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  1. 2011 – 2013 Workshop on Health IT & Economics (WHITE) - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r13hs021022-agarwal-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Minnesota Project Officer: Michael Hagan Submitted to: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … barriers; assimilation of health IT into workflows and organizations; impacts of health IT investments; measures … barriers; assimilation of health IT into workflows and organizations; impacts of health IT investments; measures … barriers; assimilation of health IT into workflows and organizations; impacts of health IT investments; measures … Partial support for WHITE is provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

  2. Variation in the Rate of Cesarean Section Across U.S. Hospitals, 2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb211-Hospital-Variation-C-sections-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Comparing variation in hospital rates of cesarean delivery among low-risk women using 3 different measures … Comparing variation in hospital rates of cesarean delivery among low-risk women using 3 different measures … Comparing variation in hospital rates of cesarean delivery among low-risk women using 3 different measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38858/psn-pdf
    August 12, 2009 - Quality and Safety Education. August 12, 2009 Dolansky MA, Singh MK, eds. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-education This special issue covers topics related to … implementing successful patient safety and quality educational initiatives, such as curriculum development … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-education

  4. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Children 5 Years Old and Younger: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_qPVhJ_u9tV9kyAejLM9TB
    May 01, 2015 - Similarly, measures of well-being of toddlers65 and health-related quality of life of preschoolers59 … significant effect for a broader construct of literacy.54 However, treatment did significantly improve a measure … Early language screening in city and Hackney: the concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with … Association between feeding difficulties and language delay in preterm infants using Bayley Scales of … Risk for poor performance on a language screening measure for bilingual preschoolers and kindergarteners

  5. First do no harm. | PSNet

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    March 21, 2011 - July 22, 2015 Consumers' Priorities for Hospital Quality Improvement and Implications … August 10, 2016 Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure quality

  6. Sepsis Smart. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sepsis-smart
    May 03, 2023 - February 5, 2014 A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication … Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes after the introduction of the Medicare Sepsis Performance Measure … November 23, 2016 Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families.

  7. Managing patient access and flow in the emergency department to improve patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/managing-patient-access-and-flow-emergency-department-improve-patient-safety
    April 16, 2018 - report examines how optimizing patient flow from emergency department arrival to diagnosis can enhance quality … Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure … 23, 2005 View More See More About The Topic Emergency Departments Quality

  8. Feds reverse course, will release hospital mistake data. | PSNet

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    August 13, 2014 - August 13, 2014 Supplemental Issue: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) program … August 10, 2016 Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure quality

  9. Module 3: Problem Solving and Escalation - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving-fac-notes.html
    June 01, 2017 - handle within the unit within a week, then the problem is a candidate for escalation to a more formal quality … problems with flow between departments that need additional attention and can be larger, cross-functional quality … Second, what are your measures?

  10. Physician motivation: listening to what pay-for-performance programs and quality improvement collaboratives are telling us. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-motivation-listening-what-pay-performance-programs-and-quality-improvement
    January 02, 2017 - Commentary Physician motivation: listening to what pay-for-performance programs and quality … Physician Motivation: Listening to What Pay-for-Performance Programs and Quality Improvement Collaboratives … March 1, 2011 Patient safety reporting systems: sustained quality improvement using a … January 3, 2017 Designing and implementing a comprehensive quality and patient safety … January 2, 2017 Developing a measure of value in health care.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867850/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - principles and a set of related questions and being systematic about attention to detail, internal quality … Kathie Sutcliffe and I developed a measure that has been deployed in various places. … In terms of outcome measures, many of the studies I have done rely on a health system being willing … Engaging with some of the process measures and surveys can also validate high reliability. … The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in

  12. Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/spreading-slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - Image: The two sides of quality improvement work, Adaptive and Technical, are illustrated by two hands … Measure and make data-driven decisions. … Slide 12: References North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety.

  13. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/curriculum/index.html
    February 01, 2022 - Core competencies include quality improvement techniques and measurement skills. … Module 8: Approaches to Quality Improvement ( PDF , 771.7 KB) Module 9: Using Appreciative Inquiry … 15: Preparing and Presenting Performance Data ( PDF , 1.2 MB) Module 16: Academic Detailing as a Quality … Change ( PDF , 797 KB) Module 19: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting ( PDF , 337 KB) Module 20: Creating Quality … ) Module 27: Helping Practices Optimize EHRs for Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation and Quality

  14. Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/index.html
    August 01, 2017 - , PhD Irim Azam, MPH Mary Grady, BS Kathryn Reback, JD, MSN Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2017. … Battles, PhD, Former Project Officer (Retired); Irim Azam, MPH; Kathryn Reback, JD, MSN; Center for Quality … Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

  15. State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology: Colorado - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/state-regional-demonstration-hit-co-final-report.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2015. … Many of the hoped for quantitative measures were impossible to measure as we determined feasibility … sustainability model context, some aspects needed to be refocused and directed to the feasible outcome measures … various evaluation plan components: Table 1. eMPI Evaluation Plan Components MPI Value Outcome Measures … Point of Care Exchange Evaluation Plan Components Point of Care (POC) Value Outcome Measures I.

  16. The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma--Evidence Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-196-evidence-summary-immunotherapy-asthma.pdf
    March 01, 2018 - It may also improve quality of life and FEV1, (a measure of the ability to exhale) and reduce the use … effect of SCIT on asthma symptoms, as we limited our review to studies that used validated tools to measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2013. … dust mite-induced allergic asthma optimally controlled by pharmacologic treatment and mite-avoidance measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2018.

  17. Improving Outpatient Medication Lists Using Temporal Reasoning and Clinical Texts - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs018288-zhou-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - for a combination of findings types (medication names, drug signatures and temporal) analyzed with F-measures … Table 1 further breaks down the total number of instances, precision, recall, and F-measure for the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. MEPS highlights. 11, May 2000. 2. … for a combination of findings types (medication names, drug signatures and temporal) analyzed with F-measures … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. MEPS highlights. 11, May 2000.

  18. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Ginsberg Slides (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-ginsberg.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Methods Research is Important to AHRQ Caren Ginsberg, PhD Director, SOPS and CAHPS Division Center for Quality … Health and Human Services that supports evidence-based practices, and develops tools to measure progress

  19. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol-amended.pdf
    February 07, 2025 - of life, using validated scales • Direct moderate-severe treatment adverse events (grade 3, 4, 5) … based on the number of studies, and our judgment regarding population, research design, and outcome measures … treatment adverse events (AEs) and indirect treatment-related AEs, we will prioritize using summary measures … as scales reported across studies are likely to differ. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011. 17.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33787/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2018 - ways for leaders to think about leading and driving safety in their organization, and looking at new measures … It was well before the publication of the IOM reports on safety and quality. … throw our hat over the wall, and we are continuously energized by going out and developing new ways to measure … If not, then quality improvement would say you keep making local adaptations or modifications. … Because as you were saying earlier, so many people are feeling overwhelmed by efforts, by measures,
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