Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9^th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.

AHRQ Issues Latest QI Software

Jul 30, 2024

Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued the latest version of its Quality Indicators (QI) software.

AHRQ is pleased to announce the AHRQ QI v2024 software release (July 26) and Webinar (August 12).

The AHRQ QI v2024 Software is available for download from the AHRQ QI website at: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/qi.

Webinar Details and Signup

AHRQ invites you to join a Webinar presentation by the AHRQ QI Team on August 12, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT to learn about the AHRQ QI v2024 software. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Who Benefits From This Webinar: AHRQ QI software users and anyone interested in learning about updates to the QI software.

How To Attend the Webinar: Register on Zoom

The v2024 Quality Indicators Software

The v2024 software calculates risk-adjusted rates based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision/Procedure Coding System coded all-payer 2019, 2020, and 2021 Healthcare Cost and Utilization State Inpatient Databases. The 2021 State Emergency Department Databases were also used to develop the Prevention Quality Indicators in Emergency Department Settings (PQE) module.

The v2024 software release includes:

New: CloudQI Software, including both Patient Safety Indicators and PQE modules, offering enhanced flexibility and capabilities, including multiuser support
New: PQE module, previously released as ED PQI Beta v2023 software, now in production version
Support for fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding and risk adjustment in SAS QI, WinQI, and CloudQI
Risk adjustment models accounting for case-mix, including COVID present on admission as well as a COVID time trend
Indicator refinements
Year 2023 Census-based population estimates for area-level indicator denominators

Detailed information about all changes in the software will be included in the Release Notes and Change Logs, available on the AHRQ QI Website.

Software Updates:

SAS QI v2024 software: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/sas_qi
WinQI v2024 software: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/win_qi
CloudQI v2024 software: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/cloudqi

AHRQ Quality Indicators Support Team
QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov

AHRQ Quality Indicators information has recently been updated, and is now available.

Suburban Dental Society

February 05, 2025 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

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