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pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html
December 01, 2023 - News and Events
Education & Training
Resources
Primary Care-Based Efforts … Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions reviews the evidence-based literature … Information on AHRQ's other primary care efforts is available at Center for Excellence in Primary Care … December 2023
Page originally created March 2019
Internet Citation: Primary Care-Based Efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Role_of_Leadership_In_QI-_2011_11_01.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Efforts
November 2011 Podcast
Speaker
Dr. … Gregg is here with us today to discuss the role
of leadership in improvement efforts. … So Gregg, how important is leadership in quality improvement efforts? … In the end, we want our quality improvement efforts to be
driven from the ground up. … So how best can leaders support those efforts
of the front line?
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/907.html
April 01, 2024 - Blog
Newsletter
AHRQ News Now
Events
AHRQ Accelerates Efforts … Today's Headlines:
AHRQ Accelerates Efforts To Advance Health Equity . … AHRQ Accelerates Efforts To Advance Health Equity
During Minority Health Month, AHRQ is highlighting … To increase well-being among all Americans, the agency has accelerated efforts to reduce inequities and … AHRQ’s efforts have been informed by the Biden–Harris Administration’s commitment to advancing equity
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impact-grants/index.html
August 01, 2015 - The profiles include an overview of the efforts to spread primary care transformation within the model … State, efforts to disseminate the model in partner States, the main lessons learned from these efforts … State successfully helped to support implementation and dissemination of primary care transformation efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/act-early/choose.html
July 01, 2011 - increasing number of States and communities, reporting projects are being carried out through collaborative efforts … sure to recruit at least some organizations that are in a good position to support your promotional efforts … Potential Partners
For the purposes of enhancing your promotional efforts, possible partners include … organization more willing and able to develop a sustained and sustainable partnership with your reporting efforts … As your reporting efforts mature and address more audiences, more health care entities, or more specific
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/long-covid.html
March 01, 2024 - Research Grant Awards
Publications and Resources
What's New
AHRQ Efforts … To Address Long COVID
AHRQ is leading multiple efforts to better understand Long COVID and support … discussions were designed to drive Senator Kaine's work (PDF, 150 KB) in the Senate and to further AHRQ’s efforts … Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') efforts to address Long COVID, involving patients, caregivers … last reviewed March 2024
Page originally created March 2023
Internet Citation: AHRQ Efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - Research Studies
AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts … These reports provide information the field needs to evaluate how to prioritize efforts to keep patients … 2020
Internet Citation: AHRQ's Making Healthcare Safer Reports: Shaping Patient Safety Efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/interim-reports.html
September 01, 2023 - challenges that grantees faced in setting up these cooperatives during the COVID-19 pandemic; their efforts … establishing cooperatives and recruiting primary care practices to participate in care improvement efforts … early and ongoing engagement with payers to ensure alignment of incentives with quality improvement efforts … The final evaluation report will examine the impacts of these efforts on improving heart health and reducing
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/why-evaluate.html
May 01, 2019 - on quality to improve their performance, you need to gather and use data to improve your reporting efforts … were too ambitious to achieve within the time you allotted; this could lead to both better focused efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/multiple/outreach.html
September 01, 2019 - To reach those people in your audience, you may want to add a personal dimension to your promotional efforts … them for feedback about how people they touch are responding to your report and to your promotional efforts … groups have little in the way of financial resources, although they have priceless assets for your efforts … Learn more about Choosing and Involving Partners in promotional efforts.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/results.html
November 01, 2018 - extent that report sponsors can demonstrate and document that they are making a difference—that their efforts … The Purpose of a Summative Evaluation
Evaluators refer to efforts to judge the worth and value of a … Would it be a good return on investment to expand your efforts (and your budget)? … Did it guide or intensify their quality improvement efforts?
With what results? … How has this effort affected the direction and support for future reporting efforts?
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/final-impact-synthesis-report.pdf
July 22, 2015 - with other ongoing
efforts. … facilitators, population and community health efforts, intersection with State
PCMH efforts, and products … In North Carolina, formal efforts to align statewide primary care
improvement efforts began in 2006 … These efforts are described in this section. … Extension efforts require coordination.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/readiness/abouttips.html
April 01, 2016 - In some cases you may be able to work with leaders to identify whether any of the other change efforts … Research has shown that participation in change efforts is related to subsequent success (Lines, 2004 … What is the purpose of those efforts and how might a TeamSTEPPS tool or process support that purpose? … Sometimes leaders don't sponsor efforts effectively because they don't know what they need to do. … A study of change efforts in 225 organizational change efforts showed that leader commitment is closely
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/asthmaqual/index.html
October 01, 2014 - Overview
States are in a unique position to play a central role in quality improvement efforts than … For several years asthma has been a target for such efforts by States and other health care entities … To assist such efforts, AHRQ has released the following products:
Asthma Care Quality Improvement: … A list of over 100 separate national, State, and local efforts to improve asthma care quality is included … Resource Guide to use in making the case for asthma care quality improvement, learning from improvement efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/rev-finalreport-update-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - For the past decade, payer and provider efforts to reduce readmissions have proliferated. … It is possible that broader PCMH-guided transformation efforts may provide an anchor for
effectively … Similarly, care transition efforts may synergize with more general
efforts aimed at promoting continuity … Several articles examined in the section about readmission reduction efforts led by payers show
the … Promising practices and efforts in smaller, independent practices.
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/administration.html
March 01, 2021 - recruiting and retaining practices, along with samples of the resources they developed and used in their efforts … researchers from ESCALATES (the EvidenceNOW national evaluation) examined cooperatives’ recruitment efforts … are also necessary.” ( Sweeney et al., 2018 )
To support future primary care researchers in their efforts … practices, the EvidenceNOW cooperatives have shared several examples of resources they used in their efforts
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/eliminate-diagnostic-errors.html
August 01, 2022 - These efforts have gained momentum in recent years in critical areas. … Leading Federal efforts: In response to a 2017 Senate report, AHRQ established the Federal Interagency … Diagnostic Safety ; Diagnostic Safety Issue Briefs that examine current topics and support improvement efforts … All of AHRQ’s efforts in diagnostic safety – its lead role among Federal agencies, its research investments
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/timing.html
March 01, 2016 - Before Your Report Is Issued
Some sponsors start spreading the word about their efforts very early … You can even share stories from efforts in other communities about how a similar report was of value. … predict when your report will be most relevant and useful for specific individuals, your promotional efforts … An important aspect of your longer term promotional efforts is to balance constant repetition of a few … Learn how to evaluate your reporting efforts, including your promotional campaign, in Assess Your Reporting
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/index.html
September 01, 2015 - the field:
Short profiles summarizing each project, including an overview of the transformation efforts … that were studied, summaries of the key impacts and challenges of those efforts, and the main lessons … the 14 grants, and a joint article about the importance of context in primary care transformation efforts … worked together to build a support system to assist primary care practices with their transformation efforts … The following materials have been developed to describe these efforts:
Short profiles summarizing
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/vanquishing-healthcare-disparities.html
November 01, 2023 - inequities embedded in today’s healthcare delivery systems, and the Agency is committed to expanding its efforts … Among the papers’ notable themes:
Patients and communities must be centered in all efforts to advance … worked with stakeholders to explore these issues and formulate recommendations, AHRQ has continued its efforts … These recent efforts dovetail with recommendations in the HSR special issue and take into account important