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341. Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/asthma/index.html
     July 01, 2021 - Key Driver Diagram Quality Improvement Strategies Pediatric Quality Measures Program … Acknowledgements Introduction Overview       Measure Description       Measure Steward       … End Users       References About the Measure       Measure Specifications and Reporting       References … This toolkit was developed by the IMPLEmenting MEasures NeTwork (IMPLEMENT) for Child Health team lead … (AHRQ) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Pediatric Quality Measures Program

342. Sustainability Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/slides.html
     October 01, 2020 - gains are maintained beyond the life of the project 1 , or the institutionalization or routinization of programs … on tree Slide 30: Family of Measures (FOM) Example 5 Measure Type Description Surgical … when to measure. … – Ongoing evaluation and transparency of measures. … Understanding the Sustainability of Health Programs and Organisational Change .

343. Appendix VII: Public Comments Submitted Between March 7 and March 21, 2008 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apvii.html
     June 01, 2010 - in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … the quality of Medicaid home- and community-based service programs. … for people with dementia, related goals, and suggested quality measures. … to evaluate quality in HCBS programs could discourage providers from serving these people. … Ideal measure that should be developed and validated: HCBS programs provide the array of HCBS services

344. Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-2.html
     November 01, 2017 - Established Child Health Care Quality Measures—CAHPS Child Health Care Quality Toolbox The … screener questions identify at least 100 children with chronic conditions in a given health plan or program … The analysis provides information on how well the plan or program is serving those children and their … Primary-care case management (PCCM) programs. … Those using CAHPS with a PCCM or FFS program have generally applied the same enrollment requirements.

345. Lessons from the Field: Identifying Measurement Challenges and Successes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-challenges-successes.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - by L&M Policy Research, LLC with guidance from the Pediatric Quality Measure Program (PQMP) Grantees … in Quality Measurement: Implementing and Improving PQMP Pediatric Quality Measure Program PQMP-LC … Pediatric Quality Measure Program Learning Collaborative QI Quality Improvement Q-METRIC University … Measures Program (PQMP) grantees’ work. … found over 500 measures in use in 48 public programs, where only 20 percent of measures were used

346. SOPS Program Brief (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-program-brief-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - SOPS Program Brief The SOPS® Program: Assessing Patient Safety Culture From a Provider and Staff … Perspective SOPS Program Since 2001, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Surveys … Learn more about the SOPS Program at: (ahrq.gov/sops/about). … To examine the reliability, factor structure, and construct validity of the survey measures, conduct … the following topics: patient safety culture improvement, linking culture to outcomes, analyzing measures

347. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum Annual Meeting 2005 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/nishimi2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - improvement program. … Implementing these measures helped the organization improve its performance improvement program, achieve … quality of care measures. … be easy for the developer to transition that measure into the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse … Program Updates.

348. Performing an SSI Investigation: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/ssi-investigation-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - First, is your frontline staff aware of this safety program for surgery? … Let them know what CUSP, the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, is within the safety program for … For example, one process measure is antibiotic redosing. … Avedis Donadebian (1919–2000) was the physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and … Again, these are just some of the process measure tools available to you.

349. CAHPS Adult Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/adult_hp_survey.html
     January 01, 2025 - Reporting program, CMS reports the results of the Adult Survey on Hospital Compare . … Value-based purchasing: As part of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program , CMS is adjusting a … Quality Measures from the Adult Hospital Survey Effective January 1, 2025, the Adult version of HCAHPS … produces 11 measures of patient experience: seven composite (multi-item) measures and four single-item … The measures are as follows: Communication with nurses (composite measure) Communication with doctors

350. State at a Glance: Illinois | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/il.html
     March 01, 2019 - Demonstration Grant Program? … measures can be used to improve quality of care for children. … measures and work on new measure development. … quality measures for the years 2009-2011. … Grant Program, please contact:: Gwen Smith, Project Director Child Health Quality Demonstration Grant

351. Rare adverse medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rare-adverse-medical-events-va-inpatient-care-reliability-limits-using-patient-safety
     February 27, 2008 - This study assessed the value of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) rates as a measure of performance … The authors advocate for use of PSIs in research settings rather than for purposes of measuring quality … improvement interventions or rating the quality of individual providers. … adverse events in surgery: comparing events detected by the Veterans Health Administration Surgical Quality … Improvement Program and the Patient Safety Indicators.

352. Lessons from the Field: Making Performance Comparisons (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-performance-comparisons.pdf
     October 01, 2019 - by L&M Policy Research, LLC with guidance from the Pediatric Quality Measure Program (PQMP) Grantees … Measure Program PQMP-LC Pediatric Quality Measure Program Learning Collaborative QI Quality Improvement … Measures Program (PQMP) grantees’ work. … Assessing the validity of existing dental sealant quality measures. … Payment Program.

353. National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html
     March 01, 2019 - National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Find information and evaluation … Grant Program aimed to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing quality of care for children … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led the national evaluation of this program. … measures to improve child health care. … improvement, such as Using the Core Set of Children's Quality Measures ).

354. Introduction and Purpose | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptmgmt/introduction.html
     July 01, 2018 - as the only arena where there is available capacity within the U.S. health care system for improving quality … measures that can reasonably assess whether the program is accomplishing what it was designed to do. … by health plans, insurers, employers, public providers, and payers such as Medicaid to improve the quality … Identify measures that are used both in research and by existing programs to evaluate the effectiveness … Better understanding of programming options and program evaluation measures should help those implementing

355. Fiscal Year 2011 Research on Child and Adolescent Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/children/new-starts/2011.html
     October 01, 2014 - Cooperative Agreements AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program Centers of Excellence In early … the state of children's health care quality across and within State Medicaid and CHIP programs and then … for establishment of the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) to improve and strengthen … measures, and measures of the quality of transitions between child-focused and adult-focused care settings … Other topics underway include a measure to assess the continuum of care and measures relevant to the

356. Chapter 2. Electronic Searchable Catalog | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program2.html
     April 01, 2018 - Available Evaluation Measures Some programs identified via the environmental scan included measures … Level 3 Transfer of Training to the Job— measures if and/or how concepts taught in the program are put … to quality improvement and patient safety? … This was done as a quality control measure to ensure that all programs were reviewed by multiple researchers … Program sponsor. Mode of delivery. Instructional strategy. Available evaluation measures.

357. Presentation: Program Overview
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/assess-psc-hsop-slides.pptx
     January 01, 2017 - Measure safety culture before beginning improvement efforts Provides a baseline status Identifies assets … Measures safety culture within the clinical units of hospital Used across the United States and in more … countries internationally Validated Pilot tested Reliability and factor structure assessed Culture measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

358. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/standardized-library-depression-white-paper.pdf
     May 01, 2020 - and Quality U.S. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page. … other scientific research when determining EPC program methods guidance. … The recommended timeframes align with existing quality measures for depression remission and response … Harmonized Definitions for Depression Outcome Measures OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION Survival

359. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/standardized-library-depression-white-paper.pdf
     May 01, 2020 - and Quality U.S. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page. … other scientific research when determining EPC program methods guidance. … The recommended timeframes align with existing quality measures for depression remission and response … Harmonized Definitions for Depression Outcome Measures OMF CATEGORY OUTCOME MEASURE DEFINITION Survival

360. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2007 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/feeney-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Private payers can improve quality and reduce costs through tiered programs that use incentives to move … The Part D program does generate data that could be useful in developing medication measures. … The measure sets were jointly developed in April 2002 by the National Diabetes Quality Improvement Alliance … and/or new measure development. … ARBs Performance Measure—Workshop In 2002, NQF endorsed two measures, developed jointly by The Joint