U.S. flag

An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services

AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Search AHRQ

For an exact phrase match, enclose search terms in double quotes.

Go to Advanced Search
Go to Basic Search

Results

Total Results: over 10,000 records

Showing results for "quality measures".
Users also searched for: quality indicators

  1. Archived: Modeling Study: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    June 15, 2016 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Life-years gained compared with no screening (benefit), lifetime number … Seventh, the measures of the benefits and burden of screening used in the analysis were imperfect. … Utility weights have been estimated for diagnosed CRC states, 69 but utility weights have not been estimated … Future work should consider alternative measures of test burden that would enable direct comparison across … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 13.

  2. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-agitation-aggression_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - Scales to measure agitation include elements such as restlessness or aimless pacing, repetitive requests … Therefore, the measures of success for preventive and reactive approaches should differ. … However, we found substantial confusion in distinguishing strategies and measures. … For instance, the Agitated Behavior in Dementia Scale (ABID), CMAI, and Disruptive Behavior Rating Scales … Assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia: a systematic review of measures.

  3. Labor-Nitrous-Oxide Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - , use heterogenous outcome measures, and have inconsistent findings. … ,31 one of fair quality,32 and seven of poor quality.16-17, 20-21, 24, 27, 30 Measures of satisfaction … Generally speaking, therefore, pain relief is likely to be an inadequate measure of effectiveness for … satisfaction studies was challenging because of heterogenous interventions, comparators, and outcome measures … Satisfaction may be a more relevant measure of effectiveness than assessment of pain because nitrous

  4. CDSiC Year 3 Period of Performance Report | CDSiC

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/cdsic/year3-period-performance-report
    September 30, 2024 - developed over 21 resources with concrete recommendations and guidance to advance the scalability, quality … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

  5. Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data - Pilot and Planning Projects: Virginia

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/va.jsp
    July 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … VHI provided data quality feedback reports to hospitals including distribution of POA values, potential … hospital-acquired conditions, and pre- and post-use of the POA indicator showing the impact on AHRQ Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  6. June 2022 CDS Connect Work Group Presentation (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/184656/CDS_Connect_WG_June_2022_Presentation.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - CDS Connect currently houses “computable guidelines” and CDS Other repositories would include… • Quality … Measures • Case Reports • eCare Plans Repositories should also link to… • Written Guidelines (future

  7. Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative: Findings from a Members' Survey (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/2-alabama-cardiovascular-coop-members-survey.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - of the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative U-18 Grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, the Alabama Department of Health, the Alabama Quality … The four other questions required open-ended responses that aligned with the Likert Scales preceding … 4 On the other hand, some statements did not receive quite as high mean scores on the Scales

  8. An Automatic Notification System for Test Results Finalized after Discharge - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automatic-notification-system-test-results-finalized-after-discharge/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Funding Mechanism PAR: HS08-269: Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality … In the second phase, a cluster randomized six-month controlled trial is being conducted to measure the … across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality

  9. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_1.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - , and other measures, as well as for risk-adjustment for many comparative purposes. … searched for articles that either directly studied the impact of the POA indicator on a particular measure … Program (CSP), or any quality measures set would be more accurate and would make for more meaningful … edit reports to hospitals on a secure Web site, so that they can see where their hospitals do not measure … Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data. Medical Care. 1998 Jan; 36(1):8-27.

  10. Central Line Clot | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/central-line-clot
    August 04, 2021 - 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 … Since other measures to prevent DVT such as pneumatic compression boots and compression stockings are … available only in adult size, these measures are unsuitable for neonates and children. … July 12, 2023 Patient safety and quality of care in developing countries in Southeast

  11. Research Themes and Findings | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-reports/2022-year-review/research-themes-and-findings
    January 01, 2022 - Patients Engaging and empowering patients in their own healthcare leads to improvements in safety, quality … using technology designed with human factors engineering approaches, can improve breast cancer care quality … Supporting clinicians and other healthcare professionals by maximizing their ability to provide high-quality … Using digital healthcare tools to improve patient safety Automated Retract-and-Reorder Measures … to Improve Medication Safety New measures to identify near-miss medication errors are a major advancement

  12. 19-Perioperative-Teams (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/19-perioperative-teams.docx
    June 01, 2023 - Report accomplishments at all department/quality meetings. … that setting SMART goals could help hold the entire team accountable for working to improve process measure … For example, Deb Hobson, a safety and quality improvement nurse at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, found … ., B.S.N., R.N., CNOR, CPHQ White Plains Hospital White Plains, NY Assistant Director of Surgical Quality … /M.B.A., FACHE, CPHQ West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson, TN Quality Outcomes Director ISCR Project

  13. Disposition of Comments Report for Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-adherence-interventions_disposition-comments.pdf
    September 11, 2012 - Closing the Quality Gap: Revisting the State of the Science. … Also, being more clear about the outcome measure in the results column would help. … Can the measure and outcome columns be merged See my comment above about excluded studies Revised … quality ratings Thank you Peer Reviewer #4 General 5. … between strength of evidence, which is a function of study design, and strength of effect, which is a measure

  14. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_technical-brief.pdf
    December 01, 2012 - New assays that measure RNA to detect tumor cells are also beyond the scope of this Brief. … accurately identified patients who are considered to be at low risk for recurrence with currently used measures … Adequate lymph node sampling (sampling and reporting) is now recognized as an important quality measure … suggest that future research on the various GEP assays, whether used for prognostic or predictive measures … Analytic validity: How accurately and reliably the test measures the genotype of interest.50 The

  15. Detection of adverse events in surgical patients using the Trigger Tool approach. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/detection-adverse-events-surgical-patients-using-trigger-tool-approach
    February 15, 2011 - July 20, 2016 Driving surgical quality using operative video. … measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality … April 22, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Quality

  16. Exploring relationships between hospital patient safety culture and adverse events. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-relationships-between-hospital-patient-safety-culture-and-adverse-events
    August 27, 2012 - August 27, 2012 Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home … October 8, 2013 Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality … July 23, 2008 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  17. Toward learning from patient safety reporting systems. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-learning-patient-safety-reporting-systems
    January 02, 2017 - The system , developed through funding by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), collected … June 15, 2011 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial … 2009 View More See More About The Topic Intensive Care Units Quality

  18. Identifying hot spots for harm and blind spots across the care pathway from patient complaints about general practice. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-hot-spots-harm-and-blind-spots-across-care-pathway-patient-complaints-about
    May 04, 2022 - Compensation claims in Danish emergency care: identifying hot spots and blind spots in the quality … Resources Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … View More See More About The Topic Researchers Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality

  19. Medicare payment for selected adverse events: building the business case for investing in patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-payment-selected-adverse-events-building-business-case-investing-patient-safety
    September 18, 2009 - Author(s) Relationship between performance measurement and accreditation: implications for quality … 2009 Relationship between performance measurement and accreditation: implications for quality … See More About The Topic Hospitals Facility and Group Administrators Risk Managers Quality

  20. Patient-Centered Informatics System to Enhance Health Care in Rural Communities - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017308-samore-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Other measures to promote adoption were much less effective. 11 Figure 4. … Patients were questioned about health behaviors including health maintenance, preventive measures, and … respect 88% (always) 16 Domain & question Percent Responding Yes Patient Activation Measure … Psychometric assessment of the Patient Activation Measure Short Form (PAM-13) in rural settings. … commercial partner, CaduRx • Patient cohort phone survey—with 7 domains Patient activation measure
SHARE:
Facebook Twitter Print Facebook Share

Search the AHRQ Archive

Information and reports more than 5 years old may be found in the AHRQ Archive site.

Search Archive

Search Within A Specific AHRQ Site

Click to show only results for the selected site.

psnet.ahrq.gov (6697)

www.ahrq.gov (5663)

digital.ahrq.gov (1743)

effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov (1585)

www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org (870)

hcup-us.ahrq.gov (821)

integrationacademy.ahrq.gov (295)

cdsic.ahrq.gov (209)

meps.ahrq.gov (197)

cds.ahrq.gov (50)

qualityindicators.ahrq.gov (24)

pso.ahrq.gov (22)

datatools.ahrq.gov (16)

cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov (3)