Future Plans for MONAHRQ and How To Get Involved? March 2015 Note: This is one of eight slide sets outlining MONAHRQ and its value, available at
What Is MONAHRQ? Windows-based software from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that can help you and your organization create your own website-based, comparative health care performance reports. Evidence-based – uses measures, data sources, and reporting techniques that are based on the latest research Quick – generates websites and reports in hours or days, not months Easy – designed to be intuitive so no training is needed to use it Flexible – allows customization to ensure that the websites and reports are relevant Free – provided by AHRQ at no cost to anyone who wants to produce health care performance websites and reports The purpose of MONAHRQ is to help increase transparency by disseminating evidence-based information that is understandable and useful for improving health care safety, quality, and affordability. For more information, see the “What Is MONAHRQ?” presentation. 2
What’s New in MONAHRQ 6.0? Additional data sources can be used in MONAHRQ 6.0: ► CMS Nursing Home Compare data ► CMS Physician data New reports on year-over-year utilization trending, nursing homes, and physicians, in addition to an infographic report on safe surgery, and guided education for consumers An Open Source Framework frees users to add more types of data and design new reports for optimum customization of their MONARHQ-generated website 3
Three Dimensions of Development 4 ACCESS UTILIZATION COST/PRICE QUALITY PROVIDER TYPES REPORTING DOMAINS HOSPITALS PHYSICIANS Post-Acute Setting OTHERS Methods Software Website FUNCTION IMPROVEMENT
What’s Planned for Future Versions of MONAHRQ? MONAHRQ’s consumer-oriented features will be expanded ► Redesigned website template reflecting leading edge knowledge about effective design and reporting health care quality for consumers ► Additional consumer-focused topics may include: AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators, maternity care, and additional cost/price reporting MONAHRQ may include new reporting domains (Note: these are hypothetical examples) ► Post-acute care ► Emergency care quality indicators ► Ambulatory care utilization MONAHRQ will continue to undergo methodological improvements, which may include: ► Greater alignment between cost and quality ► Trending of quality data ► Conversion to ICD-10 5
How Is MONAHRQ Evolving? MONAHRQ was first released in 2010 and has evolved over time to: ► Respond to a rapidly changing health care environment ► Capitalize on opportunities to create more value by adding data sources, measures, and other features enabled by advances in technology The most recent major version of MONAHRQ is 6.0, which was released in Spring Released roughly annually, the following major versions of MONAHRQ are also planned: ► MONAHRQ 7.0 ► MONAHRQ 8.0 Patches are released as necessary. Beginning with version 5.0, MONAHRQ includes auto-notification of updates and an easier updating process. 6
How To Get Involved With MONAHRQ To Use MONAHRQ Download the software at To Learn More About MONAHRQ Find a variety of resources at Find a variety of resources at To Ask Questions, Receive Updates, or Find Out About Opportunities to Help Shape the Future of MONAHRQ to ask a question, get added to the listserv, or tell AHRQ’s MONAHRQ Team about your Join the listserv at AHRQ.govat AHRQ.gov Participate in webinars about MONAHRQ ( for 7
For Further Information Visit to access these additional slide sets: What is the Value of Health Care Measurement and Reporting? What Is MONAHRQ? Why Use MONAHRQ for Health Care Reporting? How To Get Started With MONAHRQ What Types of Websites and Reports Can MONAHRQ Generate? Who Can Use MONAHRQ? Using MONAHRQ’s Open Source Framework To receive updates about MONAHRQ, ask to join our listserv by ing 8