RESOURCES
Webinars
2009
AHRQ Quality Indicators Learning Institute Webinar Series
- Pancholi, M., Staiger, D., & Geppert, J. (January, 2009). Classifying Hospitals.
- Pancholi, M., Sofaer, S., McBride, S., Bott, J., & Geppert, J. (February, 2009). Displaying the Data.
- Pancholi, M., Sofaer, S., Wright, V., Kolmer, S., & Geppert, J. (March, 2009). The Model Report: Beyond the Data Web Site Design and Content.
- Bott, J., Shannon, M., Migdail, K., & Sofaer, K. (April, 2009). Getting the Public to View and Use your Report.
- Bott, J., Hibbard, J., Sofaer, S., Cronin, C., & Eastman, B. (May, 2009). Evaluation of your Public Reporting Program.
- Bott, J., Tietze, M., Jacob, B., & Stewart, D. (July, 2009). Working with your Hospitals on Quality Improvement: From Small Steps to Large Leaps.
- Bott, J. & Geppert, J. (August, 2009). Quality Indicators Learning Institute Question and Answer Web Forum.
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2008
AHRQ Quality Indicators Learning Institute Webinar Series
- Fraser, I., Geppert, J., & Love, D. (October, 2008). Designing your Public Reporting Program.
- Fraser, I., Sofaer, S., & Geppert, J. (November, 2008). Selecting Measures.
- Fraser, I., Romano, P., Strauss, W., & Geppert, J. (December, 2008). Key Choices in Analyzing Data.
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2004
October 24 - Webinar on Public Reporting and Quality-Based Purchasing: The Evidence Base and Practical Tools
The-Buy Right for Health Care Quality Series Brochure
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Presentations
2009
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2008
AHRQ Annual Meeting and AHRQ Quality Indicators User Meeting- September 8-10; Bethesda, MD
- Patient Safety Indicator Validation
- Tiering of the Quality Indicators
- Public Reporting of the Quality Indicators
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2007
AHRQ Annual Meeting and AHRQ Quality Indicators User Meeting- September 26-28; Bethesda, MD
- Quality Indicator Reporting Template
- Overview of the Quality Indicators
- Collaborative Validation Efforts
- Panel and workgroup reviews
- Current Evidence
- Validation Pilot
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2005
AHRQ Quality Indicators User Meeting- September 26-27; Rockville, MD
- Overview of the AHRQ Quality Indicators
- Overview of the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators
- Using the AHRQ Area Level Indicators to Improve Population Health
- Using the AHRQ Provider Level Indicators as a Catalyst for Quality Improvement
- Implications of ICD-9-CM Coding Rules for Measuring AHRQ Quality Indicators
- Use of the AHRQ Quality Indicators in National and State Healthcare Quality Reporting
- Methods for Creating Aggregate Performance Indices
- Considerations in Comparative Public Reporting
- Case Study: Using AHRQ Quality Indicators in Public Reporting
- Case Study: Using AHRQ Quality Indicators in Pay-for-Performance
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Publications
2010
- Davies SM, McDonald KM, Schmidt E, Schultz E, Geppert J, Romano, PS. 'Expanding the Uses of AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators: Validity from the Clinician Perspective'. Medical Care. In press.
- Borzecki AM, Kaafarani HMA, Utter GH, Romano PS, Itani K, Shin MH, Chen Q, Rosen AK. How valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Respiratory Failure? The Veterans Health Administration experience. Journal of the American College of Surgeons; in press.
- Utter GH, Borzecki AM, Rosen AK, Zrelak PA, Baron R, Cuny J, Kaafarani HM, Sadeghi B, Geppert JJ, Romano PS. Designing an abstraction instrument—Lessons from efforts to validate the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety; 37(1):20-28.
- Sadeghi B, Baron R, Zrelak P, Geppert J, Tancredi D, Romano PS. Cases of iatrogenic pneumothorax can be identified from ICD-9-CM coded data. American Journal of Medical Quality; 25(3):218-24.
- White RH, Garcia M, Sadeghi B, Tancredi DJ, Zrelak P, Cuny J, Sama P, Gammon H, Schmaltz S, Romano PS. Evaluation of the predictive value of ICD-9-CM coded administrative data for venous thromboembolism in the United States. Thrombosis Research; 126(1):61-7.
- Utter GH, Cuny J, Sama P, Silver MR, Zrelak PA, Baron R, Drösler SE, Romano PS. Detection of Postoperative Respiratory Failure: How predictive Is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator? Journal of the American College of Surgeons; 211(3):347-354.
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2009
- Romano PS, Mull HJ, Rivard PE, Zhao S, Henderson WG, Loveland S, Tsilimingras D, Christiansen CL, Rosen AK. Validity of selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data. Health Services Research; 44(1): 182-204.
- Utter GH, Zrelak PA, Baron R, Tancredi DJ, Sadeghi B, Geppert JJ, Romano PS. Positive predictive value of the AHRQ Accidental Puncture or Laceration Patient Safety Indicator. Annals of Surgery; 250(6):1041-5.
- White RH, Sadeghi B, Tancredi DJ, Zrelak P, Cuny J, Sama P, Utter GH, Geppert JJ, Romano PS. How valid is the ICD-9-CM based AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative venous thromboembolism? Medical Care; 47(12):1237-43.
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2008
- Houchens RL, Elixhauser A, Romano PS. How often are potential patient safety events present on admission? Joint Commission Journal Quality and Patient Safety; 34(3):154-63.
- McDonald K, Davies S, Haberland C, Geppert J, Ku A, Romano PS. “A preliminary assessment of pediatric healthcare quality and patient safety in the U.S. using readily available administrative data.” Pediatrics 2008; 122(2):e416-25.
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2007
- Silber JH, Romano PS, Rosen AK, Wang Y, Even-Shoshan O, Volpp K. Failure-to-Rescue: Comparing definitions to measure quality of care. Medical Care; 45(10):918-25.
- McDonald KM, Davies SM, Geppert J, Romano PS. “Why Rescue the Administrative Data Version of the “Failure to Rescue” Quality Indicator.” Med Care. 2007 Apr;45(4):277-9
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2003
- Romano PS, Geppert JJ, Davies SM, Miller MR, Elixhauser A, McDonald KM. “A National Profile of Patient Safety in US Hospitals Based on Administrative Data,” Health Affairs 22, no. 2: 154-166 (March/April 2003).
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2002
- Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Initiative (2002). AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators- Interpretive Guide.
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