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7241. New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2015 - “Perhaps this is because there is more one-on-one interaction with patients, and the safety measures … on the severity of their condition,” said Consuelo Dungca, R.N., Ed.D., deputy executive director, quality

7242. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013). … Specify a measure of data variability. … to the minimum treatment effect of interest, calculating the needed study size requires specifying a measure … be specified, including primary study outcome, clinically important minimum effect size, variability measure … specified, including the primary study outcome, clinically important minimum effect size, variability measure

7243. HCUP-US KID Overview
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      July 01, 2025 - Expected payment source Total charges Length of stay Severity and prior to 2016, comorbidity measures … These trend weights were calculated in the same way as the weights for the 2000 and later years of the … (Trend analyses for 2000 and later data do not need the KID trends weights.) … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

7244. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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      November 27, 2012 - Can you tell us which quality of life scales were used in the report? … Outcome measures are valid in their limitations. Statistical methods are appropriate. … used in this report – consider changing primary outcome measure to standard measures traditionally … There are no validated measures indicating “clinically important differences”. … correlating change in IRLS and meaningful improvement, almost all of these studies also used CGI scales

7245. Adverse events in the operating room: definitions, prevalence, and characteristics. A systematic review. | PSNet
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      July 25, 2018 - that the frequency of events varied by detection method and noted a need to develop a framework to measure … March 19, 2019 Using data to enhance performance and improve quality and safety in surgery

7246. Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record (pdf file)
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      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.

7247. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 14, 2022 - and Value-Based Programs & Initiatives, aim to use measures like the PSIs to both determine the quality … measurement and is transitioning all quality measures into digital quality measures (dQMs).8 CMS introduced … electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM), a subset of dQMs that use EMR data, into its quality reporting … , a measure that was recently added by CMS to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. … Digital Quality Measures. May 2022. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://ecqi.healthit.gov/dqm 7.

7248. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination of CDS Workgroup: Approaches to Measuring Patient-Centered CDS Workflow and Lifeflow Impact Executive Summary (pdf file)
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      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

7249. Improving Quality In Cancer Screening: The Excellence Report For Colonoscopy - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2010 - recognized quality process measures for colonoscopy. … of change for each quality measure was not always towards improvement. … The data consisted of summary data (proportion of exams that met the quality measure) on a per endoscopist … The sites with ASC accreditation tended to be more motivated to measure quality because of certification … which may have influenced physician willingness to measure quality.

7250. 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

7251. 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

7252. 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.

7253. 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.

7254. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 -  Patient Safety measures: Quality of care for women was improving for 43% of the measures, not …  Person-Centered care measures: Quality of care for women was improving for 76% of the measures …  Effective Treatment measures: Quality of care for women was improving for 52% of the measures, …  Healthy Living measures: Quality of care for women was improving for 48% of the measures, not …  Access measures: Quality of care for women was improving for 20% of the measures, not changing

7255. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Detailed Methods for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Tables (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2022 - CAHPS is an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure quality of care from the … Person-level weights, specific to the SAQ and DCS, were used for measures derived with data from these … Measures dropped beginning in the 2021 NHQDR Note Measure Measure Type Dropped from 2021 NHQDR … CAHPS and CIS measures asked in odd years only starting in 2018 Measure Measure Type Adults who had … Child Preventive Care measures asked in even years only starting in 2018 Measure Measure Type Children

7256. 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

7257. 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.

7258. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 26, 2021 - A more direct link to patient engagement is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint, CMS would like measure developers to actively engage with … Measures PfP PFE Measures: 1. … To support measure developers in these efforts, in April 2020 CMS released a toolkit for developers, … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data.

7259. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)
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      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

7260. 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.