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  1. Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease in U.S. Hospitals, 1993-2005 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb50.pdf
    April 01, 2008 - CDAD patients are more complex than the average inpatient on every measure. … Measures of mortality, severity and complexity suggest that patients undergoing subtotal colectomy were … Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  2. Is health care getting safer? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-getting-safer
    December 14, 2016 - from the United Kingdom's National Health Service to underscore the current inadequacy of methods to measure … Improving feedback on junior doctors' prescribing errors: mixed-methods evaluation of a quality … Thematic reviews of patient safety incidents as a tool for systems thinking: a quality … March 11, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Quality and Safety Professionals

  3. Quick Response codes for surgical safety: a prospective pilot study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quick-response-codes-surgical-safety-prospective-pilot-study
    June 07, 2016 - September 23, 2020 The Diagnostic Error Index: a quality improvement initiative to identify … and measure diagnostic errors. … measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality … View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Physicians Nurses Quality

  4. Intraoperative adverse events and related postoperative complications in spine surgery: implications for enhancing patient safety founded on evidence-based protocols. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intraoperative-adverse-events-and-related-postoperative-complications-spine-surgery
    March 20, 2013 - March 29, 2006 Framework for Effective Board Governance of Health System Quality. … Step Technique Innovation Summary February 26, 2025 Sustained improvement in quality … January 23, 2019 What is the measure of a safe hospital? … More About The Topic Operating Room Facility and Group Administrators Risk Managers Quality

  5. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-decision-support-improve-rural-primary-care-quality/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2010 … 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 takes advantage of a staged implementation, first gathering baseline measures and then tracking

  6. Improving Asthma Care in an Integrated Safety Net through a Commercially Available Electronic Medical Record - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-asthma-care-integrated-safety-net-through-commercially-available/annual-summary/2009
    January 01, 2009 - coordination of care across transitions, and the electronic exchange of health information to improve quality … by patient EMRs and use the registry as the data source for regular reports showing clinic-by-clinic measures … of asthma care quality. ( Achieved ) 2009 Activities: After more than a year of development, the … The implementation activities are continuing in the clinics as an ongoing asthma quality improvement … project through the HCMC Ambulatory Care Quality Committee and the hospitals’ ongoing participation in

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33575/psn-pdf
    March 15, 2025 - As articulated in the seminal Institute of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm, such patient-centered … -21st-century https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crossing-quality-chasm-new-health-system-21st-century https … Concerns have been raised, however, that patient complaints may center on poor service quality rather … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the World Health Organization sponsor a variety of … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advising-patients-about-patient-safety-current-initiatives-risk-shifting-responsibility measures

  8. Final Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
    May 01, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … KQ 1 (Health outcomes) : STI incidence (based on testing/biologic confirmation) Mortality and quality … or decrease in protective behaviors Healthcare avoidance Psychological harms Self-reported measures … Development Index other than “Very High” Language English only Non-English publications Study quality … Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria

  9. Draft Research Plan: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/sexually-transmitted-infections
    January 16, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … KQ 1 (Health outcomes) : STI incidence (based on testing/biologic confirmation) Mortality and quality … decrease in protective behaviors Healthcare avoidance Psychological harms Self-reported measures … Development Index other than “Very High” Language English only Non-English publications Study quality … Fair or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria)

  10. The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study.  | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-errors-medicares-new-policy-could-cost-average-hospital-23772-study
    March 28, 2012 - October 20, 2021 The Quality in Australian Health Care Study. … May 12, 2021 Repurposing clinical decision support system data to measure dosing errors … and clinician-level quality of care.

  11. Final Research Plan: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
    August 30, 2018 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … educational outcomes KQ 2 (Behavioral outcomes): Drug use ( required ) (self-reported and/or biologic measures … 2015 Human Development Index Publication language English Languages other than English Quality … rating Fair- or good-quality studies Poor-quality studies (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50930/psn-pdf
    February 21, 2020 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prospective-daily-review-discharge-medications-pharmacists-effects-measures-safety-and … there is an ever increasing focus on providing patient-centered care as a means of increasing the quality … D Director, Clinical Guidelines & Quality Improvement American Society of Health-System Pharmacists … The role of constructive feedback in patient safety and continuous quality improvement. … from_term=The+role+of+constructive+feedback+in+patient+safety+and+continuous+quality+improvement https

  13. Amphotericin Toxicity | PSNet

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    April 01, 2014 - 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 … amphotericin treatment of Aspergillus infections.( 1 ) While these associations are well known, several measures … Quality Use of Medicines–medication safety issues in naming; look-alike, sound-alike medicine names. … Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures

  14. Paradoxical Pulse | PSNet

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    May 01, 2013 - 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 … developed ventricular tachycardia and pulseless electrical activity, and required emergent resuscitative measures … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … May 15, 2024 Expert consensus on currently accepted measures of harm.

  15. 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.

  16. Evidence-Summary-CER-209-Noninvasive-Nonpharmacological-Treatment-For-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-209-evidence-summary-non-pharma-chronic-pain.pdf
    June 01, 2018 - Quality Assessment of Individual Studies Study quality was independently assessed by two investigators … functional outcomes roughly corresponds to reported minimum clinically important differences for the measure … percent considered good quality. … trial; mean difference -1.38 to -1.59 on the affective and -0.28 to -0.71 on the sensory dimension [scales … Outcomes measures Lack of consistency in types outcomes measures used for function and pain across trials

  17. Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients With Known or Suspected Cancer - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-electronic-data-improve-care-patients-known-or-suspected-cancer/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - Organization Baylor College of Medicine Funding Mechanism RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Outcome measures, obtained through chart reviews, consist of time intervals between several key steps … across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality

  18. Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients With Known or Suspected Cancer - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-electronic-data-improve-care-patients-known-or-suspected-cancer/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Organization Baylor College of Medicine Funding Mechanism RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Outcome measures, obtained through chart reviews, consist of time intervals between several key steps … across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality

  19. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)

    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

  20. 2012 04 (pdf file)

    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.
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