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4981. CHIPRA - Spotlight on Colorado (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/co-statesum.pdf
      July 01, 2015 - With funding from CMS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is leading the evaluation of … Colorado helped SBHCs to monitor quality and implement QI projects Colorado hired quality improvement … With this support, SBHCs— • Used quality reports to guide QI efforts. … CHIPRA demonstration staff generated quality reports for each SBHC from SBHC-reported data. … the quality of health care for children?

4982. Reporting of Adverse Drug Events: Examination of a Hospital Incident Reporting System (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Desikan.pdf
      March 01, 2002 - and PHRED, we were unable to make comparisons of the level of incident reporting with more objective measures … computerized adverse event detection methods, which would have inherently been better comparison measures … Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2000. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2000.

4983. 2018 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2018_hpchartbook.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Health Insurance Program Enrollees For all four populations… How Well Doctors Communicate, which measures … communicated well with consumers, was the highest scoring composite Getting Needed Care, which measures … For questions and composites based on 4-point response scales (i.e., "always," "usually," "sometimes … 6% 16% 78% 151,975 Overall Rating of Specialist 7% 19% 74% 112,693 Overall Rating of Health Care Quality

4984. Sampling, Weighting, and Synthetization Methodologies (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Sampling-Weighting-Synthetization-Methodologies.pdf
      December 01, 2023 - Implications of Data Quality in the Medicaid File Due to data quality issues in the Transformed Medicaid … For each crossing of state and domain category, we computed the measure of size (MOS) as: (Medicaid … / Nh) / .3, .20 / .3} SyH-DR 6 Methodologies Otherwise (i.e., nh ≥ 1000), MOSt = 1, MOSt – Measure … domain Nh – Population size for domain Thus, every person record in the extract had three applicable measures … Each person was then assigned an overall MOS, which was equal to the maximum of these three measures

4985. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-fac-notes.html
      May 01, 2017 - Use debriefings and ongoing quality improvement. … Design a quality improvement initiative using closed-loop communication. … Through these measures, briefings can help improve patient safety. … At the end of the case, the checklist prompts the team to have a discussion that includes process measures … Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2009;18(2):121-6. PMID: 19342526.

4986. Final Progress Report: Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/noskin-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) To implement medication … USP Quality Review: Use caution-avoid confusion. … Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

4987. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2018, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2018-Compendium-TechDoc-update.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Health Systems, 2018, Technical Documentation Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Introduction In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Comparative … systems serving low-income and potentially underserved populations, the list draws on two common measures … Product We used the 2018 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to construct measures … Provider-offered Medicare Advantage plans: recent growth and care quality.

4988. Chapter 3. Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - VASQIP data represents an extensive surgical quality improvement program and data collection tool. … research purposes, as well as for identifying opportunities for surgical process improvement and other quality … Evaluate the Quality of the Risk-Adjustment Relative to Method Complexity and Data Collection Costs

4989. Daily Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/daily-ltvv-tool.html
      February 01, 2025 - Daily Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Data Collection Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Hospital___________     Unit___________     Date ___________ Fill out for all beds Fill out if patient is mechanically ventilated   Fill out if Vent Mode = 1 or 2 Fill out if Vent Mode …

4990. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User's Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospital-user-guide.pdf
      July 01, 2018 - by shared perceptions of the importance of safety, and by confidence in the efficacy of preventive measures … Based on these activities, the design team developed draft survey items to measure the identified key … Hospital Definition The purpose of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture is to measure the culture … There are 42 items grouped into 12 composite measures, or composites. … The midpoints of the scales are reported as a separate category (Neither or Sometimes).

4991. HCA: How a Large Healthcare System Is Looking Beyond the Electronic Health Record (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/lhs/lhs_case_studies_hca.pdf
      April 01, 2019 - Healthcare System Is Looking Beyond the Electronic Health Record The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … innovation in healthcare delivery in order to ensure that people across America receive the highest quality … As a result, patients get higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and health delivery organizations … initiatives to redirect incentives away from volume and toward a focus on value: better patient outcomes and quality … “We measure everything,” he says.

4992. Prologue -- Where the Rubber Meets the Road (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Leape.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - been to analyze data to identify problems and demonstrate that a new practice will lead to improved quality … The National Quality Forum’s expert panel has reviewed several hundreds of these and produced a short … VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000ColorACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> / … /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000GrayACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality

4993. Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive and Affective Approach (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Croskerry.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - As Nuland notes, “It is every doctor’s measure of his own abilities; it is the most important ingredient … Minimize time pressures Provide adequate time for quality decisionmaking. … The quality in Australian health care study. Med J Australia 1995;163: 458–71. 5. … A report of the Committee on Health Quality in America, Institute of Medicine. … Achieving quality in clinical decisionmaking: cognitive strategies and detection of bias.

4994. Continuous Respiratory Monitoring and a “Smart” Infusion System Improve Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia in the Postoperative Period (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Maddox_111.pdf
      June 18, 2008 - Introduction Effective pain management is essential to patient satisfaction, quality of care, and institutional … Continuous quality improvement data documented that the IV safety systems helped avert significant IV … for severe patient harm.19 Wireless technology was deployed to support ongoing data collection for quality … safety is improved, and costly adverse events are avoided. 11 Capnographic monitoring to measure … the 6th annual conference – Pain Management and Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Improving Safety and Quality

4995. 4. Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4.html
      May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement 4. … Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality … and communication needs should be part of any minimum data set related to health care delivery and quality … This chapter begins by reviewing what is known about the role of language in the provision of quality … Moreover, families of non-English-speaking patients receive less information relevant to high-quality

4996. Functional Specifications for Pressure Ulcer Healing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/functional-specs.html
      December 01, 2017 - Text   Display: “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014.” … Text1   Display: “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014.” … Text   Display: “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014.” … Text   Display: “Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014.” … Pressure Ulcer Measures Pressure Ulcer Measures Calculations Numerator Denominator

4997. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-p-transcript.docx
      June 02, 2025 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation

4998. Appendix D. Site Visit Process Comparison | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - endocrinologist does not typically work on a case in advance for adults, but on day of surgery they will measure

4999. 3. Observations About the Structure of the Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section3.html
      October 01, 2015 - National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report 3. … Program Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality … The quality demonstration grant program did not explicitly encourage the development of payment models … Federal investment designed to learn about ways to improve quality of care for children. … States used their remaining funds to continue selected program elements, such as quality measure reporting

5000. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - So finally, the ongoing physician champion roles, once you’ve got your quality improvement program up