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1. Rare adverse medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures. | PSNet
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   February 27, 2008 - This study assessed the value of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) rates as a measure of performance … The authors advocate for use of PSIs in research settings rather than for purposes of measuring quality … improvement interventions or rating the quality of individual providers. … adverse events in surgery: comparing events detected by the Veterans Health Administration Surgical Quality … Improvement Program and the Patient Safety Indicators.

2. Using harm-based weights for the AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators composite (PSI-90): does it affect assessment of hospital performance and financial penalties in Veterans Health Administration hospitals? | PSNet
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   March 15, 2016 - The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) use hospitals' administrative data to measure quality and … Although there was strong association between the volume-based and harm-based PSI-90 measures, use of … of the component measures. … the study would face changes in financial penalties under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program … Improvement Program and the Patient Safety Indicators.

3. Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures. | PSNet
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   November 16, 2022 - Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures. … program was implemented . … Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures. … November 16, 2022 Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist … December 29, 2014 Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient

4. In Conversation With... Dr. Michelle Schreiber on Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
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   December 14, 2022 - of the quality measures and value-based quality programs that are used within CMS. … We develop or maintain measures ourselves or utilize measures developed by other “ measure stewards ” … home health, and hospice; many hospital programs (such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, … Sometimes measures are just slightly different from one program to another. … , a measure that was recently added by CMS to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program .

5. Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program? | PSNet
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   March 01, 2015 - Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program? … At the time I was trying to work out what to allocate to each hospital and what measures of quality that … So we didn't do the morbidity measures. … RW : There's been debate in the medical literature about using the HSMR as a quality measure, and some … We also say that HSMR is not the measure of the quality of the hospital.

6. Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. | PSNet
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   January 19, 2014 - Study Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital … Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. … The program included creating a robust quality management infrastructure through the Armstrong Institute … Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. … December 4, 2016 A comprehensive obstetric patient safety program reduces liability claims

7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   April 26, 2023 - Quality Reporting (IQR) Program The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses more than 30 national performance … For example, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) of the American College of Surgeons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-surgical-quality-improvement-program https://ascls.org/quality-indicators-toolkit-appendix … clinical quality measures. … As these concerns were resolved through measure refinements and better data quality (e.g., nearly universal

8. Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
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   December 14, 2022 - and Value-Based Programs & Initiatives , aim to use measures like the PSIs to both determine the quality … , a measure that was recently added by CMS to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program . … of the quality measures and value-based quality programs that are used within CMS. … home health, and hospice; many hospital programs (such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, … Sometimes measures are just slightly different from one program to another.

9. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio. | PSNet
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   August 01, 2012 - Grant Recipient Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio. … Citation Text: Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio. … Program: Health IT Portfolio. … September 29, 2017 Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for … May 1, 2015 Findings and Lessons From the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program.

10. Patient Safety Indicators | PSNet
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    June 15, 2024 - Quality Reporting (IQR) Program The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses more than 30 national performance … For example, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) of the American College of Surgeons … electronic clinical quality measures. … In 2022, CMS published the Digital Quality Measures Strategic Roadmap , which outlines its transition … As these concerns were resolved through measure refinements and better data quality (e.g., nearly universal

11. In Conversation with...Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH | PSNet
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    July 10, 2024 - PR: Well, the simple answer is you can't improve what you don't measure. … PR: The AHRQ Quality Indicators Program emerged out of a data program called the Healthcare Cost and … Program. … The Program started with a fairly limited set of measures that are now called Inpatient Quality Indicators … or IQI, including risk-adjusted mortality measures and measures of volume on specific procedures for

12. From board to bedside: how the application of financial structures to safety and quality can drive accountability in a large health care system. | PSNet
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    January 29, 2015 - January 29, 2015 Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins … January 27, 2016 Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns … August 8, 2018 Developing a measure of value in health care. … November 29, 2017 Effect of a hospital-wide measure on the readmissions reduction program … first six years of a novel financial incentive program.

13. Meaningful Measurement in Patient and Family Engagement | PSNet
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    March 10, 2021 - Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … Other process measures could assess whether dedicated budget or staff members are allocated to PFE programs … J Fam Pract. 2000;49(9):796-804. [ PubMed ] [4] Gateways to PFA Program. … Since then we have expanded into Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) , research teams, measure … improvement program is going to hit the target?

14. In Conversation With...Amy Helwig about Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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    July 10, 2024 - key quality measures. … with about 30 to 50 measures that change every year, including the weights and targets. … reporting programs and pay-for-performance initiatives that tied reimbursement payments to quality measures … CMS uses the CMS PSI 90 in several federal programs, including the Value-Based Purchasing Program. 10 … https://mmshub.cms.gov/about-quality/quality-at-CMS/quality-programs Hasan O, Orav EJ, Hicks LS.

15. Discharging Our Responsibility | PSNet
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    January 16, 2019 - , increasing from 29% to 55%, an absolute change of 26%.( 9 ) Building on features of previous programs … , the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Program aimed to increase adherence … The GWTG program employed a web-based patient registry that facilitated feedback of performance data, … Quality of care in U.S. hospitals as reflected by standardized measures, 2002-2004. … Performance Measure Name Measure Description Discharge instructions Heart failure patients

16. Evaluation of the association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections: results of two national collaboratives. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2017 - These programs—including the Keystone ICU program and a recent effort to prevent catheter-associated … to reduce HAIs; second, survey results may not be an accurate measure of safety culture (especially … April 5, 2017 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute … June 3, 2015 View More Related Resources National Healthcare Quality … Encouraging employees to speak up to prevent infections: opportunities to leverage quality

17. Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects. | PSNet
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    June 16, 2011 - Study Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen … Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects … This study reports on an effort to develop process measures for monitoring the quality of specimen identification … September 14, 2011 Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality … program at the transplantation center.

18. In Conversation With... Libby Hoy and Stephen Hoy | PSNet
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    March 10, 2021 - Since then we have expanded into Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) , research teams, measure … improvement program is going to hit the target? … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … Other process measures could assess whether dedicated budget or staff members are allocated to PFE programs … J Fam Pract. 2000;49(9):796-804. [ PubMed ] [4] Gateways to PFA Program.

19. Medicare's Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and community diversity in the United States: the need to account for racial and ethnic segregation. | PSNet
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    May 13, 2020 - Study Medicare's Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and community diversity … Policymakers should consider community socioeconomic status when designing performance measures and incentive … programs, since factors such as health literacy and community health affect hospital performance. … , 2022 Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures … January 15, 2009 Hospital financial condition and the quality of patient care.

20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2021 - Per the Measures Management System Blueprint, CMS would like measure developers to actively engage with … Accountable Leader of Program Area 4. … Other process measures could assess whether dedicated budget or staff members are allocated to PFE programs … be critical should PFE programs not be translating into desired outcomes.   … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data.