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2561. In Conversation With… Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      May 01, 2013 - Some measures are more problematic, the biggest one being the readmissions measure. … RW : One of the tensions between safety and quality is that while it's relatively easy to measure mortality … and maybe case-mix adjust mortality and certain process measures, it's pretty hard to measure diagnostic … And do you worry that because it's easier to measure quality we'll take our eye off the safety ball? … In its first iteration the program includes 13 measures taken from Medicare's Inpatient Quality Reporting

2562. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      November 15, 2023 - An exploratory analysis of the association between hospital quality measures and financial performance … An exploratory analysis of the association between hospital quality measures and financial performance … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploratory-analysis-association-between-hospital-quality-measures-and- … This study examines the association of several quality-of-care measures and hospital profitability as … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-economic-evaluation-infection-prevention-and-control-program-are-quality-and-patient

2563. SOPS Nursing Home Survey: What You Need To Know - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2018 - 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 … safety culture within healthcare settings ► Develops survey measures that are validated and use best … between January 2016 and July 2018 ► 191 nursing homes with 10,499 respondents ► Top scoring composites measures … ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™(SOPS®) Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ

2564. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 22, 2014 - National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC). … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-measures-clearinghouse-nqmc This web-accessible database …  provided access to evidence-based quality measures and measure sets. … Funding for the program ended in 2018. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-measures-clearinghouse-nqmc

2565. PowerPoint Presentation
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      June 02, 2025 - (https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/pre/ready.html) Discuss results as a group … Quality Indicators: PSI Measures 19 Accurately and Efficiently Measuring Outcomes Measurement … Measure time lag can delay the availability of some measures substantially (especially if based on claims … Identify a measure and define target ranges for that measure. … At what level will you measure and what measures will you use? 1. Level I Reactions: 2.

2566. Ncinqtobaccousehelpform (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) Italics indicate … /By-Topics/Quality-of- 2 http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Quality-of-Care … programs. … , and enrollment in a smoking/tobacco use program as well as other quality measures, 12 … For example, a measure that measures the quality of diabetes care by whether a provider conducted an

2567. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - In its first iteration the program includes 13 measures taken from Medicare's Inpatient Quality Reporting … (IQR) program, including process measures focused on the prevention of surgical infection, postoperative … no small measure because traditional models of hospital payment are so problematic and can be viewed … Who pays for poor surgical quality? Building a business case for quality improvement. … Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship

2568. Building the Business Case for CANDOR Worksheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - Alignment of the plan to the organization's strategic and risk/quality/patient safety goals. … Outline the organization's risk/quality/patient safety program and how the CANDOR process connects to … Set specific measures and related goals. … Collaborate with finance and the risk/quality/patient safety division to calculate the projected costs … Performance measures to consider include: Patient experience (use measures such as HCAHPS scores

2569. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Patients Measure Descriptions for Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Facilitator Guide AHRQ Pub. … quality improvement process development. … Slide 14 Data Measures Guide SAY: Data should drive all quality improvement projects. … measures in your unit using data gathered from the data collection tools provided for this safety program … Slide 16 7 AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated PatientsLTVV Measures image2.png image4

2570. CHIPRA 155: Bibliography (pdf file)
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      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.

2571. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 26, 2021 - Per the Measures Management System Blueprint, CMS would like measure developers to actively engage with … Accountable Leader of Program Area 4. … Other process measures could assess whether dedicated budget or staff members are allocated to PFE programs … be critical should PFE programs not be translating into desired outcomes.   … if the measure will be calculated using patient-reported data.

2572. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - is a single measure plus a composite of five measures and the coronary artery disease metric is a composite … measure results. … Metrics One major challenge for registries in accountable care is the variation in quality measure … Two entities working on quality metric harmonization are the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications … /Downloads/ ACO-Shared-Savings-Program-Quality- Measures.pdf.

2573. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2010 - measures. … A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … and improvement programs. … improvement programs, and policymakers. … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care.

2574. Harnessing Health IT for Self-Management Support and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Health Plan - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2010 - University of California, San Francisco Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-007: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … This work builds on a previously-funded Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) project by … implementing modifications to adapt the program for sustained use. … Specific Aims: Measure the effects of a Medicaid health plan-directed ATSM on patient-centered outcomes … events triggered and/or identified through active surveillance among ATSM participants. ( Upcoming ) Measure

2575. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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      November 01, 2006 - Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) Began in 2003 with 10 quality measures spread across 3 clinical conditions … 21 measures including those focused on quality of surgical care Hospital Quality Alliance Web site. … HQA: Current Measure Set (cont.) … Wisconsin: A report on the impact of the Quality Counts program in Wisconsin found that hospitals involved … Care in U.S. hospitals--the Hospital Quality Alliance program.

2576. Discharging Our Responsibility | PSNet
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      January 16, 2019 - , increasing from 29% to 55%, an absolute change of 26%.( 9 ) Building on features of previous programs … , 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. … Performance Measure Name Measure Description Discharge instructions Heart failure patients

2577. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      November 23, 2016 - , referred to as accountability measures. … Reporting Program, The Joint Commission decreased the number of accountability measures from 49 to … The percent of hospitals that performed at 95% or above for all accountability measures declined from … Hospitals were also given the opportunity to submit electronic clinical quality measure data for the … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement

2578. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 24, 2018 - 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 … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement

2579. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      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

2580. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - In addition, they would like to assess whether use of these quality measures or performance metrics, … that examine how documentation (e.g., electronic health records) affects the use of quality measures … Comparator(s): Interventions that do not employ quality measures or performance metrics; interventions … )  Performance metrics, quality measures, and patient-centered outcomes are an important and … In addition, a lack of clarity regarding the definition of performance metrics, quality measures, and