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  1. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
    October 15, 2009 - III and traditional Framingham calculators. 7 , 8 The ATP III of the National Cholesterol Education Program … Three good-quality population cohort studies and 5 fair-quality studies reported that the highest CAC … The 5 studies rated as fair quality were primarily limited by their use of proxy measures to control … National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Cholesterol Education Program; Third Report of the … Predictive value of noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis for incident myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam

  2. Use of an Electronic Referral System to Improve the Outpatient Primary Care–Specialty Care Interface (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ereferralimplementationhandbookfinal.pdf
    February 01, 2012 - Care Interface Implementation Handbook Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2012. … This project was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. … consults and lost faxes, and a newfound ability to track all referrals electronically as well as measure … Ideally, these individuals have basic facility with computers and internet programs, but the selection

  3. Best Practices: How Successful Units Engaged Their Senior Executive Leaders (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/best-practices.html
    April 01, 2013 - We have all probably experienced programs of the month, programs of the week, when we’re so busy, and … We probably all have trained our nurses or talked to our staff about quality measures or outcomes or … Then, we also did quality contracts with our staff that we had a commitment to quality in our patients … The other thing that we said was that we want to be in the top quartile of public measures. … Darlene Swart: Hi, this is Darlene, and I have to say, when we first started and we were modeling our program

  4. Comprehensive Information Technology Solution for Quality and Patient Safety - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/uc1hs015236-jose-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - of care, the team developed a conceptual framework of measures to provide a comprehensive picture … learned to apply to future HIT implementations • Outcomes: conducted a trigger-based chart review to measure … Training Develop Training Usability Analyses Workflow Analyses Technical Stages Baseline Measure … patient safety in the hospital were measured using the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety which measures … Staffing* Teamwork Hosps Handoffs Jan05 Apr06 Dec07 The IT Acceptance surveys were designed to measure

  5. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
    January 10, 2012 - Also, each scale assigns different weights to factors, adding to the heterogeneity of the scales. 8 … review by using the portal for submitting scientific information packets on the Effective Health Care Program … Risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer prevention: a systematic review. … and the Effective Health Care Program. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the KQs for research

  6. Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors, Volume 1: Why Patient Narratives Matter (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-patient-experience-vol1.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - Forum (NQF) identified no newly published measures based on patient experiences with diagnostic errors … patient experience, strategies that can be categorized (in accordance with a recent NQF report) as “measure … information directly from a patient, family or caregiver may be the most optimal way to measure communication … Patient Reported Measures: Potential and Peril for Assessing Diagnostic Excellence (Expert Convening … Patients’ experiences with communication-and-resolution programs after medical injury.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49596/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2009 - He or she has no first-hand information about the procedure, such as the quality of the tissue closed … From a quality-of-care perspective, the potential argument for offshore surgery would be if the patient … For more complex procedures such as weight loss surgery, measures such as lap band adjustment are commensurately … Entities accrediting offshore facilities should consider the establishment of measures to ensure continuity … Moreover, from an operational standpoint, implementation of organized overseas programs will skim off

  8. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_research-protocol.pdf
    November 03, 2011 - Medicaid is the only Federal program that pays for LTC services. … Processes of care refers to programs and services implemented at the system/setting level in an LTC … of assignment, and/or universal worker perspective, expertise of staff, level of staffing, safety measures … in a centrally located open kitchen to ADLs, to engagement in social activities. 37  Outcomes measures … and the Effective Health-Care Program.

  9. New Scorecard Report on the U.S. Primary Care System | The Academy

    integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/news-and-events/news/new-scorecard-report-us-primary-care-system
    June 24, 2025 - Expert Insight Expert Tips Success Stories Measures … Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their report, “ Implementing High-Quality … for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) “ Finding Sustainable Funding for Primary Care Extension Programs … How to improve care quality and implement evidence-based practices – see AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Model , … Email Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville

  10. Hemolysis Holdup | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hemolysis-holdup
    July 03, 2016 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … There are evidence-based recommendations for decreasing the rate of hemolyzed specimens, but few quality … Fifteen years' experience of a College of American Pathologists program for continuous monitoring and … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

  11. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/index.html
    January 01, 2013 - to the National On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project Final Report The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … line-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) in U.S. hospitals by implementing a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … Research Group, and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality … A project of: Health Research & Educational Trust Johns Hopkins University Quality and Safety Research … Group Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality Contents

  12. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/Introduction_to_KID_2000.pdf
    January 01, 2000 - FEDERAL-STATE-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH DATA Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Issued July 2003 Revised June 2005 Updated November 2015 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … /SAS Load Programs SAS programming code to convert ASCII data files into SAS. … /SPSS Load Programs SPSS programming code to convert ASCII data files into SPSS. … TOOLS AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are clinical performance measures for use with readily available

  13. AHRQ Activities Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Care Disparities (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cbprbrief.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - In 2001, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collaborated with several Federal agencies … participatory research collaborations can help bring in needed funding, assist in developing proposals for new programs … prevention, and management of chronic diseases; and increase support for culturally appropriate health programs … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2004. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2005.

  14. Archived: Tobacco Use Prevention: Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-prevention-counseling-1996
    January 01, 1996 - 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 … pneumonia. 3 Pregnant women who stop smoking by the 30th week of gestation have infants with higher birth weights … Do cessation programs help? … AAFP stop smoking program. 118. American Medical Association.

  15. Recommendation: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
    May 26, 2020 - improvement programs. … Most of the general prevention trials found no group-to-group differences on mental health symptom scales … Several interventions such as the Familias Unidas program (a family-based intervention program focusing … Parent programs for reducing adolescent’s antisocial behavior and substance use: a randomized controlled … Decision-making program for rural adolescents with asthma: a pilot study.

  16. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=7
    January 01, 2025 - Developing a reliable and valid patient measure of safety in hospitals (PMOS): A validation study. … Perceived patient safety culture in a critical care transport program.

  17. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/sops/bibliography/index.html?page=7
    January 01, 2025 - Developing a reliable and valid patient measure of safety in hospitals (PMOS): A validation study. … Perceived patient safety culture in a critical care transport program.

  18. Module 2: Daily Huddles - Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-fac-notes.html
    June 01, 2017 - work, and check on the status of ongoing improvement work, as well as the status of key performance measures … Review issues that are actively being tracked, such as quality improvement projects: what is the status … Second, you must have measures to see if you have achieved the aim, and third, you must have planned

  19. Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-pediatric-safety.pdf
    September 01, 2023 - One example is SIDM’s Patients Improving Research in Diagnosis (PAIRED) program. … For example, AHRQ’s Measure Dx pilot implementation project designed to develop capacity for diagnostic … measures and outcomes remain behind adult diagnostic safety. … The Diagnostic Error Index: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Identify and Measure Diagnostic Errors … Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events.

  20. 2014-04 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2014-04.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Data Elements in the NIS Disease Severity Measures Files .......................... … surgery center, (F) Transfer from hospice and is under a hospice plan of care or enrolled in a hospice program … Data Elements in the NIS Disease Severity Measures Files Data elements that are italicized are not included … AHRQ Quality Indicators Applied to the HCUP Data for the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and
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