MONAHRQ: Input Your Data. Output Your Web Site

Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference

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On September 19, 2011, Anne Elixhauser made this presentation at the 2011 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (1.5 MB). Plugin Software Help.

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Slide 1

Input Your Data. Output Your Web site.

Visit our Web site at:
http://www.monahrq.ahrq.gov

For technical assistance or to join the MONAHRQ mailing list, E-mail: monahrq@hrq.gov

Slide 2

From Data to Information to Action

Image: A flowchart shows the following process:

Hospital discharge data are already being collected → Hospital discharge data can generate valuable health care information. This then displays the following text boxes below:

• Quality of care in hospitals.
• Utilization and costs in hospitals.
• Rates of diseases in particular areas.
• Rates of procedures in particular areas.
• Preventable hospital stays suggesting breakdowns in primary care.

Information can be used to make decisions.

Slide 3

How to Use MONAHRQ

Image: Flowchart shows the steps in using MONAHRQ:

Download the free MONAHRQ software from AHRQ's Web site → Load hospital discharge data and/or Hospital Compare measure results → Select data analysis and Web site options, and run MONAHRQ → MONAHRQ generates your Web site onto your own computer → Host your MONAHRQ Web site as you prefer:

Internal: better understand your data and answer questions. Private: provide a password-protected site for member organizations. Public: report healthcare information to the community.

Slide 4

MONAHRQ 2.0.1 → MONAHRQ 3.0

MONAHRQ 2.0.1

• Re-organized style.
• CMS Hospital Compare.
• Enhanced graphics.
• Complete statistics.

Technical assistance.
User requests.

MONAHRQ 3.0

• User can input DRGs.
• Save modified data.
• Additional QI measures.
• Update ancillary files.

AHRQ Strategy.
New measures.

Slide 5

MONAHRQ 3.0 Workflow Panel

Import hospital discharge data.
Add Hospital Compare data (optional).
Generate a Web site.
Supplemental and diagnostic reports.
Help and user support.

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site is shown.

Slide 6

MONAHRQ 3.0 Import DRGs with Discharges

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site Select Discharge Data page is shown.

Slide 7

MONAHRQ 3.0 Export Hospital Attributes Data

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site Edit Discharge Hospital Information page is shown.

Slide 8

MONAHRQ 3.0 Load Saved Hospital Attributes

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site Load Hospital Table page is shown.

Slide 9

MONAHRQ 3.0 Reporting Web site

• Hospital Quality Ratings.
• Maps of Avoidable Hospital Stays.
• Hospital Utilization.
• County Rates of Hospital Use.

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site with the above four pages is shown.

Slide 10

Select a Hospital and DRG

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site Hospital Utilization page is shown.

– Synthetic data –

Slide 11

View DRG Statistics by Hospital

Image: The MONAHRQ Web site "Statistics for Hospital 24 for Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity (DR 544) MD, 2006" page is shown.

– Synthetic data –

Slide 12

MONAHRQ: Near-Term Enhancements

• Strategic coordination with evolving health quality measurement and reporting.
• Increased usability and stability.
• Add new measures and topics.
• Consult users for desired changes.

Slide 13

For more information or to visit our live demo site: http://www.monahrq.ahrq.gov

For technical assistance or to join the MONAHRQ mailing list E-mail:
monahrq@ahrq.gov

Current as of December 2011

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Internet Citation:

MONAHRQ: Input Your Data. Output Your Web Site. Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference (Text Version). December 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualconf11/ardwin_elixhauser_schow_sniegowski/elixhauser.htm

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