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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/asthma-appropriateness-ed-visits.html
August 01, 2021 - Appropriateness of Emergency Department Visits for Children and Adolescents with Identifiable Asthma
Measure … Domain: Management of Chronic Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Emergency Room Use by Children with … NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Full Report: In preparation for posting—available upon request
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/asthma-rate-ed-visit.html
August 01, 2021 - Rate of Emergency Department Visit Use for Children Managed for Persistent Asthma
Measure Domain … : Management of Chronic Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Emergency Room Use by Children with Asthma … PQMP COE: CAPQuaM
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Full Report (PDF, 174.4 KB)
Measure … PDF, 46,5 KB)
Section 3, Figure 2 (PDF, 90.7 KB)
Section 6.B, Chart 1 (PDF, 120.5 KB)
Asthma Measures
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/red-cell-transfusions-picu.html
August 01, 2021 - Appropriateness of Red Cell Transfusions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Measure … Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) … Products:
Fact Sheet (PDF, 420 KB)
Full Report (PDF, 223 KB)
Measure Technical Specifications
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/deliveries-with-anesthesiologist.html
November 01, 2019 - Obstetrical Service by an Anesthesiologist Who Is Qualified To Provide Obstetrical Anesthesia
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, 416 KB)
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/scd-hemoglobin-s-monitoring.html
August 01, 2021 - Hemoglobin S monitoring prior to chronic transfusion among children with sickle cell disease
Measure … Domain: Management of Chronic Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Sickle Cell Treatment
PQMP COE: … NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Full Report: In preparation for posting—available upon request
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/overuse-tomography-atraumatic-headache.html
August 01, 2021 - Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children With Atraumatic Headache
Measure … Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Overuse of Imaging
PQMP COE: Q-METRIC … Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Fact Sheet: None
Full Report (PDF, 321 KB)
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm7.html
October 01, 2014 - based on the following considerations:
Quality and usefulness of measures. … Quality and Usefulness of Measures
Measures are important for several reasons, including their appeal … One of North Carolina's goals is to choose measures that have demonstrated quality improvement and cost … The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) The Guide to Quality Measures: A Compendium Volume … 1 , provides a compilation of nationally recognized quality measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/CHIPRA-BMI-Maternity-Care-Measures.pdf
February 23, 2012 - rewards.3 Recently, the National Quality Forum, a consensus-based
body that endorses quality measure … Validity testing of measures
Validity testing demonstrates that the measure reflects the quality of … scales/tests. … Measure Designation
Measure purpose Quality improvement
Accountability
Type of measure Process … Measure Designation
Measure purpose Quality improvement
Accountability
Type of measure Process
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/deliveries-level-3-nicu.html
August 01, 2021 - High-Risk Deliveries at Facilities With Level 3 or Higher NICU Services on Campus
Measure Domain … : Patient Reported Outcome (Health Outcomes and Patient Experiences of Care)
Measure Sub-Domain: … CEPQM
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Fact Sheet: None
Full Report (PDF, 256 KB)
Measure … 306 KB)
Section 6, Table 6 (PDF, 45 KB)
Section 7, Tables 7 to 10 (PDF, 70 KB)
CAPQuaM HROB Measures
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/timely-temperatures-upon-arrival.html
August 01, 2021 - Timely temperatures upon arrival in Level 2 or higher nurseries for low birthweight neonates
Measure … Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Temperatures of Low Birthweight Neonates … PQMP COE: CAPQuaM
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Full Report (PDF, 260.3 KB)
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/review.html
July 01, 2022 - in the measure inventory were not sufficient to understand the cost/quality paradigm, specifically due … to the limited number of quality measures. … Also, utilization and cost measures in the absence of quality measures could be misleading and thereby … 143 measures
Resource
9 measures
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
Episode … 5 measures
Quality Alliance Steering Committee
22 measures
APCD Showcase
41 reports
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-dailyearlymobility-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Title Slide
Measure … The next intervention is performing structured assessments of sedation and delirium using validated scales … However, for early mobility in particular, this data can not only be used to drive quality improvement … efforts, but can also be used for quality improvement process development. … about when the patient was intubated, which sedation scale your unit uses, the results of sedation scales
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-intermediate-progress.pdf
November 04, 2018 - by L&M
Policy Research, LLC with guidance from the Pediatric Quality Measure
Program (PQMP) Grantees … Measure Program
PQMP-LC Pediatric Quality Measure Program Learning Collaborative
QI Quality Improvement … Measures being applied in rapid-cycle or continuous quality improvement settings should
be capable of … ⇒ Data lags and variability in the quality of data are inevitable,
however, adapting measures for … From a process of care to a measure: the development and
testing of a quality indicator .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-116-fullreport.pdf
November 01, 2016 - Measure Owner
Collaboration for Advancing Pediatric Quality Measures (CAPQuaM)
1.E. … asthma care quality,
inpatient care measures). … One such study found that quality measures that could be calculated
using administrative data showed … Identification of Disparities
CHIPRA requires that quality measures be able to identify disparities … Formal selection of measures for a composite index of
NICU quality of care: Baby-MONITOR.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2024-hcbs-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The HCBS CAHPS Survey contains 19 measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum, a
consensus-based … HCBS CAHPS Consensus-Based Entity Endorsed Measures
HCBS Measure Number of Items
Composite Measures … The CMS CBE endorses quality measures through a transparent,
consensus-based process that incorporates … Single Item Measure Results—2024 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database
Single-Item Measures Bottom Box Top Box … The HCBS
CAHPS Survey uses several different response scales.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section3.html
April 01, 2020 - between collecting financial data and collecting quality data. … must establish an expectation that unit and department care teams will identify key process variables, measure … Power/authority continuum
Pending Measures
Multiple measures are already in place affecting the … Pending emergency department measures
Measure Name
Effective Date
Use of Brain Computed … were then interviewed to better understand the benefits and burdens of collecting and reporting the measure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-dailyearlymobility-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Presentation: Program Overview
Measure Descriptions for Daily Early Mobility
AHRQ Safety Program for … approach
Interrupt sedation daily and minimize sedative use
Assess sedation and delirium with structured scales … ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
3
Data Collection
Drives quality improvement … efforts
Can be used for quality improvement processes or for research
Provides quantifiable measures … all quality improvement efforts…
The Data Measures Guide provides detailed instructions on how to calculate
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/e1_combo_monitorprogress.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The
measures you monitor after implementation will include rates for the AHRQ Inpatient Quality
Indicators … a list of candidate measures, with a rationale for the importance of each
measure … You can draw on the measures you used for evaluating progress in
implementing your quality improvement … on a measure. … For example, a measure you think will change slowly could be tracked annually, and
a measure that you
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/e1_pdi_monitorprogress.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The
measures you monitor after implementation will include rates for the AHRQ Pediatric Quality
Indicators … for the importance of each
measure … • Test each measure against the criteria described below.
• Identify and discard weak measures … You can draw on the measures you used for evaluating progress in
implementing your quality improvement … on a measure.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2025-hcbs-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2025 - HCBS CAHPS Measures
HCBS Measure Number of Items
Composite Measures
1. … HCBS CAHPS Measures (cont’d)
HCBS Measure Number of Items
15. Rating of homemaker 1
16. … The CMS CBE endorses quality measures through a transparent,
consensus-based process that incorporates … The HCBS
CAHPS Survey uses several different response scales. … Table C-1 displays the different response scales and how
the response options are categorized for top