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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/whats-new/index.html
July 01, 2024 - Opioids and Substance Use Disorders: What's New
AHRQ's latest news on its efforts to help end the Substance Use Disorder epidemic in the United States are collected below.
EHR Integration Significantly Increases Use of the PDMP by Primary Care Providers A stepped wedge trial of 12 primary care clinics demo…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8.html
October 01, 2014 - Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs
Section 8: The Care Management Evidence Base
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Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs
Introduction
Section 1: Planning a Care Management Program
Se…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/meeting-summary-cooperatives/appendix-b.html
October 01, 2024 - Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement: Meeting Summary
Appendix B: Meeting Attendees’ Biographical Sketches
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Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement: Meeting Summary
Introduction
Meeting Sessions and Takeaways
Appendix A: Meeting…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/improve.html
November 01, 2019 - Identifying Targets for Improvement in Antibiotic Decision Making
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Recognize how to differentiate technical and adaptive issues related to antibiotic prescribing
Explain how to be proactive in asking staff about how the next patient m…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/changes.html
November 01, 2019 - Making Effective Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Identify relevant factors that could improve antibiotic use
Identify interventions to reduce future harm associated with unnecessary antibiotic use
Apply interventions to effe…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/bedside-nurse.html
November 01, 2019 - The Role of the Bedside Nurse in Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Examine what motivates health care providers to prescribe antibiotics
Review basic theories regarding implementation science to implement antibiotic stewardship (…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/tab1.html
October 01, 2015 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Table 1. Summary of Model State Initiatives
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AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report
Introduction
Metho…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-3.html
September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Content-Specific Versus Process-Focused Checklists
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Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Introduction
Rationale for Use
Content-Sp…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/program-part1.html
November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 1)
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
List the key personnel involved in developing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program
Describe how to work with a senior executive to further program goals
Describe the importance of a…
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/program-part2.html
November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 2)
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Discuss the pros and cons of common antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) interventions
Discuss evaluation metrics for ASPs
Describe the steps involved in driving interventions to …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-4.html
June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors
Learning From Narratives About Diagnostic Experience
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Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnosti…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/categorize.html
December 01, 2022 - Categorizing High and Low Performance in Quality Reports
Some sponsors worry about creating a report which clearly signals levels of performance across plans or providers. They fear that by doing this they are “interpreting” the data rather than simply presenting it. This kind of sponsor typically just presen…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/choose/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Choosing a Comparator for Health Care Quality Scores
One of the most important decisions you will make is choosing the “comparator,” i.e., the level of performance against which you are assessing each health plan or provider in your report. When you set a comparator, you are essentially signaling to consumers…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/advice.html
December 01, 2022 - Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report
This page summarizes input from several report sponsors and web designers who shared the lessons they learned as well as advice for report card sponsors. 1
What Type of Design Team Do You Need?
To produce a report, you will need a design team with a …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/donahue.html
August 01, 2018 - Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina
Principal Investigator: Katrina E. Donahue, MD, MPH
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019131
Number and Type of Practices
This project included 76 primary care practices across Nor…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/exh2.html
October 01, 2015 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Exhibit 2. Example of a Trend Analysis Graph
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Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report
Background
A Practical Gu…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/support/help-consumers.html
March 01, 2016 - Help Consumers Start Conversations With Trusted Providers
A major goal of public reporting is to improve quality. This includes not only the quality of care received by an individual who uses the information to make a better decision, but also the quality of care overall.
One way to contribute to this kind …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/act-early/identify.html
November 01, 2018 - Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes
A key step in effective reporting is to identify the primary and other audience(s) you want to reach. Everything you do in designing your report should focus on what it will take to make your report relevant, understandable, and useful to your prim…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlasapd2.html
March 01, 2013 - Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Safety Check Practitioner Post-Visit Survey
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Clinical-Community Relationships Measures (CCRM) Atlas
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Why Was the Clinical-Community Relationships Measures Atlas Develo…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/web-report.html
September 01, 2019 - Delivering Health Care Quality Reports on the Web
Web-based reports, which are the most common format for information on health care quality, generally take two different forms:
Interactive website. An ideal approach is to design a report as a site that takes advantage of the interactive capabilities of th…