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421. How To Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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

422. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
     January 01, 2018 - of the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) for the Partnership for Patients (PFP) program … Collectively, 28 specific measures are used: 14 measures to generate rates for the 9 specific PFP HACs … and 14 measures to generate a summary rate for “all other” HACs. … Of the 28 measures, 21 are from the AHRQ/CMS Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS), 6 are … Information on 2012 Measured HACs Partnership for Patients Hospital-Acquired Condition Source Measure

423. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals—Understanding Why Change Is Needed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide1.html
     October 01, 2017 - How will it affect quality scorecards? … These measures tell the story of your prevention efforts. … You absolutely need to collect baseline measures. … If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. … How often are you going to measure? Who will collect the data?

424. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
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     July 12, 2017 - How will it affect quality scorecards? … These measures tell the story of your prevention efforts. … You absolutely need to collect baseline measures. … If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. … How often are you going to measure? Who will collect the data?

425. Primary Care Practice Redesign–Successful Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-magill.html
     December 01, 2017 - The program aimed to demonstrate improvements in care quality through redesign of care delivery. … on clinical quality, patient satisfaction and experience, total costs of care, provider and staff attitudes … Results The care management program was associated with significant improvements in some clinical quality … measures, such as hemoglobin A1c and low-density lipoprotein levels, and with enhancements in coordination … Surveys of providers and staff showed improvements in measures of team development in 2012, but declines

426. State at a Glance: South Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - Demonstration Grant Program? … to put quality measures to work? … measures can be used to improve quality of care for children. … measures; (2) use health IT to automate quality reporting and feedback and improve care coordination … and reporting of the initial core set of children's quality measures in 18 pilot pediatric practices

427. 3. What Is the Clinical-Community Relationships Measurement Framework? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlas3.html
     March 01, 2013 - National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Data Sources Appendix C. … Because each community is unique, the utility and relevance of the measure domains that fall into the … In the CHERL program, ( Example 2, Section 2.1 ), the clinicians and the CHERL are both within the clinic … A way to measure the clinician's level of involvement in the relationship would be found within the … In the eLinkS program, ( Example 1, Section 2.1 ), there was a level of trust between the medical practices

428. Module 6: Sustainability: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module6/mod6-facguide.html
     March 01, 2017 - Identify and Develop Program Champion(s) Say: Identify and Develop Program Champion(s) The first … Process measures, or measures that describe how the project is implemented, will yield data on the actual … Outcomes measures, or measures that describe the effect of the intervention, will allow you to see the … Understanding the Sustainability of Health Programs and Organisational Change. … Understanding the Sustainability of Health Programs and Organisational Change.

429. Developing Invitation Messages that Increase Survey Response Rates - Ginsberg (pdf file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP, Director, CAHPS Division Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety … • Health Systems Research: Invest in research and evidence to make health care safer and improve quality … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … knowledge of measuring PE and collecting PE data − informative reporting of patient experience data − Quality … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different settings, with health plans and with providers

430. Clinic/Clinician-Community Resource Relationships | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-atlas3-5.html
     October 01, 2013 - Measure 9: Physician satisfaction with service coordination (Alzheimer’s Service Coordination Program … Measure 17: Referral rate for intensive counseling from a community program A-21. … Measure 22: The quality of the service provided by community resource to a practice  (GP-LI) Clinical-Community … Notes Measure may also collect qualitative information on ease of use, utility of resource, quality … Notes Measure may also collect qualitative information on ease of use, utility of resource, quality

431. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/physician-checklist.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated … Partner with hospital leadership to measure and track objective outcomes, including average duration … reports of current data for VAE rates, number of patients who develop a VAE, performance on process measures … , and objective outcome measures 10. … Become an active member of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) quality improvement (QI) team

432. Recommendations for AHRQ’s Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/next-steps.html
     August 01, 2022 - longer-term effort to build models and national capacity for tracking and evaluating new policies and programs … After completing an inventory of data systems and measures in the first year of the PSML evaluation, … Another project (PROMISES) focused Much of the development of these types of quality improvement efforts … Can patients participate in root cause analysis and/or processes of quality improvement (such as LEAN … models, videos, slide decks, publications, and other products produced by the grantees for their own programs

433. Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) - Ginsberg (pdf file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP, Director, CAHPS & SOPS Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ … • Health Systems Research: Invest in research and evidence to make health care safer and improve quality … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … knowledge of measuring PE and collecting PE data − informative reporting of patient experience data − Quality … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different settings.

434. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 3 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - :  One quality measure showed elimination of a Hispanic-White disparity: ■ Adults with obesity who … For this measure, lower rates are better. … Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program, … Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program, … Change in Quality Disparities Elimination or Widening of Quality Disparities Several quality measures

435. How to Use the AHRQ SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey to Improve Patient Safety -Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-ASC_Webcast_2021-Ginsberg.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Center Survey to Improve Patient Safety -Ginsberg 6 Overview of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Priorities and Programs … Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) … Department of Health and Human Services that supports evidence-based practices, and develops tools to measure … engagement between clinicians and patients • Make the safe thing the easy thing to do 8 AHRQ’s SOPS Program … 10 ASC SOPS Survey Patient Safety Culture Composite Measures 27 items assess 8 composite measures

436. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 13 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight13.html
     June 01, 2015 - Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. … Program Web page. … measure ment and reporting support Financial incentives AK 3 36 1 PCMH principles and … transformation, quality measures, CG-CAHPS, care coordination, CYSHCN, self-management, mentoring, referral … improvement, learning curriculum, data reporting on core measures, practice facilitation, maintenance

437. An Overview of the SOPS® Surveys for New Users - Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-sops101-webcast-2023-ginsberg.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - of the SOPS® Surveys for New Users - Ginsberg AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Program … Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … improvement of patient safety culture within healthcare settings • Develops validated surveys and measures … AHRQ’s SOPS Program What is Patient Safety Culture?

438. Part One: Physician Feedback Report Fundamentals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/confid-report/physfeedback.html
     February 01, 2016 - programs external to their organization. … and Resource Use Reports program. … and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality program. … Campaigns and programs to support and expedite physician uptake of new clinical advances. … measures at the practice, physician, and patient level.

439. How to Report Results of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/cgkit/HowtoReportResultsofCGCAHPS080610FINAL.pdf
     August 01, 2010 - Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program. … Both the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program and the Agency … To conduct this analysis, you can use a free set of programs known as the CAHPS macro; the CAHPS macro … The programs will generate a distribution of survey results for each of the measures. … The analysis programs in the CAHPS macro calculate these averages by converting the response options

440. Section 1. The Need to Address Emergency Department Crowding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - (CMS) announced the inclusion of five ED crowding related measures under the Hospital Inpatient Quality … Reporting Program a initiative: Patient median time from ED arrival to ED departure for discharged … update. 9,10 The measures were endorsed by the National Quality Forum in 2008,11 and they are commonly … Eventually, these measures will be reported publicly. 4. … Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. Overview available at www.qualitynet.org.