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pbrn.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/building-investigative-practices-better-health-outcomes-research-network.html
January 01, 2012 - Opportunities
About the National Center
Building Investigative Practices for Better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/questions/index.html
The 10 Questions You Should Know
Answers to simple questions can help you feel better … , take better care of yourself, or even save your life.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
January 01, 2021 - pain by home health care providers, more emotional and spiritual
support from hospice providers, and better … The three measures
that improved most reflected better care for people with colon cancer and HIV and … Number and percentage of quality measures for which selected racial or ethnic
groups experienced better … , same, or worse quality of care compared with White groups
Race or Ethnic Group Better Same Worse … age 65 with no health
insurance experienced worse care on more than 60% (37 of 61) of measures and better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/qdr-ruralhealthchartbook-update.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Better = Population received better quality of care than reference group. … Better = Population received better quality of care than reference group. … Better = Population received better quality of care than reference group. … Better = Population received better quality of care than reference group. … Better = Population received better quality of care than reference group.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/in-action/northshore.html
March 01, 2021 - systems we've implemented, and through our data and patient feedback, to see how we've gotten so much better … Implementing small changes and watching how they grow—it has a snowball effect where care continues to get better … and better."
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/index.html
October 01, 2023 - Patient Experience
Researchers affiliated with the CAHPS Consortium conduct a variety of studies to better … quality improvement experts offered advice on what it takes to design and implement programs that lead to better … General Hospital, discusses the importance of patient feedback and various methods to collect feedback to better … provides an overview of UCLA Health System’s BRITE program, which trains ambulatory staff to provide better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/measure-questions.html
November 01, 2018 - results are adjusted for external factors that could make a health care organization’s performance appear better … measures are not scheduled to be "retired," e.g., removed from a measurement data set to make room for better … Evaluability : The results can be evaluated as either better or worse than other results, in contrast … For example, a complication rate is an evaluable measure because we know that a lower rate is always better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-valdez.html
June 01, 2022 - information technologies (IT) that help diverse racial and ethnic groups and people with disabilities better … about their health could address racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, which helps patients better … “Technology that better meets patients' needs may lead to better self-management of health conditions
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/index.html
September 01, 2019 - What could you do differently next time to create a better process and a better outcome?
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/labels/limit-info.html
November 01, 2018 - Labels
Why Quality Measure Matters
What a Plan or Provider Can Do
Is High or Low Score Better … But in presenting data to consumers, less is often better. … Information Matters
Describe How the Plan or Provider Can Influence the Measure
Explain What’s Better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/new_model_thinking.pdf
February 01, 2014 - In the article they proposed a “taxonomy of harms” to help providers and patients better understand … systematic reviewers in asking questions that identify and measure harms
Assist guideline panels in better … potential benefits
Encourage clinicians to discuss harms with patients
Help patients and the public better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/home/index.html
November 01, 2023 - patient communities can use the survey results to spur improvements in home healthcare services and better … Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requested that AHRQ develop this survey in order to better … Through this research, the team better understood the issues that are most important to patients and
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/virtual-roundtable-discussion/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Climate events affect entire communities and regions, and so preparedness and resilience may be better … Systems and facilities may need better conceptual frameworks that would guide the selection and development … beneficial to conduct empirical research to identify characteristics of healthcare facilities that perform better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/digital-healthcare-research-program.html
September 01, 2023 - But without rigorous research, we can’t determine which digital technologies truly help deliver better … Patient engagement, a key factor in better health outcomes, is the thrust of one of our featured studies—Vanderbilt … researchers are designing and rigorously evaluating a digital healthcare tool to help breast cancer patients better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/tool/resource-9.html
September 01, 2020 - care, better health, and lower costs," according to Health Affairs . 3
Shared Decisionmaking Improves … were engaged in shared decisionmaking demonstrated greater adherence to their treatment and achieved better … diabetes found that patients who participated in shared decisionmaking with their physicians reported better … breast cancer found that it had no effect in the short term but was associated in the long term with better … Better Outcomes of Asthma Treatment (BOAT) Study Group.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/healthaffairs.html
March 01, 2019 - that aim to reduce medication errors and adverse events, improve communication strategies that support better … care coordination, and lower the rate of diagnostic errors through better teamwork and integration of
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/casalino/casalino.ppt
February 16, 2011 - research (1)
will this research help patients—either directly or by helping providers to provide better … the “long list” and the rest of the “short list”
see the reasons given for selecting these areas
better … funding available for this
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Examples of research questions
which type of medical group performs better … P4P, public reporting, “shared savings”) measures had better be good
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Examples of research questions
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/health-promotion-education/strategy6j-support-self-care.html
March 01, 2020 - Many communities offer multiple resources that serve patients looking for support, advice, better self-care … Rather than setting expectations they cannot meet, clinicians need to accept that this is a role better … managing emotions, and communication skills. 1 , 2 Self-care programs often teach skills that make people better … They help people who have chronic health problems by teaching them how to do a better job of self-care
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/choose/standard.html
January 01, 2023 - It emphasizes having everyone try to reach for the standard instead of just trying to be as good or better … this might lead policymakers such as payers, legislators, or regulators to take steps to encourage better
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/learning-health-systems/about.html
May 01, 2019 - patients get higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and health care delivery organizations become better … and private-sector initiatives to redirect incentives away from volume and toward a focus on value: better