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9141. Preventable and mitigable adverse events in cancer care: measuring risk and harm across the continuum. | PSNet
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      July 19, 2017 - June 16, 2010 Hospitalized patients' participation and its impact on quality of care … January 2, 2017 Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative … February 16, 2011 The business case for quality: economic analysis of the Michigan Keystone … April 11, 2018 Interventions to improve oral chemotherapy safety and quality: a systematic … cancer treatment center: prospective characterization of error types and frequency and development of a quality

9142. Research Gaps for Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/-YHCmR_8bdShSaMTx6Mrgx
      fractures o Disability (as measured by instrumental activities of daily life instruments) o Quality … o Quality of life (validated instruments) o Hospitalizations for fall-related injuries o Emergency … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

9143. Diagnostic Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology10.html
      April 01, 2025 - Definitions of Diagnosis Types of Evidence Used To Assess Diagnosis Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic Quality … should be explicit and clarify what is meant, including assumptions and related methods used to study, measure

9144. Final Progress Report: Developing Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools for Critical Care Physicians (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/rosen-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Erin Hanahan-Gatz, MPH, Research Program Manager, The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality … Hopkins University School of Medicine Organization: The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality … G study analysis indicated a fair level of measure dependability (G coefficient of .6) and guidance … This indicates that the dependability of the measures should be improved. … Implications Peer-to-peer assessment systems for critical care attendings can include dependable measures

9145. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-2007_executive.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - To date, no study has evaluated proximal clinical measures, long-term effects, and adverse events among … Quality of life and functional status. … Studies should consistently report 2-hour postprandial glucose as well as measure effects over time pre … on health-related quality of life using standardized, validated questionnaires, especially since quality … Studies need to report consistently between-group changes from baseline, as well as measures of dispersion

9146. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      November 24, 2020 - Quality: Study did not meet criteria for fair or good quality. … rated fair quality. … of measure were disparate, and al- most all outcomes were self-reported. … The Healthy Eating Index is a validated measure of overall diet quality that assesses alignment with … Longitudinal accuracy of web-based self-reported weights: results from the Hopkins POWER Trial.

9147. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 28, 2024 - knowledge connects clinical practice with IT data infrastructure so that reports are built correctly to measure … incomplete data.2 The A-F bundle is complex and challenging to fully implement; there is room for quality … describing which EHR fields to populate to decrease variability in documentation practices and improve data quality … Interprofessional team collaborations about A-F total bundle compliance, gaps in compliance, and quality

9148. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
      December 20, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Accuracy of screening tests, benefits of screening, harms of screening, … Eligible outcomes included reduced rates of symptomatic episodes and transmission (including measures … For KQ4 (effects of antiviral medication on subclinical HSV-2 shedding), we included any outcome measure … , Results Symptomatic Episodes Outcome Measure Results HSV-2 Transmission Outcome Measure Results … with no known history of genital herpes Studies are uncontrolled; due to study design and outcome measures

9149. Developing a common language for evaluation questions in quality and safety improvement. | PSNet
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      September 27, 2016 - Review Developing a common language for evaluation questions in quality and safety … Citation Text: Developing a common language for evaluation questions in quality and safety improvement … January 27, 2021 The Diagnostic Error Index: a quality improvement initiative to identify … and measure diagnostic errors. … Safety Scientists Quality Improvement Strategies

9150. Dowding D et al. 2009 "Nurses' use of computerised clinical decision support systems: a case site analysis." | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2009 - system Type of Health IT Functions In the anticoagulation clinic, "Nurses used a ... meter to measure … "Based on the patient's answers, the software calculated a range of quality of life scores (including … The scales used in the graphical displays of data depended on maximum and minimum scores entered for … Consequently a small difference in a particular measure could appear to be a large difference on the … A second problem concerned the direction of the scales: an increasing score indicated deteriorating health

9151. Targeting Medication Nonadherence Using Mobile Phone-Based Tailored Messaging - FInal Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Funding for this project was generously provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … These datasets were combined to calculate overall measures of medication adherence in the two study … Both repeated measures ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses were used to compared adherence between groups and … First, the use of pharmacy claims is an indirect measure of medication use- a prescription filled … study population but were unobserved due to the small sample size or may have been difficult to measure

9152. Birth Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications (pdf file)
      qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PSI/V50/TechSpecs/PSI_17_Birth%20Trauma%20RateInjury%20to%20Neonate.pdf
      November 01, 2014 - Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications Patient Safety Indicators 17 (PSI 17) AHRQ Quality … However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 newborns. … Trauma Rate – Injury to Neonate Technical Specifications Patient Safety Indicators 17 (PSI 17) AHRQ Quality … However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 newborns.

9153. STATISTICAL BRIEF #370: Health and Insurance Status, Health Care Use, and Expenditures for Male Veterans, 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population
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      May 01, 2012 - Because these measures vary greatly with age and the average age is substantially higher for veterans … Of the utilization measures examined, only the average number of ambulatory visits among elderly men … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … It is co-sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

9154. AHRQ Statistical Brief #512 (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st512/stat512.pdf
      May 01, 2018 - Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC), pooled for the years 2014 and 2015, to examine three core measures … Additionally, two of the core measures of ambulatory care access used in this Brief—having a usual source … It is cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/ … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component

9155. Improving Safety Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/teamwork-ptsafety-norms-slides.pdf
      June 30, 2025 - of Pediatrics Medical Director for Professional Development, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality … accomplished that day to safely move the patient closer to transfer out of the ICU or discharge home • Measure … effectiveness of rounds—team dynamics, communication, quality measure compliance, LOS 38 Evidence … /quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/final-report.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ … wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/safe_surgery_finalreport.pdf https://

9156. On-line Patient Safety Climate Survey: Tool Development and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Connelly.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - Methods: The survey tool was designed to measure willingness to report errors, problem-solving processes … validity of all of the tool’s items, and therefore represents the ability of the tool to accurately measure … longer a suitable patient safety goal, while reminding the researchers that the survey was intended to measure … Additionally, the instrument demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties and the ability to measure … The Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC).

9157. Prologue—Volume 2—Systems Thinking and Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - This volume—published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with support from the … But systems thinking is now ubiquitous in health care—due, in large measure, to its successful introduction … VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000ColorACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality … 30 >> /JPEG2000ColorImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality 30 >> / … /VSamples [1 1 1 1] >> /JPEG2000GrayACSImageDict << /TileWidth 256 /TileHeight 256 /Quality

9158. The impact of medical errors on ninety-day costs and outcomes: an examination of surgical patients. | PSNet
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      August 03, 2017 - April 30, 2024 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. … March 9, 2022 Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety … May 1, 2013 Hospital financial condition and the quality of patient care.

9159. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
      August 24, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Mortality, cardiovascular morbidity, diabetes-related morbidity, development … of diabetes, quality of life, and harms. … No 2 studies used the same outcome measures at similar time points. … Consistency unknown (no 2 studies used similar measures at similar time points); imprecise Fair (at … practices in ADDITION-Cambridge (although the number responding for any given time point and outcome measure

9160. Nis 1998 Design Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 1998 - Utilization Project (HCUP) was developed to provide analyses of hospital utilization, charges and quality … At the time the 1998 sample was drawn, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) had agreements … DATA ANALYSIS Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a 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