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7641. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - The SOPS Program conducts activities to understand, measure, and improve patient safety culture in healthcare

7642. Optimizing Medication History Value in Clinical Encounters with Elderly Patients (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017150-lapane-final-report-2010.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - Data Sources/Collection: Measures We captured reports of the frequency of the alerts, as well as the … The preponderance of initiation measures the most predominant source of initiating on individual medication … Discussion With respect to the required outcome measures for the RFA, the team was unable to ascertain … Explorations in quality assessment and monitoring. … Context Settings Participants Incidence Prevalence Methods Study Design Data Sources/Collection: Measures

7643. Updated Results for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospitals. | PSNet
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      December 11, 2024 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2024. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ; November 2024. … participating hospitals found “Protection From Workplace Hazards” as the highest-scoring composite measure … and “Addressing Workplace Aggression From Patients or Visitors” as the lowest-scoring composite measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2024.

7644. 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.

7645. Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement: Meeting Summary (pdf file)
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      September 26, 2024 - • Quality measures and electronic health records (EHRs) do not always tell the full impact of QI … • Measure whether there is an association between the QI support provided by the cooperatives and practice … • To measure the intervention “dose,” the evaluation team used active hours of QI support. … measures do not always tell the full story. … He has led OCHIN’s development, submission, and stewardship of national quality measures related to

7646. In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD | PSNet
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      July 01, 2006 - In large organizations, the quality people are managing performance on scorecards, on CMS measures, on … Every one of those steps is done in some measure by a human being, which means that it has an intrinsic … These indicators could be outcome measures such as risk adjusted mortality, adverse events (measured … to see if actual harm occurred [ 5 , 6 ]), incident reports, nosocomial infection rates, and process measures … Understanding and improving clinical quality: the role of trustees.

7647. Michigan Providers Improve Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - After participating in AHRQ-sponsored learning sessions and provider support calls, MPRO, the Michigan Quality … medication; identifying roles and responsibilities for medication reconciliation; collecting data to measure … also conducts ongoing audits and monthly measurements of the process and discusses results with the quality

7648. IHI Skilled Nursing Facility Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events. | PSNet
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      February 15, 2017 - Trigger tools can help to identify opportunities for patient harm and measure adverse events that occur … View More Related Resources The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

7649. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_research-protocol.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - Biomarker endpoints (laboratory measures of induced change) a) Changes in serum antibody levels … standardized mean differences will be calculated if continuous outcomes are measured by using different scales … tolerogenic conjugates of common allergens with monomethoxypolyethylene glycols of different molecular weights … to a 100,000 AU product]; Background Information: "FDA would like to add the following unit of measure … (MeSH) 7) Other Terms a) Efficacy: measure under ideal conditions; e.g.: demonstrated in clinical

7650. Final Progress Report: Pneumonia Mortality Risk Index to Support Discussions of Care Options with Elders (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - 427-1402 Fax: (301) 427-1341 Acknowledgement of Agency Support: AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY … Early access to palliative care has significantly improved quality of life for persons diagnosed with … METHODS (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) The study is … Internal Validation Results Performance Measure Mean Minimum Maximum SD Brier score .112 0.093 … METHODS (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) 5) RESULTS

7651. Exhibits 41 to 43 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits 41 to 43 Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapter 1. Administration Chapter …

7652. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2013 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … To attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA-carriage while ignoring its potential … of key concern are whom to screen, how to screen, and which outcomes to measure (e.g., the downstream … for producing a valid result Prospective cohort studies permit calculation of relative risk and measure

7653. Forming a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program Team: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Guided by measures. Informed by a systems view. Respect the wisdom of frontline staff! … Chief quality officers. Ancillary staff. Pharmacist. Social worker. … Supports patient safety and quality improvement projects. … Does it reflect how you will measure success? … Does it align with your organization’s strategic safety and quality improvement goals?

7654. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/2014-women-chartbook.pdf
      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

7655. 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

7656. 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

7657. 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.

7658. 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.

7659. 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

7660. 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.