

137. WinQI Software
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Software/WinQI.aspx
     July 01, 2021 - Indicators (PQI) PQI Individual Measure Technical Specifications (v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) … Download Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) IQI Individual Measure Technical … v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) Download Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) PSI Individual Measure … Indicator (PDI) PDI Individual Measure Technical Specifications (v2021 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding) … (“AHRQ”) for incorporation into AHRQ’s Quality Indicator Software.

138. Microsoft Word - AHRQ QI PSI Composite Report Draft-rev.doc (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/AHRQ_PSI_Composite_Draft.pdf
     January 01, 2006 - downloads/psi/psi_technical_specs_v30a.pdf AHRQ Quality … Indicators Patient Safety Indicator Composite Measure Draft Report Page 28 9/29/2006 AHRQ … Quality Indicators Patient Safety Indicator Composite Measure Draft Report Page 30 9/29/2006

139. Microsoft Word - AHRQ_QI_v2020_PSI03_User_Note_02_2021-1.docx (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/AHRQ_QI_v2020_PSI03_User_Note_02_2021.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Microsoft Word - AHRQ_QI_v2020_PSI03_User_Note_02_2021-1.docx AHRQ Quality IndicatorsTM … February 2021 PSI 03 (Pressure Ulcer Rate) Measure Logic in v2020 QI Software The intent of … However, the PSI 03 measure logic in v2020 does not fully align with its clinical intent. … AHRQ is working to resolve this issue and expects to release the updated PSI 03 measure logic in QI

140. ICD-10 Timeline (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/Medical_Officer.pdf
     September 26, 2012 - ICD-10 Timeline September 26, 2012 Announcement: Seeking Medical Officer for the AHRQ Quality Indicators … ™ Seeking Medical Officer for the AHRQ Quality Indicators™ AHRQ is seeking a Medical Officer … to serve as a clinical expert on AHRQ’s Quality Indicators program. … ICD), 9th Revision to a 10th Revision coding system, the development and refinements of efficiency measures