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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-measures-burn-care-do-national-reporting-systems-accurately-reflect-quality
August 20, 2018 - reflect quality of burn care? … Patient safety measures in burn care: do National reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn … This study examined quality measures reported to the University Health Consortium, an alliance of academic … Patient safety measures in burn care: do National reporting systems accurately reflect quality of burn … July 5, 2017
Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-experiences-and-perspectives-patient-reported-outcome-measures-clinical-care
October 27, 2021 - Review
Patients' experiences and perspectives of patient-reported outcome measures … Patients’ experiences and perspectives of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical care: a systematic … Patients are frequently asked to complete patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), or standardized … questionnaires, to assess general quality of life, screen for specific conditions or risk factors, … mortality and costs after design and implementation of a nurse-based early recognition and response program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46289/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Communication training, adverse events, and quality
measures: 2 retrospective database analyses in … Communication Training, Adverse Events, and Quality Measures: 2
Retrospective Database Analyses in Washington … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective-database-analyses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective-database-analyses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/americas-hospitals-improving-quality-and-safety-joint-commissions-annual-report-2017
November 27, 2018 - annual report provides performance data for United States hospitals across a range of accountability measures … In 2016, hospital performance on accountability measures remained strong. … The report also describes the Pioneers in Quality program, which was designed to facilitate hospital … reporting of electronic clinical quality measures. … In 2016, 470 hospitals reported electronic clinical quality measure data compared to only 34 in 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-quality-indicators-overview
December 24, 2008 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) represent quality … measures that make use of a hospital's available administrative data. … August 1, 2012
AHRQ's Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery. … October 15, 2008
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. … Quality and Safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/public-reporting-antibiotic-timing-patients-pneumonia-lessons-flawed-performance-measure
May 08, 2017 - Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure … commentary shares the potential for the unintended consequences of reporting on flawed performance measures … The authors discuss the background data for this particular quality measure, how it was translated into … AHRQ WebM&M commentary discussed the unintended consequences of achieving a good report card on such measures … Improvement program data.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-changes-visits-and-antibiotic-prescribing-during-agency-healthcare-research-and
March 10, 2021 - Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Program … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … December 14, 2022
Quality measures for patients at risk of adverse outcomes in the Veterans
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-characteristics-associated-penalties-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-hospital
November 18, 2016 - with penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program … This analysis sought to assess the association between measures of hospital quality, such as accreditation … These results add weight to concerns about unintended consequences of pay-for-performance programs leading … October 31, 2017
Associations between hospital characteristics, measure reporting, and … the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services overall hospital quality star ratings.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complications-surgery-root-cause-analysis-and-preventive-measures
November 24, 2021 - Commentary
Complications in surgery: root cause analysis and preventive measures. … Complications in surgery: root cause analysis and preventive measures. … Complications in surgery: root cause analysis and preventive measures. … September 12, 2012
Analysis of readmissions in a mobile integrated health transitional care program … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-demands-quality-measurement
November 16, 2022 - Commentary
Increasing demands for quality measurement. … Increasing demands for quality measurement. … to augment health care systems to improve adoption and use of quality measures. … Increasing demands for quality measurement. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/predictors-gaps-patient-safety-and-quality-us-hospitals
December 23, 2020 - Predictors of Gaps in Patient Safety and Quality in U.S. Hospitals. … Because public reporting programs measure hospital performance using averages or rankings of observed … and safety measures and its actual performance on those measures as publicly reported by the Centers … September 1, 2018
National quality program achieves improvements in safety culture and … Quasi-experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of a large-scale readmission reduction program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33759/psn-pdf
October 01, 2012 - Hospital-associated
patient safety issues have been relatively easier to measure and improve, because … In 2007, the agency's
Health Information Technology program launched an Ambulatory Safety and Quality … (AHRQ's Patient
Safety Indicators and Quality Indicators), specific performance measures required by … A hospital using all of these measures
would, however, only scratch the surface of evaluating the quality … Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/obstetric-safety-and-quality
October 20, 2014 - Commentary
Obstetric safety and quality. … Obstetric Safety and Quality. … Obstetric Safety and Quality. … June 22, 2017
A comprehensive obstetrics patient safety program improves safety climate … valid measures of hospital safety?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-public-hospitals-developing-standard-measures-track-medical-errors
December 19, 2018 - Study
Improving patient safety in public hospitals: developing standard measures … Improving Patient Safety in Public Hospitals: Developing Standard Measures to Track Medical Errors and … November 19, 2018
Leveraging the electronic health record to improve quality and safety … Annual Perspective
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … May 24, 2017
Best practices: an electronic drug alert program to improve safety in an
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2024-national-impact-assessment-centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-quality-measures
November 23, 2015 - Measures Report. … Measures Report. … Measures Report. … Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Medicare and Medicaid programs … October 21, 2015
Training Program for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46499/psn-pdf
May 17, 2018 - Evaluation of the association between Nursing Home
Survey on Patient Safety culture (NHSOPS) measures … Evaluation of the association between Nursing Home Survey on
Patient Safety culture (NHSOPS) measures … Culture and also measured rates of catheter-
associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) as part of a quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-home-survey-patient-safety-culture
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/program-prevent-catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection-acute-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/program-prevent-catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection-acute-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49544/psn-pdf
September 01, 2007 - , 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. … initial results from the
American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) heart failure program … Performance Measure
Name
Measure Description
Discharge instructions
Heart failure patients discharged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-dangerous-day-hospital-model-adverse-events-and-length-stay-medical-inpatients
February 09, 2012 - May 19, 2018
Examining the relationship of an all-cause harm patient safety measure and … critical performance measures at the frontline of care. … September 24, 2010
Perspective
Implementing a Patient Safety Program … Related Resources
Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales … March 3, 2011
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Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/867461
January 31, 2024 - This systematic review identified several gaps in the available safety measures used for
quality monitoring … This portal
enables access to comparative quality and... … The program,... … This systematic review identified several gaps in the available safety measures used for
quality monitoring … The program,...
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-training-adverse-events-and-quality-measures-2-retrospective-database-analyses
August 04, 2021 - Study
Communication training, adverse events, and quality measures: 2 retrospective … Communication Training, Adverse Events, and Quality Measures: 2 Retrospective Database Analyses in Washington … prior research , this study suggests that implementation of an interdisciplinary communication training program … Communication Training, Adverse Events, and Quality Measures: 2 Retrospective Database Analyses in Washington … View More
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Hospitals
Health Care Providers
Quality