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5761. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement (pdf file)
      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

5762. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement (pdf file)
      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.

5763. serious-mental-illness-outcomes-140303 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
      March 03, 2014 - Although stakeholders have proposed a variety of quality measures (QMs), no single validated measure … The technical brief will interview key informants—including quality measure developers, quality measure … measures, how documentation affects use of quality measures, duration of patient followup, outcomes … measures), quality measures, and types of outcomes. … Definition of Terms Quality measure (QM): Broadly defined, quality measures are tools that help measure

5764. NIS File Specifications
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      November 01, 2024 - Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … A Hospital Weights File is always included. … Severity Measures Files, Diagnosis and Procedure Groups Files, and database 10% Sample files are … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nisfilespecs.jsp … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

5765. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination Workgroup: (pdf file)
      cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/SMD%20PC%20CDS%20Performance%20Measurement%20Inventory%20User%20Guide_FINAL_9.19.23.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - Researchers developed study-specific tools, thresholds, and scales to evaluate clinicians’ decision … Example Measure and Measurement Approach Information Quality Alert sensitivity EHR data: Alert … Assessments of measure quality, including fitness-for-use, reliability, and clinical significance are … the literature, nor the quality of the measures. … To our knowledge, assessments regarding the quality of measures are lacking.

5766. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination Workgroup: (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/SMD%20PC%20CDS%20Performance%20Measurement%20Inventory%20User%20Guide_FINAL_9.19.23.pdf
      August 01, 2023 - Researchers developed study-specific tools, thresholds, and scales to evaluate clinicians’ decision … Example Measure and Measurement Approach Information Quality Alert sensitivity EHR data: Alert … Assessments of measure quality, including fitness-for-use, reliability, and clinical significance are … the literature, nor the quality of the measures. … To our knowledge, assessments regarding the quality of measures are lacking.

5767. Timely Temperatures for All Low Birth Weight Neonates (pdf file)
      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.

5768. 2025 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
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      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

5769. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination of CDS Workgroup: Approaches to Measuring Patient-Centered CDS Workflow and Lifeflow Impact Executive Summary (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Exec%20Sum_SMD%20Workflow%20Measurement%20Approaches%20Report%20to%20AHRQ%208.9.23_508.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - Quantitative methods can include numeric study observations, scores derived from participant-completed scales … • What Measurement Concepts Are Used to Measure PC CDS Workflow and Lifeflows Impacts? … Measure Concepts Measure Concept Definition Workflow Context PC CDS design characteristics … Gaps related to the quality of evidence. 3. … knowledge specific to the decision aid content.17 Develop validated, intervention- and disease-agnostic scales

5770. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination of CDS Workgroup: Approaches to Measuring Patient-Centered CDS Workflow and Lifeflow Impact Executive Summary (pdf file)
      cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Exec%20Sum_SMD%20Workflow%20Measurement%20Approaches%20Report%20to%20AHRQ%208.9.23_508.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - Quantitative methods can include numeric study observations, scores derived from participant-completed scales … • What Measurement Concepts Are Used to Measure PC CDS Workflow and Lifeflows Impacts? … Measure Concepts Measure Concept Definition Workflow Context PC CDS design characteristics … Gaps related to the quality of evidence. 3. … knowledge specific to the decision aid content.17 Develop validated, intervention- and disease-agnostic scales

5771. Detailed Methods for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-mepsmethods.pdf
      December 01, 2021 - Person-level weights, specific to the SAQ and DCS, were used for measures derived with data from these … Measures dropped from the 2021 NHQDR or to be dropped in the 2022 NHQDR Note Measure Measure type … Quality and Disparities Report: Detailed Methods for MEPS 11 Note Measure Measure type Converted … National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Detailed Methods for MEPS 12 Measure Measure … Measure Measure Type 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Detailed Methods for

5772. Figure 1. Numeric Scoring for Evaluation Criteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2010 - in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … and Tools Appendix IV: List of Measures Appendix V: Tested Measures by DRA Domain Appendix VI: … Designed/tested for community dwelling non-HCBS-specific population (e.g., a National Committee for Quality … Used by 5 or more States or (a) used by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for a health plan … measure or (b) used by a Federal Government agency across multiple States.

5773. Performing an SSI Investigation: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - For example, one process measure is antibiotic redosing. … Avedis Donadebian (1919–2000) was the physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and … Slide 9: Normothermia Maintenance Say: Here are some single-process measure audits. … It’s just one process measure initially developed for the colorectal operating room. … Again, these are just some of the process measure tools available to you.

5774. Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/McColmSuccessStory2009_0.pdf
      December 01, 2009 - Quality measures that quantify the appropriateness and quality of care provided by a clinician or health … necessary to measure quality. … and Report on Quality of Clinical Care A quality measure is a standardized assessment that quantifies … For one measure, the additional requirement was found in the medication list; the other 11 measures … • All of the quality measure exclusions were captured using queries.

5775. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 26, 2023 - -1-explorations-quality-assessment-and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expert-consensus-currently-accepted-measures-harm … -2/ https://ascls.org/quality-indicators-toolkit-appendix-2/ https://www.sts.org/quality-safety/performance-measures … In 2022, CMS published the Digital Quality Measures Strategic Roadmap, which outlines its transition … As these concerns were resolved through measure refinements and better data quality (e.g., nearly universal … Indicator [PSI] 90) using weights that reflect both the frequency of component PSIs and their downstream

5776. NHQDR Methodology Report – NHQDR Data Tools
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      November 01, 2023 - These measures have not been approved by the IWG for inclusion in the core measure set. … measure set. … and by measure areas and topics. … Measure – filter by specific measures available. … These selections define the list of available measures. Only one measure can be selected at a time.

5777. TRial of Aggregate Data Exchange for Maintenance of certification and Raising Quality (TRADEMaRQ) - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - measures from clinical networks; 2) To study whether viewing quality measures and peer comparisons would … We assessed measure and transfer errors, choices of quality improvement relative to quality gaps, and … dashboards, time spent reviewing measures, selection of SAMs and IAs, and changes in quality measures … to the average quality for the measure of all physicians in the study. … Measures Overlap in Quality Measures Used in TRADEMaRQ by Partner TRADEMaRQ Measures NQF # (description

5778. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017160-kmetik-final-report-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - for patient management and quality improvement5,6 Performance measure definitions and specifications … Electronic medical records for patients in the exception, apparent quality failure and measure met samples … The rate for each quality measure was lower than the rate reported for similar measures used in the … measure reporting and had no financial incentives for quality reporting. … Physicians are more likely to accept the quality measure results as valid if they can account for exceptions

5779. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/predictors-trauma-care_research-protocol.pdf
      May 31, 2017 - This review will include any measure of circulatory or respiratory compromise or combination measures … interventions used for serious injury, or whether the injury is rated as severe using accepted rating scales … We will also abstract how the included studies evaluate the measures, the measure characteristics, and … trauma who are treated in the prehospital setting by EMS personnel, what is the evidence that scales … a circulatory measure and a respiratory measure and then the GCS is optional.

5780. 2012 04 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - These measures are also endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) for public reporting and quality … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … READMISSION MEASURES Measure 1.