NHQR/NHDR-Related Articles, September 12, 2014
Family Medicine
Jones KB, Gren LH, Backman R. Improving pediatric immunization rates: description of a resident-led clinical continuous quality improvement project. Fam Med 2014 Sep; 46(8):631-5. [Cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR), 2012.] Select to access the abstract.
JAMA Surgery
Paruch JL, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY. A case for improving measurement of intraoperative iatrogenic injuries. JAMA Surg 2014 Sep; 149(9):887-8. [Discusses AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)-15, accidental puncture and laceration, and its use as a component of the composite measure used for AHRQ's NHQR, citing Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for the Tenth (2012) NHQR and NHDR, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]
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