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• Webinar Transcript - National Quality Strategy: Using Payment to Improve Health and Health Care Quality | Agency for Health Research and Quality
  
  Welcome to today's National Quality Strategy webinar on using payment to improve health and health care … the delivery of health care services, patient health outcomes, and population health. … Well, if you look at this slide and you are familiar with the Triple Aim and then you look over at the … at the national level and then the state, local, or regional level. … We've got to find a way to tie one state to another and with a national scene.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-using-payment-to-improve-health-and-health-care-quality.html - 52k - 2020-02-23
• Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
  
  specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test or treatment that this program … Does your question include a comparison of different health care approaches? … to learn in a self-directed way with as many repetitions as desired to enhance practice and practice … None identified Appropriateness for EHC Program Does your question include a health care drug, intervention … disabilities or who need chronic care or end-of-life health care Federal Health Care Program None
  https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/what-is-the-comparative-effectiveness-of-training-interdisciplinary-healthcare-personnel-in-a-virtual-3d-world-versus-a-physical-simulation-laboratory-is-training-in-a-virtual-3d-world-transferrable-to-a-physical-environment - 9k - 2020-02-23
• Health Services Research Priorities for Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality. Special Emphasis Notice (SEN). | PSNet
  
  Health Services Research Priorities for Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality. … Health Services Research Priorities for Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality. … a variety of health care environment and its impact on patient outcomes. … Improving Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes During Care Transitions (R01). … Grant Grant Announcement AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address
  https://psnet.ahrq.gov/index.php/issue/health-services-research-priorities-improving-diagnostic-safety-and-quality-special-emphasis - 2k - 2020-02-23
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statements for Screening for Obesity and Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity in Adults - US Preventive Services Task Force
  
  to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity in Adults - US Preventive Services Task Force … to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity in Adults Final Recommendation Statement on … A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language is also available on … A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language is also available on … to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity in Adults.
  https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Announcements/News/Item/us-preventive-services-task-force-issues-final-recommendation-statements-for-screening-for-obesity-and-counseling-to-promote-a-healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-in-adults - 3k - 2020-02-23
• Improving America's health care system by investing in information technology | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  Improving America's health care system by investing in information technology Authors: Coye MJ, Bernstein … WSJournal: Health Aff (Millwood)Publication Date: 2003 Jul-AugVolume: 22Issue: 4Pages: 56-8 Years of
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/improving-americas-health-care - 269bytes - 2020-02-23
• Improving health care quality and patient safety through peer-to-peer assessment: demonstration project in two academic medical centers. | PSNet
  
  Journal Article Study Published November 9, 2016 Improving health care … quality and patient safety through peer-to-peer assessment: demonstration project in two academic medical … Topics Approach to Improving Safety Audit and Feedback Resource Type Study Setting of Care … Improving Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Through Peer-to-Peer Assessment: Demonstration Project … in a trauma-surgical intensive care unit.
  https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-health-care-quality-and-patient-safety-through-peer-peer-assessment-demonstration - 3k - 2020-02-23
• A National Web Conference on Enhancing Behavioral Health Care Using Health IT | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  A National Web Conference on Enhancing Behavioral Health Care Using Health IT Event Details Date … Overall Purpose: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified a gap in health … The purpose of this specific Webinar is to present a series of projects in which health IT applications … Learning Objectives: Discuss the use of visual decision support tools at the point of care to improve … Describe how a PHR can support improvements in consumer activation and provider access to information
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/events/national-web-conference-enhancing-behavioral-health-care-using-health-it - 2k - 2020-02-23
• Unfinished nursing care, missed care, and implicitly rationed care: state of the science review. | PSNet
  
  , missed care, and implicitly rationed care: state of the science review. … Topics Approach to Improving Safety Error Reporting and Analysis Logistical Approaches Resource … Unfinished nursing care, missed care, and implicitly rationed care: State of the science review. … is common and appears to be associated with decreased patient satisfaction and higher rates of adverse … Journal Article Review Bedside shift-to-shift handoffs: a systematic review of the
  https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unfinished-nursing-care-missed-care-and-implicitly-rationed-care-state-science-review - 2k - 2020-02-23
• Using Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: the VA National Center for Patient Safety's prospective risk analysis system. | PSNet
  
  Using health care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: the VA National Center for Patient Safety's prospective … , to processes in health care. … Their system, Health Care Failure Mode Effects Analysis (HFMEA), is documented in detail, including a … Journal Article Study Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive … : a multidisciplinary paradigm for mitigating hazards and improving patient safety.
  https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-health-care-failure-mode-and-effect-analysis-va-national-center-patient-safetys - 3k - 2020-02-23
• A National Web Conference on Using Health IT to Enable Greater Care Coordination Across Acute and Outpatient Settings of Care | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  A National Web Conference on Using Health IT to Enable Greater Care Coordination Across Acute and Outpatient … Overall Purpose: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified a gap in health … Health IT provides new options for communicating information between multiple providers involved in a … Describe how pending test result notifications at discharge are used to improve communication to both … inpatient and ambulatory physicians involved in a patient’s care.
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/events/national-web-conference-using-health-it-enable-greater-care-coordination-across-acute-and - 2k - 2020-02-23
• State and regional demonstration in health information technology: Indiana - evaluation report. | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  State and regional demonstration in health information technology: Indiana - evaluation report. … State and regional demonstration in health information technology: Indiana - evaluation report. … (PDF, 4.2 MB)(Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this … and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: IndianaFunding Mechanism: State and Regional … Demonstrations in Health Information TechnologyDocument Type: ReportTechnology: Bar Coding, Clinical
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/state-and-regional-demonstration-health-information-technology-in/evaluation-report - 1k - 2020-02-23
• State and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: Indiana - Final Report | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  State and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: Indiana - Final Report Citation … State and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: Indiana - Final Report. … (PDF, 1.71 MB)(Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this … and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: IndianaFunding Mechanism: State and Regional … Demonstrations in Health Information TechnologyDocument Type: ReportTechnology: Bar Coding, Clinical
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/state-and-regional-demonstration-health-information-technology-in/final-report - 1k - 2020-02-23
• Featured Topics | Agency for Health Research and Quality
  
  Information on AHRQ's most-searched topics are included below and in the A to Z menu above.Results Topics … resources on antimicrobial stewardship programs to support the national effort to maintain the effectiveness … Care CoordinationAHRQ's tools, research, and data for care coordination, which involves optimally organizing … patient care and information-sharing activities. … DisparitiesAHRQ's reports, chartbooks, and data on disparities in health care related to race, ethnicity
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/index.html - 1k - 2020-02-23
• Disparities | Agency for Health Research and Quality
  
  Disparities AHRQ’s reports, chartbooks, and data on disparities in health care related to … and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of … health care received by the general U.S. population and disparities in care experienced by different … care services and settings. … national and State levels.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/disparities.html - 2k - 2020-02-23
• Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
  
  specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test or treatment that this program … Spontaneous pushing is defined as a womans response to a natural urge to push or a bearing down effort … Instead when women are coached in second stage to do prolonged Valsalva breath holding with a closed … the one implemented in Michigan by the Michigan Health and Hospital Associations Keystone Center. … how you heard about the Effective Health Care Program Collaboration with AHRQ to increase nurses awareness
  https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/topic-physiologic-second-stage-of-laborwomaninitiated-spontaneous-pushing-the-second-stage-of-labor-begins-at-the-time-the-woman-feels-the-urge-to-push-spontaneous-pushing-is-defined-as-a-womans-response-to-a-natural-urge-to- - 4k - 2020-02-23
• Challenges | Agency for Health Research and Quality
  
  AHRQ’s Digital Solutions to Support Care Transitions Challenge In AHRQ’s Digital Solutions to Support … Healthcare Challenge encourages health services and social science researchers to submit applications … AHRQ Step Up App Challenge In the AHRQ Step Up App Challenge: Advancing Care Through Patient Assessments … , AHRQ is looking for teams to design, develop, and pilot a user-friendly application that simplifies … to physical function outcomes in the ambulatory care setting.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/challenges.html - 1k - 2020-02-23
• Alternative and Emerging Technologies in Health Services Research (Technical Assistance Event) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  Alternative and Emerging Technologies in Health Services Research (Technical Assistance Event) Event … for most Americans; and present a ripe opportunity for health care interventions. … providers and their patients who may otherwise have had concerns about access to healthcare or health … , and social media/networking as they pertain to health care and health services research. … Obstacles to use of these technologies in health services research were discussed.
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/events/alternative-and-emerging-technologies-health-services-research - 1k - 2020-02-23
• Privacy and Security Considerations for Health Services Research (Technical Assistance Event) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  Privacy and Security Considerations for Health Services Research (Technical Assistance Event) Event … Health care regulation is complex, and while the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act … (HIPAA) outlines essential requirements, other applicable privacy protections found in federal and state … Health IT research often necessitates access to patients’ protected health information (PHI). … and procedures governing their team’s use of and access to PHI.
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/events/privacy-and-security-considerations-health-services-research - 1k - 2020-02-23
• A National Web Conference on the Use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve Quality Measurement | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  
  A National Web Conference on the Use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve Quality Measurement … Overall Purpose: Through continuing review of new developments and new research in public health and … group, we identified a gap between a health care and public health practitioner's competencies as it … This series of Webinars is designed to increase practitioners' competencies to improve health care decision-making … Describe how NLP is used to operationalize the assessment of quality measurement in asthma care.
  https://digital.ahrq.gov/events/national-web-conference-use-natural-language-processing-nlp-improve-quality-measurement - 1k - 2020-02-23
• S | Agency for Health Research and Quality
  
  Filter the Results Programs Topics Browse A - Z S Safety Net Screening Sepsis … Simulation Social Determinants of Health Socioeconomic Factors Spanish-Language Resources State Data … State Snapshots Stroke Substance Abuse Surgery Surveys on Patient Safety Culture System Design
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/s.html - 300bytes - 2020-02-23