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7981. What Do We Know About Emergency Department Safety? | PSNet
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      June 01, 2010 - Today's safety efforts are focused on specific disease performance measures such as myocardial infarction … (time to cardiac catheterization laboratory) or pneumonia measures (time to antibiotics). … There may also be unintended consequences of poorly designed measures, as described by Wachter and colleagues … [go to PubMed] National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008. … Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure

7982. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      September 23, 2016 - of life (using validated scales and including mental and physical health) § Ability to maintain … Re-hospitalization was not included because it is considered a flawed outcome measure for two reasons … the intervention, e.g.: • New or worsening symptoms (e.g., anxiety or depression) using validated scales … of life (using validated scales and including mental and physical health) • Ability to maintain … a priori, but poor-quality studies will be considered to be less reliable than higher quality studies

7983. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - However it is crucial to note that direct measures of ovulation are not employed in most available … function as reported by sexual function measures, general measures of sexual activity, frequency and … Quality (Risk of Bias) Assessment We assessed quality of RCTs using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk … For regularity of bleeding no two measures of outcome were the same. … Two studies were classified as good 6 quality,51,60 two studies as fair quality,55,63 and six

7984. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP STATE INPATIENT DATABASES (SID)
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      June 01, 2022 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … Disease Severity Measures File is a discharge-level file that contains information from the AHRQ Comorbidity … unique record identifier (KEY) provides the linkage between the Core files and the Disease Severity Measures … Core file Charges file AHA Linkage file Diagnosis and Procedure Groups file Disease Severity Measures … unique record identifier (KEY) provides the linkage between the Core files and the Disease Severity Measures

7985. Hyponatremia Secondary to Home Parenteral Nutrition Error | PSNet
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      May 27, 2020 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Recommendations , 10 healthcare organizations (including home infusion pharmacies) should have safety measures … Home PN pharmacies should have proper safety measures in place to prevent transcription and mixing errors … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

7986. Presentation: Program Overview
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      January 01, 2017 - Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. … Attention to patient-centered outcomes such as quality-of-life measures and patient experience Provision … of information on performance measures to consumers 11. … Patient centeredness, cultural competence and healthcare quality. … Patient centeredness, cultural competence and healthcare quality.

7987. Table of Contents: Volume 1. Assessment (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - Structure and Features of a Care Enhancement Model Implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement … Beyond Nursing Quality Management: The Nation’s First Regional Nursing Virtual Dashboard Carolyn Aydin … Hospital Language Services: Quality Improvement and Performance Measures Marsha Regenstein, Jennifer … xiii Understanding Quality and Safety Problems in the Ambulatory Environment: Seeking Improvement … Using Process Measures to Improve Patient Safety Practices to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism Ellen Flink

7988. Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in long-term care facilities: costs and benefits to stakeholders. | PSNet
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      March 29, 2010 - June 24, 2020 Repurposing clinical decision support system data to measure dosing errors … and clinician-level quality of care. … November 11, 2020 The association of nursing home characteristics and quality with adverse … April 28, 2021 Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from … 29, 2021 View More Related Resources How intervention studies measure

7989. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2011 - Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2011 … Project Name Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality … Organization Avera Health Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-006: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Program: Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health Information Technology (IQHIT) Grant … The project took advantage of staged implementation, first gathering baseline measures and then tracking

7990. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 02, 2020 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Outcomes KQs 1, 3 (screening) and KQs 2–5 (preventive interventions): Dental caries, morbidity, quality … life, and function KQ 2 (screening) and KQ 1 (preventive interventions): Diagnostic accuracy and measures … ; uncontrolled intervention studies All KQs: Opinions, editorials, or case reports Study Quality … Good or fair quality Poor quality Response to Public Comment

7991. Final Progress Report: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Process Evaluation of a Rapid Response System (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Table 3 shows the outcome measures, definitions, and data sources used in the study. … Arrests Hospital Wide Cardiac Arrest ICU Only Code Calls (Floors Only) Floor to ICU Transfers Measure … The methods and quality of documentation of RRS events changed during the study period with implementation … Quality Safety in Health Care. London: BMJ Pub. Group; 2006;15:427. 6. … Quality Safety in Health Care. 2010. 8. Steckler AB, Linnan L.

7992. Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      April 10, 2018 - studies included home visitation, there was sig- nificant heterogeneity in study design and outcome measure … Outcomes were characterized as direct or proxy measures. … Direct measures include direct evidence of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect; reports to … Other measures reviewed include social, emotional, and de- velopmental outcomes. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018.

7993. CAHPS Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2023 - The National Quality Forum has endorsed the CAHPS Hospital Survey as a measure of hospital quality. … The Re-engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality

7994. Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2021 - Appropriations Act 2018, became law, Congress directed and authorized the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 1960s, HSR has helped establish an evidence base to support decisionmaking and improvements in the quality … Moreover, many types of impact are by their nature difficult to systematically measure. … of Care Developing harmonized measures to meaningfully, accurately, and feasibly assess quality … of Care Developing primary care–specific measures that capture quality in ways meaningful to patients

7995. Integrating implementation science in a quality and patient safety improvement learning collaborative: essential ingredients and impact. | PSNet
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      January 24, 2024 - Study Integrating implementation science in a quality and patient safety improvement … Integrating implementation science in a quality and patient safety improvement learning collaborative … This study explores the role of implementation science in the success of quality improvement projects … Integrating implementation science in a quality and patient safety improvement learning collaborative … 'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety climate survey (Can-PSCS) to measure

7996. Track 1: Patient Safety and Health IT Across Settings and Populations | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 -   Presenters will provide a framework for making decisions about investing in health IT and how to measure … Presenters will also describe how to monitor health care quality and the incidence of medical errors … Facilitator :  Dwight McNeal, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  Presenters :  Terry S. … Specific system functionalities that are critical for improving quality and safety will be reviewed. … Facilitator :  Scott Young, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  Presenters :  Steven Simon

7997. Iowa’s Waverly Health Center Uses AHRQ Tools to Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2018 - improvement needs and nursing excellence strategic plan," said Iris Vering, M.S., Waverly's director of quality … The CUSP team was composed of eight individuals representing nursing, infection prevention, quality services … implementation, AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was administered as a benchmark measure … A 2012 survey conducted after implementation of the AHRQ resources showed the measure for "Improvement

7998. 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.

7999. 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

8000. 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.