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8321. Pennsylvania IMPaCT: Catalyzing Primary Care Transformation in New York | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-ny-success-story.html
      April 01, 2015 - By 2018, New York envisions achieving health care’s Triple Aim—improved health, better health care quality … Making health care cost and quality transparen to enhance consumer decisionmaking. … three key next steps: Provide a solid, consistent definition of the APC that includes particular measures … transformation support infrastructure, New York seeks to achieve improved health, better health care quality

8322. Using Information Technology to Provide Measurement Based Care for Chronic Illness - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-provide-measurement-based-care-chronic-illness/final-report
      January 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2010.

8323. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40857/psn-pdf
      October 19, 2011 - Although the concordance between the two measurements met traditional quality assurance standards, the

8324. Screening for Osteoporosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/pskqLZMFcHjhtEF75uG4AP
      January 01, 2012 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … Be- cause of limitations in the precision of testing, a minimum of 2 years may be needed to reliably measure … The cur- rent diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis use DXA measure- ments as cutoffs, and the measurements … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010. 4. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. 8.

8325. Evaluating Smart Forms and Quality Dashboards in an EHR (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015169-middleton-final-report-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - A second application we developed was the Quality Dashboards (QD). … The difference between the intervention practices and control practices served as the outcome measures … All measures data has been collected and is presently in final stages of analysis. … All measures data for the study was retrieved by May, 2009 and is being analyzed. … Control; Smart Form plus Quality Dashboard vs.

8326. NAC Member Biography: Michael L. Millenson | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/millenson.html
      February 01, 2025 - Millenson President Health Quality Advisors, LLC Michael L. … Millenson , is president of Health Quality Advisors, LLC, and an internationally recognized expert on … National Public Radio called him “in the vanguard of the movement” to measure and improve medicine, and

8327. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-decision-support-tools_disposition-comments.pdf
      December 23, 2014 - I’m not sure if this is important for the quality of the review. … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods The definitions for the outcome measures are appropriate No action required … more relevant measures of the effects of decision- aid-based interventions.” … What are the scales of the instruments? … Peer Reviewer #6 Results What instruments were used for quality of life?

8328. Disposition of Comments Report for Chronic Venous Ulcers: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Treatment Modalities (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/venous-ulcers-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 27, 2014 - TEP #1 Methods Yes (definitions or diagnostic criteria for outcome measures are appropriate) Thank … Was this based on clinical or statistical measures of heterogeneity? … We recognize that the use of inconsistent and unvalidated ulcer-specific quality of life measures is … 2 It is not appropriate to use reimbursement categories to describe results that measure efficacy … The objective of the trials is to garner information that can measure its positive impacts, which

8329. Action Plan Worksheet (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/action-plan-template.docx
      June 02, 2025 - Use the data from the Quality Improvement Change Assessment (QICA), current patient panel data, discussions … REALISTIC AND TIME-BOUND TESTABLE IDEAS EMBED CLINICAL EVIDENCE UTILIZE DATA ESTABLISH QUALITY

8330. AHRQ Step Up Challenge Summary (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq-step-up-app-challenge-summary-2019.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - CHALLENGE SUMMARY AHRQ Step Up App Challenge Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … its content, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2019. 14 TABLE OF … showcase a patient-facing app compliant with technical specifications and PROMIS® physical functioning measures … to become the digital platform that facilitates the implementation of the wide spectrum of these measures

8331. Final Progress Report: Rapid Understanding of Best Practices in Rural Intensive Care (RUBRIC) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/valley-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - This project was funded under grant number R01HS028038 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations): Aim 1: We conducted … American Journal of Medical Quality. 2023. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 36951467. … Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2021. 14(4): e007700. PMID: 33757308. 14. … Participants, Incidence, Prevalence): Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures

8332. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/ems-911-workforce-protocol.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief Standard infection prevention and control (IPC) measures … Compliance with these measures has been less than optimal. … and 5) what do they think is most important to know about the quality of the studies we identify? … For this technical brief, we do not plan to perform a detailed assessment of study quality, although … we will discuss with the Key Informants whether to focus on a few specific aspects of study quality

8333. Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/index.html
      July 01, 2018 - Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

8334. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
      April 01, 2012 - The Goldmann applanation tonometer uses a standard probe and is the current standard method to measure … Standard Automated Perimetry (SAP) A perimeter can measure the visual field of an eye in a systematic … Also considered was diagnosis of OAG requiring treatment. 10 Prespecified outcomes were measures … Seventeen primary studies included measures of diagnostic accuracy for HRT II.17-33 Naithani et al. … . (2009) included noncontact tonometry, individually and in all possible combinations, with other measures

8335. Final Grant Report: Using Military & Aviation Simulation Experience to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/guise2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - • Management of PPH improved significantly following team training across all measures, including recognition … Simulation of obstetric emergencies and teamwork training are highly valuable measures to improve safety … and quality across maternity provider types and practice settings. … The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2007. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001.

8336. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical Documentation-Appendix D (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/techdocrpt-appd.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - Health Systems, 2016, Technical Documentation Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Participation in Accountable Care Organizations We used data from the 2016 Torch Insight™ tool to construct measures … Thus, it is an indirect measure that describes system participation in ACO contracts measured via systems … used publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to construct a measure … Therefore, our measure of system participation in a Medicare bundled payment model did not capture the

8337. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38504/psn-pdf
      September 06, 2011 - September 6, 2011 National Quality Forum. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2009. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-practices-better-healthcare-2009-update The National Quality Forum's … Safe Practices for Better Healthcare provide a blueprint for organizations to improve the quality and … The practices are defined so that organizations can measure the relationship between implementation

8338. Mock Feedback Report | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives/mock-feedback-report
      January 01, 2023 - Mock Feedback Report Description A sample Quality Measure Report for "Appropriate

8339. 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

8340. 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.