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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43859/psn-pdf
    May 28, 2015 - this study whether this improvement is due to the checklist or rather checklist usage is a process measure … indicating higher overall perioperative quality.

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39101/psn-pdf
    March 05, 2010 - multidisciplinary teams in acute care settings, they identified only a few studies that provided high quality … in analyzing this literature because of the heterogeneity of the interventions and the inability to measure

  3. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
    September 07, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Accuracy of Screening Tests The primary screening test for anemia is to measure serum hemoglobin or … Serum ferritin, which is often used to measure iron status, may have limited use during pregnancy because … identification and correction of iron deficiency anemia plays an important role and whether current measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 3.

  4. About TalkingQuality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/about/index.html
    August 01, 2016 - About TalkingQuality Purpose of TalkingQuality: To Improve Consumer Reports on Health Care Quality … Sponsors of consumer reports share a common mission: Improving the quality of care that consumers receive … They also share a common challenge: How do you convey comparative information about health care quality … Experts and researchers in the field of quality reporting. … health care are defined in the Institute of Medicine’s report  Crossing the Quality Chasm .

  5. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
    February 04, 2014 - some that are tailored specifically for the head and neck (e.g., EORTC QLQ-H&N35) and visual analog scales … demonstrated an advantage for IMRT over either 3DRT or 2DRT in reducing late xerostomia and improving measures … Evidence was insufficient to demonstrate any relative difference between interventions in measures such … In the absence of an evidence-base on these measures, these issues will be addressed as appropriate … – Sample variability measures – Precision of estimate – p values o Regression modeling techniques

  6. Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017820-singh-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Measures In Aim 1, we measured trigger performance by calculating PPV, defined as the number of triggers-flagged … Ensuring Quality Cancer Care. Edited by Hewitt M, Simone JV. 1999. … Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. 3-1-2001. … Quality of Follow-Up Care after Abnormal Screening Results. … Incidence/Prevalence Methods Study Design Data Sources/Collection Intervention (Aim 2 only) Measures

  7. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship2.html
    August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality

  8. CUSP: A Framework for Success (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/framework.html
    April 01, 2013 - I was in Michigan, not at Hopkins but partnering with Hopkins, we insisted that we use standardized measures … Once you create a CUSP team, it's really useful to measure culture in the unit, and Chris talked about … create your partnership, commit to learning from mistakes, and then use tools to improve and obviously measure … decrease our number of non-indicated catheters because when you have to actually write it down and measure … I would add the whole notion that everyone in the country is doing the SCIP measures, and performance

  9. Clarifying Objectives When Promoting a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/clarify.html
    November 01, 2018 - Clarifying Objectives When Promoting a Health Care Quality Report In any promotional effort … Even if some health professionals and facilities here in town don’t provide quality care, I know that … You can’t really measure health care quality. … I have health insurance that gives me access to high-quality care. … Quality information like this is just another form of advertising.

  10. Evidence Summary: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Screening and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/prevention-of-dental-caries-in-children-younger-than-age-5-years-screening-and-interventions1
    December 07, 2021 - use of cluster randomization, follow-up duration, varnish frequency, use of additional oral health measures … preschool, baseline caries status, adequate community fluoridation, provision of additional oral health measures … A randomised controlled trial to measure the effects and costs of a dental caries prevention regime for … .22    No 6 30-32 , 38 , 41 , 43 −1.62 (−3.26 to −0.33) 81 Additional oral health measures … .57    No 5 30 , 31 , 38 , 40 , 43 0.74 (0.47 to 1.07) 79 Additional oral health measures

  11. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/framework-slides/CUSP-A-Framework-for-Success-Mar-7-2012-508.ppt
    January 01, 2012 - Improvement Organization (CMS QIO) Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) On the CUSP: … (MHA Keystone) Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Johns Hopkins University (JHU) … * Measure Have We Created a Safe Culture? How Do We Know We Learn From Mistakes? … Evidence Into Practice Summarize the evidence in a checklist Identify local barriers to implementation Measure … Create a CUSP team Nurses, physician, support staff, infection preventionist Assign a team leader Measure

  12. A National Web Conference on Improving Health IT Safety through the Use Natural Language Processing to Improve Accuracy of EHR Documentation - Q&As (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/improving-hit-safety-qa-020717.pdf
    February 07, 2017 - QUESTION: Over the course of your project, you saw a dip in quality improvement and meaningful use … measures. … Did everything make it to the right box to be gathered into the reports that were needed for those quality … This didn’t affect our quality improvement or our compliance efforts. … QUESTION: What are some ways to address the increasing security measures that compound worsening bandwidth

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60745/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2020 - its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) with the most recent 2020 update.7,8 Systems Changes and Quality … The submitted case highlights how a variety of factors and quality gaps may contribute to errors during … significant, and many of the strategies aimed at reducing waste may also act as additional safety measures … carefully examine the strategies that are currently present and to work to develop additional safety measures … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49549/psn-pdf
    December 06, 2007 - The National Quality Forum has defined 27 serious adverse events and includes death or serious harm … team communication.(7) Protection of patients from elopement risks requires attention to preventive measures … Such preventive measures may include placing the patient on an observation protocol (special precautions … California Hospital Quality Initiative: reducing serious events. Briefs Focus. … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  15. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/topics/index.html?page=1
    January 01, 2012 - research results lag in their ability to identify evidence-based solutions to improving healthcare safety, quality … AHRQ's priority populations, specified by Congress in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 … Quality of Care AHRQ has information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, details … on quality measurement projects, and AHRQ resources on quality.

  16. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/topics/index.html?page=1
    January 01, 2012 - research results lag in their ability to identify evidence-based solutions to improving healthcare safety, quality … AHRQ's priority populations, specified by Congress in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 … Quality of Care AHRQ has information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, details … on quality measurement projects, and AHRQ resources on quality.

  17. Quality and Safety Education. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-education
    September 06, 2017 - Special or Theme Issue Quality and Safety Education. … Citation Text: Quality and Safety Education. Dolansky MA, Singh MK, eds. … April 4, 2018 Quality of Anesthesia Care.  … April 27, 2011 Quality and Safety in Medicine. … December 22, 2010 Teaching quality improvement.

  18. BMJ Quality & Safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bmj-quality-safety
    October 11, 2016 - Newsletter/Journal BMJ Quality & Safety. … Citation Text: BMJ Quality & Safety. Franklin BD, Thomas E, eds. … February 10, 2021 BMJ Open Quality. … September 11, 2019 BMJ Open Quality. … November 17, 2016 Pediatric Quality and Safety.

  19. Enhancing Hawaii Hospital Information Content: Data Acquisition.

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/hi25.jsp
    September 01, 2014 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … and the unit of measure. … information system personnel at your facility if you have questions regarding the laboratory units of measures … and the unit of measure. … information system personnel at your facility if you have questions regarding the laboratory units of measures

  20. System Redesign Responses to Challenges in Safety-Net Systems (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/systemredesignsafetynet/systemredesign.pdf
    June 01, 2015 - ACOs will be rewarded for lowering costs while meeting performance standards based on 33 CMS measures … agencies have established standard, publicly reported performance measures. … iii PDSA = Plan-Do-Study-Act; DMAIC = Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control; FMEA = failure mode … Six Sigma emphasizes the use of statistical process improvement measures. … Six Sigma process improvement method that stands for: (D) Define goals and scope of the project, (M) Measure
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