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381. Resources for Addressing Disparities and Improving Quality – NHQDR Data Tools
     datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/resources-addressing-disparities-and-improving-quality/
     January 01, 2022 - The nature and size of quality disparities for vulnerable populations also vary across geographic areas … Even areas with smaller disparities between populations may warrant quality improvement efforts if the … various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations, such as residents of rural areas … Minority Health has designed an interactive map, the Mapping Medicare Disparities Tool, to identify areas …  from the NHQDR and figures illustrating select measures of healthcare in rural areas.

382. Health System Affiliation and Characteristics of Inpatient Stays at Rural and Metropolitan Hospitals, 2016 (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb265-System-Affiliation-and-Inpatient-Stays-2016.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - stays across the U.S. in health system-affiliated versus unaffiliated hospitals in urban and rural areas … ■ Health system affiliation was higher for hospitalizations in metropolitan areas (85.2 percent … ■ Health system affiliation was more common in metro than in rural areas. … Similarly, only 66.6 percent of stays in rural areas were at system- affiliated hospitals, whereas 94.8 … in rural areas of the West South Central division and was 90 percent or more in metro areas of the

383. Sixth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/sixth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     December 01, 2017 - Future research in these areas can help fill these gaps and would likely result in important new recommendations … annual report to Congress that identifies gaps in the scientific evidence base and recommends priority areas … Future research in these areas can help fill these gaps and would likely result in important new recommendations … The USPSTF hopes that identifying evidence gaps and highlighting them as priority areas for research

384. Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/second-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     December 01, 2014 - making an annual report to Congress that identifies gaps in the evidence base and recommends priority areas … More research in these areas would likely result in important new recommendations that will help to improve … In this report, the USPSTF highlights three key areas. … The USPSTF believes that by identifying these evidence gaps and prioritizing these areas for research

385. Procedure Manual Appendix I. Congressional Mandate Establishing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-i
     April 01, 2019 - —The duties of the Task Force shall include— (A) the development of additional topic areas for new … recommendations and interventions related to those topic areas, including those related to specific sub-populations … during every 5-year period, review1 interventions and update2 recommendations related to existing topic areas … such as preventive services that receive an insufficient evidence statement, and recommending priority areas … that deserve further examination, including areas related to populations and age groups not adequately

386. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33694/psn-pdf
     April 01, 2010 - What we have essentially done with those priorities and goals is to identify "high-leverage" areas—by … JC: We have numerous areas of performance that no individual clinician or even an individual hospital … The National Priorities Partnership has identified priorities and goals in six areas—population health … The goals in most of these areas are stretch goals—ones that are challenging to achieve, but have great … If they can align their activities around these six areas, then we think that we have a much better

387. Using Geographic Information to Target Health Disparities: State Experience
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/GeographicInfoIB.jsp
     June 01, 2016 - race and ethnicity data to support the targeting of health interventions to more specific geographic areas … Virginia coupled GIS mapping with multi-level spatial analysis to identify areas where infant mortality … state) 760 Source: Virginia Department of Health, "Spatial Analysis and High Priority Target Areas … Medically underserved areas and housing stress The overarching conclusion reached from the infant … Lead poisoning was correlated with lower income areas and communities with a preponderance of older pre

388. Trends in Severe Maternal Morbidity Complications by Patient Characteristics, 2016–2021 (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/HCUP-SB312-508.pdf
     September 27, 2024 - • Women aged 12–19 and 20–24 years (44 percent) • Women living in middle community- level income areas … (43 percent) • Women living in large metro areas (42 percent) ■ Delivery stays with respiratory … ■ The rate of respiratory-related SMM among delivery stays for women from nonmetropolitan areas … ■ In 2021, the rate of renal-related SMM delivery stays for women from large metropolitan areas … was 46 percent higher than those from nonmetropolitan areas

389. Statistical Brief #62: Characteristics of Persons Who Seldom or Never Wear Seat Belts, 2002 (pdf file)
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st62/stat62.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - seat belts as those in large metro­ politan areas. … as those in large metropolitan areas (figure 6). … as those in large metropolitan areas. … Place of residence Large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) are metropolitan areas with at least … Small MSAs are metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million residents.

390. Pqi 09 Low Birth Weight Rate (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PQI/V43/TechSpecs/PQI%2009%20Low%20Birth%20Weight%20Rate.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Census in 1990 and referred collectively to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan … statistical areas (CMSAs) and primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs). … Micropolitan Statistical Areas are not used in the QI software.

391. Hospitalizations in which Patients Leave the Hospital against Medical Advice (AMA), 2007 (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb78.pdf
     August 01, 2009 - patients living in all other areas (1.8 AMA stays in urban areas versus about 1.0 stays in all other … areas per 1,000 population). … in other (111.8 stays in rural areas compared to about 90.0 stays in other areas per 1,000 population … OMB classifies counties into metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … areas using the Urban Influence Codes (UIC).

392. Project ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/project-echo-extension-community-healthcare-outcomes
     January 01, 2023 - Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Implementation in Rural and Underserved Areas … In New Mexico, Project ECHO offers a promising solution by linking primary care clinics in rural areas … Project ECHO's primary goal is to provide the same level of care in rural areas that is available in … As a result, most doctors in rural areas didn't want to treat the disease, because they didn't have the … Project ECHO not only gives patients in rural areas a chance to get more sophisticated care; it also

393. Value Stream Mapping | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/value-stream-mapping
     January 01, 2023 - When seeking areas for future improvement. When searching for a process's bottleneck. … Provides visual representation of wasteful areas and possibilities for improvement.

394. Expanding access to hepatitis C virus treatment—Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) project: Disruptive innovation in specialty care - Arora - 2010 - Hepatology - Wiley Online Library
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/library/full_0.html
     September 01, 2010 - Patients who are uninsured, underinsured, or living in areas with low socioeconomic status often have … Lack of access to quality health care in both underserved urban and rural areas in the United States … Because of severe shortages of specialty providers in rural areas, people with complex conditions such … providers are involved in multiple ECHO disease areas (Fig. 2 ). … The data also point out areas that may be improved in the future.

395. Expanding access to hepatitis C virus treatment—Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) project: Disruptive innovation in specialty care - Arora - 2010 - Hepatology - Wiley Online Library
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/library/full_1.html
     September 01, 2010 - Patients who are uninsured, underinsured, or living in areas with low socioeconomic status often have … Lack of access to quality health care in both underserved urban and rural areas in the United States … Because of severe shortages of specialty providers in rural areas, people with complex conditions such … providers are involved in multiple ECHO disease areas (Fig. 2 ). … The data also point out areas that may be improved in the future.

396. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36473/psn-pdf
     January 07, 2011 - new-technology-transfusion-safety The author discusses three transfusion case studies that highlight three areas … where errors are most common and technologies that can be used to prevent errors in these areas.

397. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/first-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     December 01, 2011 - making an annual report to Congress that identifies gaps in the evidence base and recommends priority areas … making an annual report to Congress that identifies gaps in the evidence base and recommends priority areas … In this report, the USPSTF highlights the following key areas: Evidence gaps relating to specific populations … The USPSTF hopes that by identifying these evidence gaps and prioritizing these areas for research, it

398. Seventh Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/seventh-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
     November 01, 2018 - Future research in these areas can help fill these gaps and could result in important new recommendations … to provide an annual report that identifies the gaps in the scientific evidence base and recommends areas … Future research in these areas can help fill these gaps and may result in important new recommendations … Older Adults The USPSTF hopes that identifying evidence gaps and highlighting them as priority areas

399. CDSiC Stakeholder Center Progress Report (pdf file)
     cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/CDSiC%20Stakeholder%20Center%20Quarterly%20Report%20Q3%202024_0.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Patient Prioritization of Measurement Areas for PC CDS (Level 3) The Workgroup consulted nine patient … advocates to develop a prioritized list of measurement areas that inform what should be considered … Of the 15 patient health journey measurement areas, patients ranked communication quality, trust in … clinician, and access to information as the three most important areas to measure. … aims to identify what measurement areas within the patient health journey are important to patients

400. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2024 - A number of recent expert workgroups have identified key areas of focus for diagnostic safety research … scoping review, we sought to characterize and chart the available evidence, identify gaps, and identify areas … In addition, we discuss existing gaps in AHRQ's investments and potential future areas of focus for NCEPCR