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  1. Screening for High Blood Pressure: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommnedation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/tDXRYadTAu6MrMmxU6kqK7
    December 01, 2007 - RECOMMENDATIONS OF OTHER GROUPS The JNC 7 calls for routine blood pressure measure- ment at least once … Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. … They should not be construed as an official posi- tion of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the operations of the USPSTF … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be

  2. Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2024 - Development and validation of the hospital-to-home-health transition quality (H3TQ) index: a novel measure … to engage patients and home health providers in evaluating hospital-to-home care transition quality: … a novel measure to engage patients and home health providers in evaluating hospital-to-home care transition … quality. … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

  3. Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication | PSNet

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    December 18, 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 … Laboratory Testing Inherent to this discussion is whether the hospital in this case had the capability to measure … It is not customary to measure and/or wait for other laboratory tests; “alteplase treatment should not … Get With the Guidelines: Stroke Program Measures & Definitions [Internet].

  4. Evidence Summary Comparative Effectiveness Review 216 Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-216-telehealth-evidence-summary.pdf
    April 01, 2019 - We limited our study inclusion to the use of telehealth for consultations and outcomes that measure … conduct meta- analyses for some but not all topics and outcomes due to the heterogeneity of outcome measures … outcome (KQ2) 27 Reductions in LOS and waiting time but all not significantly different; satisfaction measures … wide range of clinical topics, these common metrics may need to be intermediate outcomes, such as measures … should include multiple sites, collect information on the context and environment, and consistently measure

  5. History and Funding of PBRNs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    November 01, 2024 - affiliated in their mission to investigate questions related to community-based practice and to improve the quality … Increasingly, PBRNs are recognizing their potential to expand their purpose, and are supporting quality … To better address issues of disparities in health care quality, outcomes, cost, and access for various … Webinars —Presentations to assist researchers and support staff in topical areas such as PBRN operations, Quality … Validation of an instrument to measure Patient Safety Culture in Medical Office Settings. 

  6. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: Final Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/overall-antibiotic-stewardship-project-final-report.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - Quality Improvement Organizations: Health Quality Innovators, Health Services Advisory Group, and Stratis … Implementation Advisers Three quality improvement organizations—Health Quality Innovators, Health Services … Evaluation Methods and Measures A baseline period was established from January to February 2018 during … Exhibit 7 lists the measures used as well as the purpose and timing of collection for each. … EXHIBIT 7: DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES USED IN ACUTE CARE COHORT Data Source Purpose Frequency of collection

  7. Combining Performance Feedback and Evidence-based Educational Resources (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Meurer.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Plan for prevention: measure, analyze, and review prior research and baseline data; identify areas for … A key measure of the impact of intervention will be the comparison of medical injury rates in the intervention … A series of different measures of medical injury occurrence will be used: any medical injury, four major … categories of medical injuries (drug, device, procedure, and radiation), and measures designed to reflect … We provide hospitals with important measures of medical injuries that are scientifically sound and robust

  8. What's Available for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)

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    March 20, 2017 - Programs and Guidelines ..............................................................2 Reporting Measures … Child Hospital Survey • Sample Telephone Script for the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Reporting Measures … and Guidelines • Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Available for … Reporting Measures and Guidelines Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey lists … the measures for analysis and reporting purposes.

  9. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2009 - Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … - sory deficits, such as vision, are beneficial when there is evidence on improvements in objective measures … but a lack of evidence of improvements of subjective measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2009. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 1996.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865819/psn-pdf
    May 08, 2024 - May 8, 2024 National Quality Forum.

  11. Health Plan Uses AHRQ Data and Surveys to Improve Service to Patients and Their Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - "Our member satisfaction numbers had been low for years on some of the composite scales," notes Debra … Corbett, Senior Associate Executive Director of Quality Management at MetroPlus. … submit either an improvement plan or a proposal to pay for a facilitator who would help them run a quality … Clinic contracted with the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), a nonprofit agency that supports quality … Identifier: CQuiPS-05-04 AHRQ Product(s): CAHPS Topic(s): Quality

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72586/psn-pdf
    December 23, 2020 - the new medical team seemed to have not even ordered BIPAP or other non-invasive respiratory support measures … the intended care, the Monday team attempted to improve the patient’s respiratory status with all measures … the ICU, he should have been offered full information about BIPAP and other non-invasive treatment measures … facilitate a discharge home, they may have more readily advocated for the patient to receive these measures … Assessment of internal medicine trainee sign-out quality and utilization habits.

  13. Puh-Factraining-Guide (pdf file)

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    June 02, 2025 - progress based on accomplishing Implementation Steps; and o Tracking impact with process and outcome measures … This includes helping to identify measures the change team can use to monitor its own progress. …  Commitment to provide high-quality data elements to populate reports. … The CMS quality measures, reported on Nursing Home Compare, may also be used to monitor outcome trends … , but these measures are reported less frequently.

  14. Statistical Brief #83: Potentially Preventable Hospitalization Rates Declined for Older Adults, 2003-2007 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb83.pdf
    December 01, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) were used … Indicators The Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) are part of a set of AHRQ Quality Indicators ( … The PQIs are a set of measures that can be used with hospital inpatient discharge data to identify quality … PDIs), which include the hospital admission rate measures for pediatric asthma and pediatric gastroenteritis … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  15. Health IT Hazard Manager. | PSNet

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    August 01, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … May 18, 2019 Patient Centered Medical Home Resource Center: Quality and Safety. … September 29, 2017 Quality and Patient Safety. … November 27, 2013 Health IT-Enabled Quality Measurement: Perspectives, Pathways, and

  16. Focus on HARM (Harmonizing Accountability in Reporting and Monitoring). | PSNet

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    September 06, 2011 - National Quality Forum. … Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL May 8, 2024 National Quality … National Quality Forum. … December 3, 2008 The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum Announce 2023 Eisenberg … February 21, 2024 Improving Diagnostic Quality and Safety/Reducing Diagnostic Error:

  17. Experiences From the Frontline: Case Studies (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2015 - Teamwork Across Units and Hand-offs and Transitions measures decreased, which may be due to the fact … that TeamSTEPPS was not yet rolled out to other units because these two measures assess transitions … One component of this index, the Unanticipated Operative Procedure measure, decreased by 51 percent. … The weighted adverse events included in the measure are in-house maternal death, in-house neonatal … physicians and nurses who would be using the equipment, the team purchased new delivery drapes and scales

  18. Impact of date stamping on patient safety measurement in patients undergoing CABG: experience with the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-date-stamping-patient-safety-measurement-patients-undergoing-cabg-experience-ahrq
    December 21, 2014 - February 17, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  19. CDSiC 2025 Project Summary | CDSiC

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/cdsic/project-summary-2025
    April 01, 2025 - Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

  20. Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests – uses and limitations (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
    November 19, 2009 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Rockville, MD. … Modeling facilitates the interpretation of test performance measures by connecting the link between … Rockville, MD:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001. 20. … Assessing quality in decision analytic cost-effectiveness models. … Bivariate analysis of sensitivity and specificity produces informative summary measures in diagnostic
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