Slide Presentation by Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H.
On February 10, 2004, Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H., made a presentation in a Web Conference at Event 1, which was entitled "AHRQ-sponsored Quality Improvement and Measurement Tools to Assess Quality of Care Issues."
This is the text version of Ms. Slutsky's slide presentation. Select to access the PowerPoint® slides (977 KB).
AHRQ-sponsored Quality Improvement and Measurement Tools to Assess Quality of Care Issues
Jean Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H.
Acting Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
Slide 1
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
Slide 2
QualityTools
- http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov.
- Launched December 2003.
- Clearinghouse for practical, ready-to-use tools for measuring and improving Americans' health care.
- Hosts the National Health Care Quality Report and National Health Care Disparities Report.
Slide 3
www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov
- Structured abstracts—information on measures and development.
- Compare Measures feature .
- Advanced search—IOM care need, IOM domain, and other attributes included in the NHQR and NHDR.
- Browse—organization and other attributes.
- Links
- Full-text quality measures (when available) and ordering details.
- Guidelines in the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC).
- NQMC Glossary.
- What's New Update Service: http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/whatsnew/subscription.aspx.
Slide 4
www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov
- Structured abstracts—information about every tool in the clearinghouse; links to tools and/or ordering details for the full tool.
- QualityTools Update Service—weekly electronic mailing of new tools and updates to existing tools posted to the QualityTools Web site.
- Detailed Search—limits online searches to tools that target a disease/condition, audience, tool category, or vulnerable population.
- Browse—scan tools based on the tool's intended audience.
- Glossary—definitions of terms used in the standardized abstracts..
Slide 5
More About Quality Tools
- Providers
- Physicians, hospitals, health systems, and other provider organizations.
- Policymakers
- National, State, regional and local decisionmakers.
- Patients & Consumers.
- Payers & Purchasers
- Health plans, administrators, and employer groups.
Slide 6
This slide shows picture of AHRQ's QualityTools web page. Across the top of the page are a series of four pictures depicting a different audience: Providers, Policymakers, Patients and Consumers, and Payers and Purchasers. Each picture serves as a menu bar to links for a specific audience.
Below the menu bar is a field box to enter search words into.
The page also includes short descriptions of the National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report. There are links to each report
Slide 7
This slide shows picture of AHRQ's QualityTools web page. Across the top of the page are a series of four pictures depicting a different audience: Providers, Policymakers, Patients and Consumers, and Payers and Purchasers. Each picture serves as a menu bar to links for a specific audience.
Below the menu bar is a field box to enter search words into.
This slide provides a picture of the providers' web page. It includes links to find tools to best fit the needs of providers. Questions listed on the slide are:
Where can I find clinical recommendations or processes for improving the quality of care I deliver?
Where can I find information on patient safety practices and identify opportunities for quality improvement?
Where can I obtain benchmarking and comparative data to identify areas for quality improvement?
Where can I find information on specific diseases/conditions to improve the quality of care I deliver?
Slide 8
This slide shows picture of AHRQ's QualityTools web page. Across the top of the page are a series of four pictures depicting a different audience: Providers, Policymakers, Patients and Consumers, and Payers and Purchasers. Each picture serves as a menu bar to links for a specific audience.
This slide shows picture of AHRQ's QualityTools web page which shows the options for addressing providers' question about where can I find clinical recommendations or processes for improving the quality of care I deliver?
A list of tools/resources are listed below the question with links to more information on each item. The tools listed on this screen shot include:
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)
National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC)
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices
Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System
Slide 9
This slide shows the Internet page for AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. A complete summary of chronic coronary artery disease: percentage of patients who also have diabetes and/or LSVD who were prescribed ACE inhibitor therapy is on the screen shot. To the left of the summary are a series of four text boxes, which allow you to search the clearinghouse; view summaries of the tool/resource in question; browse by disease/condition, treatment/interventions, domains and organizations; and make comparisons.
Slide 10
Submitting Measures to NQMC
http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/about/invsubmitmeasures.aspx
Slide 11
This slide shows the Internet page for AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. The text includes information on how to submit measures to AHRQ and where to go for additional information.
Slide 12
Inclusion Criteria
- Rationale.
- Denominator Description.
- Numerator Description.
- Primary Measure Domain.
- Evidence Supporting the Measures.
- Data Source.
- Current Use (or pilot testing).
Slide 13
Any Questions?
Quality Tools:
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse:
Current as of June 2004
Internet Citation:
AHRQ-sponsored Quality Improvement and Measurement Tools to Assess Quality of Care Issues. Text Version of a Slide Presentation at a Web Conference. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/qcount/slutskytxt.htm
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