Appendix 3. Performance Measurement Linkages with Budget, Cost Accounting, Information Technology Planning, Capital Planning and Program Evaluation

Budget Linkage

The performance goals and measures are linked directly to two of the Agency's three budget lines. As described previously, the budget line for Research on Health Care Costs, Quality, and Outcomes has five of the six performance plan goals tied to it. The budget line for the Medical Panel Expenditure Survey is represented in the sixth goal. The Introduction to Part 2 of this document describes these alignments in detail.

The third budget line, Program Support, has been removed from the performance goals in the AHRQ performance plan. The measures previously reported for Program Support focused on internal management issues for contracts management and information system development. We are dropping the measures because they do not rise to the level of being one of the "critical few" measures that should be reported by the Agency in the GPRA plan. The measures continue to be important, however, and remain in place for internal accountability in the Office of Management Operations Plan and performance plans for the managers and staff.

The Agency provides page numbers, both in the body of the performance plan and in the summary table in section 1.4, to crosswalk the specific measures that are related to the programs proposed in the budget document. Many of the measures are for projects and initiatives that were started in past years and are continuing. This has been noted by identifying the budget connection as "commitment base."

Cost Accounting

AHRQ allocates the full cost of all associated research activities, including overhead costs, by our three budget activities: Research on Health Costs, Quality and Outcomes, Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, and Program Support.

Information Technology

AHRQ is currently completing the infrastructure for a new integrated information system, the Agency Management Information System (AMIS).

Planning

The goal of AMIS is to provide access to an integrated set of project information that includes the information currently input through multiple systems. When the AMIS is fully operational all Agency staff will have on-demand access to current information for the entire AHRQ research grant, contract, intramural project, and IAA portfolio. This system is one of the major methods the Agency will use to collect data to document its success in meeting its GPRA goals.

Capitol Planning

Does not apply to AHRQ.

Program Evaluation

Goal 4 in the AHRQ annual performance plan is devoted to reporting the evaluations that the Agency will do in FY 2002. The evaluations are focused on demonstrating the use of Agency research and products and the resulting impact on organizations within the health care system.

Brief List of Patient Safety Awards

Supporting Demonstration Projects to Report Medical Errors Data

Institution	City	State	Award
Georgia Hospital Association	Marietta	GA	$1,636,373
University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	MS	$993,212
University of Colorado Health Center	Denver	CO	$956,183
Massachusetts Department of Public Health	Boston	MA	$1,295,658
Abt Associates, Inc.	Cambridge	MA	$213,765
Indiana University	Indianapolis	IN	$503,005
Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	WI	$670,000
Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation/United Health Group	Minneapolis	MN	$190,118
Marshfield Medical Research Foundation	Marshfield	WI	$137,564
Research Triangle Institute	Research Triangle Park	NC	$200,000
Denver Health	Denver	CO	$154,097
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	$1,519,620
Harvard University	Boston	MA	$1,380,666
Health Research, Inc./New York State Department of Health	Albany	NY	$1,734,580
Utah Department of Health	Salt Lake City	UT	$1,500,933
Health Partners Research Foundation	Minneapolis	MN	$401,802
University of Minnesota/Sponsored Projects Administration	Minneapolis	MN	$294,759
American College of Surgeons	Chicago	IL	$1,633,423
Columbia University	New York	NY	$2,322,914
Washington University	St. Louis	MO	$1,935,551
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PA	$1,600,514
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Brookline	MA	$2,838,449
Denver Health	Denver	CO	$244,760
Research Triangle Institute	Research Triangle Park	NC	$299,999
		Total:	$24,657,945

Using Computers and Information Technology to Prevent Medical Errors

Institution	City	State	Award
DoctorQuality	Philadelphia	PA	$99,354
Advance Medical Electronics Corporation	Fridley	MN	$750,000
Protolex, LLC	Lanham	MD	$97,578
Abacus Management	Cranston	RI	$99,957
Montefiore Medical Center	New York	NY	$486,805
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	$358,139
Creighton University	Omaha	NE	$345,286
Intellegent Automation, Inc.	Rockville	MD	$100,000
Compliance Laboratories, LLC	Lenexa	KS	$99,935
Aptima, Inc.	Woburn	MA	$100,000
University of Alabama	Birmingham	AL	$255,289
University of California, Davis	Davis	CA	$332,244
University of Chicago	Chicago	IL	$275,179
Columbia University	New York	NY	$356,099
Modus Operandi, Inc.	Indialantic	FL	$100,000
Prediction Sciences	San Diego	CA	$99,829
Simulation Technologies, Inc.	Huntsville	AL	$99,969
Brown University	Providence	RI	$349,938
Computing Solutions, Inc.	Cedar Rapids	IA	$99,831
University of Washington	Seattle	WA	$303,069
Foundation for Long Term Care	Albany	NY	$419,328
Pharmacon International, Inc.	New York	NY	$99,985
		Total:	$5,327,814

Understanding the Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety

Institution	City	State	Award
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	OR	$283,436
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School	Boston	MA	$499,689
University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing	San Francisco	CA	$394,068
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	MI	$31,116
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing	Denver	CO	$361,100
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	MA	$493,733
American College of Surgeons	Chicago	IL	$461,607
National Academy of Sciences	Washington	DC	$500,000
		Total:	$3,024,749

Developing Innovative Approaches to Improving Patient Safety

Institution	City	State	Award
Hektoen Institute	Chicago	IL	$199,978
University of Washington	Seattle	WA	$199,986
RAND	Santa Monica	CA	$50,000
University of Vermont	Burlington	VT	$200,000
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	$191,617
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	$125,000
University of Chicago	Chicago	IL	$168,371
University of Wisconsin	Madison	WI	$200,000
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla	CA	$190,616
University of Maryland Medical System	Baltimore	MD	$200,000
Emory University	Atlanta	GA	$184,361
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	MA	$981,773
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	$1,310,903
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	OR	$198,979
Boston University	Boston	MA	$199,999
New York University	New York	NY	$199,919
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute	Oakland	CA	$331,946
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	$199,984
University of South Florida	Tampa	FL	$199,354
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	MI	$200,000
American Academy of Family Physicians	Leawood	KS	$196,344
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN	$199,992
University of Texas Health Science Center	Houston	TX	$1,418,949
		Total:	$7,998,071

Disseminating Research Results

Institution	City	State	Award
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	CA	$747,239
Health Research and Educational Trust	Chicago	IL	$352,079
American College of Surgeons	Chicago	IL	$193,659
National Patient Safety Foundation	Chicago	IL	$242,479
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine	Philadelphia	PA	$256,537
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare	Brookline	MA	$240,051
Stanford University	Stanford	CA	$330,566
		Total:	$2,362,610

Additional Patient Safety Research Initiatives

Institution	City	State	Award
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	CA	$438,209
National Academy of Sciences	Washington	DC	$1,000,000
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	CA	$560,312
Research Triangle Institute	Research Triangle Park	NC	$238,027
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine	Baltimore	MD	$500,000
MEDSTAT Group	Washington	DC	$898,285
Barents Group	McLean	VA	$499,889
Westat	Rockville	MD	$1,124,496
Veterans Medical Research Foundation	San Diego	CA	$96,844
User Liaison Program	Rockville	MD	$1,000,000
		Total:	$6,356,062

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