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461. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/6-improvement-strategies.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - the ACO Survey: ACO-9 and ACO-12. ** Health Status/Functional Status is not included as a composite measure … of quality, including but not limited to CAHPS survey measures. … Prepared for the Aligning Forces for Quality program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Oct 2013. … Such value-based payment programs typically tie payment to performance on a wide array of quality and … .12,13,14 Examples of value-based payment programs that incorporate patient experience measures include

462. Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer For New Users Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/understanding-cahps-surveys-webcast-transcript.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - The surveys reflect what patients tell us is important to measure. … There's a reliance on rating scales, and it's more of a subjective assessment. … payment program, which has two components that replace what used to be the PQRS, the Physician Quality … public and private feedback reporting, value-based payment programs, and quality improvement programs … depending on who's doing the scoring, to get you a star-based result can look at other factors and weights

463. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - method (see Measures for details). … It is noteworthy that the health care environment has seen a sharp increase in the number of programs … Program objectives were as follows: 1. … satisfaction, importance of the program items, and agreement with program statements. … broadly the findings of national quality improvement efforts.

464. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - method (see Measures for details). … It is noteworthy that the health care environment has seen a sharp increase in the number of programs … Program objectives were as follows: 1. … satisfaction, importance of the program items, and agreement with program statements. … broadly the findings of national quality improvement efforts.

465. Resources by National Action Plan Foundational Area | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/foundational-area.html
     March 01, 2025 - managers and staff in conducting an objective assessment of their patient safety program. … from hospitals across the U.S. that have successfully implemented these programs. … AHRQ Quality Indicators AHRQ’s quality indicators are standardized, evidence-based measures of healthcare … quality that can be used to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes. … Information about relevant CMS quality programs is available for multiple settings, including inpatient

466. Healthcare Spending Higher Among Adults Who Had Adverse Childhood Experiences | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/926.html
     August 01, 2024 - Issue Number 926 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … ET to explore the differences between patient-reported experience measures and patient-reported outcome … measures, how they are connected, and how they can be used to measure and improve the quality and value … Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: traditional and hub-and-spoke implementation models. … Development and implementation of a digital quality measure of emergency cancer diagnosis.

467. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
     June 01, 2024 - SOPS Surveys Measure Patient Safety Culture The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS ® ) Program … The SOPS Program also offers optional supplemental item sets that can be added to the core surveys to … a consistent methodology across a large sample of respondents, they are standardized and validated measures … positive SOPS scores had: Higher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Five-Star Quality … Linking patient safety culture to quality ratings in the nursing home setting.

468. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017.html
     November 01, 2017 - example, the public-private Partnership for Patients (PfP), 5 AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Programs … through a national technical-assistance program implemented by CMS-funded Quality Innovation Network-Quality … measures. 18 The accuracy of these measures in capturing HACs has therefore become a key factor for … These estimates can then inform patient safety and quality improvement efforts to measure success in … Weights are balanced between large and small studies.

469. HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - BROWN (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-webcast-051623-brown.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - HCBS CAHPS Survey Database: What You Need to Know - BROWN Looking Forward: HCBS Quality Measures Alignment … Promote development and use of standardized, validated, and meaningful quality measures 2. … HCBS CAHPS is publicly available for voluntary use in HCBS programs as part of quality assurance and … • Accountable Entity: the operating entity responsible for managing and overseeing a specific HCBS program … Measures Alignment and HCBS CAHPS® Survey HCBS Quality Framework CMS HCBS Quality Strategy Elements

470. 2. Priority Questions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/ccre-roadmap2.html
     July 01, 2013 - of future research should be to better understand which are the most useful and relevant domains to measure … can improve the quality of individual research studies and evaluation projects while also improving … the ability to assess a body of existing research or programs. … developed measures. … measurement domains, a goal of future research should be to determine which domains are most important to measure

471. Interim Report of the Subcommittee of the NAC on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Investments and Future Activities (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/nac/interim-pcortf-snac-report.pdf
     October 01, 2022 - A key example would be the provision of training programs to equip individuals to lead quality programs … • Develop immediate measures of success that allow the outcomes of training programs to be evaluated … - 17 - • Measure the outcomes of training programs outside of trainees’ formal academic publications … • Implementation science can inform the related issue of pivoting from quality measures and outcomes … • The behavioral health measures in the Core Set of Adult Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid

472. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4k_combo_psi14-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - used for Medicare’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (as part of a composite measure) that links quality … Reporting Program.6 Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice Wound dehiscence risk … Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program measures (calendar year 2014 discharges. … Measures displayed on Hospital Compare. … Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures, Version 4.3.

473. Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience webcast-Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-ahrq-program.pdf
     November 01, 2006 - Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience webcast-Ginsberg AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … of the US health care system. 7 The AHRQ CAHPS Program • CAHPS = Consumer Assessment of Healthcare … • The CAHPS program captures the patient’s voice. … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different settings.

474. Improving Patient Experience: Data Analysis Methods webcast - Ginsberg (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-analysis-webcast-program-2.pdf
     November 01, 2006 - Improving Patient Experience: Data Analysis Methods webcast - Ginsberg AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM Caren … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … of the US health care system. 7 The AHRQ CAHPS Program • CAHPS = Consumer Assessment of Healthcare … • The CAHPS program captures the patient’s voice. … • Surveys measure patient experience of care in different settings.

475. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/e1_combo_monitorprogress.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - The primary audiences for this tool are hospital leaders and managers, quality program staff, and analysts … The measures you monitor after implementation will include rates for the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators … a list of candidate measures, with a rationale for the importance of each measure … You can draw on the measures you used for evaluating progress in implementing your quality improvement … on a measure.

476. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/e1_pdi_monitorprogress.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - The primary audiences for this tool are hospital leaders and managers, quality program staff, and analysts … The measures you monitor after implementation will include rates for the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators … • Test each measure against the criteria described below. • Identify and discard weak measures … You can draw on the measures you used for evaluating progress in implementing your quality improvement … on a measure.

477. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-ginsberg.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Set for Nursing Homes - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. 5 AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Program … Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ 6 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 … and Quality AHRQ’s Core Competencies AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities AHRQ’s SOPS Program What is

478. Home and Community-based Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/index.html
     March 01, 2017 - this environmental scan of existing and potential measures as a first step in fulfilling the directive … to develop home and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures for the Medicaid program. … Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs This User's Guide is intended … and impact of care management programs. … Related Content Development of Quality Indicators for the Home and Community-Based Services Population

479. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g2_pdi_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - ® Hospital Survey: Composite Measures The survey generates six composite measures of the quality … Indicator or Measure HEDIS® measures (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) … Quality Measures Measures include aspirin at arrival, aspirin at discharge, angiotensin-converting … Toolkit Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Measuring Quality in Children’s Health Programs … has the most current evidence-based quality measures and measure sets available to evaluate health

480. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/g2_combo_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Indicator or Measure CAHPS® Hospital Survey: Composite Measures The survey generates six composite … Committee for Quality Assurance Indicator or Measure HEDIS® measure s (Healthcare Effectiveness … Hospital Quality Measures Measures include aspirin at arrival, aspirin at discharge, angiotensin-converting … Toolkit Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Measuri ng Quality in Children’s Health Programs … the most current evidence-based quality measures and measure sets available to evaluate health care