AHRQ Quality Indicators 101: What They Are and How To Use Them

AHRQ Quality Indicators 101: What They Are and How To Use Them

1. AHRQ Quality Indicators 101: What They Are and How To Use Them
2. Overview
3. Learning Objectives
4. Overview
5. AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs)
6. Example Indicator Evaluation
7. Structure of AHRQ QI
8. Overview
9. AHRQ Quality Indicators
10. Overview
11. Advantages
12. Advantages (continued)
13. Advantages (continued)
14. Current Limitations & Challenges
15. Overview
16. Recent Improvements
17. Overview
18. Future Vision: Join Forces to Improve Data
19. Followup: State Pilots to Add Clinical Detail and Robustness
20. Overview
21. General Uses of the AHRQ QIs
22. Covenant Healthcare
23. System Level Use—Covenant Example
24. System Level Use—Covenant Example (continued)
25. 2007 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
26. Medicare Demonstrations
27. 12 States Use QIs for Public Hospital Reporting
28. Overview
29. QI Reporting Template(s)
30. The Evidence Base
31. Overview
32. QIs Submitted to the National Quality Forum (NQF)
33. NQF Technical Advisory Panels
34. NQF Specification Changes
35. NQF Specification Changes (continued)
36. NQF Specification Changes (continued)
37. NQF Specification Changes (continued)
38. Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) Determination
39. NQF Endorsed QIs
40. NQF Endorsed QIs (continued)
41. Overview
42. Validation Studies
43. Validation Pilot, Phase I
44. Validation Pilot, Phase I (continued)
45. Validation Pilot, Phase II
46. Measure Harmonization
47. AHRQ QI Development
48. Overview
49. AHRQ QI Learning Institute
50. Possible Topics of Monthly Webinars
51. Applying for Membership
52. For More Information...

Current as of September 2008

Internet Citation:

AHRQ Quality Indicators 101: What They Are and How To Use Them. Text version of Webinar slide presentation, September 17, 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qilearninginstitute/917webinarslides/917webinar-contents.htm