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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39358/psn-pdf
    October 13, 2010 - Despite limitations in the use of PSIs to measure performance, the study found that the dimensions that … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-selected-ahrq-patient-safety-indicators-based-va-national-surgical-quality

  2. Interdisciplinary teamwork | PSNet

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    August 10, 2025 - Classic Teamwork in healthcare: key discoveries enabling safer, high-quality … This review summarizes the evidence regarding teamwork, including strategies to measure team... … This review summarizes the evidence regarding teamwork, including strategies to measure team performance … measures, which may be insensitive to teamwork improvements in care delivery. … These include transparency in disclosing errors and quality problems, integration of care across teams

  3. Validity of electronic health record-derived quality measurement for performance monitoring. | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/citation/validity-electronic-health-record-derived-quality-measurement
    January 01, 2023 - Validity of electronic health record-derived quality measurement for performance monitoring.

  4. Final Report: Improving Drug Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/magid-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Although the methodological quality of the research is variable, error reduction strategies with some … The primary outcome measure for all interventions was the occurrence of medication errors, defined as … Medication errors were the primary outcome measure for assessing the success and sustainability of … CrCl measures can be directly measured or calculated using the Cockcroft Gault formula (Appendix E) … Kaiser Permanente National Quality Conference. Monterey, CA. June 2005.

  5. PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/9-senior-executives.pptx
    June 01, 2023 - (deep) rate: SSI (organ space) rate: All-cause inpatient mortality rate: Include any other outcome measure … Process measure adherence and outcomes (complications, length of stay, readmission) Use bar or line … Factors associated with sustainability of 2 quality improvement programs after achieving early implementation

  6. Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table: Screening for IPV and Caregiver Abuse in Older Adults (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yj6JY8HJZtbnv5qDPxS3PX
    abuse or neglect, or physical, mental morbidities associated with abuse or neglect, mortality, or quality … is typically derived from RCTs of the targeted screening or preventive intervention that adequately measure

  7. Exhibit 7.1. Care management conceptual model* | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/exh7-1.html
    October 01, 2014 - The upper rectangular box is labeled 2A, and contains the words "High Quality Clinical Care."

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33734/psn-pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Castle: Most of my work in nursing homes has revolved around assessing quality: what makes a quality … nursing home and measures of quality. … As a way of background, nursing homes aren't known for being high quality. … measures whereby a consumer can compare one place to another. … Some are really having a hard time, and their quality is decreasing.

  9. Validating the Patient Safety Indicators in the Veterans Health Administration: do they accurately identify true safety events? | PSNet

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    January 18, 2013 - adverse events in surgery: comparing events detected by the Veterans Health Administration Surgical Quality … September 25, 2019 Using harm-based weights for the AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected … November 10, 2010 Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of … July 1, 2009 View More See More About The Topic General Hospitals Quality

  10. The effects of aviation-style non-technical skills training on technical performance and outcome in the operating theatre.  | PSNet

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    March 03, 2011 - March 3, 2011 Quality and safety on an acute surgical ward: an exploratory cohort study … February 25, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Quality

  11. Shift-to-shift handoff effects on patient safety and outcomes: a systematic review. | PSNet

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    January 22, 2016 - July 15, 2020 What every graduating resident needs to know about quality improvement … April 5, 2016 A narrative review of high-quality literature on the effects of resident

  12. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - and short duration of most RCTs, they are frequently underpowered to detect differences on several measures … differential effects in different subgroups • Can provide only event rates or changes in continuous measures … estimates from individual NRSIs will generally be more precise and therefore will be assigned greater weights … in a meta-analysis that weights studies using the inverse variance method.95 As an initial step, … Prognostic score-based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in

  13. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - and short duration of most RCTs, they are frequently underpowered to detect differences on several measures … differential effects in different subgroups • Can provide only event rates or changes in continuous measures … estimates from individual NRSIs will generally be more precise and therefore will be assigned greater weights … in a meta-analysis that weights studies using the inverse variance method.95 As an initial step, … Prognostic score-based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in

  14. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Obstetric Hemorrhage | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-obhemorrhage.html
    July 01, 2023 - This might include an existing medical peer review process or review by a perinatal safety or quality … Improving Health Care Response to Obstetric Hemorrhage (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative … Stanford, CA: California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative; 2010. Harvey CJ, Dildy GA. … ACOG Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee. … California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. OB Hemorrhage Toolkit V 2.0.

  15. Appendix R. Infection Prevention Support Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapr.html
    April 01, 2018 - Towards that end, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsored a project carried out … patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality

  16. Improving Diagnosis of Hypertension in Children - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024100-rao-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - – 3/31/2018 This project was completed with the support of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Methods will be described with reference to the corresponding aims below: Specific Aim #1: Design of a quality … This clearly distorted the results, as few interventions are as effective in improving health care quality

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49412/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2003 - healthcare organization had switched carbamazepine formulations at all its member hospitals, a Continuous Quality … Any time a nurse is required to manipulate a medication (measure it or break a tablet in half), there … Quality assurance audit of the ADD-Vantage system for intermittent intravenous drug administration. … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  18. Chapter-8 - Diabetes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/diabetes-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established quality measures, and financial penalties … Teach-Back for quality education and patient safety. … noted that patients improved their understanding of diabetes management, no data were provided on measures … There was no statistically significant difference in HbA1c outcome measures.6 The largest study we … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  19. Spotlight Case Hindsight Is 2020 Slides Final Revised 05.03.2024 (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/spotlight_case_hindsight_is_2020_slides_final_revised_05.03.2024.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke to prevent major disability.17 • Indeed, one key process measure … ” – It is not customary to measure and/or wait for other laboratory tests; “alteplase treatment should … Get With the Guidelines: Stroke Program Measures & Definitions [Internet]. … doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105638 https://www.heart.org/-/media/Files/Professional/Quality-Improvement … /2023-Program-Measures-and-Definitions/2023-GWTGSTROKE-Program-Measures-and-Definitions-DS19781.pdf https

  20. Final Progress Report: AUA 2022 Quality Improvement Summit: Opportunities to Improve Care in Urology (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/gore-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Sanchez, MD, University of California, Los Angeles Charles Scales, MD, MS, Duke University Medical Center … Gore questioned how one might measure the different variables associated with incontinence. Dr. … Suskind acknowledged that incontinence is complex and difficult to measure because some patients are … The panel emphasized the importance of tracking outcome measures for family and caregivers as well. … involved. o Incorporate palliative care flowsheets and alerts in the EHR. o Use patient-reported outcome measures
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