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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 - 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 … the development of this guide to help health care organizations implement effective language access … 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 - Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System Previous Page Next Page Table of … Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System 6. Implementation A. … health care system. … Collecting and Sharing Data Across The Health Care System   Health care involves a diverse set of public … While some can be linked to specific health care delivery sites, most are not, so they tend to be a data

3. Looking Forward | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2018 - Health Care System Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care Quality and Disparities in Quality … continues to track the nation’s performance on health care access, quality, and disparities. … It is a critical step forward in addressing health disparities in our health care system and in supporting … It includes strategies such as health care system changes, workplace and school programs and policies … Policymakers, researchers, and others can use these findings to direct future efforts toward making health

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 - to Improve Health Care. … Care Act mandated was to improve the delivery of healthcare services, patient health outcomes, and population … goals initially to improve the quality of healthcare and to achieve health in a better healthcare system … The function, again, is to assess the performance of the healthcare system and in particular to look … And in 2013, with the opening of the health care exchanges, you see a dramatic decrease in the un-insurance

5. Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection, cont. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System 6. Implementation A. … Improving access to language services in health care: A look at national and state efforts. … Impact of interpreter services on delivery of health care to limited-English-proficient patients. … Language preference as a predictor of access to and use of healthcare services among Hispanics in the … Summary of state law requirements addressing language needs in health care.

6. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2012 - As our health care systems move toward improving quality and controlling costs, particular focus needs … 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

7. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2012 - As our health care systems move toward improving quality and controlling costs, particular focus needs … 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

8. 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. … the delivery of language services in hospitals and other health care settings. … We used Nerenz and Neil’s paper, “Performance Measures for Health Care Systems,”16 to help us develop … preferred language for health care delivery. … Impact of interpreter services on delivery of health care to limited-English-proficient patients.

9. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2023 - and Health Care: A Workshop Series, in June and July of 2022. … Access: How can healthcare delivery organizations and payers improve access to high-quality care to … in a summit about improving healthcare delivery for people living with MCC. … AHRQ will evaluate the efforts at both the state and national levels to share lessons learned and best … Access to healthcare consists of four components: coverage (facilitates entry into the health care

10. 2016 CMS Quality Strategy (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - by improving quality and transforming the health care system. … populations; monitor health status, health care, and health policies at the national, state, local, … 1 Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, AHRQ's Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Health Care-Associated … in health care delivery outcomes … in part to health care reform efforts.

11. Chapter 1: Background on Patient Safety and LEP Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: hospitals, clinics, outpatient surgery centers … With the passage of health care reform and an additional 32 million uninsured Americans having access … As our health care systems move toward improving quality and controlling costs, particular focus needs … environment provides a strong impetus for health care systems to respond to the needs of diverse patient … Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

12. AHRQ National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2021 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2021 - At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Outcomes Research Institute, and healthcare systems. … Schmitz stressed the issues of equity and access to healthcare and a need for data on the detailed provision … Yanling Yu, Ph.D., called for a system for real-time tracking of healthcare delivery. Dr. … It includes initiatives in dissemination and implementation, digital healthcare, systems science, and

13. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - care. 2 Patient safety efforts are now a central component of strategies to improve the quality of … Confused by having performed a carpal-tunnel release operation immediately prior and in a state of agitation … ) as the national standard for team training in health care. 20 TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based teamwork … Numerous studies on language barriers in health care confirm this situation. … The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care and the International Medical Interpreters Association

14. 2021: An AHRQ Year in Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network was a vital contributor to HHS’s response … In October, AHRQ launched a free Spanish-language version of our QuestionBuilder app to help Hispanic … The Agency also strove to revitalize primary care , expand access to high-quality behavioral healthcare … conditions, and ensuring that our data analytics are useful for healthcare decision making at Federal … , State, and local levels.

15. 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 - Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System 6. Implementation A. … general health status, access to health care, and utilization rates of services among these larger population … Where one is born can make a significant difference in access to and use of health care, but the subcommittee … Disparities in health care (e.g., in access, in the rate at which a treatment is provided when indicated … Access to Health Care Services Shah and Carrasquillo ( 2006 ) used cross-sectional analyses of the

16. Practice and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2024 - EHR-Based Tools To Improve Care for Sexual and Reproductive Health Three studies look at EHR-based tools … to improve reproductive health care for women in a primary care setting. … care delivery organizations, taking into account varying characteristics and market environments. … The research team will use natural language processing to identify the patient, caregiver, and healthcare … to address barriers to access in rural parts of the State.

17. Webinar Transcript - The National Quality Strategy and the Public Sector: Federal Agency Alignment to the Six Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2016 - The National Quality Strategy is a framework to improve the delivery of health care services, patient … diseases and conditions, but for the whole health care system in general. … of the health care system. … Finally, we support over 18,000 health care facilities enrolled in the National Healthcare Safety Network … up there beyond CDC and OPM for you to take a look at.

18. National Pcep Meeting White Paper (doc file)
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    May 05, 2014 - , state, and national level. … An important model for the healthcare system of facilitating transformation and disseminating innovation … York City that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health … community health workers (thus providing employment opportunities as well as improving access to care … A health care cooperative extension service: transforming primary care and community health.

19. Expanding and Enhancing All Payer Claims Database System Capacity in States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - The 108 attendees included State, Federal, and private sector health care data experts with an interest … for States seeking solutions to facilitate cost containment and health care reform. … the value of the data in improving the cost and quality of the health care delivery system. … to individual State design efforts. … Nonclaims Payments APCDs provide comprehensive information about health care costs and services, but

20. AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Helping to reduce disparities in health care has long been a pillar of AHRQ’s mission. … , and other factors contribute to disparities in care delivery and health and health care outcomes. … For instance, while disparities in quality and access to care among Blacks and Hispanics declined in … These results suggest the use of mobile technologies can bridge disparities in health care access and … We still have a long way to go to eliminate all disparities in health and health care services for minority