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81. Introduction and Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - The three aims are used to guide and assess local, State, and national efforts to improve health and … national efforts to improve quality and reduce disparities. … Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care that tracks progress on making health care available … in access to care over time, and to identify aspects of access to care that are improving and aspects … People who speak languages other than English at home.

82. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - that conduct outreach in these areas to expand their efforts to include harm reduction and HIV/STI testing … The researchers concluded that efforts should be directed at improving post-discharge communication and … This study’s goal was to look at why prevalence of depression is lower for Black males despite cumulative … To establish a benchmark for a U.S. health system collection of gender identity and sex assigned at birth … arrive at more granular, mechanistic ones; and 4) suggest a path forward to make further progress in

83. Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - And we produce a number of products and services that support their use, such as the National CAHPS … Affordable Care Act as well as other national, state and local quality initiatives. … And let’s take a look at what remains for PCMH. … present a few data tables because I know how much that can be fun to look at. … trying to array the item when you look at it on a paper and pencil version or on the Web so that it

84. Patient-Family-Centered-Care-Transcript (doc file)
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    April 09, 2013 - ages at all levels of care and in all health care settings. … Dignity and respect, if you look at slide 20, health care practitioners need to listen to and honor patient … at HRET, and you'll be able to go there and access more, and I think Katie O'Shea at the end of this … in areas of health care and to make a difference. … and family members in the care process and improving the education about health care needs, that we

85. Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Value Exchanges, committed to improving health care quality and transparency. … Health Care Cost Institute  (HCCI) is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide access to health … care services in a State. 24  They report the types of data on prices that are made available to consumers … Creation of a universal patient identifier at a national level could result in greater ability to track … Standardizing the data collection for cost metrics at a high level (State or national) can help address

86. Patient and Family-Centered Care (April 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - ages at all levels of care and in all health care settings. … Dignity and respect, if you look at slide 20, health care practitioners need to listen to and honor patient … at HRET, and you'll be able to go there and access more, and I think Katie O'Shea at the end of this … in areas of health care and to make a difference. … and family members in the care process and improving the education about health care needs, that we

87. Measure Inventory for Use with All-Payer Claims Databases (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - decisions for States (e.g., efforts to assess health reform efforts or decrease cost). … , and consumers can look to using the APCDs to help fulfill the Triple Aim of better health, better … at the State level10: • Cost of adverse health events … sources of measures, such as NQF and NCQA, State APCD reports and public reporting websites, and English-language … Quality Strategy Input to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Priorities for the National

88. Case Example #2: The Health Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2019 - The case example report which follows provides an in-depth look at the workforce configuration of Northeast … The Blueprint aims to give all State residents access to high-quality primary care and preventive health … services, and to establish a high-value health system in Vermont 1 . … THC providers have access to a series of broadcasts in Vermont and New Hampshire on mental health and … A Blueprint-funded HIT staff person operating across the State has been a resource for improving quality

89. Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: (pdf file)
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    January 18, 2017 - (See Wellness Hospital’s Language Access Plan for details on our interpreter services.) … Plain-language brochures in multiple languages can be distributed to patients upon admission. … In the Resources section, you will find a Health Care Language Services Implementation Guide that can … Let’s look at one more case. Dai is a young agricultural worker who speaks only Mandarin. … • In many hospitals, coordinating interpreter services is a full-time job for at least one person

90. 2. Synthesis of Key Findings by Category | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - The measures address a range of high-priority topics in child and adolescent health, such as access to … reporting at the health plan or State level for use at the practice level. … When a State decided to use an out-of-State organization for CME services, State staff had to work diligently … additional strategies aimed at improving health care delivery, quality, or access. … and included these services in a new State plan amendment.

91. BMI Assessment and Recommended Weight Gain (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2016 - initiative dedicated to improving patient health and safety through the identification and development … members, and other groups interested in improving the quality of health care. … together, cover all settings, services, and topics of health care relevant to children. … , consistent with recent national efforts to standardize the collection of preferred language data. … in a standard format that permits comparison (at minimum) at State, health plan, and provider levels

92. 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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    June 28, 2017 - on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities covering a broad array of health care services and … Improving Health Care Identified in National Quality Strategy: Better care Healthy people/healthy communities … Affordable care Used to guide quality improvement efforts Used as the framework of the National Healthcare … 17 Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care To obtain high-quality care, Americans must first … Language Access Portal (LAP) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Health IT Certification

93. Continuity of Insurance: Coverage Presumed Eligible (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2018 - in a standard format that permits comparison (at minimum) at State, health plan, and provider levels … in public insurance and will reflect State efforts to reduce barriers to reenrollment. … A national and state profile of leading health problems and health care quality for U.S. children: Key … Trends in racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services … Racial and ethnic disparities in medical and dental health, access to care, and use of services in U.S

94. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - medical center, then developed and validated natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to extract … Children experiencing anaphylaxis at school may lack access to a personal epinephrine device, prompting … They concluded that efforts to reduce such infections should address patients across the entire health … This study was conducted to (1) determine the feasibility of providing a greeting card with language-specific … The objective of this study was to identify and describe DRESS syndrome cases in an integrated health

95. Final Progress Report: Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - One strategy is to seek technology to access past medical records electronically, but medication lists … providers in an accessible and understandable manner.27,29,36 Several state-based organizations are … and/or patients with a limited ability to speak, read, write, or understand the English language), a … Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH): Improving Your Process, Impacting Patient … Clinical pharmacy services, hospital pharmacy staffing and medication errors in United States hospitals

96. Program Overview: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - It is sometimes hard to see the big picture and appreciate the impact each of us has in improving patient … It is a national improvement effort designed to reduce SSIs and other surgical complications through … Quality Improvement Program, World Health Organization, and social science experts at the University … The other important part to keep in mind as you look at the graphic on the right side of this slide is … You can then dive deeper and look at responses to specific questions in a targeted area that make up

97. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - There was a conflict found between improving ratings and competing goals of maximizing profits and avoidance … They concluded that improving access to prenatal care, screening, and case management are among the strategies … and validation of a pragmatic natural language processing approach to identifying falls in older adults … Development and validation of a pragmatic natural language processing approach to identifying falls in … impedes efforts to reliably compare, select and reward high-performing providers.

98. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2020 - About the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report For the 17th year in a row, AHRQ is reporting … health-literate care; access to insurance; healthcare laws; health promotion initiatives; supply side … Quality Access to Healthcare and Disparities Access Health Insurance Improving Measures Worsening … Timely Access to Care Perception of Need Snapshot of Disparities in Access to Care Health Insurance … Language Assistance Treatment by Home Health Providers Trends in Quality of Care for Asians Changes

99. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
    December 01, 2020 - About the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report For the 17th year in a row, AHRQ is reporting … health-literate care; access to insurance; healthcare laws; health promotion initiatives; supply side … Quality Access to Healthcare and Disparities Access Health Insurance Improving Measures Worsening … Timely Access to Care Perception of Need Snapshot of Disparities in Access to Care Health Insurance … Language Assistance Treatment by Home Health Providers Trends in Quality of Care for Asians Changes

100. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Services Research … Telemedicine is a valuable tool to improve access to specialty care in emergency departments (EDs), and … , Implementation Rodriguez JA , Fossa A , Mishuris R Bridging the language gap in patient … This study looked at access to digital breast tomography (DBT) versus regular mammography and whether … efforts to promote greater equity in diabetes management.