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8621. User Guide (v2025.1) for Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-PCS (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR-User-Guide-v2025-1.pdf
      November 01, 2024 - CCSR) FOR ICD-10-PCS PROCEDURES, v2025.1 Issued November 2024 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … v2025.1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was funded initially by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … reviewed the mapping of codes into CCSR categories and used the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) for quality … codes to the ICD- 9-CM-based Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Any-listed procedures 190,040 4.5 17,100 0.46 Source: Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

8622. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Executive-2016 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_executive-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - 1990s, low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM; 2–3 times plasma osmolality) has Effective Health Care Program … Through its Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, the program supports systematic appraisals of existing … A preliminary literature search revealed conflicting Effective Health Care Program 2 reports about … significant or clinically important difference between study arms in the incidence of CIN (or related measures … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014.

8623. 2017-02 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … The most common measures, outcomes, or characteristics chosen by the authors were total charges (40 … Table 1 provides detail on the number of abstracts by the various measures and characteristics noted … inclusion of additional data elements (e.g., race/ethnicity, ED time of departure or arrival, and a measure … Estimates of the Injury-Related ED Visits Measure NEISS-AIP 2013 NEDS Alternative Design 3a N N

8624. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - Preventionist Physician Nurse leader or nurse educator Bedside nurse Other… Slide 4 Quality … data specific for Cancer Centers ICU chosen as pilot unit: Trialed a daily needs assessment program … Slide 36 Refocusing Efforts CAUTI rates plateaued: Foley manufacturer offered program to … American Hospital Association with contract funding provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to

8625. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_2006v2_IntroductionRevised.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for … The NEDS includes a Hospital Weights File with variables required by these programs to calculate finite-population … Programs to load the ASCII data files into statistical software:  SAS Load Programs  SPSS … Load Programs  Stata Load Programs Description of the NEDS Files  Introduction to the NEDS, 2006 … – this document  HCUP Quality Control Procedures – describes procedures used to assess data quality

8626. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2007v2IntroductionRevised.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for … The NEDS includes a Hospital Weights File with variables required by these programs to calculate finite-population … Programs to load the ASCII data files into statistical software:  SAS Load Programs  SPSS … Load Programs  Stata Load Programs Description of the NEDS Files  Introduction to the NEDS, 2007 … – this document  HCUP Quality Control Procedures – describes procedures used to assess data quality

8627. CDS Connect Implementation Guide Draft (doc file)
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      October 01, 2017 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2017. Error! … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) … Measures (eCQMs) were consulted. … programs. … Clinical Quality Information eCQM Electronic Clinical Quality Measure EHR Electronic Health

8628. TeamSTEPPS® Diagnosis Improvement: Module 1 Introduction (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/module1-presenters-notes.pdf
      January 12, 2022 - This program reinforces high‐reliability concepts and leverages the unique importance of teamwork to … The attributes of TeamSTEPPS make it unique among teamwork and performance improvement programs. … ‒ Monitor and measure programs. A TeamSTEPPS initiative occurs in three continuous phases. … • Monitor and measure the program’s ongoing effectiveness. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

8629. EBC-Challenge-Webinar-Transcript (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-webinar-transcript.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - Siegel  is a senior research scientist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is coordinating … Slide 8: For those of you who might not be familiar with the EHC program, this program  has the goal … and  integrating evidence  into  practice  is ver important because it provides standards and measures … few years  and  it just indicates  that health care consumers are really  desiring  high quality … Program  do a really good job at translating their material.

8630. All-Cause Readmissions by Payer and Age, 2009-2013 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb199-Readmissions-Payer-Age.pdf
      December 01, 2014 - Introduction Hospital readmissions have been used increasingly as an outcome measure for assessing … Hospital stays billed to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) may be classified as … Medicaid, Private Insurance, or Other, depending on the structure of the State program. … of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments … Discharge weights for national estimates are developed using the target universe of community hospitals

8631. Appendix B. Example Data Collection Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - are included here as examples for researchers who are considering how to best collect information to measure … The full questionnaire contains 38 questions assessing the practice site, quality improvement activities … , participation in incentive programs, patient information systems, care coordination, language services

8632. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Jones_91.pdf
      July 17, 2008 - facilitate learning about and preventing systems-level sources of errors.1 Successful voluntary reporting programs … The ultimate goal of PSOs is to identify patterns of system failures and to recommend measures that … 2007, with funding from AHRQ, USP sponsored a conference for users of MEDMARX and other reporting programs … The patient safety and quality improvement act of 2005. … An introduction to quality assurance in health care.

8633. Total Parenteral Nutrition, Multifarious Errors | PSNet
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      January 23, 2017 - For example, varied units-of-measure can cause significant errors especially during transitions between … involve order entry and transcription errors, inappropriate abbreviations, dose designations or units-of-measure … For example, electrolytes may be ordered either by salt or by ion, as well as varying units-of-measure … errors associated with PN internally and externally (through the ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program … Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial stewardship program

8634. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/CVoJ9fc9nv2Zsgs8R8XabH
      September 01, 2022 - studies Screening for Syphilis in Adolescents and Adults 10 Kaiser Permanente EPC reporting any measure … Complications of syphilis infection and transmission or acquisition of STIs, including HIV KQ 2: Any measure … • Were outcome measures taken multiple times before and after the intervention? … Disease Screening Outside the Clinic--Implications for the Modern Sexually Transmitted Disease Program … and randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to (1) standard syphilis self-testing arm; (2) a self-testing arm program

8635. The Virtual Patient for Improving Quality of Care in Primary Healthcare - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtual-patient-improving-quality-care-primary-healthcare/annual-summary/2012
      January 01, 2012 - The Virtual Patient for Improving Quality of Care in Primary Healthcare - 2012 Project … Name The Virtual Patient for Improving Quality of Care in Primary Healthcare Principal Investigator … Funding Mechanism PAR: HS 08-269: Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality … Richard Mollica and his research team at the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at Massachusetts General … A survey will be used to rate the quality of the PCPs’ treatment plans pre- and post-viewing of the VP

8636. Archived: Blood Pressure in Adults (Hypertension): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/blood-pressure-in-adults-hypertension-screening-2007
      December 15, 2007 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Preventive Services Task Force, c/o Program Director, USPSTF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be

8637. In Conversation With….Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc and Kristin Tully, PhD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withalison-stuebe-md-msc-and-kristin-tully-phd
      October 06, 2021 - ideal mechanism for this space because it gives us an opportunity to approach this with our strong programs … So, folks who were getting weekly appointments who are on Suboxone in a substance use disorder program … We can conceptualize it more fully and better define what safety is and how we measure it. … These measures primarily include assessment of maternal mortality and morbidity, including outcomes such … as preeclampsia, eclampsia, sepsis, and the need for blood transfusion. 3 These measures index maternal

8638. Evidence for the Reaffirmation of the USPSTF Recommendaiton on Screening for High Blood Pressure (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/KSYrhQuAswGjTww_4sDFGZ
      December 01, 2007 - patients received eplerenone 135 patients received amlodipine Patients were followed for 24 wk; QOL measures … Participants were followed for 24 weeks; quality-of-life measures were collected at ran- domization, … However, there was a statistically significant differ- ence among treatment groups on a summary measure … From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Mary- land. … Preventive Services Task Force Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual- ity, 540 Gaither Road

8639. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2012 - nationwide regarding facility and patient care designs that emphasize safety, error reduction, and quality … We would crosscheck all these suggestions and measure the impact of the design feature against the cost … The quality of a habit that works is to do it over and over again in a standardized way. … JR: A few programs have people come in and guest lecture around these topics. … Some schools have a specialty architectural program.

8640. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - $117,000 per infection).7 Other Findings Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture In order to measure … integrate other improvement techniques and tools such as TeamSTEPPS, Just Culture, Lean, and Six Sigma programs … For example, does your SHA have a quality council? How often does it meet? … 32 Communication with SHA Leadership, Board and Quality Council 28. … How will you sustain the CUSP program in your State?