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61. Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Composite measures combine CAHPS survey questions that measure the same dimensions of patients’ experiences … The CAHPS Analysis Program version 5.0 has three core components: a SAS macro program, SAS test programs … this will equal 1; for composite measures this will equal the number of items in the composite measure … Using the Test Data in the CAHPS Analysis Program This appendix explains how to use the test programs … Item Weighting – Algorithm for Composite Measures The CAHPS Analysis Program uses item weights to

62. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/exec-summ.html
    October 01, 2013 - 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 … The core set reflects a judgment about which measures may be the most useful and feasible for quality … The core set responds to the need for measures that are broadly applicable across settings and programs … work in the context of specific program implementation efforts, quality improvement initiatives, or program

63. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio AHRQ’s Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program … (ASQ) program is to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care in the United States. … of vaccination programs by improving the quality of physician adverse vaccine event detection and reporting … process measure and the technology for monitoring that measure using analysis of the text of physician … quality improvement programs and point-of-care interventions.

64. Measures, Data, and Funding for Shared Decision Making Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2025 - The measure was developed for use in research and clinical practice. … The measure was developed for use in research and clinical practice. … R01) , (researches can still apply for grants in SDM measurement research through standing general program … George Washington University) Adapting & Evaluating Measures of Decision Quality for Common Medical Decisions … at the Point of Care) , as well as ongoing program announcements (e.g., AHRQ Small Research Grant Program

65. Quality and Patient Safety Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Health Care Quality and Disparities Email updates AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program … Patient Safety Measure Tools & Resources Information about AHRQ efforts to reduce medical errors and … Pediatric Quality Measures Program Pharmacy Health Literacy Center This site provides pharmacists … Quality Measure Tools & Resources Quality improvement measurement, tools, and information, including … AHRQ Quality Indicators Hospital Toolkit, ambulatory clinical performance measures, and TalkingQuality

66. PQMP Measure Implementation and Quality Improvement Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - PQMP Measure Implementation and Quality Improvement Toolkits The Pediatric Quality Measures … Program (PQMP) 2.0 Centers of Excellence developed toolkits to facilitate measure implementation and … quality improvement toolkits for select PQMP measures to support their dissemination and accelerate … In addition, the toolkit describes work with State programs to ensure the meaningful use of the Child … The National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measures: Implementing and Improving (NCINQ II)

67. Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2012 - Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures Background Report on the 2012 … SNAC-Recommended Children's Health Care Quality Measures for Additions to the Core Set in 2013 and for … Two Other CHIPRA Purposes Topic Measure Name Measure Submitter 1 Recommended for voluntary … Key: CHIP = Children's Health Insurance Program; CHIPRA = Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization … Measurement (a Pediatric Quality Measures Program [PQMP] Center of Excellence [COE]); NCQA = National

68. Client Experience Measures and Gaps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2010 - Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance Measures and Gaps Other Potentially Important Measurement … We note three themes underlying the eight constructs composing the client experience domain of the measure … Client satisfaction is a time-honored metric of program quality, which allows program participants to … At the same time, AHRQ may decide to pursue a limited set of core quality measures, supplemented by modules … from program participants.

69. Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-measurement.html
    November 01, 2017 - effective means of first engaging staff and physicians in SSI and other surgical complications prevention programs … By continued assessment of process measures and outcome measures, the effectiveness of the solutions … The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlines 12 measures in the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality … Reporting (ASCQR) Program, a pay-for-reporting, quality data program. … Under this program, ASCs report quality of care data for standardized measures to receive the full annual

70. Recommended Core Measures and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/ccrm-atlas-suppl/ccrm-atlas4.html
    October 01, 2013 - 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. … The core set reflects a judgment about which measures may be the most useful and feasible for quality … improvement and program evaluation. … It reflects the need for measures that are broadly applicable across settings and programs, while focusing

71. From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/challenges.html
    June 01, 2018 - The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century From Quality Measures … From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work Private Sector Efforts … One approach they have taken is to improve the ability to measure and report on the quality of care being … The National Committee for Quality Assurance has introduced a measure of appropriate medications for … This offers another example where the feedback of quality measures prompts improvements in the quality

72. Develop Your Own? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/develop/index.html
    June 01, 2020 - Will you use the results for: Quality improvement? Accountability? Program management? … factors for absenteeism to serve as a useful measure of child health program effectiveness. … Example : If the quality measure is intended for use in MCOs and PCCM programs, volunteer MCOs and PCCM … programs with experience in quality measurement will be identified. … quality measures.

73. Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2013 - Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) The … CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) was approved … into account a balance among desirable attributes and limitations of the measure. … Highlight specific advantages that this measure has over alternative measures on the same topic that … were considered by the measure developer or specific advantages that this measure has over existing measures

74. CHIPRA Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2015 - An overview of the CHIPRA measures program by AHRQ and CMS staff. … : Methods and Experiences of the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program Grantees . … Perspective on the Child Core Measure Set and Quality Measurement . … The Importance of the Pediatric Quality Measurement Program in Advancing Children's Health Care: A View … An AHRQ and CMS Perspective on the Pediatric Quality Measures Program .  

75. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2010 - in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … Programs. … Committee on Enhancing Federal Healthcare Quality Programs, Institute of Medicine. … Only CMS can mandate the use of specific measures by State Medicaid programs on an ongoing basis. … AHRQ'S proprietary measure request was articulated in the formal Call for Measures referenced above (

76. NQMC Measure Domain Definitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - the other clinical quality measure domains. … a measure of quality to a measure of resource use) or indirectly (e.g., by measuring the frequency with … and one of the other population health quality measure domains. … a measure of quality to a measure of resource use) or indirectly (e.g., by measuring the frequency with … of public health programs associated with a specified level of quality.

77. 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 - care quality measures for children. … are CMS-EPSDT program measures (both dental); three are measures submitted by individual State Medicaid … or CHIP programs; one is a measure used by State Medicaid programs under a grant program; one is a measure … for priorities to be set to guide a new pediatric quality measures program. … To enable all State Medicaid and CHIP programs to report on this quality measure across all populations

78. Introduction and Scan Methodology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep1.html
    June 01, 2010 - in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … to assess and compare the quality of Medicaid (Title XIX) HCBS programs nationwide. … , in consultation with relevant stakeholders, measures of program performance, client functioning, and … Most of these waiver programs used some type of performance measures for compliance and quality oversight … , measure sets, and measure databases were identified with potential relevance to Medicaid HCBS quality

79. 2023 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - HCBS CAHPS National Quality Forum Endorsed Measures 2 Table 2. … In addition to facilitating comparisons, the survey can be used by HCBS programs as part of quality assurance … HCBS CAHPS National Quality Forum Endorsed Measures HCBS Measure Number of Items Composite Measures … HCBS CAHPS National Quality Forum Endorsed Measures (cont’d) HCBS Measure Number of Items Recommendation … Composition of the 2023 HCBS CAHPS Database by Program Type HCBS Program Type Number of Programs

80. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep7.html
    June 01, 2010 - in the Scan Client Functioning Measures and Gaps Client Experience Measures and Gaps Program Performance … The gaps in the existing measure set fall into three categories. … Finally, there is a need for further specificity and exploration of concepts specific to HCBS programs … As noted earlier, there are other measurement constructs arguably related to HCBS quality that AHRQ may … in Medicaid 1915c programs that could become a rubric for the program performance domain.