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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/regional-approach-transforming-healthcare-quality-through-information
January 01, 2023 - Care Theme
Interoperability
Rural populations face many barriers to access high quality … called Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) that would provide rapid, organized access to clinically … valuable patient information from regional health care organizations (HCO) needed to support optimal … supports wider access to information, communication, and demonstration of the value of health IT. … quickly access care information without requiring access to another EHR
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-value-rural-hospitals
January 01, 2023 - IT enhancements to address patient's safety and health care quality concerns. … First, we documented the patient safety and health care quality challenges unique to rural hospitals. … Health Care Manage Rev 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):169-77. … Health Care Manage Rev 2006 Oct-Dec;31(4):289-99. … be completed by clinical staff across a health care system.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st254/stat254.shtml
August 01, 2009 - Health care expenses in MEPS represent payments to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers … care to those who are eligible. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1997. … Cohen, PhD, Director
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research … Total health care expenses by quartile for adults ages 18-44, 1996 (adjusted to 2006 dollars) and 2006
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/orgchart/organizationchart-060225.pdf
June 01, 2025 - Agency-wide program planning
and evaluation activities and administrative operations
Center for Financing, Access … Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and
financing of health care, the access … to healthcare services
and related trends. … delivery for multiple stakeholders, and catalyzes practice
improvement across health care setting … Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our healthcare
system through research and implementation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/orgchart/organizationchart-072825.pdf
July 01, 2025 - Agency-wide program planning
and evaluation activities and administrative operations
Center for Financing, Access … Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and
financing of health care, the access … to healthcare services
and related trends. … delivery for multiple stakeholders, and catalyzes practice
improvement across health care setting … Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our healthcare
system through research and implementation
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/p20hs014949-branscombe-final-report-2005.pdf
January 01, 2005 - produces
a safer, higher quality, effective and efficient delivery of healthcare for patients with … delivery of healthcare for patients with chronic disease. … These champions were used to draw in other leaders representing the
different health care components … However, most rural health care systems are in critical need of
financial and technical assistance to … of health care for patients with chronic disease.
2.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep5.html
June 01, 2010 - "Access" itself is a necessary component of obtaining high-quality services. 18 Individual access to … However, because these concepts are poorly defined, both within the HCBS world and the larger health … care delivery system, measurement from either source is challenging. … These constructs, however, are not the same as access to services. … Access can be measured, for example, in terms of ratio of professionals to participants, waiting time
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/nac/2022-05-nac/nacmtg051222-minutes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - with the systems view to improve healthcare delivery. … a healthcare delivery focus. … Examples of good- shared
governance in healthcare systems exists. Dr. … Topics of supported research
studies include healthcare costs and financing, access to healthcare, and … private equity to healthcare delivery and outcomes.
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-vt-windsor
January 01, 2023 - Year of Survey
2007
Improving Rural Healthcare with Technology
Description … systems of a consortium of three rural health care systems as the basis for creating a comprehensive … Frederick
Improving Rural Health Care: Implementing Innovative Integration Solutions … create a shared electronic record that ultimately gave providers access to real-time data and the ability … to electronically prescribe medications.
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/obrien-john
January 01, 2023 - improve medication dispensing and administration in critical access hospitals. … A network collaboration implementing technology to improve medication dispensing and administration in … critical access hospitals. … Creating a shared formulary in 7 critical access hospitals. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/944.html
January 01, 2025 - The evidence reports are part of the agency’s Making Healthcare Safer Reports , a series developed to … support patient safety improvement efforts across healthcare systems. … program is recruiting healthcare organizations to use and evaluate AHRQ resources including Calibrate … White Paper: Supplementing Systematic Review Findings With Healthcare System Data: Pilot Projects From … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tokenism-empowerment-progressing-patient-and-public-involvement-healthcare-improvement
March 18, 2020 - The authors suggest broader strategies are needed to engage the public in co-designing a safer health … care system. … February 3, 2021
Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on … to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene. … March 13, 2015
Patients' online access to their electronic health records and linked
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-dhr-2023-year-in-review-at-a-glance.pdf
January 01, 2023 - to positively affect healthcare delivery and create value for patients and their
families. … Our vision is that every patient and care team will have ready access to all applicable
data and knowledge … designed and implemented to improve healthcare system performance and
patient health outcomes. … designed and implemented to improve healthcare system performance and
patient health outcomes. … help healthcare systems
overcome barriers to sharing impactful and
evidence-based decision support
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/organization/orgchart/organizationchart-020525.pdf
February 01, 2025 - Agency-wide program planning
and evaluation activities and administrative operations
Center for Financing, Access … Director
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and
financing of health care, the access … to healthcare services
and related trends. … delivery for multiple stakeholders, and catalyzes practice
improvement across health care setting … Director
Works to improve the quality and safety of our healthcare
system through research and implementation
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-health-care-quality-primary-care-ok/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions … Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions between Care Settings … SMRTNET provides access to a broad range of information—including hospital records, laboratory tests, … and statewide health care systems as a single point of attachment (i.e., a single interface rather than … An Access database was developed to collect time-motion based observation data of clinical workflows
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/search.html
August 31, 2025 - for CAHPS Surveys
Users of standardized CAHPS surveys may incorporate supplemental items in order to … Use the filters at left to identify the supplemental items available for the CAHPS survey of interest … Before adding them to your survey, it is important to consider whether your sample design is likely to … Number of days wait for routine care appointment
Adult
Clinician & Group
Access … provider's office after hours
Adult
Clinician & Group
Access
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st103/stat103.pdf
November 01, 2005 - Statistical Brief #103: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. … Health care expenses, as reported in this brief,
represent payments to hospitals, physicians, and other … health care
providers for services reported by respondents in the MEPS-HC. … Cohen, PhD
Director
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research … National Health Care Expenses i
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st272/stat272.shtml
December 01, 2009 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #272:
National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. … Health care expenses, as reported in this Brief, represent payments to hospitals, physicians, and other … highs of $15,754 for hospital inpatient services and $6,023 for home health care to lows of $643 for … care to those who are eligible. … Cohen, PhD, Director
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r13hs027528-clark-final-report-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - health care system or multiple triage
locations within a large ED. … EM serves as a microcosm of
the healthcare system and can provide valuable insight to how telehealth … Joseph Healthcare provided a snapshot of telehealth use in current
progressive healthcare systems. … (4.19)
Quality of healthcare delivery
1. … Variation in quality of urgent health
care provided during commercial virtual visits.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-spotlight
January 01, 2020 - There is now great momentum; telehealth is now considered part of the mainstream of healthcare delivery … To do so, we must learn how to update technology in rural healthcare organizations, train physicians, … Today, in response to these evolving advances in healthcare, AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research program … AHRQ’s other foundational research has shown that telehealth has increased patient access to services … This research by AHRQ laid the groundwork to support the healthcare system’s transition to virtual care