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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/team-huddle.html
February 01, 2025 - strategies to incorporate daily huddles into practice workflows, to devise daily huddle structure, and to measure … toolkit are in accordance with Key Driver 4: Create and support high functioning teams to deliver high-quality
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-ambulatory-chronic-disease-care/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - University of Missouri at Columbia
Funding Mechanism
RFA: HS07-006: Ambulatory and Safety Quality … Program: Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health Information Technology (IQHIT)
Grant … To improve patient care quality and safety, the Family Medicine and General Internal Medicine practices … investigated contextual factors, such as local barriers to and facilitators of achieving better performance measure … A composite measure of eight diabetes care-quality indicators improved in practices able to access performance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-endocrinologic-emergencies
November 13, 2024 - 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 … She had previously stated her wishes to avoid resuscitative measures or a prolonged ICU course. … After extensive discussions with her family, the goals of care were changed to comfort measures only. … Measures to prevent follow-up failures should include improved handoffs, alert notifications, electronic
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/implementing-treatment/general-operations
January 01, 2024 - Expert Insight
Expert Tips
Success Stories
Measures … and accepted by people in recovery. 22,23 Some of these apps also include patient reported outcome measures … Use appropriate measures to protect patient information when sharing information online. … Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Agency of Healthcare Quality … Improvement
Approaches to Quality Improvement
Avoiding Common Pitfalls
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - Biochemical validation of smoking
status includes measures of cotinine from saliva, urine, or
serum … Although these measures do not verify continuous
abstinence, they are accepted standards for evaluating … One study is of good
quality, three of fair quality, and nine of poor quality. … than the null
for the intervention increasing smoking cessation, include
feedback about biologic measures … A sustained measure of smoking abstinence, as opposed
to a point prevalence measure, would be ideal
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-approach.html
August 01, 2024 - The survey included 12 questions ( Table 1 ) that cover the following composite measure domains: Time
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/pcr-webinar-series/person-centered-care.html
July 01, 2024 - (Mayo Rochester), SDMo – a Measure of the Occurrence of SDM in the Care of Patients with Chronic Conditions
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/hcup_fact_sheet.jsp
April 01, 2022 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM
Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM
HCUP Supplemental Files
NIS-Trend Weights … Structure
(HMS) Files, American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files, and NIS and KID Trend Weights … AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are measures of healthcare quality associated with processes of … The AHRQ QIs consist of four modules measuring various
aspects of quality: Prevention Quality … Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tinnitus_disposition-comments.pdf
August 23, 2013 - of life measures as compared with active controls. … However, both of these scales are considered to
be reliable and valid and are widely used. … Subjective measures of loudness were retained
as eligible outcome measures because they
were felt to … for any
studies that used the terms ‘discomfort’,
‘annoyance’ or ‘distress’ to describe an outcome
measure … The primary reasons they were
excluded is that the studies did not present a
measure of variance around
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/AHRQFINALREPORTVHI.jsp
July 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM
Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM
HCUP Supplemental Files
NIS-Trend Weights … expert in operations research and health outcomes measurement was involved in helping design systems to measure … All potential variables will be ranked on two scales: one for potential utility and a second for ease … As of July 31, 2009, VHI has applied 15 POA data screens, developed to measure the quality of POA coding … , both for AHRQ and other quality measures?
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/assessingdynamicchroniccareregistry_120111comp.pdf
November 09, 2011 - using both quantitative and qualitative measures of assessment … • Develop a summary diabetic health outcome measure that combines and weights of the
three intermediate … clinic based on patients’ diabetic control
on three separate indicators (HgA1c, BP, and LDL) as a measure … Process measures for this intervention include—
• # Mailed
• Mail return rate
These measures … Phase 2
Measures of Diabetes Population.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/pcr-webinar-series/research-pc-workforce.html
May 01, 2024 - developed methodologies to understand the optimal structure and composition of primary care teams and measure … , Primary Care Physician-Staff Dyads (“Teamlets”): A Simple, Efficient Means to Improve Healthcare Quality … (Baylor College, of Medicine), Impact of Team Configuration and Team Stability on Primary Care Quality
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury-surveillance-160902.pdf
January 30, 2014 - BDI"II=Beck$Depression$Inventory"2S$CT=Computed$TomographyS$GCS=Glasgow$Coma$ScaleS$MDD=Major$Depressive … HAM"D=Hamilton$Depression$Rating$ScaleS$TBI=Traumatic$Brain$Injury$$
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Abstracts(from(Relevant( … $MEASURES:$Participants$completed$the$Structured$Clinical$
Interview$for$DSM"IV$and$self"report$measures … BDI"II=Beck$Depression$Inventory"2S$CT=Computed$TomographyS$GCS=Glasgow$Coma$ScaleS$MDD=Major$Depressive … $Evaluation$of$the$patient$generated$index$as$a$measure$of$quality"of"life$in$
people$with$severe$traumatic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44079/psn-pdf
May 28, 2015 - These findings raise serious concerns about quality disparities within the same hospital, though there … examining-validity-ahrqs-patient-safety-indicators-psis-variation-psi-composite-score-related
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-patient-safety-indicators-academic-medical
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs026257-friedman-final-report-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Supported by grant number 1 R21 HS026257-02 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Grant … In this project, we take advantage of the existing USPSTF
recommendations, which constitute high-quality … We are pursuing an
updated IPP algorithm capable of accounting for quality of life as well as longevity … To that end, Boonstra proposed the LDRBO similarity measure. … The LDRBO is a measure to compare
the similarity of two ordered lists, even when they have unequal lengths
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2000_Design_Report.jsp
January 01, 2000 - e.g., produce more precise estimates) if they account for the potential correlation between repeated measures … DATA ANALYSIS
Variance Calculations
It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure … of an appropriate method for calculating variances for nationwide estimates depends on the type of measure … One approach to consider in hospital-level longitudinal analyses is to use repeated-measure models that … e.g., produce more precise estimates) if they account for the potential correlation between repeated measures
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessing-impact-patient-centered-medical-home-pcmh/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - years, has implemented a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) as defined by the National Committee for Quality … Health outcome measures included clinical outcome test values, hospitalization rates, and mortality rates … outpatient care, disease, and complex-care management; intensive clinical data monitoring and related quality … data-capture than clinical electronic health record systems; sophisticated analytic and feedback capacity (for quality … coordination of care across transitions, and the electronic exchange of health information to improve quality
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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.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017160-kmetik-final-report-2009.pdf
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
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2012_04.pdf
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.