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521. State at a Glance: West Virginia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wv.html
     March 01, 2019 - Demonstration Grant Program? … measures can be used to improve quality of care for children. … Working with the Initial Core Set of Children's Quality Measures West Virginia will collect, report … , and test a subset of the initial core set of children's quality measures while identifying measurement … profile using existing population-based measures that highlight the need for quality improvement based

522. Nursing and Patient Safety | PSNet
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     September 15, 2024 - pending the start of the program. … and pressure ulcers) and system-related measures including nursing skill mix, nursing care hours, measures … These measures are intended to illustrate both the quality of nursing care and the degree to which an … Nurse-sensitive measures continue to set the standard for quality and safety in care in the acute scare … measures.

523. Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs021261-shapiro-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - EHR data, Aim 2) retrospectively measure the change in our ability to employ these measures using HIE … data, and Aim 3) implement these HIE-enhanced measures and prospectively measure changes in their performance … of these measures in ongoing QA and case management programs will improve these programs performance … quality measures in existing QA and case management programs and measure the impact. … in programs aimed at improving ED quality measurement and reducing potentially preventable ED visits

524. AHRQ Data Spotlight: Hypertension Control in Health Resources and Services Administration Health Centers (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-hypertension.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - HRSA examines how many patients achieve blood pressure control based on measures set by the Million … Hearts initiative hypertension clinical quality measure (CQM) and the Healthy People (HP) 2020 hypertension … objective. 2 ◆ These measures calculate the percentage of patients ages 18-85 years with blood … HCs and healthcare providers can use the CQMs and HP 2020 measures to identify opportunities to improve … the quality of hypertension-related care.

525. Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/index.html
     December 01, 2024 - Survey Items and Composite Measures Nursing Home Survey 1.0 Items and Composite Measures—English (PDF … Nursing Home Survey Items 1.0 Items and Composite Measures—Spanish and Description of Translation Process … Additional Resources The SOPS® program offers  resources  to assist survey users, including an Action … Announcements Learn more about the AHRQ-sponsored  webcasts, presentations , and  announcements  on the SOPS program

526. 2012 04 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - publicly available under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. … These measures are also endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) for public reporting and quality … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … to the Inpatient Quality Reporting program in 2012, and they added public reporting of hospital-specific … READMISSION MEASURES Measure 1.

527. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 26: An Introduction to Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-26-ehr-and-mu.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Common reports that practices might run are meaningful use reports, electronic Clinical Quality Measures … • Reporting clinical quality measures to CMS • Performing drug formulary check. … If an EP qualifies for both programs in a single year, they must select one program from which to receive … Comparison of EHR incentive programs Medicare EHR Incentive Program Medicaid EHR Incentive Program … Examples of Stage 1 measures Meaningful Use Aim Measure CPOE used for medication orders.

528. SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Webcast - HARE (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-ASC-webcast-2023-0509-hare.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - have been certified and approved to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' ASC program … : In addition to the composite measures, single item measures included assess: • Near-Miss Documentation … assessed in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey … www.scoap.org/downloads/SCOAP-Surgical-Checklist_v3_4.pdf The Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program … (SCOAP), a program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, provides a free, downloadable surgical

529. Workshop A4 & B4: Building a Multi-Organizational QI Support System
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/pa-spread-impact.pptx
     September 01, 2014 - Diabetes Quality Measures A1C>9 A1C<8 BP<140/90 LDL<100 Tobacco Query Nephropathy Screening/Treatment … Participant Comments “The entire program was very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed this program.” … Changes in process measures support the notion that practice changes may ultimately lead to changes in … clinical measures. … Education Centers (AHEC) Consumer groups State Primary Care Associations Academic primary care training programs

530. Introducing a New Database for Users of the CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey - GINSBERG (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/hcbs-2021-webcast-ahrq.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP Director, CAHPS and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Programs … • Data & Analytics: Generate measures and data to track and improve performance, and evaluate progress … Activities • The CAHPS program ….. … survey data 10 CAHPS Surveys: Gold standard for patient experience measurement CAHPS Surveys: ► Measure … patient experience, not patient satisfaction ► Capture the patient’s voice in development and testing ► Measure

531. Prospective | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2024 - Improvement Program - Final Report Citation Ko C. … Improvement Program – Final Report. … for Children With Medical Complexity Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures … Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures To Capture Violations of the Five Rights of Medication … , Jason Stuart Project Name Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures To Capture Violations

532. Director's Corner | Digital Healthcare Research
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     September 01, 2024 - We are interested in how these ecosystem elements and actors can best support the quality and safety … as patient-reported outcomes (PROs), health-relevant behaviors, anthropometrics, and physiological measures … In 2016, AHRQ embarked on an ambitious multi-component program to advance patient-centered CDS and to … He has also conducted research to develop and validate new medication safety measures needed for automatically … Each of the new measures achieved high positive predictive values and can be readily integrated into

533. Findings and Lessons From the Enabling Quality Measurement Through Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/final-eqm-report-6-21-12.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - (ASQ) program. … It is part of AHRQ’s Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ) program, which was designed to improve the … An important step for any new quality measure, whether it is an outcome or process measure, is the … between higher scores on the measures and positive patient outcomes (i.e., measure validity). … measures should be accurate, capturing a high proportion of cases that meet the criteria for the measure

534. Are We Getting Better at Measuring Patient Safety? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-getting-better-measuring-patient-safety
     November 10, 2015 - about the safety event(s) and the circumstances surrounding it, using them to systematically detect and measure … being used at the private-sector, state, and federal levels as part of internal safety improvement programs … events across large populations of patients over time.( 15 ) One example of an administrative data–based measure … Given the increased use of quality and safety measures for hospital-level public reporting and pay-for-performance … April 10, 2024 Using harm-based weights for the AHRQ Patient Safety for Selected Indicators

535. Implementation, Adoption, and Scaling Workgroup: Key Factors and Considerations for Assessing the Value of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - are delivered safely and in an optimal time frame.11 A few informants stated clinical quality measures … with quality improvement programs tied to reimbursement, such as the National Committee for Quality … Assurance Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures, the CMS Star Quality … Alignment with quality 16 improvement programs also represents an opportunity to close gaps … Despite urging the use of quality measures tied to reimbursement, informants noted the difficulty in

536. Examination of the Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Measuring Performance in Diabetes Care - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r36hs020165-hirsch-final-report-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - programs.4, 5 Performance measures help identify gaps in healthcare delivery and target areas for … Internal quality improvement program. … He noted, “because of the quality program, we call (for the labs) and all that.” … program, in which diagnosis of CKD is automatically added to the problem list based on lab measures … Second, when developing performance measures, administrators of quality reporting programs must provide

537. Feedback of Treatment Intensification Data to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/feedback-treatment-intensification-data-reduce-cardiovascular-disease-risk/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Program: Enabling Quality Measurement Through Health Information Technology (EQM) Grant Number … clinicians appropriately increase pharmacotherapy in the face of poor control, has been proposed as a new measure … of clinical quality. … population management software tool used for the Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes Everyday (PHASE) program … physician and staff perceptions of the value (effectiveness and efficiency) of the population management program

538. Web-Based Intervention for Alcohol Use in Women of Childbearing Potential (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r36hs018071-delrahim-howlett-final-report-2010.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Scope: More effective programs to accurately measure and reduce alcohol consumption among women before … There is a need for more effective primary prevention and intervention programs aimed to reduce preconception … as described for the baseline measures. … All of the participants reported that they were comfortable using the program and found the program … In summary, we found no significant effect of treatment on any outcome measure.

539. Integrating the Patient Voice in Patient-Reported Health Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/integrating-patient-voice-patient-reported-health-outcomes
     January 01, 2023 - Challenges to using patient-reported outcome measures Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are designed … to assess health outcomes like quality of life, functional status, mental health, health symptoms, and … Use of patient-reported outcome measures in orthopedic care Dr. … This Research is Featured in Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program … This Research is Featured in Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program

540. TRial of Aggregate Data Exchange for Maintenance of certification and Raising Quality (TRADEMaRQ) - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs022583-phillips-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - We assessed measure and transfer errors, choices of quality improvement relative to quality gaps, and … to the average quality for the measure of all physicians in the study. … Measures Overlap in Quality Measures Used in TRADEMaRQ by Partner TRADEMaRQ Measures NQF # (description … Quality Payment Program is likely to increase measure production and reporting, we found little to … Program is unlikely to meet expectations unless quality measurement becomes a routine part of care