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7361. 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

7362. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions between Care Settings | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions … Measure the utilization and effectiveness of the IPHR. … Between Care Settings - 2012 Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2012. … Project Name: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices

7363. Medication Safety Certificate Program. | PSNet
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      September 30, 2020 - April 1, 2015 Move toward full use of metric dosing: eliminate dosage cups that measure … Use cups that measure mL. … February 26, 2014 2005 Quest for Quality Prize. … February 1, 2022 - March 8, 2022 Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety. … October 15, 2018 Safety Quality and Informatics Leadership Program.

7364. 7. Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? 6. … Medicine: Are appropriate orders on file or available for any needed special surfaces or other preventive measures … project may need to add or make changes to any parts of the EMR that concern skin assessment, preventive measures … Reference: Adapted from: Quality Partners of Rhode Island. … Reference: Adapted from: Quality Partners of Rhode Island.

7365. 7. Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7.html
      October 01, 2014 - How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? 6. … Medicine: Are appropriate orders on file or available for any needed special surfaces or other preventive measures … project may need to add or make changes to any parts of the EMR that concern skin assessment, preventive measures … Reference: Adapted from: Quality Partners of Rhode Island. … Reference: Adapted from: Quality Partners of Rhode Island.

7366. Improving Safety and Quality of Emergency Care Using Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support at Triage | Digital Healthcare Research
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      September 30, 2023 - Improving Safety and Quality of Emergency Care Using Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support … potential to improve predictions around patient acuity and complexity thus leading to safer, higher quality … This mis-triage can worsen crowding and delays in care, decrease quality of care, and increase disparities … measures. … , hospital admission, and fast-track eligibility separately among adult and pediatric patients, and measure

7367. C:\unzipped\Methods Series Reports to Convert\Comparison_Report_NIS1 1988-92.wpd (pdf file)
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      July 11, 1996 - Information: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. … For example, with these weights it should be possible to estimate DRG-specific average lengths of stay … Comparison with AHA Data Table 18 demonstrates that hospital weights associated with the NIS yield … For example, the estimate of ALOS would put less weight on the South than the current set of weights

7368. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2018 - Numerous other public and private initiatives to improve healthcare quality and patient safety were implemented … progress was made possible by the results of investments made by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … make care safer, investing in tools and training to catalyze improvement, and investments in data and measures … the Partnership for Patients has begun. 5 CMS has funded a new initiative focusing on improving the quality … Online at: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacrate2013.html . 5.

7369. Methods for Calculating Patient Travel Distance to Hospital in HCUP Data (pdf file)
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      May 26, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Weights applied to discharges sampled for Scenario 2 ................................................ … Choice of hospital: which type of quality matters? … The discharge counts and weights are summarized in Table 3. Table 3. … Weights applied to discharges sampled for Scenario 2 Pairs sampled Sample, discharges Universe,

7370. Patient Safety. | PSNet
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      October 31, 2018 - May 5, 2021 Do HSMRs really measure patient safety?  … August 13, 2008 Association of measured quality and future financial performance among … 2022 A systems approach to evaluating ionizing radiation: six focus areas to improve quality … July 29, 2020 Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on quality … June 24, 2020 Supplement on Deepening our Understanding of Quality in Australia (DUQuA

7371. AHRQ Training Web Conference on the Clinical Decision Support Authoring Tool - Q&A (pdf file)
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      December 08, 2017 - Early CQL implementations will likely be focused on electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) to … on clinical quality. … decisions at the point of care and eCQMs to measure compliance with evidence-based expectations. … Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) measure care retrospectively – well after the care has … That said, there are a few other open source tools that are related in some ways: • Measure Authoring

7372. 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.

7373. 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.

7374. 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

7375. 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

7376. 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

7377. 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.

7378. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72836/psn-pdf
      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.

7379. 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

7380. 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.