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221. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
     December 01, 2017 - of mortality for adult medical conditions and surgical procedures Rates/counts of utilization … of mortality for pediatric surgical procedures Rates of potentially avoidable complications and … adverse events in the hospitals Rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations Provider-level … Used to calculate smoothed rates Anticipate a full-year of all-payer ICD-10 data in mid-2017 … calculated for the QIs and how to work with them Example of how to interpret a hospital's QI rates

222. Final Progress Report: Determinants of Intrapartum Quality of Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/bailit-aron-love-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - below expected have higher rates of poor maternal and neonatal outcomes.4-7 Risk-adjusted cesarean rates … Bailit, JL, Love, The role of race in predicting primary cesarean delivery rates. … Quality of obstetric care and risk-adjusted primary cesarean delivery rates. … Cesarean delivery rates and neonatal morbidity in a low-risk population. … Physician cesarean delivery rates and risk-adjusted perinatal outcomes.

223. Neonatal Intensive Care: All Condition Readmissions with Gestational Age Reported: Technical Specifications (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0207-technical-specifications.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Adjusted Metric: Rates are adjusted for race, gender, education, insurance status, and complications … that solely focus on the overall quality of care of the NICU, as some of the variation in readmission rates … may occur because of differential rates of complications at the hospital level.

224. Final Progress Report: Care Interventions and Quality of Care in Rural and Urban Nursing Units (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/baernholdt-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - (PUR) and fall rates (FR) in rural and urban nursing units. … (PUR) and fall rates (FR) remain high. … Again, higher rates were found in rehabilitation units. … Fall rates in urban and rural nursing units. Does location matter? … A National Comparison of Rural/Urban Pressure Ulcer and Fall Rates.

225. Artificial lung ventilation tube connected to the patient in the bed (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/044-vap-prevention-essential.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Evidence suggests potential for increased mortality rates. … decontamination of oropharynx and digestive tract.2-3,6 Should only be considered in populations/units with low rates … Use endotracheal tubes with subglottic suction.4 Associated with reduced VAP rates but has not been found … Consider early tracheostomy (within 7 days of intubation).3 Associated with reduced VAP rates but the

226. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Yount Slides (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/4-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-yount.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - corporate, vendor) • Consider the use of incentives (e.g., raffles, pizza parties) to boost response rates … non-respondents to complete the survey • Reiterate the purpose/importance of the survey 50 Response Rates … and disseminate weekly response rate updates • Consider extending the fielding period if response rates … Administration Overview Pre-Notification Email Survey Email Invitation Email Reminders Response Rates

227. Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3.html
     March 01, 2020 - Differences in rates between groups were used to assess trends in disparities. … Differences in rates between groups are statistically significant and reference group rates exceed population … rates by at least 1% per year. … Differences in rates between groups are statistically significant and population rates exceed reference … group rates by at least 1% per year.  

228. Transitions of Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure1.html
     June 01, 2018 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … These rates were similar to those for hospitals with low shares of Black patients. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … These rates were similar to those for hospitals with low Medicaid patient share.

229. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/index.html
     July 01, 2020 - The National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions, 2014 to 2017, the most recent report … Previous reports: AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Updated Baseline Rates … and Preliminary Results 2014–2017 (PDF, 545 KB) Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014

230. Introduction to the Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators: How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1_combo_intro.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - and identify documentation and coding issues that can affect those rates. … Indicators to Hospital Data Includes instructions for performing calculations to identify current QI rates … IQI, PSI, and PDI Rates Generated by SAS QI (B.2a) and Windows QI (B.2b) Software Includes example … Excel Worksheets for Charts on Data, Trends, and Rates To Populate the PowerPoint Presentation Instructions … Assessing Indicator Rates Using Trends and Comparators Includes guidance for conducting trend and

231. Using Quality Measures to Drive Improvement: Lessons from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/nashp-webinar-slides.html
     January 01, 2016 - Slide 20 Project Outcomes Increases in developmental screening rates for practices participating … Nine practices submitting data for children ages 18 to 23 months increased their rates from 22 percent … The screening rates for children from birth to year one increased from 2 percent in 2011 to 3 percent … The screening rates for children aged one to two years increased from 3 percent in 2011 to 6 percent … Maine rose from #16 to #1 nationally for 2 Year Old Vaccine Rates (NIS 2014).

232. Tool 6: How To Monitor RED Implementation and Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
     March 01, 2025 - The rates that you calculate will differ from CMS's rates because they will not be risk adjusted and … These rates can be reported separately or in combination. … Rates by practitioner: Examine the rates by physician, physician group, and service to determine if … Rates by readmission source: Examine the rates by readmission source (e.g., home, nursing home) to determine … Mail surveys are less expensive but typically have low response rates.

233. Tool 6: How To Monitor RED Implementation and Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
     March 01, 2025 - The rates that you calculate will differ from CMS's rates because they will not be risk adjusted and … These rates can be reported separately or in combination. … Rates by practitioner: Examine the rates by physician, physician group, and service to determine if … Rates by readmission source: Examine the rates by readmission source (e.g., home, nursing home) to determine … Mail surveys are less expensive but typically have low response rates.

234. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim1.html
     July 01, 2013 - Secondarily, this project seeks to make decreased CAUTI rates sustainable through fostering a culture … , preliminary outcome data show that, among participating units, there has been a decrease in CAUTI rates … Catheter utilization rates have also been measured; these rates have stayed relatively constant over … it is important to note that due to the project's approach of staggered cohort implementation, CAUTI rates … Therefore, caution must be exercised when interpreting relative reductions and rates in later time periods

235. Diabetes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/diabetes.html
     June 01, 2018 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … had higher rates than non-Hispanics.

236. Key Findings of the 2014 QDR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-key.html
     September 01, 2015 - Patient Safety improved, led by a 17% reduction in rates of hospital-acquired conditions between 2010 … Healthy Living improved, led by doubling of selected adolescent immunization rates from 2008 to 2012 … At the same time, several racial and ethnic disparities in rates of childhood immunization and rates

237. Improving Primary Care Understanding of Resources and Screening for Urinary Incontinence to Enhance Treatment (PURSUIT) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow-pursuit.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - For the two implementation models, clinic level outcomes compare UI diagnosis rates and patient level … Variables to be assessed include diagnosis rates of UI and other symptoms and UI symptom improvement … The data dashboard captures clinic-level outcomes that include diagnosis rates, adoption rates of provider … usage of the toolkit (from baseline to post six months from baseline) and consultation rates (captured

238. Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention - Webinar slide notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/017-contact-precautions-webinar-slides-notes.docx
     October 01, 2024 - Others start to use contact precautions if and when their MRSA rates are going up. … Adherence rates were good, and the environmental services monitoring program is a success. … and consider reintroduction of contact precautions if rates go up. … The rates for all other MRSA prevention activities remained constant. … The MRSA rates dropped a bit over the first quarter.

239. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
     March 01, 2013 - The overall goal of the h3H initiative is to reduce all-cause readmission rates among patients discharged … All-cause 30-day readmission rates. Intervening physician visits among those readmitted. … The expected rates of improvement are shown in Table 1 . 30-day readmission rate. 30-day all-cause … For the purpose of quality improvement, the raw rates of rehospitalization are probably sufficient. … If readmission rates are to be a key measure, then it is important that the definition be clear and the

240. Tool 6 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
     March 01, 2013 - The overall goal of the h3H initiative is to reduce all-cause readmission rates among patients discharged … All-cause 30-day readmission rates. Intervening physician visits among those readmitted. … The expected rates of improvement are shown in Table 1 . 30-day readmission rate. 30-day all-cause … For the purpose of quality improvement, the raw rates of rehospitalization are probably sufficient. … If readmission rates are to be a key measure, then it is important that the definition be clear and the