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Center of Excellence (COE)
- (-) Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM) (26)
- (-) National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ) (19)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) (18)
- Center of Excellence on Quality of Care Measures for Children with Complex Needs (COE4CCN) (14)
- Children's Hospital at Montefiore/IMPLEmenting MEasures NeTwork (IMPLEMENT) for Child Health Network (12)
- University of Florida/Child Health Quality (CHeQ) Partnership (8)
- Kaiser Permanente Washington/Pediatric Hospital Care Improvement Project (P-HIP) (7)
- Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence (PMCoE) (6)
- Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC) (6)
- None (4)
- Mount Sinai Collaboration for Advancing Pediatric Quality Measures (CAPQuaM) (1)
Keywords
- Quality measure (18)
- Behavioral health (6)
- In-patient care (6)
- Patient and family experience measures (6)
- Antipsychotics (5)
- Electronic health records (5)
- Hospital readmissions (5)
- Medicaid and CHIP (5)
- Depression (4)
- Primary care (4)
- CHIPRA (3)
- Care transitions (2)
- Children with disabilities (2)
- Access to care (1)
- Asthma (1)
- Care coordination (1)
- Measure development (1)
- Medication management (1)
- Outpatient care (1)
- Patient safety (1)
All Publications
The following list presents materials published as a result of the AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP).
Results
1 - 25 of 44 PublicationsCenter of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Feng JY, Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Zaslavsky AM, Onorato SE, Schuster MA. Factors Associated With Family Experience in Pediatric Inpatient Care. Pediatrics. 2020 Mar;145(3):e20191264. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1264. Epub 2020 Feb 3. PMID: 32015139; PMCID: PMC7049938.
Keywords: In-patient care, Patient and family experience measures
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Binney G, Cole-Poklewski T, Roomian T, Trudell EK, Hatoun J, O'Donnell H, Vernacchio L. Effect of an Electronic Health Record Transition on the Provision of Recommended Well Child Services in Pediatric Primary Care Practices. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 Feb;59(2):188-197. doi: 10.1177/0009922819892269. Epub 2019 Dec 4. PMID: 31795757.
Keywords: Electronic health records, Primary care
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Olin, Serene & Storfer-Isser, Amy & Morden, Emily & Yin, Yijun & Altamirano, Lee & Byron, Sepheen & Scholle, Sarah. (2019). Quality Measures for Managing Prescription of Antipsychotic Medication Among Youths: Factors Associated With Health Plan Performance. Psychiatric Services. 70. appi.ps.2019000. 10.1176/appi.ps.201900089.
Keywords: Antipsychotics, Quality measure, Medication management
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Rea CJ, Wenren LM, Tran KD, Zwemer E, Mallon D, Bernson-Leung M, Samuels RC, Toomey SL. Shared Care: Using an Electronic Consult Form to Facilitate Primary Care Provider-Specialty Care Coordination. Acad Pediatr. 2018 Sep-Oct;18(7):797-804. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.03.010. Epub 2018 Apr 3. PMID: 29625232.
Keywords: Care coordination
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Morden E, Alewine S, McGee N. IMPROVING CARE FOR THOSE WITH ADVANCED ILLNESS AND FRAILTY: EXCLUSIONS IN QUALITY MEASURES. Innov Aging. 2018;2(Suppl 1):957-958. Published 2018 Nov 16. doi:10.1093/geroni/igy031.3549
Keywords: Quality measure
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Leckman-Westin E, Finnerty M, Scholle SH, Pritam R, Layman D, Kealey E, Byron S, Morden E, Bilder S, Neese-Todd S, Horwitz S, Hoagwood K, Crystal S. Differences in Medicaid Antipsychotic Medication Measures Among Children with SSI, Foster Care, and Income-Based Aid. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2018 Mar;24(3):238-246. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2018.24.3.238. PMID: 29485947.
Keywords: Antipsychotics, Medicaid and CHIP, Quality measure
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Nacion KM, Leonhart K, Cooper JN, Scholle SH, Kelleher KJ. Health care quality measures for children and adolescents in Foster Care: feasibility testing in electronic records. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Feb 22;18(1):79. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1064-4. PMID: 29471817; PMCID: PMC5822488.
Keywords: Quality measure, Electronic health records, Measure development
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Hargreaves DS, Sizmur S, Pitchforth J, Tallett A, Toomey SL, Hopwood B, Schuster MA, Viner RM. Children and young people's versus parents' responses in an English national inpatient survey. Arch Dis Child. 2018 May;103(5):486-491. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313801. Epub 2018 Feb 6. PMID: 29434020; PMCID: PMC5916103.
Keywords: Patient and family experience measures, In-patient care
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Chien AT, Kuhlthau KA, Toomey SL, Quinn JA, Okumura MJ, Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ, Van Cleave J, Landrum MB, Jang J, Janmey I. Quality of Primary Care for Children With Disabilities Enrolled in Medicaid. Acad Pediatr. 2017 Jun 30;17(4):443-9.
Keywords: Primary care, Children with disabilities, Medicaid and CHIP
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Parast L, Burkhart Q, Desai AD, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Leyenaar JK, Gidengil CA, Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Schneider EC. Validation of New Quality Measures for Transitions Between Sites of Care. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr 14:e20164178.
Keywords: Quality measure, Care transitions
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Zaslavsky AM, Klein DJ, Ndon S, Hardy S, Wu M, Schuster MA. Variation in family experience of pediatric inpatient care as measured by Child HCAHPS. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr 1;139(4):e20163372.
Keywords: Patient and family experience measures, In-patient care
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Schwebel DC, Tortolero SR, Cuccaro PM, Davies SL, Kampalath V, Schuster MA. Relationship between adolescent report of patient-centered care and of quality of primary care. Acad Pediatr. 2016 Dec 31;16(8):770-6.
Keywords: Patient and family experience measures, Primary care
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Gallo KP, Olin SS, Storfer-Isser A, O'Connor BC, Whitmyre ED, Hoagwood KE, Horwitz SM. Parent Burden in Accessing Outpatient Psychiatric Services for Adolescent Depression in a Large State System. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Dec 1;68(4):411-4.
Keywords: Behavioral health, Depression, Outpatient care
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Toomey SL, Peltz A, Loren S, Tracy M, Williams K, Pengeroth L, Marie AS, Onorato S, Schuster MA. Potentially preventable 30-day hospital readmissions at a children's hospital. Pediatrics. 2016 Jul 22:e20154182.
Keywords: Hospital readmissions
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Landrigan CP, Stockwell D, Toomey SL, Loren S, Tracy M, Jang J, Quinn JA, Ashrafzadeh S, Wang M, Sharek PJ, Parry G. Performance of the global assessment of pediatric patient safety (GAPPS) tool. Pediatrics. 2016 Jun 1;137(6):e20154076.
Keywords: Quality measure, Patient safety
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Gardner W, Morton S, Tinoco A, Scholle SH, Canan BD, Kelleher KJ. Is It Feasible to Use Electronic Health Records for Quality Measurement of Adolescent Care?. J Healthc Qual. 2016 May 1;38(3):164-74.
Keywords: Electronic health records, Quality measure
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Lewandowski RE, O'Connor B, Bertagnolli A, Beck A, Tinoco A, Gardner WP, Jelinek-Berents CX, Newton DA, Wain KF, Boggs JM, Brace NE. Screening for and Diagnosis of Depression Among Adolescents in a Large Health Maintenance Organization. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Feb 16;67(6):636-41.
Keywords: Behavioral health, Depression
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Finnerty M, Neese-Todd S, Pritam R, Leckman-Westin E, Bilder S, Byron SC, Scholle SH, Crystal S, Olfson M. Access to psychosocial services prior to starting antipsychotic treatment among Medicaid-insured youth. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Jan 31;55(1):69-76.
Keywords: Antipsychotics, Medicaid and CHIP
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: O'Connor, B. C., Lewandowski, R. E., Rodriguez, S., Tinoco, A., Gardner, W., Hoagwood, K., & Scholle, S. H. (2016). Usual Care for Adolescent Depression From Symptom Identification Through Treatment Initiation. JAMA pediatrics, 170(4), 373–380. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4158
Keywords: Behavioral health, Depression
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Olin, S. C., O'Connor, B. C., Storfer-Isser, A., Clark, L. J., Perkins, M., Hudson Scholle, S., Whitmyre, E. D., Hoagwood, K., & Horwitz, S. M. (2016). Access to Care for Youth in a State Mental Health System: A Simulated Patient Approach. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(5), 392–399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.014
Keywords: Behavioral health, Access to care
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Crystal S, Mackie T, Fenton MC, et al. Rapid Growth Of Antipsychotic Prescriptions For Children Who Are Publicly Insured Has Ceased, But Concerns Remain. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016;35(6):974-982. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0064
Keywords: Antipsychotics, Medicaid and CHIP
Center of Excellence: National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ)
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Citation: Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Nacion KM, Thackeray JD, Scholle SH, Kelleher KJ. A framework for developing healthcare quality measures for children and youth in foster care External Link Disclaimer. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2015 Nov 30;58:146-52.
Keywords: Quality measure
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Khan A, Nakamura MM, Zaslavsky AM, Jang J, Berry JG, Feng JY, Schuster MA. Same-hospital readmission rates as a measure of pediatric quality of care. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Oct 1;169(10):905-12.
Keywords: Hospital readmissions, Quality measure
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Chien AT, Kuhlthau KA, Toomey SL, Quinn JA, Houtrow AJ, Kuo DZ, Okumura MJ, Van Cleave JM, Johnson CK, Mahoney LL, Martin J. Development of the children with disabilities algorithm. Pediatrics. 2015 Oct 1;136(4):e871-8.
Keywords: Children with disabilities
Center of Excellence: Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM)
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Citation: Sawicki GS, Garvey KC, Toomey SL, Williams KA, Chen Y, Hargraves JL, Leblanc J, Schuster MA, Finkelstein JA. Development and validation of the adolescent assessment of preparation for transition: a novel patient experience measure. J Adolesc Health. 2015 Sep 30;57(3):282-7.
Keywords: Care transitions, Patient and family experience measures
