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7321. Improving Quality In Cancer Screening: The Excellence Report For Colonoscopy - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-cancer-screening-excellence-report-colonoscopy/annual-summary/2010
      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.

7322. Facility Action Plan Template | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/action-plan.html
      March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI The purpose of this tool is to support quality … medically necessary; providers maintaining status quo despite education on evidence-based practices; how to measure … Department to orient staff on safety culture; determining next steps once survey results come back for quality

7323. Association of a clinical knowledge support system with improved patient safety, reduced complications and shorter length of stay among Medicare beneficiaries in acute care hospitals in the United States. | PSNet
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      October 19, 2022 - March 21, 2017 Prevention Quality Indicators Overview. … August 12, 2016 HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American … November 2, 2011 Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient … December 1, 2010 Do HSMRs really measure patient safety? 

7324. Fibromyalgia Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - eliminated the criterion of tender points examination and added (1) physician-rated severity on two scales … difference in mean change from baseline between treated and control groups by subgroup strata as a general measure … Multiple measures 11 for pain were used. … Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification … A comparative study of patients with and without abnormality in (MMPI) psychological scales.

7325. Self-reported patient safety competence among new graduates in medicine, nursing and pharmacy. | PSNet
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      February 14, 2015 - 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure … June 28, 2010 Development of a measure of patient safety event learning responses. … November 27, 2009 The H-PEPSS: an instrument to measure health professionals' perceptions … July 5, 2017 Strategies for developing and recognizing faculty working in quality improvement

7326. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 03, 2003 - The relevant studies were of fair to good quality but showed mixed results. … Clinicians may use the waist circumference as a measure of central adiposity. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2003. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age- and sex-specific prediction formulas. … Body mass index as a measure of body fatness in the elderly.

7327. genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities-protocol-140930 (pdf file)
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      September 30, 2014 - abilities), Inventory for Client and Agency Planning, Scales of Independent Behavior, and Vineland … on Standardisation and Quality Assurance. … Analytic specificity: is defined as the ability of a measurement procedure to measure solely the analyte … the properties or characteristic it is intended to measure (e.g., a gene mutation)? … refers to the reaction that an assay may have with analytes other than the ones it is designed to measure

7328. Home | CDSiC
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      July 02, 2025 - patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) trying to achieve, and what outcomes do we need to measure … Objectives Workgroup) is exploring this question and developing products and insights that can inform how we measure … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

7329. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 31, 2023 - One major challenge is the availability and quality of data. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#edn3 https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/measures/psi_resources https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov … /measures/psi_resources

7330. 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

7331. 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

7332. 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.

7333. 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.

7334. 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

7335. 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

7336. 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

7337. 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.

7338. 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.

7339. 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

7340. 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.