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8221. Analysis of Emergency Department Visits During the October 2017 Wildfires in Northern California (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisCA2017Wildfires.pdf
      August 19, 2019 - Air quality, as measured by PM2.5 AQI (an air quality index for inhalable particulate matter with diameters … Air Quality Management District online query tool (http://www.baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality … http://www.baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality/air-monitoring-data? … index measures with daily ED utilization. … Each figure presents a single condition measure across five separate county groupings.

8222. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 36: Strategies for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/technical-brief-36-patient-engagement-comments.pdf
      August 26, 2020 - The article describes the development of a novel, comprehensive patient experience measure that can … Even so, "the heterogeneity of tested interventions, different measures, and low quality of the original … This is not appropriate, as measures of satisfaction are in no way measures of engagement, nor are they … prevention; This surprised me since there are a few (may be 4-6) studies in this area that highlight and measure … patient engagement using the PAM (Patient Activation Measure) although I am not a fan of their Guttman

8223. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disruptive-behavior-disorders-research-executive-summ.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - interventions were better than usual care or waitlist in reducing parent-reported disruptive behavior measures … parent-only interventions resulted in greater improvement on parent-reported disruptive behaviors scales … as substantial heterogeneity in psychosocial treatments (and how they were delivered) and outcome measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2025.

8224. Team Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/team-checkup-tool.html
      July 01, 2023 -       5 There are good systems in our unit to ensure we meet the goal of measure … here>.           6 There is a lack of quality improvement skills on our team.  

8225. Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospitalresourcelist.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - alphabetical order, organized by the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Hospital Survey composite measures … resources are organized according to the relevant AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture composite measures … /index.html The AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are measures of hospital quality and safety drawn from … characteristics of the programs, including clinical area, program and learning objectives, evaluation measures … Case studies and tools are linked to performance measures for particular conditions or areas of care

8226. Measuring the Value of Remote ICU Monitoring - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/measuring-value-remote-intensive-care-unit-icu-monitoring/final-report
      January 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009.

8227. Economic measurement of medical errors using a hospital claims database. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-measurement-medical-errors-using-hospital-claims-database
      March 03, 2011 - September 25, 2008 Combined impact of Medicare's hospital pay for performance programs on quality … September 4, 2013 Validity of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety

8228. Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-anatomic-pathology-measuring-discrepancy-frequencies-and-causes
      January 08, 2016 - pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality … September 14, 2011 Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical

8229. Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Routine Primary Care: Monitoring Asthma Between Visits – Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026432-rudin-final-report-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - to improve health outcomes that are important to patients.10, 12 In contrast to relying on clinical measures … Data Sources/Collection and Measures We used quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the potential … Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure for use in digital remote monitoring. … Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure for use in digital remote monitoring. … Asthma outcomes: quality of life.

8230. Prostate-Cancer-Test Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-test_research-protocol.pdf
      October 14, 2011 - association between PCA3 mRNA levels and prostate cancer led to the development of a urinary assay to measure …  Were outcome measures clearly valid, reliable, and equally applied to treatment groups? … Did each meta-analysis include the model used; results with confidence intervals; homogeneity measures … Did each meta-analysis include the model used; results with confidence intervals; homogeneity measures … Prostate-specific antigen velocity (PSA velocity) — a measure of the rapidity of change in a man’s PSA

8231. Assessing teamwork attitudes in healthcare: development of the TeamSTEPPS teamwork attitudes questionnaire. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-teamwork-attitudes-healthcare-development-teamstepps-teamwork-attitudes
      September 23, 2020 - and validation of the TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire, a survey instrument designed to measure … teamwork training program was developed as a collaboration between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Charges and lengths of stay attributable to adverse patient-care events using pediatric-specific quality … March 4, 2011 Quality and safety in the intensive care unit. … April 15, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Quality and Safety Professionals

8232. Uncertain diagnoses in a children's hospital: patient characteristics and outcomes. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/uncertain-diagnoses-childrens-hospital-patient-characteristics-and-outcomes
      March 17, 2021 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Declaring uncertainty: using quality … 2023 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … September 15, 2021 The Diagnostic Error Index: a quality improvement initiative to identify … and measure diagnostic errors. … View More See More About The Topic Researchers Children's Hospitals Quality

8233. A systematic review of strategies for reporting of neonatal hospital–acquired bloodstream infections. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-strategies-reporting-neonatal-hospital-acquired-bloodstream-infections
      January 09, 2018 - all hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (including those not associated with central lines) as a quality … measure for neonatal intensive care units. … What prevents the delivery of effective, high quality, and safe healthcare in England? … October 28, 2020 Changes in weekend and weekday care quality of emergency medical admissions … View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units Risk Managers Quality

8234. What can safety cases offer for patient safety? A multisite case study. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-safety-cases-offer-patient-safety-multisite-case-study
      February 07, 2024 - A qualitative study of a large-scale exercise in seeking to measure for improvement, not blame. … July 24, 2024 Quality and patient safety metrics: developing a structured program for … July 10, 2024 Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the … 2024 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … View More See More About The Topic Medicine Nurse Care Continuous Quality

8235. Care quality and safety in long-term aged care settings: a systematic review and narrative analysis of missed care measurements. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-quality-and-safety-long-term-aged-care-settings-systematic-review-and-narrative-analysis
      August 17, 2022 - Review Care quality and safety in long-term aged care settings: a systematic review … Care quality and safety in long‐term aged care settings: a systematic review and narrative analysis of … Missed nursing care can lead to lower quality of care and threaten patient safety. … Care quality and safety in long‐term aged care settings: a systematic review and narrative analysis of … information technology in residential aged care homes: an integrative review to identify service and quality

8236. 46-Facilitators-Barriers (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
      June 01, 2023 - The sustainability of a quality and safety improvement initiative is facilitated when the practices become … Factors associated with sustainability of 2 quality improvement programs after achieving early implementation … For example, if you are uncertain that your frontline providers are regularly reviewing process measure … Describe the process for continuous auditing and feedback of performance (i.e., process and outcome measures … across the organization, including who will lead or co-lead ongoing enhanced recovery efforts (e.g., quality

8237. Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Background and Information for Translators (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/resources/infotransNHSOPS.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - Patient Safety Culture: Background and Information for Translators Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Patient safety is a critical component of health care quality. … by shared perceptions of the importance of safety, and by confidence in the efficacy of preventive measures … The survey was designed to measure resident safety culture in a nursing home facility or in a special … Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to the safety culture dimensions they are intended to measure

8238. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/osteoporosis-screening-2011
      January 15, 2011 - 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 … Because of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002.

8239. 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

8240. 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.