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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-opportunities-quality-improvement-surgical-site-infection-prevention
June 14, 2017 - Same Author(s)
Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program … in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures. … Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19-related infection prevention measures … April 20, 2022
Reducing three infections across cardiac surgery programs: a multisite … collaborative to reduce surgical site infections: results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-Based Safety Program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-measured-quality-financial-health-among-us-hospitals
December 07, 2022 - December 7, 2022
Patients' experiences and perspectives of patient-reported outcome measures … measures and financial performance. … analysis of hospital readmission rates after the implementation of Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program … Changes in hospital safety following penalties in the US Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program … with penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-monitoring-program-bar-code-assisted-medication-administration
November 16, 2022 - Study
Quality-monitoring program for bar-code–assisted medication administration. … Quality-monitoring program for bar-code-assisted medication administration. … This study describes the design, implementation, and impact of a quality monitoring program on the successful … Quality-monitoring program for bar-code-assisted medication administration. … September 29, 2010
Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-event-rates-measures-hospital-performance
July 29, 2020 - Study
Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance. … Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance. … Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance. … November 25, 2020
Sequential implementation of the EQUIPPED geriatric medication safety program … Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend admission reflect reduced quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33702/psn-pdf
November 01, 2010 - 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 … Indicators 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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-versus-prevalence-based-measures-inappropriate-prescribing-veterans-health
March 18, 2020 - Study
Incidence- versus prevalence-based measures of inappropriate prescribing in … Researchers found that sites ranked similarly when they used new potentially inappropriate medications to measure … performance compared to when they used existing potentially inappropriate medications as the measure … October 7, 2020
Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program … April 24, 2018
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measurable-outcomes-quality-improvement-trauma-intensive-care-unit-impact-daily-quality
February 24, 2010 - Measurable outcomes of quality improvement in the trauma intensive care unit: the impact of a daily quality … Clinicians constantly encounter the challenge of how to ensure that appropriate patient safety measures … December 21, 2014
Moving towards a core measures set for patient safety in perioperative … January 8, 2025
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments … January 22, 2017
Influence of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program in ICUs: evidence
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prioritizing-patient-safety-through-quality-measurement
November 14, 2011 - measures. … November 14, 2011
Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children’s Health Insurance … Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs … August 28, 2024
Medicare and Medicaid programs; reform of requirements for long-term … November 23, 2015
Training Program for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-wide-measure-readmissions-reduction-program
February 14, 2017 - Study
Effect of a hospital-wide measure on the readmissions reduction program. … Effect of a Hospital-wide Measure on the Readmissions Reduction Program. … for expansion to a hospital-wide readmission measure. … Effect of a Hospital-wide Measure on the Readmissions Reduction Program. … April 18, 2018
Does the Leapfrog program help identify high-quality hospitals?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-perinatal-patient-safety-review-current-methods
October 19, 2022 - The author discusses four methods for measuring patient safety—structure measures, process measures, … outcome measures, and safety attitude and climate surveys. … September 1, 2016
Emerging trends in perinatal quality and risk with recommendations … May 21, 2011
A comprehensive perinatal patient safety program to reduce preventable adverse … January 10, 2024
Evaluation of a second victim peer support program on perceptions of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-measure-value-health-care
February 10, 2021 - Developing a measure of value in health care. … This article discusses the primary definition of value in health care and how established quality measures … Developing a measure of value in health care. … Related Resources
How payers can help hospitals become safer through value-based programs … Changes in hospital safety following penalties in the US Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-measures-patients-risk-adverse-outcomes-veterans-health-administration-expert-panel
June 22, 2022 - Commentary
Quality measures for patients at risk of adverse outcomes in the Veterans … Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration. … This paper describes the development of quality measures to assess the safety and quality of primary … Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration. … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39746/psn-pdf
August 11, 2010 - using
criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the
need for pediatric-focused outcome measures … using criteria
validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures … (the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the AHRQ Patient Safety
Indicators) originally … The authors argue that applying
adult measures to a pediatric population overestimates the incidence … analysis-adverse-events-pediatric-surgery-using-criteria-validated-adult-population
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-surgical-quality-improvement-program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-teaching-hospitals-treated-fairly-hospital-acquired-condition-reduction-program
July 11, 2018 - Are Teaching Hospitals Treated Fairly in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program? … WebM&M commentary discussed the unintended consequences associated with publicly reported health care quality … measures. … Failure to administer recommended chemotherapy: acceptable variation or cancer care quality … Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19-related infection prevention measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-plan-patient-safety-initiatives
July 10, 2024 - 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. … key quality measures. … with about 30 to 50 measures that change every year, including the weights and targets.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/macarthur-fellows-program-michael-cohen
June 11, 2013 - Grant Recipient
The MacArthur Fellows Program: Michael Cohen. … June 11, 2013
The MacArthur Fellows Program: Peter Pronovost. … Pretender” (Syphilis) is Still Stumping Healthcare Providers
May 26, 2021
Measures … Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. … July 3, 2015
2005 Quest for Quality Prize.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/nursing-and-patient-safety
September 15, 2024 - pending the start of the program. … and pressure ulcers) and system-related measures including nursing skill mix, nursing care hours, measures … These measures are intended to illustrate both the quality of nursing care and the degree to which an … Nurse-sensitive measures continue to set the standard for quality and safety in care in the acute scare … measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-good-report-card-unintended-consequences-public-reporting-hospital-quality
October 01, 2004 - The public release of hospital quality measures is typically undertaken with a number of explicit and … By 2006, the program had expanded to include 21 measures ( Table ) related to the original three clinical … areas, with the addition of new measures focused on the quality of surgical care. … Care in U.S. hospitals—the Hospital Quality Alliance program. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:265-274. … Table Hospital Quality Alliance: Current Measure Set Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72688/psn-pdf
October 06, 2022 - Request for proposals for clinical quality measures to
improve diagnosis. …
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/request-proposals-clinical-quality-measures-improve-diagnosis
A … This announcement seeks proposals to examine quality measures to motivate
excellence in three primary … There are no active funding opportunities through this program at this time. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/request-proposals-clinical-quality-measures-improve-diagnosis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-adverse-events-pediatric-surgery-using-criteria-validated-adult-population
May 06, 2009 - using criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures … using criteria validated from the adult population: justifying the need for pediatric-focused outcome measures … (the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators ) originally … The authors argue that applying adult measures to a pediatric population overestimates the incidence … quality metric for surgery in children: do they predict adverse outcomes?