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4701. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2010_06.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - Although the AHRQ QI software uses a similar approach to adjust the area-based QIs, we relied on direct standardization … for age, gender, age-gender interaction, DRG cluster, and comorbidity using the regression-based standardization … Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRGs) risk of mortality or severity score using the regression-based standardization … We adjusted rates for age and sex using the method of direct standardization (Fleiss, 1973). … Data in the 2010 NHDR November 5, 2010 D-3 inpatient population distribution for the direct standardization

4702. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Women and Elderly Adults: Intimate Partner Violence and Elderly Abuse: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
      March 08, 2004 - Study uses a credible reference standard, performed regardless of test results. … Reference standard interpreted independently of screening test. … standard; interprets reference standard independently of screening test; reliability of test assessed … Poor: Has important limitations such as: uses inappropriate reference standard; screening test improperly … administered; biased ascertainment of reference standard; small sample size of narrow selected spectrum

4703. celiac-disease-protocol-140612 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/celiac-disease_research-protocol.pdf
      June 12, 2014 - Risk: Low/High/Unclear Domain 3: Reference Standard Is the reference standard likely to correctly … (Yes/No/Unclear) Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of … (Yes/No/Unclear) Could the reference standard, its conduct, or its interpretation have introduced bias … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive a reference standard? … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive the same reference standard?

4704. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antiplatelet-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
      September 25, 2013 - standard. … standard assay for platelet reactivity.” … Under this framework, when studies consider measurements obtained from an assay as a reference standard … (Note: a reference standard is not necessarily a gold standard) then it is possible to calculate the … sensitivity and specificity of a second assay (the “index” test) against the reference standard.

4705. Distribution of Temperatures for Low Birth Weight Neonates (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-118-fullreport.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - The lack of standardization of required fields suggests that these data fields need to be incorporated … into EHR technical standards, so as to increase feasibility and reliability of measure reporting based … Health IT Standards Are the data elements in this measure supported explicitly by the Office of the … National Coordinator for Health IT Standards and Certification criteria (see healthit.hhs.gov/portal … Health IT Standards 11.E. Health IT Calculation 11.F. Health IT Other Functions Section 12.

4706. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1–5 Years: Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/r_MgZHrtyHRn7rZoCPS6MT
      February 01, 2011 - preschool vision screening tests (Tables 6 and 7).27–58 Cycloplegic refraction was in- cluded in the reference-standard … standard (ie, cy- cloplegic refraction) ● Exclude studies that do not attempt to perform the reference … standard, performed regardless of test results ● Reference standard interpreted in- dependently of … Standard Reference Standard Applied to All Screened Patients Same Reference Standard Applied to All … Patients Reference Standard and Screening Examination Interpreted Independently High Rate of Uninterpretable

4707. The National Quality Forum safe practice standard for computerized physician order entry: updating a critical patient safety practice. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-forum-safe-practice-standard-computerized-physician-order-entry-updating
      December 18, 2013 - Review The National Quality Forum safe practice standard for computerized physician order entry: updating a critical patient safety practice. Citation Text: Kilbridge PM, Classen D, Bates DW, et al. The National Quality Forum Safe Practice Standard for Computerized Physician Order Entr…

4708. Topic Brief: Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-radiation-therapy-bone-metastases.pdf
      August 01, 2022 - In accordance with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) standards for the … providers, in realizing the benefits of treatment while reducing risk and adhering to evidence-based standards … An AHRQ report, with a literature search, data extraction, and analysis according to the highest standards

4709. Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-150-fullreport.pdf
      February 14, 2018 - children prescribed antipsychotics, with consensus that baseline and ongoing metabolic monitoring are standards … Health IT Standards Are the data elements in this measure supported explicitly by the Office of the … National Coordinator for Health IT Standards and Certification criteria (see healthit.hhs.gov/portal

4710. Final Progress Report: Implementing Best Practices in Palliative Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/johnson-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - demonstrate its capabilities  for conducting quality improvement projects and reinforcing contemporary standards … Because palliative care is a new field, many of  our core data elements are missing from these national standards … periodic reporting, checking that our methodology for  numerators and denominators align with national standards

4711. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #2: The Health Center (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_2.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - The THC PCPs discussed and arrived at a consensus on clinical preventive services; specifically, standards … efforts to improve patient outcomes, support staff development, and meet quality measure reporting standards … updating standing orders to allow nonphysician providers to provide evidence-based care to meet quality standards

4712. Case Example #2: The Health Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-2.html
      July 01, 2019 - The THC PCPs discussed and arrived at a consensus on clinical preventive services; specifically, standards … efforts to improve patient outcomes, support staff development, and meet quality measure reporting standards … updating standing orders to allow nonphysician providers to provide evidence-based care to meet quality standards

4713. Final Progress Report: National Trends in Outpatient Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stafford-fortmann-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - should not rely on data elements or subpopulations that are considered unreliable according to the standards … U.S. physicians’ adherence to standards in asthma pharmacotherapy varies by patient and physician characteristics … U.S. physicians adherence to standards in asthma pharmacotherapy varies by patient and physician characteristics

4714. Final Progress Report: Proactive Risk Assessment in the ED: Building the Safety Case (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/wears-perry-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - provide evidence that the safety management systems are adequate; and there are no relevant external standards … To date, there are no standards for the reliability of information technology in healthcare. … in which the disjoint assumptions of the method and healthcare operations (e.g., ‘relevant safety standards

4715. Final Progress Report: Medication Reconciliation: Bridging Communications Across the Continuum of Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/muller-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - These included a Standards and Policies group, a Quality Assurance/Outcomes group, and an Information … Of the three groups, only the Standards and Policies group continued throughout the project. … The Standards and Policies subgroup composed of representatives from Nursing, Health Information, Quality

4716. EMS Patient Safety in the Field | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ems-patient-safety-field
      July 28, 2021 - The quality assurance process can help to ensure that EMS personnel are consistently meeting high standards … The National EMS Education Standards define core competencies for each of these four levels, but specific … How are you educating them about available technology, or the protocols, or standards of care, or unusual

4717. Barriers Associated with Medication Information Handoffs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Bayley.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is considering new standards in … and identification of a practitioner who is responsible for coordinating care.59 The need for data standards … Proposed patient safety standards for 2005. http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/ patient+

4718. Safety Climate on Hospital Units: A New Measure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Blegen.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - efficiency are more important than cautious and careful following of procedures and professional standards … The perceptions include group norms for adherence to institutional and professional standards of care … Adherence to standards of care. b. Technology, training, information. c.

4719. The Patient Safety Education Project: An international Collaboration (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Emanuel_19.pdf
      February 20, 2008 - not 1 effective if staff do not follow the protocol.4 Communities of practice that adopt the standards … The purpose of this is to maintain quality control and standards necessary for long-term evaluation … Measures of some skills, behaviors, outcomes, and standards are provided as part of the “resources”

4720. HANDS Care Plan Tool Seeks to Improve Nurse Communication at Handoff in AHRQ-Funded Study | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/transforming-healthcare-quality-through-health-it/hands-care-plan-tool-seeks
      January 01, 2023 - HANDS Care Plan Tool Seeks to Improve Nurse Communication at Handoff in AHRQ-Funded Study The handoff is one of the most critical points in inpatient care: Think of it as a clinical brain dump. When a nurse ends her shift, she updates her replacements on the status of each of her patients' care and outcom…