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261. Tracking Patient Outcomes | The Academy
     integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/opioid-use-disorder/monitor-patient-and-program-progress/tracking-patient-outcomes
     February 01, 2024 - quality over time. … Track Select Outcome Measures Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs should identify which … outcome measures they will monitor and which processes or assessments will be used to track these measures … Ideally, programs will measure 30-day, 60-day, 90-day, 6-month, and 1-year retention rates. … Adherence to the treatment plan is another useful measure to help monitor a patient’s progress, although

262. Patient Element | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-atlas3-2.html
     October 01, 2013 - Executive Summary Introduction Potential Measure Development Methodology Potential Measures … List of Measures from the CCRM Atlas A-4. … 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

263. CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/index.html
     August 01, 2021 - of Contents CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit Introduction Overview About Measure … Other Resources Pediatric Quality Measures Program Acknowledgements Introduction … Overview About Measure Specifications and Reporting       Measure Specifications       Measure … for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP). … This toolkit was funded under the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S.

264. Useful Online Tools for CAHPS Survey Users - YOUNT (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-tools-webcast-2022-yount.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - the data ► Weights the items in the composite measures − Equally weight the items − Weight based on … • Weight item and composite measure results to the population • Weight items in composite measures … The CAHPS Analysis Program Zip file contains 7 files: • 1 SAS Macro program • 4 sample SAS programs … to provide examples of how to “call” the macro • 2 test datasets for use with the sample SAS programs … Lise Rybowski, MBA AHRQ Publication No. 20-M019 August 2020 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

265. Research Initiative in Clinical Economics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2018 - and methods for estimating the value of health care interventions, use of resources, outcomes, and quality … Contents Program Focus Priorities Policy Projects Database Resources Outcomes Measurement … Methods Research Program Focus Clinical economics studies describe and quantify the relative … healtheconomics.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/cear4/Home.aspx Top of Page Outcomes Measurement Preference weights … for community-based measures of health-related quality of life derived from U.S. populations.

266. Provide a Framework for Understanding Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - measures. … measures onto this framework. … Consumers seem to understand the following three phrases, which address virtually all of the measures … Even if your report does not include measures in each category, you can still use this framework. … Your reporting program may expand and change over time, so an overarching framework that incorporates

267. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2009 - Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs References 1. … National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid and … Children's HealthCare Quality—Activities Related to the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization … Quality Measures for Children in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIPRA). … Vaccines for Children program Programs and tools [ http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/default.htm

268. Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 centers across multiple economic strata: effect on care process measures. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures. … program was implemented . … Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures. … November 16, 2022 Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist … December 29, 2014 Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient

269. Automating Assessment of Obesity Care Quality - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automating-assessment-obesity-care-quality/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - 1) the proportion of overweight or obese patients who are receiving advice, counseling, weight-loss program … Specific Aims: Develop obesity care quality measures based on updated NHLBI guidelines to evaluate … These statements are being built into the knowledge base of the automated program that identifies the … relevant clinical events of the quality measure set. … measure implementation.

270. SOPS Medical Office Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2024 - providers and other staff and asks for their opinions about the culture of patient safety and healthcare quality … Survey Items and Composite Measures Medical Office Items and Composite Measures—English (PDF, 165 KB … Medical Office Items and Composite Measures—Spanish (PDF, 205 KB). … Additional Resources The SOPS Program offers resources to assist survey users, including an Action … Announcements Learn more about the AHRQ-sponsored webcasts ,  podcasts , and announcements on the SOPS Program

271. Physician Champion Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - Physician Champion Checklist AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients … 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. … Become an active member of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) quality improvement (QI) team

272. Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - this measure specifically. … State-Level Insights State Medicaid programs set contracts with health plans for Medicaid beneficiaries … These conditions are uniformly contained in HEDIS measures or those on the Child Core Set of Quality … Measures. … QMETRIC met with the Quality Improvement & Program Development Section at the Michigan Department of

273. Evaluation Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - interventions with the assumption that these might feed back into hospital-based root cause analysis or other quality … There is no single, most relevant set of measures for capturing PSML outcomes across diverse studies. … safety have a complex relationship that may not be easily or simply reducible to a single set of outcome measures … When project leaders were asked what they believed the single most relevant and appropriate outcome measure … AHRQ and other funders will also need to pay closer attention to the quality of the study designs as

274. Final Evaluation Report -- State and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: Indiana (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2015 - historical performance and use a before-after model to measure the effect of the program on quality … The Effect of Cohort Changes in Quality Measures Through its Quality Health First (QHF) program, … Participating payers use these quality measures in their physician pay-for-performance programs. … historical performance and use a before-after model to measure the effect of the program on quality … Participating payers use these quality measures in their physician pay-for-performance programs.

275. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - Culture Measures Conclusions The national project team is committed to the overall … It is noteworthy that the health care environment has seen a sharp increase in the number of programs … initiatives, such as the Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks providing seamless data measure … of the program items, and agreement with program statements. … broadly the findings of national quality improvement efforts. 

276. Implementation and Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2015 - Program AHRQ Delivery System Research: Study Snapshot Between 2008 and 2014, practices that voluntarily … measures approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). … The three measures of inappropriate utilization included: Ambulatory care-sensitive admissions. … and penalties: While bonuses may be necessary early on to gain acceptance of a voluntary reporting program … Program sponsors should make special efforts to provide actionable feedback reports and other easy-to-use

277. Speech Telerehabilition after stroke: Proof of Concept and Feasibility - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs025043-ellis-final-report-2019.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - WebexTM, a cloud-based videoconferencing program, was used for the study. … National Outcomes Measures (NOMS) – is a clinician reported measure of functional communication outcome … NOMS utilizes a series of seven-point assessment scales to obtain functional abilities and over multiple … ASHA Quality of Communication Life Scale (ASHA-QCL) – is a measure of patient- reported quality of communication … The ASHA-QCL uses 18 visual analog scales designed to measure quality of communication life from the

278. Federal Balance Budget Act of 1997: Excerpts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/uses/fbba97.html
     December 01, 2017 - assurance in both Medicaid and the newly created State Children's Health Insurance Program. … care assurance measures..." … Subtitle J: State Children's Health Insurance Program - Chapter 1: State Children's Health Insurance … Program Requires that States "submit for the Secretary's approval a child health plan for the use of … funds, containing strategic objectives, performance goals, and performance measures."

279. Implementation and Impact of Medicare’s Voluntary Ambulatory Care Quality Reporting Program (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Implementation and Impact of Medicare’s Voluntary Ambulatory Care Quality Reporting Program AHRQ DELIVERY … Reporting Program* Bryan Dowd, Tami Swenson, Shriram Parashuram, Robert Coulam, Robert Kane, John Kralewski … measures approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). … The three measures of inappropriate utilization included: ■ Ambulatory care-sensitive admissions, … ■ No association existed between participation and targeted measures: With few exceptions, participation

280. In Conversation With... Dr. Michelle Schreiber on Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-dr-michelle-schreiber-measuring-patient-safety
     December 14, 2022 - of the quality measures and value-based quality programs that are used within CMS. … We develop or maintain measures ourselves or utilize measures developed by other “ measure stewards ” … home health, and hospice; many hospital programs (such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, … Sometimes measures are just slightly different from one program to another. … , a measure that was recently added by CMS to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program .