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301. Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/measures-cg30-2309.pdf
     June 01, 2017 - to measure respondents’ assessments of their own or their child’s provider. … When reporting single-item measures, it is important to indicate that the measure reflects performance … Descriptions of these measures and lists of the survey questions included in each measure are provided … Survey results are typically reported along with other measures of quality and safety. … A high level of reliability is not necessary for a measure to provide useful information for quality

302. Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-2.html
     November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS Child Health Care Quality Toolbox The … Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for … As a registered member of the CAHPS family of measures, the CAHPS 3.0 Child Survey uses the CAHPS® methodology … used basic CAHPS child core questionnaire, including items that are combined to report five composite measures … Return to Contents Resource and Burden Issues The production of performance measures is a data-driven

303. Generating Health Care Quality Scores That Show Differences | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/index.html
     March 01, 2016 - Generating Health Care Quality Scores That Show Differences The critical link between collecting … The nature of the score is often inherent in the measure (e.g., an overall rating on a 1-10 scale). … This section discusses the following topics: Scoring Different Kinds of Measures Making Adjustments … to Scores Combining Measures Into Composites or Summary Scores Framing Scores as Positive or Negative … Why Good Presentation Matters Generating Scores that Show Differences in Performance Describing Measures

304. A-23. Measure 20: Coordination of care (CCPS-P) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-apptabA-23.html
     October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-23. … Potential Measure Development Methodology Potential Measures Clinic/Clinician Element Patient … List of Measures from the CCRM Atlas A-4. … Measure 22: The quality of the service provided by community resource to a practice  (GP-LI) Clinical-Community … Relationships Measures Expert Panel Appendix Table A-23.

305. Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2024 - The main goal of care coordination is to meet patients' needs and preferences in the delivery of high-quality … The Care Coordination Quality Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC) builds on previous AHRQ work to develop … Care Coordination Measures Atlas—June 2014 Update . … has assembled additional resources to help clinicians, clinical teams, and health care administrators measure … Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC) survey is now available.  

306. A-19. Measure 16: CHERL referrals to community resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-apptabA-19.html
     October 01, 2013 - Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships A-19. … Introduction Potential Measure Development Methodology Potential Measures Clinic/Clinician Element … List of Measures from the CCRM Atlas A-4. … Measure 22: The quality of the service provided by community resource to a practice  (GP-LI) Clinical-Community … Relationships Measures Expert Panel Appendix Table A-19.

307. Gaps Identified | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/gaps.html
     March 01, 2017 - office safety is one of the strongest and most widely used assessment tools currently available to measure … safety culture in practices. 265 Another surrogate measure of safety has been through the evaluation … One promising measure is the Patient Measure of Safety for use within the acute and primary care settings … . 266 , 267 Until these measures are implemented to scale, surrogate measures of patient safety such … of engagement. 270 Assessment of patient activation is also a potential measure that may be linked

308. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023nhqdr-introduction-rev.pdf
     December 07, 2023 - The measures cover a wide variety of conditions and settings. Data years vary across measures. … The Quality and Disparities Tables in Appendix B display the 2023 NHQDR’s extensive collection of measures … The tables display key statistics for all measures, including measure title, data source, benchmark, … • Measure Specifications, which provide information about how measures are generated and analyzed … Measures highlighted in the report are described, as well as other measures that were examined but not

309. Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Health Plan Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/about/measures-hp50-2109.pdf
     September 08, 2017 - : • Rating measures are based on items that use a scale of 0 to 10 to measure respondents’ assessment … When reporting single-item measures, it is important to indicate that the measure reflects performance … Descriptions of these measures and lists of the survey questions included in each measure are provided … Survey results are typically reported along with other measures of quality as well as information on … A high level of reliability is not necessary for a measure to provide useful information for quality

310. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/north-carolina.html
     March 01, 2021 - Many practices have shown significant improvements, regardless of which measures the practices chose … practice readiness for change (determined by the Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change [ORIC] scales … All practices are now submitting at least two ABCS measures and more than 90 percent of practices have … submitted three measures. … Despite the limitations in many EHRs to create new measures, build registries, and perform risk stratification

311. Thermal condition of low birth weight neonates admitted to Level 2 or higher nurseries in the first 24 hours of life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/thermal-condition.html
     August 01, 2021 - birth weight neonates admitted to Level 2 or higher nurseries in the first 24 hours of life Measure … Domain:  Management of Acute Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Temperatures of Low Birthweight Neonates … Associated NQF # and Name:  None Products: Fact Sheet  (PDF, 367 KB) Full Report  (PDF, 194.6 KB) Measure … Specifications and Other Supporting Documents: Section 1, Table 1  (PDF, 96 KB) Section 2, Detailed Measure

312. AHRQ Hospital Financial Measures Database Methodology Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/hfmd-methodology-report.pdf
     August 02, 2024 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane … Future measure development activities could include expanding the measures by using utilization variables … Hospital Financial Measures Database 15 Methodology Report FINANCIAL MEASURE GROUP RATIOS: TABLES 3.1 … Use the fitted values from the derived variance function to establish weights (wi=1/σ2). 4. … Estimate regression coefficients using these weights.

313. Distribution of temperatures for low birthweight neonates admitted to Level 2 or higher nurseries in the first 24 hours of life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/low-birthweight.html
     August 01, 2021 - birthweight neonates admitted to Level 2 or higher nurseries in the first 24 hours of life Measure … Domain:  Management of Acute Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Temperatures of Low Birthweight Neonates … Associated NQF # and Name:  None Products: Fact Sheet  (PDF, 406 KB) Full Report  (PDF, 296.6 KB) Measure

314. Care Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/careaffordability.html
     June 01, 2018 - Measures of Access Problems Due to Health Care Costs Measures of Inefficiency Supplemental Measures … The reports are based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities covering a broad array of … Quality of care continues to improve, but wide variation exists across the National Quality Strategy … Care Affordability measures are limited for summarizing performance and disparities. … Figures illustrating select measures of Care Affordability.

315. EvidenceNOW: Midwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/midwest.html
     March 01, 2021 - benchmark based on participating practice ABCS measures and to enable longitudinal tracking of electronic … clinical quality measures across the region. … Update The Midwest Cooperative is collecting electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), practice … Care Learning Community [AcademyHealth, 2017] Use of the popHealth Open-Source Quality Measure Engine … Treating Your Patients for Tobacco Dependence [2016] Understanding the New Cholesterol Performance Measure

316. Getting Ready for Measurement: Overcoming Barriers and Taking Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/state-of-science-3.html
     June 01, 2020 - Next Steps Conclusion References HCOs are resource constrained, and efforts to measure … quality and safety of healthcare are anchored foremost to the measures specifically required by accrediting … Currently, measures of diagnostic performance and safety are not among these required measures, and the … The current lack of incentives and models to measure diagnostic safety can make it difficult to get started … Other unintended consequences, including gaming and measure fatigue, may emerge from implementing suboptimal

317. Appendix C. Environmental Scan Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlasapc.html
     March 01, 2013 - National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Data Sources Appendix C. … clinical practices Relationships Measurement Community Health Medical Home Relationships Measure … Provides information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, rating scales, tests, index measures … Targeted organization Web sites Measurement Organization National Quality Measures Clearinghouse … ™ (NQMC) National Quality Forum (NQF) Continuous Enhancement of Quality Measurement (CEQM

318. Supporting Consumers in Using Information on Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/support/index.html
     July 01, 2016 - Supporting Consumers in Using Information on Health Care Quality The ultimate goal for comparative … quality reports is for consumers and patients to use them. … measures has stepped up the need for this kind of support. … In addition to needing help in understanding individual measures or measure sets, people need help synthesizing … and evaluating information on multiple topics such as clinical quality, patient experience, provider

319. Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter3.html
     June 01, 2014 - Measure Mapping Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profile Appendix I. … Measure Mapping Strategy Appendix II. Identifying Measures Appendix III. … Care Coordination Measure Instruments Elements of the Framework To help organize measures … Closing the quality gap: A critical analysis of quality improvement strategies. … For details of this mapping process, go to Chapter 5—Measure Mapping .

320. Assessing the Availability of the Preconception Component of High Risk Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications Before and During Pregnancy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/teratogenic-medications.html
     August 01, 2021 - Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications Before and During Pregnancy Measure … Domain: Availability of Services Measure Sub-Domain: High-Risk Obstetrics PQMP COE: CAPQuaM … Associated NQF # and Name: None Products: Fact Sheet: None Full Report (PDF, 237 KB) Measure