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9481. Exhibit 14. Schematic showing the sampling process for chart review and the assignment of true and false positives and negatives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit 14. Schematic showing the sampling process for chart review and the assignment of true and false positives and negatives Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical …

9482. Exhibit 5. Evolution of C-reactive protein values among individuals who DO develop an SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit 5. Evolution of C-reactive protein values among individuals who DO develop an SSI Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outc…

9483. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2023 - on scoping searches to inform this protocol, we note that authors have used many different outcome measures … We will abstract the outcome measure and what the observed results were. … in comparison with care models currently in use; and clinical relevance and timing of the outcome measures … A scoping review of bereavement risk assessment measures: Implications for palliative care. … Inventory of Complicated Grief: a scale to measure maladaptive symptoms of loss.

9484. Providing Safe, High-Quality Maternity Care in Rural US Hospitals. IHI Innovation Report. | PSNet
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      November 02, 2016 - Book/Report Providing Safe, High-Quality Maternity Care in Rural US Hospitals. … Citation Text: Providing Safe, High-Quality Maternity Care in Rural US Hospitals. … URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Providing Safe, High-Quality … December 14, 2022 Framework for Effective Board Governance of Health System Quality. … March 27, 2019 View More Related Resources Quality framework for

9485. Findings of Two Inaugural Leapfrog Surveys 2019. | PSNet
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      November 06, 2019 - This report analyzed a variety of components related to high quality ASC services and found them lacking … December 16, 2009 Diagnostic Safety and Quality Webinar Series: Overview and Implications … August 17, 2011 Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Report on Quality … 2010 View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality … and Safety Professionals Surgery Surgical Complications Quality Improvement Strategies

9486. Assessing the Relationship between Care Processes and Clinical Decision Support for Order Entry – Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - In order to measure the variation in order sequences, we applied a machine learning-based process mining … As a distance measure between a pair of sequences, it is defined as the sum of the two … Response options were multiple choices and 7­ point Likert scales. … Additionally, this study offers a quantitative measure for the variation in consistency and quality of … Mortality Measures to Profile Hospital Performance for Patients With Septic Shock.

9487. Using Home Visits to Understand Medication Errors in Children (pdf file)
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      May 28, 2008 - Researchers face unique ethical challenges in using direct observation to measure errors.45 For instance … These home visit methods, designed to measure rates of home medication errors among children with chronic … The home visit could be expanded to measure rates of errors in medication use among the entire family … Preventing medication errors: Quality chasm series. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005.

9488. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain Research Protocol (pdf file)
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      December 19, 2018 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … Intermediate outcomes such as pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic measures, drug-drug interaction markers … overdose Reference standard for misuse, opioid use disorder, or overdose; or other benchmarks Measures … in quality assessment. … We will apply similar methodology to other outcomes measures.

9489. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 24, 2024 - agitation, anxiety, and increasing analgesic need (i.e., the three As).10 A manometer can be used to measure … Compartment Syndrome provides only limited to moderate strength recommendations, noting “the dearth of high-quality … examiner can either continue to perform serial checks (0 criteria), notify a senior physician and measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Network. 2006 [Accessed April 18, 2024) [Free … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

9490. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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      August 16, 2016 - types of studies for renal artery stenosis management are well articulated--- as are the outcome measures … data with lesser quality data when grading aggregate evidence. … Outcome measures are adequately defined. … be noted that the CORAL trial was the only RCT that used an independent Angiographic Core Lab to measure … be noted that the CORAL trial was the only RCT that used an independent Angiographic Core Lab to measure

9491. Appendix H. Calculating Sensitivity and Specificity for Validation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Appendix H. Calculating Sensitivity and Specificity for Validation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executi…

9492. Use of Patient Buddy Application to Disseminate Knowledge & Prevent Readmission - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - loaded with Patient-Buddy, they were trained on entering medication adherence, daily sodium intake and weights … Readmissions in cirrhotic patients are an unresolved burden Despite readmissions within 30 days being a quality … Methods (Study Design, Data Sources/Collection, Interventions, Measures, Limitations) Patient Buddy … The EncephalApp was administered to measure cognitive processing and executive function for HE. … If there were critical values or missing entries of critical medications, daily weights or sodium intake

9493. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - The PSA test is used to measure blood levels of PSA, a protein produced by the prostate gland.4 Elevated … standardize reporting of key clinically relevant outcomes and should structure the assessment of outcome measures … such as quality of life and health status. … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured? … Was the outcome measure of interest objective and was it objectively measured?

9494. An Interactive Preventive Care Record (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - ● Report Physician Quality Reporting System measures. … Review the practice’s baseline preventive care delivery measures. … Step 2—Evaluate your EHR data quality Evaluating and monitoring EHR data quality is an essential step … measures every 1 to 2 weeks. … EXAMPLES 25 review performance measures to identify high and low performers.

9495. In Conversation With… Amy J. Starmer, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      May 31, 2023 - 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 … Medical errors dropped significantly after putting the bundle in place, and process measures improved … grant funding did come through, and we were able to carry out the study with all the robust outcome measures … That was a key reason why we collected balancing measure data through a time-motion study where we assessed

9496. Exhibit 5.1. Continuum for care management models | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs Exhibit 5.1. Continuum for care management models Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs Introduction Section 1: Planning a Care Management Program…

9497. Staying silent about safety issues: conceptualizing and measuring safety silence motives. | PSNet
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      August 28, 2019 - The quality of intraoperative handover before and after introduction of a checklist. … July 2, 2014 Governing board, C-suite, and clinical management perceptions of quality

9498. Record Linkage to Enhance STD/HIV Surveillance Data for OR AI/AN Population (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2009 - should inform prevention/intervention efforts  Linkage approach can increase accessibility and quality … of health data for AI/AN  Future study will look at HIV care and performance measures in more detail … Post-linkage AI/AN rates may not be comparable to other states/areas which have not evaluated race data quality … This project was supported by grant number R01HS019972 from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality … Northwest Indian Tribes to provide health-related research, surveillance, and training to improve the quality

9499. New Scorecard Report on the U.S. Primary Care System | The Academy
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      June 24, 2025 - Expert Insight Expert Tips Success Stories Measures … Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their report, “ Implementing High-Quality … workforce shortages, suboptimal EHRs, and insufficient research efforts remain obstacles to access and high-quality … How to improve care quality and implement evidence-based practices – see AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Model , … Email Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

9500. Research Spotlight | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2020 - improve health outcomes in skilled nursing facilities Examines patient clinical concerns and access measures … The quality of care is improved by increasing the skills of the healthcare professionals already based … speech telerehabilitation , chronic care management , and dermatology , while delivering the same quality … This research will inform how to evolve post-pandemic patient care to ensure the highest quality of care … success of and challenges to PGHD integration that can improve patient outcomes, care coordination, quality