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Quality Indicators - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

New Podcast Series about the AHRQ Quality Indicators ^TM Toolkit for Hospitals

A new series of seven 10-minute audio interviews features hospital experts explaining how to use the quality improvement tools in the AHRQ Quality Indicators^TM Toolkit for Hospitals. The toolkit is a free resource to guide hospitals through the process of using the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators and Patient Safety Indicators to improve care.  Select to listen to any of these interviews and check out the toolkit.  Also available are slide presentations and an audio recording from an introductory Web conference about the toolkit. Select for general information on the AHRQ Quality Indicators.

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Interview Series

This series of interviews will orient users to the AHRQ Quality Improvement Toolkit for Hospitals. The topics provide an overview of the toolkit and information on how to use the tools and engage stakeholders and staff in quality improvement efforts. AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals: Interview Series 1. Getting Started with the Toolkit (MP3 audio file; 11 min., 26 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Donna Farley, PhD, RAND Health Interviewer: Lise Rybowski 2. Analyzing Your IQI and PSI Rates (MP3 audio file; 16 min., 40 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Amelia Haviland, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University and RAND Health Interviewer: Donna Farley 3. Using the Documentation and Coding Tool (MP3 audio file; 9 min., 24 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speakers: Kathy Vermoch, Project Manager, University Healthsystem Consortium (UHC); Suzanne Rogers, Senior Specialist, Health Information Management, UHC Interviewer: Lise Rybowski 4. Identifying Your Improvement Priorities (MP3 audio file; 11 min., 55 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Julie Cerese, Vice President, Performance Improvement, UHC Interviewer: Donna Farley 5. Analyzing Your Barriers and Strategy Options MP3 audio file; 11 min., 38 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Maureen Disbot, Vice President of Quality, Methodist Hospital, Houston Interviewer: Lise Rybowski 6. Implementing Changes To Improve Performance on the IQI or PSI Measures (MP3 audio file; 12 min., 29 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Joseph Jensen, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center Interviewer: Lise Rybowski 7. Achieving Sustainable Improvements (MP3 audio file; 11 min., 13 sec.: Plugin Help) Transcript Speaker: Martha Radford, MD, Chief Quality Officer, New York University (NYU Medical Center Interviewer: Lise Rybowski Current as of June 2012 Internet Citation: AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Interview Series. June 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkitinterviews/index.html

 

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals

Improving Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators (QIs) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and support your use of them to successfully improve quality and patient safety in your hospital. The toolkit is a general guide to using improvement methods, with a particular focus on the QIs. It focuses on the 17 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs). Select to download the print version of the Introduction (PDF File, 180 KB). Plugin Software Help. Select to download the entire toolkit (PDF Portfolio, 11.5 MB [Plugin Software Help]; Zipped Word®, PowerPoint®, and Excel® Files, 2.3 MB). Select to download individual sections from the AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit Roadmap. Introduction This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators (QIs) from AHRQ, and support your use of them to successfully improve quality and patient safety in your hospital. Created by the RAND Corporation and the University HealthSystem Consortium with funding from AHRQ, it is available for all hospitals to use free of charge. The toolkit is a general guide to using improvement methods, with a particular focus on the QIs. The AHRQ QIs use hospital administrative data to assess the quality of care provided, identify areas of concern in need of further investigation, and monitor progress over time. This toolkit focuses on the 17 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs). More information on the QIs is available in the Fact Sheets on the IQIs and PSIs (Tools A.1a and A.1b). A Sequence of Steps for Improvement. The complete improvement process includes the following sequence of steps, in which you will set priorities and plan for performance improvements on the QIs, implement improvement strategies, and sustain improvements achieved: Determining Readiness To Change. Applying QIs to the Hospital Data. Identifying Priorities for Quality Improvement. Implementing Improvements. Monitoring Progress for Sustainable Improvement. Analyzing Return on Investment. Using Other Resources. Implementing Improvements. Within the Implementation Methods step is a five-step implementation cycle: diagnose the problem; plan and implement best practices; measure results and analyze; evaluate effectiveness of actions taken; and evaluate, standardize, and communicate (Tool D.1). This model is based on the well-known PDSA (plan, do, study, act) improvement cycle. For best results, it is advisable to have someone dedicated to serve as facilitator of the improvement process, which could be a staff person or an external resource. Toolkit Roadmap. Tools are available to support work in each of the sequence of improvement steps. The Toolkit Roadmap will help you get started. For each key improvement step, it identifies the tools provided in the Toolkit to support your work. For each tool, the Roadmap gives a brief description of the tool and identifies additional relevant information. Different Tools for Different Audiences. Successful improvement requires involvement by multiple positions in the hospital. Therefore, while your hospital's quality leaders are the primary audience, many tools are aimed at several audiences. The Roadmap shows the intended audiences for each tool. Your hospital may choose to use only those tools that you find helpful. View the toolkit as a "resource inventory" from which you can select the tools that are most useful, given your hospital's current quality improvement capabilities and efforts. The Toolkit Roadmap is the "shopping list" you can use to quickly identify which tools to use at any point in time. This toolkit underwent a field test, evaluation, and revisions in response to feedback from six diverse hospitals. All information it contains is up to date as of November 2011. Audio Interviews This series of interviews will orient users to the AHRQ Quality Improvement Toolkit for Hospitals. The topics provide an overview of the toolkit and information on how to use the tools and engage stakeholders and staff in quality improvement efforts. Select to access the interview series. Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals To orient users to the QI toolkit, AHRQ held a Web seminar on February 15, 2012. Select to access the slide presentations and an audio recording. Current as of May 2012 Internet Citation: AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals. May 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkit/index.html

 

Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a toolkit to help hospitals understand the Quality Indicators (QIs). To orient users to the toolkit, AHRQ held a Web seminar on February 15, 2012. Select to view the webinar recording (Flash video, 90 MB; Plugin Software Help) View the presentation slides: How To Improve Performance on the AHRQ Inpatient Quality and Patient Safety Indicators: Introducing a Toolkit for Hospitals (PowerPoint® File, 900 KB; Plugin Software Help). Development and Testing of the AHRQ QI Toolkit for Hospitals (PowerPoint® File, 725 KB; Plugin Software Help). Putting the Tools to Use: One Hospital's Experiences (PowerPoint® File, 945 KB; Plugin Software Help). Select to listen to the Webinar audio recording (MP3 file, 82 MB; Plugin Software Help) or read the transcript. Current as of March 2012 Internet Citation: Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals. Proceedings of a webinar held on February 15, 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.  http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkit/webinar0215/index.html