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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/863.html
May 01, 2023 - Access the abstract . … Access the abstract . … ET to provide feedback on draft guiding principles to prevent or mitigate bias related to healthcare … Explore Careers at AHRQ
Join the team that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/quality-measures.html
November 01, 2018 - Suitability for Health Care Consumers
Are the measures designed to meet the information needs of consumers … needs of health care organizations, which use detailed indicators to pinpoint and fix specific problems … access to specialty care, care for chronic diseases, and heart surgery outcomes. … For example, the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council has published several public reports … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/orgchart/organizationchart-092023.pdf
September 01, 2023 - Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Office of Communications … Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost
and financing of health care, the access … to health care
services and related trends. … care
delivery for multiple stakeholders, and catalyzes practice
improvement across health care setting … Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our health care
system through research and implementation
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/topics/disparities.html
are differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services and variation in rates … AHRQ has reports and data on disparities in health care related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic … It allows users to drill down from the broadest picture of health care quality and disparities on the … Household Component survey collects demographic characteristics, allowing health care disparities to … This page contains links to MEPS Statistical Briefs that address health care disparities.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/tool11d.html
March 01, 2024 - Medicine Review Handout
Medicine Review Form
Address Language Differences: Tool 9
Language Access … Forms
Use Health Education Material Effectively: Tool 12
Welcome Patients: Tool 13
Navigating the Health … Care System
Sample of Simple Map
Encourage Questions: Tool 14
Make Action Plans: Tool 15
My … I give permission to [name of clinic or doctor’s office] to file for insurance benefits to pay for the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/898.html
January 01, 2024 - systems to improve opioid medication management and prevent opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in … Access the issue brief and other AHRQ publications related to diagnostic safety. … Assessing health care leadership and management for resilience and performance during crisis: the HERO … Health Care Manage Rev 2024 Jan-Mar;49(1):14-22. Epub 2023 Nov 28. … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/pcor/library-of-resources/index.html
April 01, 2021 - Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program : provides access to systematic evidence … care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to information on publicly and privately … provide timely and accurate syntheses of targeted health care topics of particular importance to clinicians … , managers, and policymakers as they work to improve the health and health care of veterans. … AHRQ will disseminate these findings to physicians, health care providers, patients, vendors of health
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/framework.html
December 01, 2022 - care professionals commonly refer to the “domains” of quality, but that’s not a term with meaning for … care quality, which refers to six “aims:” safety, effectiveness, timeliness, patient-centeredness, equity … [1] Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … To access this report online or to order a print copy, visit the Web site of the Institute of Medicine … Best practices in public reporting: how to effectively present health care performance data to consumers
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sdoh/practice-improvement.html
August 01, 2023 - help healthcare organizations address SDOH
Tools To Help Healthcare Organizations Address SDOH
AHRQ … is actively engaged in assisting health systems and clinicians to improve healthcare through a better … AHRQ Resources to Address SDOH and Social Needs
Clinical-community linkages help to connect healthcare … providers, community organizations, and public health agencies so they can improve patients' access … The goals of clinical-community linkages include:
Coordinating healthcare delivery, public health,
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sops/news/previous-announcements.html
November 01, 2023 - Select to access a recording of the webcast and presentation slides . … Select to access a recording of the webcast and presentation slides . … Rapid and unprecedented adaptations in healthcare delivery due to COVID-19 are having a tremendous impact … For organizations that want to wait to administer a SOPS survey, it is unclear when healthcare delivery … Program Updates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 2020)
Given the current changes in healthcare delivery
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/publications/index.html
January 01, 2024 - the development of several guiding frameworks and models for how healthcare systems can address health … Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations
Health literate healthcare organizations … Moving Beyond the Cycle of Costly "Crisis Care"
Navigating the healthcare system is not just a challenge … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Promotes Health Literate Health Care (2020)
More Effort … Achieving Value in Health Care Through Health Literacy .
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/financial-strains-healthcare.html
November 01, 2023 - In response, the Biden Administration has prioritized expanding access to high-quality, affordable healthcare … Among the poor, between 43 and 53 percent face financial strain due to healthcare. … increase healthcare system transparency. … AHRQ's findings highlight the urgent need to address the misaligned incentives across the healthcare … practice concerns that can be addressed to make healthcare more affordable.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/additional-tips/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Care Quality Reports
Tip 1. … access your report. … Skim
Four Tips for Designing Web-Based Health Care Quality Reports
Advice on Using Design Professionals … Care Quality Reports. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/topics/racial-ethnic-minorities.html
March 23, 2023 - The poorer outcomes among minority populations may be attributable to such healthcare-related risk factors … to care and healthcare quality, including effectiveness of treatment, timeliness, patient safety, and … Chartbook on Healthcare for Hispanics .
Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks . … Dissemination and Implementation of Equity-Focused Evidence-Based Interventions in Healthcare Delivery … The unseen picture: issues with health care, discrimination, police and safety, and housing experienced
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/gam/summaries/domain-definitions/index.html
July 01, 2018 - Care Delivery Measure Domains
Measures of care delivered to individuals and populations defined by … Access: Access to care is the attainment of timely and appropriate health care by patients or enrollees … Related Health Care Delivery Measures
Measures used to assess the non-quality aspects of performance … to deliver health care to individuals or populations. … Environment: Environment represents the conditions outside of the health care delivery system that may
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-valdez.html
June 01, 2022 - “As healthcare has shifted to home- and community-based settings, multiple forms of consumer health IT … in order to maintain equity in healthcare delivery. … Related AHRQ Resources
Healthcare Disparities . … of the most important challenges facing our Nation's health care system. … Reduce Healthcare Disparities.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/meeting-summary-031720.pdf
July 23, 2020 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care March Meeting … Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health Care … will propose a
strategy to enhance scientific research to improve diagnosis in healthcare, as outlined … To that
end, patients will be able to access information from their EHR using an app
of their choice … Care
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/tool/resource-6.html
September 01, 2020 - program developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help health care professionals … work with patients to make the best possible health care decisions. … Care Providers. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your email address below.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/simulation-brief.pdf
February 01, 2015 - Health Care Simulation
To Advance Safety:
Responding to Ebola and Other Threats
AHRQ Issue Brief … health care workers and infection control teams
as well as caring for health care workers with Ebola … health care
as well. … Team training and simulation: Much of health care delivery is a team
activity, and there is considerable … Suggested citation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ Issue Brief: Health Care Simulation
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/871.html
July 01, 2023 - of healthcare teams. … It addresses changes in healthcare delivery and learning methods, and emphasizes patient engagement. … Access an AHRQ infographic and get more information in the 2022 National Healthcare Quality and … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.