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7341. AHRQ: A Brief History | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - AHRQ: A Brief History The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was created when … Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 . … By the late 1990s, efforts to examine the quality and effectiveness of healthcare intensified, and the … reforms to improve healthcare quality. … , mandated by Congress in 2003, provides annual updates on measures related to access to care, affordability

7342. Disposition of Comments for Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure (pdf file)
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      November 20, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2013. … tackle adequately the complexity of diagnosis of heart failure and in particular the superiority of measure … Rev 7 Intro The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate. … If a translation from accuracy measures to patient important outcomes is desired, then there is almost … If I know the age and sex of a person, do I really need to measure BNP on top of that?

7343. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 12, 2025 - Questions Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 71 - 80 of 274 Search FAQS Filter by Categories - Any - Accessibility AHRQ Quality … Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture TalkingQuality TeamSTEPPS … The process for filing a formal complaint can be found on the Information Quality Guidelines page . … What is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)?

7344. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      Questions Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 181 - 190 of 274 Search FAQS Filter by Categories - Any - Accessibility AHRQ Quality … (HCUP) Job Opportunities & Internships Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) National Healthcare Quality … Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture TalkingQuality TeamSTEPPS … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) takes no position on the status of a particular

7345. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      Questions Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 211 - 220 of 274 Search FAQS Filter by Categories - Any - Accessibility AHRQ Quality … (HCUP) Job Opportunities & Internships Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) National Healthcare Quality … Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture TalkingQuality TeamSTEPPS … Also provided to persons at the end of life who need palliative care to maintain their quality of life

7346. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards in Dr. Eisenberg's memory. … The tool includes 20 hospital-level and 7 regional measures. … The volumes helped fuel efforts to improve patient safety and provided a measure of progress. … Determine scope, risk factors, and control measures for hospital-acquired, community-onset MRSA infections … While there is a measure of success in identifying and verifying practices that improve safety, further

7347. Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients. | PSNet
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      May 26, 2021 - Study Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient … Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical … Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical … December 9, 2020 The trigger tool as a method to measure harmful medication errors in … About The Topic Intensive Care Units Facility and Group Administrators Risk Managers Quality

7348. Topic 0614 Tonsillectomy NSD FINAL CC (pdf file)
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      October 23, 2014 - Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or no intervention Outcome(s): Improvement in sleep, improved quality … These conditions result in lowered quality of life, lack of sleep, and high direct and indirect costs … recommendation of tonsillectomy in children with recurrent throat infection stems from the varied measures … greater amount of evidence supporting the effectiveness of tonsillectomy to reduce SDB and improve the quality

7349. Eating Disorder Resources for Clinicians and Patients | The Academy
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      July 17, 2024 - Expert Insight Expert Tips Success Stories Measures … including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, are serious conditions that impede quality … conference was made possible [in part] by grant R13 HS 29603-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Email Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

7350. Developing and Evaluating Online Education to Improve Older Adults’ Health Information - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2012 - There is little data about older consumers’ awareness of the varying quality of health care information … on the Internet, and whether or not seniors are able to distinguish between high- and low-quality Web-based … The program aimed to improve older adults’ ability to identify high-quality health Web sites and to promote … Participants agreed that a list of high-quality sites and criteria for evaluating information would be … information, but improvements were not observed between the intervention and control groups for any other measures

7351. Detailed Methods for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (pdf file)
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      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

7352. 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.

7353. 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.

7354. 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

7355. 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

7356. 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

7357. 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.

7358. 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.

7359. 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

7360. 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.