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  1. PowerPoint Presentation

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/curriculum/teamstepps-implementation-slides.pptx
    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.

  2. Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist Care for Children on Medicaid: Technical Specifications (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0237-technicalspecs.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - CAHPS is a program of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … As mandated by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009, the Federal … Government requires that States administer CAHPS to their Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP … Reporting Reporting of this CAHPS measure by a State program may take any form that clearly conveys … reported alone, or as one component of a broader array of parent-reported availability and access measures

  3. Building the Business Case for CANDOR Worksheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/worksheet2.html
    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

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33751/psn-pdf
    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

  5. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-ltvv-facguide.docx
    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

  6. CHIPRA 155: Bibliography (pdf file)

    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.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72836/psn-pdf
    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.

  8. Bringing High Performing Systems to Small Practices - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-high-performing-systems-small-practices/annual-summary/2012
    January 01, 2012 - care and experience a rapid rate of improvement of their quality measures. … rapid rate of improvement on their quality measures than practices that did not participate. … Quality measures trended included: aspirin therapy for patients with ischemic vascular disease and/or … An analysis of the effect of each of the individual EHR adoption interventions on 39 quality measures … Similarly, technical assistance was not associated with quality performance on the targeted measures,

  9. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
    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.

  10. OUTLINE (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
    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.

  11. Harnessing Health IT for Self-Management Support and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Health Plan - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/harnessing-health-information-technology-self-management-support-and-medication/annual-summary/2010
    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

  12. In Conversation With... Libby Hoy and Stephen Hoy | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-libby-hoy-and-stephen-hoy
    March 10, 2021 - Since then we have expanded into Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) , research teams, measure … improvement program is going to hit the target? … Per the Measures Management System Blueprint , CMS would like measure developers to actively engage … Other process measures could assess whether dedicated budget or staff members are allocated to PFE programs … J Fam Pract. 2000;49(9):796-804. [ PubMed ] [4] Gateways to PFA Program.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841566/psn-pdf
    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” … For example, AHRQ is an important measure steward for some patient experience measures and the patient … 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.

  14. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.137_slideshow.ppt
    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.

  15. Discharging Our Responsibility | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharging-our-responsibility
    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

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45671/psn-pdf
    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

  17. AHRQ's Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects - Section 4 (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-section-4.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - being evaluated—they help inform it by examining the delivery of the program or technology; the quality … Specific programs at participating institutions (e.g., hospital quality control program) 7. … organizations in your HIE organization to learn the reporting capabilities of their current software programs … Evaluation Measures Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Measure 4 Briefly describe the HIE project. … 4-19 Document for Each Measure Final Evaluation Measures Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Measure 4 Estimate

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46783/psn-pdf
    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

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33702/psn-pdf
    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

  20. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0371_11-23-2010.pdf
    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
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