Sentences with phrase «reporting quality outcomes»

Actually, this is the tenth consecutive year Focus Search Partners has led all healthcare executive search firms with reporting quality outcomes.

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«Obamacare» introduced the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) which (for once) monitored outcomes 6.

«Outcomes will include a collaborative culture in the program, effective reporting, evaluation, support and rigorous monitoring of scientific effort to promote high quality targeted research to meet the objectives of the program,» the tender document says.

Early Learning Outcomes Reporting links high quality learning standards with assessment and instruction for children birth through transition to kindergarten.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

In the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's «Evidence Report on Breastfeeding in Developed Countries,» 243 multiple outcomes, including SIDS, were examined.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

The first draft version of the ResQu Index contained 25 items, relating to five domains addressing: quality of design, sample definition, measurement of outcomes, comparability of cohorts, and accuracy of interpretation and reporting (domains indicated in Fig 1).

The ResQu Index is a reliable instrument to evaluate the quality of design, methods and interpretation of reported outcomes from research about place of birth.

The report, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership as part of the Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme, is led by a team from the University of Leicester.

The study found no association between hospital - based participation in the NSQIP and improvements in postoperative outcomes over time, suggesting that a surgical outcomes reporting system does not provide a clear mechanism for quality improvement.

Systems that capture, analyze, and report surgical outcomes are an increasingly important part of the quality improvement movement in health care in the United States.

Within the U.S., the most widely used surgical outcomes reporting system is the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), which is coordinated through the American College of Surgeons.

FPG scientist Diane Early, lead author of the report, explained high - quality teacher - child interactions are essential for beneficial child outcomes.

«MMCI significantly increased a teacher's odds of attaining the level of quality interactions needed for pre-k programs to most meaningfully contribute to children's social and academic outcomes,» said Kelly Maxwell, senior program area co-director for early childhood at Child Trends and co-author of the report.

A University of Rochester - led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, shows complication rates can vary as much as five-fold among hospitals, prompting researchers to call for the development of a national quality reporting system to improve maternal outcomes for more than 4 million women who give birth each year.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Secondary endpoints included cough severity, urge to cough, quality of life, and global ratings of change, as measured by patient - reported outcomes.

Gill Clarke, vice chair of the UK Council for Graduate Education, presented the results of another HEFCE - funded report, «International comparisons in postgraduate education: quality, access and employment outcomes.»

A more reasonable approach to achieve quality surgical care for common procedures may come from structured proctoring and / or coaching models and from mandatory outcomes reporting.

While the Affordable Care Act requires hospices to report quality measures across a range of processes and practices, this is the first study to examine the link between hospice preferred practices and outcomes for patients receiving hospice care.

The outcomes of these studies were often reported as diagnostic accuracy estimates rather than patient important outcomes such as mortality or quality of life.

Several performance reporting systems now report publicly on aspects of quality such as surgical outcomes, 8 adherence to evidence - based quality measures, 9,10 and patients» assessments of care, 11 but few public reports about the quality of health care organizations have also assessed the equity of care provided by those organizations.

Called Patient - Reported Outcome Measures, or «PROMs,» the data are collected using clinically - validated questionnaires that ask about symptoms, functional status, and quality of life.

In a substudy, review outcomes were also compared across different types of clinical research, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified human tissue.

For the study, the patients self - reported outcomes in a 36 - item physical component survey that also included variables such as: fatigue, depression, and quality of sleep.

The evaluation report released on 12 April by Mission Australia and the University of Adelaide highlights that quality intensive casework support is critical to the program's success in addressing the multiple and complex barriers that can affect a young person's ability to stay in school, their social participation and achievement of positive learning and self - development outcomes.

The 16th edition of Quality Counts continues the report's tradition of tracking key education indicators and grading the states on their policy efforts and outcomes.

The NEPC report paints a dismal picture of student learning at K12 - operated schools, but the fatal flaw of the report is that the measures of «performance» it employs are based primarily on outcomes such as test scores that may reveal more about student background than about the quality of the school, and on inappropriate comparisons between virtual schools and all schools in the same state.

The report includes several randomised controlled trials and documents how dosage (participation in certain activity), fidelity (ongoing support), quality of implementation (support from principals) and acceptability (teachers» participation and attitudes to that activity) influence students» academic and behavioural outcomes, and teachers» attitudes and practices.

Finally, although the lion's share of teacher - quality research since the Coleman Report has focused on the connections between teacher quality and student test scores, new evidence is shining a light on the extent to which teachers affect other long - term non-test student outcomes as well.

The report therefore says that if the government is to develop safe and well ‑ designed schools, it should recognise the role of good design and quality in school buildings to support the best outcomes for pupils and teachers.

The report also acknowledges that well ‑ designed neighbourhoods can create better health outcomes for children and adults, and that the development of new high ‑ quality, affordable homes can alleviate the housing crisis and unstick some of the UK's productivity problems.

A 2013 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University found that Uncommon's schools «completely cancel out the negative effect associated with being a student in poverty,» concluding that «it IS possible to take innovation to scale and maintain a focus on quality.»

Quality Counts 2010 is the 14th edition of Education Week's annual report card on American public education as viewed through the lens of the states» education policies and outcomes.

The report recommends how states considering such policies can ensure that high - quality courses reach as many students as possible and how to stage the implementation of Course Access in smart ways over time to achieve desirable outcomes for all students.

SCSF asked an independent research team to conduct an experimental evaluation of the impact of the intervention on student achievement and other outcomes, such as school climate and school quality, as reported by the students» parents or other guardians.

• A different Chetty study reports that «students who were randomly assigned to higher - quality classrooms in grades K — 3 — as measured by classmates» end - of - class test scores — have higher earnings, college attendance rates, and other outcomes.»

Federal and state officials collect data about the characteristics of students with disabilities and certain outcomes for those students, but little is known about the quality of education they receive, according to a report from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.

Assessment and Reporting is a response to the pressures on teachers and schools not only to improve the quality of teaching, but also to demonstrate improved outcomes.

The 14th edition of Education Week's Quality Counts continues the report's tradition of tracking key education indicators and grading the states on their policy efforts and outcomes.

Quality Counts 2009 is the 13th edition of Education Week's series of annual report cards tracking state education policies and outcomes.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

The nation's primary K — 12 education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires states to provide richer information on outcomes for all students, produce high - quality public reports, and rethink their accountability systems to provide transparency and value to the public.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

Using a variety of assessments, videotapes of classroom instruction, and surveys (student surveys are featured in the preliminary report), the project is attempting to address some of the heretofore under - addressed issues in the measurement of teacher quality (especially non-random classroom assignment and how different classroom practices lead to different outcomes, neither of which are part of this preliminary report).

This policy report, co-released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO), discusses trends in enrollment, funding, and quality standards, as well as English Language Learner and Special Education students, in state - funded pre-K between 2001 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «Teachers and lecturers work extremely hard to deliver good quality outcomes for their learners and they are doing so in very challenging circumstances, as this Ofsted report implies.

«This is starting to benefit the quality of education in schools, but has yet to be consistently demonstrated in pupils» outcomes,» the report stated.