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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiid.html
June 01, 2010 - Tools and Measures Developed by Providers
Tool or Measure Set: Chimes Performance Metrics
Data Source … Proprietary Tools and Measures
Miscellaneous Private and Public Organizations
Tool or Measure Set … It is modular-individual scales and measures can be selected or left out, depending on the research and … Return to Appendix III Contents
Arizona
Tool or Measure Set: Quality Performance Measures for … designated as specific to the ALTCS; three HEDIS diabetes measures, a measure of the timeliness of HCBS
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/methods/measures.html
August 01, 2018 - EvidenceNOW: Evaluation Measures
Evaluation Measures
EvidenceNOW cooperatives will collect … practice-level data from participating primary care practices on the clinical quality measures that correspond … Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and are endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF). … Clinical Quality Measures
Measure Description
Measure ID (if applicable)
Aspirin … diabetes mellitus (DM), or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) > 190 receiving a statin
Newly developed measure
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirement1.html
February 01, 2014 - In addition, CHIPRA directed the Secretary to establish a CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program ( … of health care quality established under CHIPRA; expand on existing pediatric quality measures used … Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children’s Healthcare for Medicaid and CHIP (SNAC) was to assess … of the measure (prevalence/incidence and cost/utilization related to the measure topic, as well as recent … the ability to improve performance on the measure).
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/measure.html
April 01, 2017 - Collected measures related to cost, utilization, and quality focused on measures relevant to ambulatory … , type of measure (cost, quality, or utilization), risk adjustment, and Web site or reference (if measure … The team chose deep dive measures from high-priority topics with measures for cost, quality, and utilization … Measures were grouped together to assess cost, quality, and utilization for specific topic areas for … Although there are some limitations to both APCD data and the measures themselves, the measure inventory
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/measures-specifications-sw.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Measures Specifications
Southwest Cooperative
Resource: Clinical Quality Measures—Southwest … Cooperative (PDF, 426.25 KB, 4 pages)
This document outlines measure specifications for the ABCS … Acknowledgements: EvidenceNOW Southwest, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality EvidenceNOW Initiative
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/datameasures-guide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Quality improvement teams often share process and outcome performance measures with
select individuals … all staff involved in the quality improvement project is essential. … Measures … Guide
Prepared by Johns Hopkins Medicine/Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality … with
contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality through Contract
No
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www.ahrq.gov/gam/summaries/domain-framework/index.html
July 01, 2018 - NQMC Measure Domain Framework
The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) was a database … quality measures from related measures. … In practical terms, the criterion of quality determines whether a higher or lower score for a measure … sub-groups: quality measures, related measures and efficiency measures. … By definition, clinical and population health quality measures incorporate a criterion of quality, which
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/quality-measures.html
November 01, 2018 - What Health Care Quality Measures Will You Report? … to measure (e.g., clinical quality, patient experience, patient safety, cost). … Although there are thousands of different measures of quality, most of them are designed to meet the … On the other hand, a measure that reinforces your message can be very powerful. … Learn About Measures
To learn about quality measures for consumer reports, go to Select Measures to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology … The
Minimum Data Set’s multidimensional, resident-specific items measure quality of care more directly … Our Dependent Variables in this study included 12
Long-Stay Quality Measures and three Short-Stay measures … These post-stratified weights were used in all analyses.
3.5.3 Quality Measures: We unzipped and downloaded … have concluded that data could still be used to measure good and poor quality-of-care practices(20)
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/about/pediatric-quality-measurement-importance.html
June 01, 2018 - Historically, quality measures have been focused on adults or the elderly, while existing child measures … measures, including the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP)—which is focused solely on the development … , providers, plans, patients, and their families to measure and improve the quality of children's health … measures across diverse topics;
improving and strengthening the Child Core Set of quality measures … If you have any questions or would like to request specific measure documents, please email the PQMP
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/examples.html
December 01, 2022 - Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers
Health plan quality measures typically … Here are some examples of health plan quality measures that research evidence and practical experience … Descriptive Measures
Descriptive measures can convey the health plan’s capacity for providing high-quality … Also in "Measures of Health Plan Quality"
Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers … Major Health Plan Measurement Sets
Databases Used for Health Plan Quality Measures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/LomotanDougherty2013.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Often, quality measure
developers will consult outside experts to weigh the
Quality Measures for … , ICS Initial Core Set of child health care quality measures, PQMP Pediatric Quality Measures
Program … The purpose of the measure or set of measures
would be to provide a mechanism for better understanding … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National Quality
Measures Clearinghouse. … Tutorial on quality measures [online].
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www.ahrq.gov/data/nhqdr.html
July 01, 2024 - The NHQDR is based on nearly 700 measures from more than 30 sources of quality and disparities data covering … The tool helps users: Determine which of the more than 400 healthcare quality measures are improving … The National Dashboard highlights healthcare quality measures, providing users with specific healthcare … State leaders can use this tool to measure their state's healthcare quality performance. … The State Dashboards feature healthcare quality measures, providing state officials with state-specific
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/grantees/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), Title IV, Sec. 401, the Pediatric Quality … quality measures available to public and private purchasers of children's healthcare services. … to improve children’s quality of care and the second on measure dissemination and implementation. … Excellence : In 2011, through Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) "CHIPRA Pediatric Healthcare Quality … measures across diverse areas and tested the performance of these measures against specific criteria
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_fs_14-p005-1-ef.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Measure Fact Sheet – The AHRQ-CMS CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP)
2
Evidence Base … Measure Testing
This measure was tested in the Chicago Pediatric Quality and Safety Consortium (CPQSC … Related Measures
● This measure is an enhancement of the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement … quality measures. … Conners Rating Scales, Barkley ADHD Rating Scale, Vanderbilt Parent and
Teacher Assessment Scales, ADHD
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/findings.html
July 01, 2022 - measures and measure sets. … evidence-based health care quality measures and measure sets. … No quality measures. … No quality measures. … No quality measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/summary.html
June 01, 2018 - percentage of all quality measures that are improving, not changing, or worsening through 2013, overall … and by National Quality Strategy priority
Quality Measures
Improving
No Change … For each measure with at least four estimates over time, unweighted log-linear regression is used to … Summary of Quality Disparities
Number and percentage of healthy living measures for which members of … For each measure with a disparity at baseline, average annual percentage changes were calculated for
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www.ahrq.gov/gam/summaries/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Guideline and Measure Summaries
Status
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and National … Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) websites, including the primary content of guideline and measure … the availability of NQMC for the last two years (FY16 and FY17), we provide direct access to their quality … measures content:
CMS Measures
AHRQ make no warranties concerning the content or clinical efficacy … or effectiveness of the quality measures and related materials represented through this link.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/lessons.html
August 01, 2021 - Lessons from the Field Reports
The Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) was established … to increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public … Domain
Research Foci
Using quality measures at multiple levels
How can the same measure … The reports are organized by the research foci domains––using quality measures at multiple levels, making … Lessons from the Field: Using Pediatric Quality Measures across Multiple Levels (PDF, 509 KB).
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part3-nqs.html
March 01, 2016 - Quality Measures
QUALITY: Through 2013, most measures of health care quality for Blacks improved … Quality of care for Blacks:
Improved for 59% (106 of 179) of the measures. … were not improving across a broad spectrum of quality measures
Total
(n=79)
Patient … For each measure with Black-White disparities in the baseline year, average annual percentage changes … Note: An overall quality score is computed for each State based on the number of quality measures that