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1. Appendix E: Resources and Tools To Address Language and Cultural Barriers and Improve Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health … Leaders This guide takes a deeper look at select hospitals and their use of patient race, ethnicity … in RWJF's Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a program aimed at improving the quality … Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations The Office of Minority Health has sponsored … services to meet the needs of their LEP patients, thereby increasing their access to health care.

2. 5. Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2018 - The aggregate data means CHCs can look at trends across populations and compare outcomes by different … can be stratified by race, ethnicity, and language need and can look at episodes of care and care coordination … , and other services, may be in a strong position to collect race, ethnicity, and language data because … the health of a population and current and future needs for health care services ( Ezzati-Rice and Curtin … from a national standard set A question to determine English-language proficiency A question about

3. HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2023 - Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … delays in diagnosis and referral to appropriate services.  … The AHRQ-funded Long COVID clinics will focus on increasing access to care, improving person-centered … Adding dedicated care coordination, social services, language interpretive staff, and group programs … and Human Services to mount a complete and effective response to Long COVID.

4. Webinar Transcript - The 2014 Quality and Disparities Report and the National Quality Strategy: Working Together to Improve Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2016 - Department of Health and Human Services. Nancy. … In particular, we had a website that focused on state contrasts, so you could look to see how your state … your efforts on particular geographic areas or population in your state, wherein if you have poor quality … there's more in the report, so I encourage you again to look at it but I also wanted to give you a quick … I have access to this mailbox and I'll look at it and we'll try to make sure that we answer your questions

5. Plain Language Words | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2024 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … Differences: Tool 9 Language Access Resources Consider Culture: Tool 10 Assess, Select, and Create … understand if you speak and write in plain language. … You can look up alternatives to medical terminology in the Plain Language Medical Dictionary . … , look at, talk to, meet contact touch, get close to, be near, in the same area as, get in

6. Chapter 1: Background on Patient Safety and LEP Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data … safety efforts are now a central component of efforts to improve the quality of care for all patients … , or are not proficient in the patient's and clinicians' languages. … of language interpreting and translating services. … Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

7. Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection, cont. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - Improving access to language services in health care: A look at national and state efforts. … Language spoken and differences in health status, access to care, and receipt of preventive services … Executive order 13166 - improving access to services for persons with limited English proficiency. … Language access services in critical access hospitals for patients with limited English proficiency in … Language preference as a predictor of access to and use of healthcare services among Hispanics in the

8. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2012 - Improving Access to Interpreter Services At Massachusetts General Hospital, in addition to having in-person … Language access in health care statement of principles. … Improving quality of health care relies on effective language services. … participated in RWJF’s Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a program aimed at improving … Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations • The Office of Minority Health has sponsored

9. Assess Organizational Health Literacy and Create an Improvement Plan: Tool 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2024 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … Use Health Information and Services Health Literacy Video: Questions for Discussion Health Literacy … Differences: Tool 9 Language Access Resources Consider Culture: Tool 10 Assess, Select, and Create … Consider posting updates in the lunchroom and making announcements at staff meetings.

10. Displaying the Data in a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2019 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … information for people to look at, making it almost impossible to make comparisons and find patterns. … to the reader what to look at and what to pay attention to (e.g., the difference between a plan's score … and a National benchmark). … Improving quality information in a consumer-driven era: Showing differences is crucial to informed consumer

11. Get Patient Feedback: Tool 17 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … Differences: Tool 9 Language Access Resources Consider Culture: Tool 10 Assess, Select, and Create … a particular topic, look up their lab results, request a prescription refill), and ask them to describe … The CAHPS health literacy and interpreter services questions were designed to be used with the CAHPS … Use a plain language cover letter to introduce and explain the purpose of the survey.

12. Strategy 6C: OpenNotes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … Efforts To Improve Patient Experience Section 6: Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with … At the same time, online resource centers and support services are changing how patients learn about … Inviting patients to read their doctors' notes: a quasi-experimental study and a look ahead.

13. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2023 - With a focus on improving equity in the health system, AHRQ intends to focus its capacity-building efforts … AHRQ will evaluate the efforts at both the state and national levels to share lessons learned and best … and language to describe what health equity means in the context of health systems, and what it means … Federal, national, state, and local levels to align and coordinate its PCORTF efforts. … Appendices Appendix A: Glossary Access: The timely use of personal health services to achieve the

14. Advancing the Science and Implementation of Patient Narrative Elicitation and Reporting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2019 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … Consistent with AHRQ's mission to support the translation of critical health services research findings … groups, regional quality improvement coalitions, health services research (both in and outside of AHRQ … As a result, email alone may not be a feasible option at this point, although it can contribute to increasing

15. Hospital Language Services: Quality Improvement and Performance Measures (pdf file)
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    May 08, 2008 - health status and diminished access to health care are frequent challenges. … Language Services Measures Speaking Together is the first national QI collaborative focusing on improving … Without national benchmarks related to quality of care in language services, the Speaking Together … Racial and ethnic differences in children’s access to care. … How race/ethnicity, immigration status and language affect health insurance coverage, access to care

16. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … Select audio symbol to play audio, or access audio at: https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery … Select audio symbol to play audio, or access audio at: https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery … Department of Health & Human Services The White House USA.gov

17. AHRQ National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2021 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2021 - health services research, increased research in opioids and polysubstance abuse, support to advance … At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … In October, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released AHRQ’s Spanish-language … Schmitz stressed the issues of equity and access to healthcare and a need for data on the detailed provision … use of transportation for access to care.

18. Program Overview: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … And National-Level Highlights National On the CUSP: Stop BSI program 7 A national initiative to … Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. … Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. … a baseline to diagnose barriers and facilitators that can impact improvement efforts.

19. Chapter 7. High-Risk Situations for Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data Visualizations … According to a national survey, over one-third of the adult population has limited health literacy, meaning … Look over written health related materials and say they understand. … Improving patient understanding is beneficial for the patient and health care provider. … MMSE and more thorough cognitive exams. 19,20 A patient is often asked to read something in their

20. Comparing Quality Scores to an Independent Standard | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - on quality of and access to health care Data Data Infographics Data … Competencies National Advisory Council Careers at AHRQ Maps and Directions Other AHRQ Web Sites … While it might be possible to have stakeholders in the community or State come up with such standards … The Standard for “Never Events” There is one kind of standard that is beginning to emerge in health … Department of Health & Human Services The White House USA.gov