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8001. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/primary-care-research/references.html
      January 01, 2024 - Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (Vol. 7: Care Coordination … A review of instruments to measure interprofessional team-based primary care. … Using electronic health records to measure quality improvement efforts: findings from a large practice … From a process of care to a measure: the development and testing of a quality indicator. … Developing and implementing measures of quality of care in the intensive care unit.

8002. Final Progress Report: Occult Uterine Cancer and Power Morcellation in Hysterectomy and Myomectomy (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - The SPARCS database includes comprehensive measures on patient demographics (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity … comprehensive data using various methods (including medical chart abstraction), providing extensive measures … all inpatient and outpatient surgeries in a state, regardless of payer; they include comprehensive measures … and clinical information, such as ICD diagnosis codes and CPT procedure codes.27,28 Interventions/Measures … The primary outcome measure in this project was the presence of occult uterine cancer in hysterectomy

8003. Measurement and Outcomes Workgroup: Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Planning and Reporting Tool  | CDSiC
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      September 23, 2024 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2024.    … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

8004. Exhibits 56 to 58 | 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 56 to 58 Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapter 1. Administration Chapter …

8005. In Conversation with…Carolyn Clancy, MD | PSNet
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      September 01, 2005 - for what people call a balanced scorecard approach, where you use a mix of both process and outcome measures … such as those found in AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality Report . … In the longer term, we need to be sure that our measures are salient to individual consumers. … about the processes and systems in organizations, will we be able to identify a parsimonious list of measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001:519-533.

8006. In Conversation With… Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS | PSNet
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      December 01, 2017 - Otherwise, we will not succeed in having high-quality data for all of our patients. … What I'd like to see is a bundled approach where we have valid, reliable measures in decision-making, … And patient experience measures added to that. … I would love to see individual surgeon performance measures be available to the public as well as transparency … Using data to enhance performance and improve quality and safety in surgery.

8007. The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series - PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)
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      May 25, 2023 - Director Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality April 25, 2023 Welcome and Thank-You! … measures for which selected racial or ethnic groups experienced worse, same, or better quality of care … compared with White 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Healthcare is not safe … healthcare equity • Advocate for incentives for smaller organizations to help them implement equity measures … Each goal should have a clear aim, interventions to be tested, and associated measures to assess progress

8008. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2014 - Which type of medical group provides higher-quality care? Ann Intern Med 2006;145(11):860-1. … Higher health care quality and bigger savings found at large multispecialty medical groups. … Quality-based financial incentives in health care: can we improve quality by paying for it? … The unintended consequences of publicly reporting quality information. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2010.

8009. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - This review covered a wide range of outcome measures and instruments; key measures and questionnaires … difference (WMD) between intervention and control was calculated for continuous outcomes; when multiple scales … Type II monitors usually measure the same channels as type I monitors but are portable. … c Unlike other monitor types that measure SaO2 by oximetry, type IV monitors may measure SaO2 by oximetry … CPAP and measures of cardiovascular risk in males with OSAS.

8010. Screening for Osteoporosis: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2010 - We did not include internally validated measures (imputation methods or cross-validation). … The arcsine difference as a measure of treatment effect in meta-analysis with zero cells. … ‡ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age, weight, and clinic center. … § Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure, adjusted for age and clinic. … ¶ Per SD reduction in BMD or QUS measure. ** Per SD reduction in QUS measure, adjusted for age,

8011. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Breast Cancer: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
      January 11, 2016 - We used a random-effects model to combine relative risks (RRs) as the effect measure of the meta-analyses … Breast cancer mortality was the main outcome measure, and all trials evaluated differences between screening … Studies provided heterogeneous measures of breast cancer severity and generally reported early-stage … National Committee for Quality Assurance. State of Health Care Quality: Breast Cancer Screening. … ‡ Morbidity includes physical adverse effects of treatment, quality-of-life measures, and other measures

8012. PCOR Trust Fund Investments At-A-Glance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2024 - that represents national healthcare priorities and needs and implements the results to improve the quality … Working with HHS Agencies in developing behavioral health integration measures. … Evaluation (ASPE) to develop the PCOR data infrastructure (4%) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

8013. Hiring a Vendor for a CAHPS Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2018 - Professional and experienced vendors can usually provide you with better quality data at a lower cost … sponsors locally or through merged data sets such as the CAHPS Database or the National Committee for Quality … Assurance's (NCQA) Quality Compass. … Special note for health plans: If you are seeking NCQA accreditation or are reporting HEDIS ® measures

8014. Cross-Cutting Strategies To Advance PCORTF Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - collaborative care between providers, apps that collect patient biological data, patient-reported outcome measures … The goal of learning health systems is to provide patients with higher quality, safer, more efficient … Evaluate the Impact of PCORTF Investments on Care Delivery, Quality, Costs, Health Outcomes, and Health

8015. Improving Hospital Handoffs Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey - Hansford and Murray (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - How will you measure progress and success? … Process Preparedness for IPOC, Spot check auditing, Frontline Feedback, standing on unit meeting agenda Measures … Outcome Annual AHRQ Survey on Patient Safety- Hand off Questions: Measures During Shift Changes, … Ivan pierce, CNO, Lanell Wi lliams, ACNO, Janet Norman, Quality Di rector and Kim Harper, System patient

8016. SOPS® Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety - Spanish (doc file)
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      September 01, 2024 - · For the survey items grouped according to the safety culture composite measures they are intended … to measure, please read the Nursing Home Survey Version 1.0 Items and Composite Measures document … · To participate in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Nursing Home Survey on Patient

8017. Physician antipsychotic overprescribing letters and cognitive, behavioral, and physical health outcomes among people with dementia: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. | PSNet
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      March 05, 2025 - March 5, 2008 Choice, transparency, coordination, and quality among direct-to-consumer … 3, 2017 View More Related Resources How intervention studies measure … harmful medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used quality … measure. … October 29, 2014 Inappropriate medication use in the elderly: results from a quality

8018. 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.

8019. 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

8020. 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.