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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=0
(AHRQ)
programs and activities. … Ask a question, report a problem, or give us your opinion about a specific AHRQ program. … Measures SafetyNet StateSnapshots/NHDRQRnet Surveys on Patient Safety Culture TalkingQuality TeamSTEPPS … four "modules," each of which measure quality associated with processes of care that occurred in an … of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide5.html
October 01, 2014 - It can be thought of as a roadmap for your program and for your evaluation.
Figure 7. … Outcomes can be thought of as the benefits from the activities your program provides. … First, you will want to identify the major outcomes for your program. … In deciding how to collect information, balance the quality of information with the cost-effectiveness … Formative data are valuable and can inform what program modifications may be necessary.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter6.html
December 01, 2017 - had at least one ECM visit averaged 41.1 percent for all project sites, there was variation in this measure … variation included differences in the provision of ECM services (e.g., IPC model differences, Tribal health program … We did not include a measure of health risk in the logistic model, as health risk is based on age, gender … , and health status and specific measures of each were included in the model. … When the health risk measures were added to the model, they did not statistically increase the ability
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/918.html
June 01, 2024 - Issue Number
918
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … in the plan, including conducting systematic reviews, producing statistical briefs and identifying measures … for assessing the quality of care provided to individuals with suicide risk. … The webinar is part of a series offered by AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program . … Development of a hospital coding intensity measure based on sepsis diagnoses.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-schiff.pdf
January 01, 2020 - • Frequent
• Important
• Overlooked
• Matter
• Not easy to measure
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Frequent - #1 Type of … Incorporating health IT into pt safety programs
6. Management behavioral health in acute care
7. … Most diagnoses resolve,…or evolve w/errors unnoticed
• Elusive to capture with “metrics”
• Immature measures … for rating cases, docs, organizations
• So much variation in disease, patient, hard to fairly measure … Instruments to Measure
Self-Measurement/Learning Tools
AHRQ SOPS Surveys
Diagnostic Safety Supplemental
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2024-virtual-research-meeting-summary-prems-proms.pdf
January 01, 2024 - PREMs are used
to measure the process of receiving care, and PROMs are used to measure outcomes based … The overall participation in this program has been 80%. … Quality measures, including patient-reported
measures, provide an important counterbalance to the cost … Chan School of Public Health
Many challenges exist with the use of PREMs and PROMs in value-based
programs … quality measure.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-155-bibliography.pdf
May 08, 2018 - Initial core set of children’s health care quality
measures: Technical specifications and resource manual … Available at
http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program- Information/By-Topics/Quality-of-
Care/Downloads … Variables on scatterplots look more highly correlated when
the scales are increased. … Medicaid and CHIP children's healthcare quality measures: What states
http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems … Monitoring duration of coverage in Medicaid and CHIP to assess
program performance and quality.
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/evidence-base/nursing.html
June 01, 2023 - Challenging the ethnic pyramid: Golden rules and organisational measures towards a more inclusive work
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/alexander.html
December 01, 2020 - Sign up: Quality Measure Tools Email updates
Slide 1
Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery System … causal directions, and base rates depending on the ecological conditions under which the processes or programs … Measure context as an analytic variable in our models– not as study setting descriptions. … components were delivered as specified by the program logic model/theory. … Measures
Topic: Tools & Toolkits
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/how-to-use.html
January 01, 2017 - Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Technical Bundles Module
Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures … However, implementation of technical bundles is facilitated by having Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … In addition, quality improvement initiatives are built around improving processes in order to improve … patient outcomes, so pertinent measures from the Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module … guide walks users through one step of planning, implementing, and sustaining an infection prevention program
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation_facguide.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Establishing a Program of In Situ Simulations
Establishing a Program … simulation supports perinatal safety;
demonstrate how to execute in situ simulations; and
identify ways to measure … Develop or use other measures to track the impact of simulation program. … Slide 35
SAY:
In designing measures to evaluate a simulation program, it is important to clarify the … Slide 36
SAY:
After defining the purpose of evaluation, decide what to measure.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-midwest.pdf
November 01, 2017 - clinical quality measures across the region. … Update
The Midwest Cooperative is collecting electronic clinical
quality measures (eCQMs), practice … Care Learning
Community [AcademyHealth, 2017]
• Use of the popHealth Open-Source Quality Measure … Self-Measured Blood
Pressure Monitoring Program [2017]
• Improving Health Outcomes: Blood Pressure … Treating Your Patients for Tobacco Dependence [2016]
• Understanding the New Cholesterol Performance
Measure
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/or.html
March 01, 2019 - Demonstration Grant Program ? … measures can be used to improve quality of care for children. … Working with the Initial Core Set of Children's Quality Measures
Oregon will collect, report, and test … the initial core set of children's quality measures for the State's Medicaid and CHIP population by … profile by using existing population-based measures that highlight the need for quality improvement
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Improvement -Program or NSQIP data set. … Each is a process measure, immediately available for feedback. … Slide 5
Process Measure Examples
SAY:
These are examples of process measures you can implement in … outcome measure data. … administrators, you provide the necessary information to support your requests and accelerate your programs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - Slide 12
SAY:
There are many reasons that programs or improvements are not sustained. … barriers to sustainability:
Lack of Organizational Infrastructure and Resources
Evidence shows that programs … Outcomes measures, or measures that describe the effect of the intervention or improvement on the measure … Slide 31
SAY:
After determining who will measure, what you will measure, and when to measure, it … is now time to determine how to measure.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-157-bibliography.pdf
June 12, 2018 - Initial core set of children’s health quality measures:
Technical specifications and resource manual … Variables on scatterplots look more highly correlated when
the scales are increased. … Medicaid and CHIP children's healthcare quality measures: What states
use and what they want. … Monitoring duration of coverage in Medicaid and CHIP to assess
program performance and quality. … A guide to rating scales and questionnaires, 3rd ed. Oxford:
Oxford University Press; 2006.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/43-pathway-worksheet.docx
June 01, 2023 - Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence Review Conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving … Evidence review conducted for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/getting-started-implementation-guide.pdf
March 01, 2023 - Terms and Definitions
• Measure: quantifies the extent, quality, value, or effect of something. … Heart
Association Task Force on Performance Measures
o AACVPR’s Enrollment in CR Measure Specification … Examples
If your measure was the percentage of patients graduating
annually from your CR program … If your measure was the percent of patients graduating annually
from your CR program who did not die … Measures
(aacvpr.org), as are links to webinars to help certified programs learn how to generate them
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-fullreport.pdf
September 01, 2018 - asthma care quality,
inpatient care measures). … We are unaware of any existing quality measures specific to the rate of participating specialists
for … Identification of Disparities
CHIPRA requires that quality measures be able to identify disparities … Levels of Aggregation
CHIPRA states that data used in quality measures must be collected and reported … Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure
Submission Form (CPCF) was approved by the Office of Management
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-brochure-nc.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Cooperative of
EvidenceNOW —a program funded by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … CCNC’s
Informatics Center reporting services
• Working with a practice coach to develop
a quality … Carolina are:
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• NC Area Health Education Centers Program … Get free consultation from the NC AHEC
Practice Support Program to ready
your practice for value-based … payment
opportunities, such as the Medicare Shared
Savings Program and other “Accountable Care”