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• Diagnostic Safety and Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  Research Summit The September 2016 AHRQ Research Summit on Improving Diagnosis in Health Care explored … the state of the science of diagnosis in health care and discussed ways AHRQ and other stakeholders … Diagnosis in Health Care," this toolkit includes a checklist and other resources to help patients understand … Engineering, and Medicine published a report titled Improving Diagnosis in Health Care . … Department of Health and Human Services, as well as representatives from the Department of Defense and
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/diagnostic-safety-and-quality.html - 10k - 2021-01-16
• Research from AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative Sets the Stage for Advances in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  to launch its largest-ever study of primary care— EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care … With a fresh set of publications this month, however, we’ve reached a notable milestone in our efforts … to share results and insights from EvidenceNOW with health care decisionmakers, health care systems, … The Midwest Cooperative found targeted efforts to facilitate changes in primary care are better received … effectively and efficiently in a dynamic health care environment, develop resources to practice evidence-based
  https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/evidencenow-a-new-hope.html - 5k - 2021-01-17
• Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Listing of content related to the topic Children's Health Insurance … Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Health Care Four States' Approaches to Practice-Level … Improving Care and Proving It! … Introducing electronic screening tools for developmental delay and autism into pediatric primary care … National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program National Evaluation of the CHIPRA
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/childrens-health-insurance-program-reauthorization-act-chipra.html - 1k - 2021-01-17
• Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: On-Demand Advice, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Minor Health Conditions (pdf file)
  
  Health plans have a vested interest in helping members gain access to this type of immediate advice … plans can do a better job in providing access to immediate care when needed, particularly for Medicaid … manage the condition at home, a referral for an in-person physician visit, or immediate referral to … and language. …  Consider language and culture of target population: As noted, advice lines and virtual services
  https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6f.pdf - 27k - 2021-01-16
• Eye Disease and Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  SHARE: Filter the Results Topics Información en español Topic: Eye Disease and Health Listing of … content related to the topic Eye Disease and Health Vision Rehabilitation: Care and Benefit Plan Models … Association of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations' social determinants of health and Medicare ocular … hospitalizations: a cross sectional data analysis. … for the US Preventive Services Task Force.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/eye-disease-and-health.html - 671bytes - 2021-01-17
• AHRQ Measures Americans’ Healthcare Spending by Going Door to Door | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  It provides a critical foundation for discussions of public policy issues, such as access to healthcare … and urban centers, in the early morning or late at night. … Each year, the CDC evaluates the health of people in more than 35,000 households via its National Health … The aggregate data allow AHRQ research staff to make estimates of healthcare spending at the national … Low health literacy rates and language barriers may present complications.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/meps-door-to-door.html - 5k - 2021-01-16
• Complications During Labor and Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  SHARE: More topics in this section Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations All-Payer Claims Databases … Tools for Data Analytics MONAHRQ State Snapshots United States Health Information Knowledgebase … and Delivery (PDF, 1.28 MB) Source: HCUP Statistical Brief #243: Trends and Disparities in Delivery … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/complications-in-labor-and-delivery.html   Back to Top
  https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/complications-in-labor-and-delivery.html - 915bytes - 2021-01-16
• Webinar Transcript - The National Quality Strategy and the Public Sector: Federal Agency Alignment to the Six Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  The National Quality Strategy is a framework to improve the delivery of health care services, patient … I've known him for a long time, and he's been a stalwart champion of health care quality at the CDC and … Each year we do a survey of about 40,000 employees to look at the prevalence of tobacco use. … Briss told you about earlier, but improving access to care. … up there beyond CDC and OPM for you to take a look at.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-federal-agency-alignment-to-the-six-priorities.html - 41k - 2021-01-16
• Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services (pdf file)
  
  and Preventive Services The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide Practical Strategies for Improving … , disrupt the patient-provider relationship, and add to health care costs. … According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2013:  Less than 68 percent of adults 65 … recall systems are effective at improving immunization rates in adults and children.5 They also reduce … practice and health care outcomes.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6-r.pdf - 21k - 2021-01-16
• Strategy 6M: Group Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  health care experience and more likely to have poor outcomes. … In essence, they are a form of outpatient care that combines medical care, patient education, and patient … MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Center for Health Studies. February 2001.  … a control group to a group of high users of HMO medical care who participated in group visits (all aged … MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Center for Health Studies. February 2001.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6m-group-visits.html - 10k - 2021-01-16
• Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  When tested in six nursing homes in an intervention group and six in a comparison group, this toolkit … demonstrated a small reduction in prescribing in the intervention group relative to the comparison group … This toolkit includes the following tools: A Medical Care Referral Form to document information for … When considering a referral, clinicians need easy access to information required for evidence-based prescribing … (301) 427-1295 and reference the title of the document you’re trying to access.
  https://www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit2-communications-and-decisionmaking.html - 6k - 2021-01-17
• Injuries and Wounds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  Filter the Results Research Publications & Products Research Findings & Reports Topic: Injuries and … Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention Related Research Studies Comparison of manual and … Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department pain management of children with fractures. … Natural language processing of prehospital emergency medical services trauma records allows for automated … More Research Studies Back to Top
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/injuries-and-wounds.html - 611bytes - 2020-12-14
• Strategy 6E: Rapid Referral Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  , Presentations, and Announcements Improving Patient Experience Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide … Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts … While this project applies to the UK's National Health System, which clearly differs in many ways from … Resolving the gatekeeper conundrum: what patients value in primary care and referrals to specialists. … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6g-rapid-referral.html
  https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6g-rapid-referral.html - 11k - 2021-01-16
• Heart Disease and Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  SHARE: Filter the Results News Newsroom Blog Newsletter Events Topic: Heart Disease and Health … in 2020 and Beyond New AHRQ Project Designed to Save Lives By Increasing Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation … after Coronary Events Now Online from AHRQ—Evidence-Based Tools for Improving Primary Care Preventing … One Million Heart Attacks and Strokes: Start With the ABCS RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving … Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio Step by Step, Improving Heart Health in America Related
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• Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency (pdf file)
  
  referred to as price transparency—has emerged as a hot topic in State legislatures and corporate boardrooms … on the costs of health care services, often as a complement to information already available on the … can offer access to searchable information on the costs of health care services on a public Website … $124 in areas where they were not.6 State Laws on Price Transparency The National Conference of State … The site provides access to the following: • A summary of State legislation on pricing transparency
  https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6n.pdf - 13k - 2021-01-16
• The Lourie Center for Children's Social and Emotional Wellness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  Care Act outlined a number of care models and incentives for improving care quality for children with … Increased national emphasis on coordinated health care delivery efforts that provide quality mental and … , and speech and language skills. 4 In the Parent–Child Clinical Services Program, which is a licensed … , housing, child care, employment, English classes, health care, and mental health counseling to ensure … Alignment to the National Quality Strategy (NQS): These efforts promote: Ensuring that each person
  https://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/priorities-in-action/lourie-center-for-childrens-social-and-emotional-wellness.html - 8k - 2021-01-16
• Kidney Disease and Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  SHARE: Kidney Disease and Health AHRQ has research, tools, and resources on kidney disease and health … and how clinicians can help their patients manage kidney diseases. … Related Research Chronic Kidney Disease Quality Measures Compared to Achievable Benchmarks Kidney Tests … Kidney Diseases Chronic Kidney Disease Kidney Transplantation Kidney Stones Back to Top
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/kidney-disease-and-health.html - 370bytes - 2020-12-14
• Chartbook on Access to Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  to Health Care Elements of Access to Health Care Elements of Access to Health Care: Services Elements … National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report This Access to Health Care chartbook is part of … a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report … and figures illustrating select measures of access to health care. … Elements of Access to Health Care Elements of Access to Health Care: Services Elements of Access to
  https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/index.html - 2k - 2021-01-16
• AHRQ’s Commitment to Meeting Unmet Needs in the Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  One of my priorities as AHRQ director has been to meet with Department of Health and Human Services leadership … As a result, I have guided AHRQ’s staff in honing the Agency’s core competencies in health systems research … , practice improvement, and data and analytics to focus on the systemic unmet needs in our health care … quality, safety, and value of health care.  … in the healthcare service delivery system and ensure that the patient is at the center of those efforts
  https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrqs-commitment-to-meeting-unmet-needs.html - 4k - 2021-01-16
• Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  
  SHARE: Patient and Family Engagement A set of behaviors by patients, family members, and health professionals … members as active members of the health care team and collaborative partnerships with providers and … The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families project … focuses on developing approaches to improve patient safety in primary care settings by engaging patients … to answer clinical and organizational questions central to primary health care and offer research on
  https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-and-family-engagement.html - 2k - 2021-01-16