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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHsu YJ, Kosinski AS, Wallace AS
Using a society database to evaluate a patient safety collaborative: the Cardiovascular Surgical Translational Study.
The authors assessed the utility of using external databases for quality improvement (QI) evaluations in the context of an innovative QI collaborative aimed to reduce three infections and improve patient safety across the cardiac surgery service line. They compared changes in each outcome between 15 intervention hospitals and 52 propensity score-matched hospitals, and found that improvement trends in several outcomes among the studied intervention hospitals were not statistically different from those in comparison hospitals. They conclude that using external databases may permit comparative effectiveness assessment by providing concurrent comparison groups, additional outcome measures, and longer follow-up.
AHRQ-funded; HS019934.
Citation: Hsu YJ, Kosinski AS, Wallace AS .
Using a society database to evaluate a patient safety collaborative: the Cardiovascular Surgical Translational Study.
J Comp Eff Res 2019 Jan;8(1):21-32. doi: 10.2217/cer-2018-0051..
Keywords: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality of Care, Surgery, Cardiovascular Conditions, Comparative Effectiveness, Data, Hospitals, Research Methodologies, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Jensen RE, Snyder CF, Basch E
All together now: findings from a PCORI workshop to align patient-reported outcomes in the electronic health record.
The goal of this paper was to report key findings from a 2013 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute workshop on patient-reported outcomes, to report a summary of actions that followed from the workshop, and to present resulting recommendations that address patient, clinical and research/quality improvement barriers to regular use.
AHRQ-funded; HS000029.
Citation: Jensen RE, Snyder CF, Basch E .
All together now: findings from a PCORI workshop to align patient-reported outcomes in the electronic health record.
J Comp Eff Res 2016 Nov;5(6):561-67. doi: 10.2217/cer-2016-0026.
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Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Evidence-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality Improvement