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101. Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-donahue.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019131 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Information Technology • Patient-Centered Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … Staff turnover was another challenge for practice transformation efforts, particularly for the smaller … practices, where the loss of one team member could mean the loss of the person leading QI efforts. … Results of Transformation Efforts Number and Type of Practices Location Transformational Elements

102. Other Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/other-resources.html
     September 01, 2021 - Stage 2 helps to guide this assessment and plan for necessary changes related to QI efforts. … Step 3: Identify and Address Barriers As change efforts are rolled out, the QI team may encounter … Build Infrastructure to Support Practice Change In tandem with engagement efforts and organizational … readiness assessment, building an infrastructure to support ongoing change efforts is also critical … To monitor success, choose a set of metrics to help assess goal realization and guide QI efforts.

103. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-6.html
     August 01, 2023 - understanding of the epidemiology of MDOs, potential interventions needed to reduce these errors, and efforts … Pediatric diagnostic safety quality improvement and research efforts with well-defined patient-level

104. Practice and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/quality-improvement.html
     August 01, 2025 - Often these terms are used interchangeably; however, practice improvement is often used to refer to efforts … within an individual practice whereas quality improvement is used to refer to broader, system-wide efforts … Practice improvement and quality improvement efforts can be used in primary care to reduce inefficiency … Date:  January 1, 2021  Establishes the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative to coordinate statewide efforts … These efforts are coupled with optimization of health information technology and telehealth approaches

105. Research Administration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

106. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/introduction.html
     October 01, 2023 - Although a number of definitions exist, efforts to transform into a PCMH go beyond quality improvement … studies were all retrospective evaluations of successfully implemented or ongoing PCMH transformation efforts … was implemented across these practices also differed greatly, as did the evaluation of each of these efforts … studies revealed a number of common themes that can be helpful for future primary care transformation efforts

107. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/intro.html
     October 01, 2015 - Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report Introduction Methods Model State Enhancement Efforts … The purpose of this report is to describe the key efforts and activities of the IMPaCT grants; synthesize … identify community health priorities and local health workforce needs, and participate in community-based efforts … eliminate health disparities.” 1 Often, PCEPs support patient-centered medical home (PCMH) redesign efforts … expand, and improve the State-level programs to assist primary care practices with their QI and redesign efforts

108. State at a Glance: Florida | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/fl.html
     March 01, 2019 - The State will ensure that ongoing statewide health information exchange (HIE) and health IT efforts … Health Care Quality Florida will collaborate with ongoing statewide HIE and health IT development efforts … to ensure that these efforts address children's health issues and support efforts for electronic health … information from Florida to address a wide range of questions about the implementation and outcomes of their efforts … To what extent were Florida's efforts to enhance medical homes successful in improving the quality of

109. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/intro.html
     February 01, 2017 - Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report Introduction Methods Model State Enhancement Efforts … The purpose of this report is to describe the key efforts and activities of the IMPaCT grants; synthesize … identify community health priorities and local health workforce needs, and participate in community-based efforts … eliminate health disparities.” 1 Often, PCEPs support patient-centered medical home (PCMH) redesign efforts … expand, and improve the State-level programs to assist primary care practices with their QI and redesign efforts

110. Foundational Terminology for Diagnosis Relating to Suboptimal Processes and Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology7.html
     April 01, 2025 - Quality, Safety, and Excellence Clarification in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement Efforts … Variations and subclassifications of the concept of diagnostic error followed from those efforts. … Such efforts were often met with controversy as experts grappled with problems finding sufficient specificity … that efficiency refers to ease, such as coordination of appointments and tests to minimize visits or efforts

111. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/sustainability.html
     September 01, 2025 - In your planning, you should ask yourself: How do you keep your efforts and progress going? … assess your development and to recognize successes and shortfalls enables you to adjust and improve your efforts

112. MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/welcome.html
     September 01, 2025 - These denote four strategic areas where MRSA prevention efforts can have the greatest impact. … for MRSA Prevention to learn how incorporating the CUSP methodology can enhance your MRSA prevention efforts … operationalizing this Toolkit and integrating multi-faceted MRSA prevention into your institutional efforts

113. Clarification in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement Efforts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology6.html
     April 01, 2025 - Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis Clarification in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement Efforts … Quality, Safety, and Excellence Clarification in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement Efforts

114. Why Evaluate a Health Care Quality Reporting Project? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

115. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/index.html
     February 01, 2017 - Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report Introduction Methods Model State Enhancement Efforts … AHRQ IMPaCT Initiative Methods Model State Enhancement Efforts     Summary of Model State Program … States     New Mexico     North Carolina     Oklahoma      Pennsylvania      Cross-Grantee Efforts … Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) grants for their primary care extension efforts

116. Health Care Transformation Among Small Urban Practices Serving the Underserved | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/berry.html
     April 01, 2015 - Many of the practices also implemented QI efforts to improve patient satisfaction. … “Plan-Do-Study-Act” model for improvement, the practices often used data to assess the impact of QI efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Seventy-three percent of practices implemented structured processes … More than one half of the practices implemented QI efforts to improve patient satisfaction and reported … using data to assess the impact of QI efforts.

117. TransforMN Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-solberg.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Institute for Education and Research AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019161 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Information Technology • Patient-Centered Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … In general, transformation efforts cost far more than the practices received back in additional payments … No. 15-0038-3-EF April 2015 TransforMN Study Overview of Transformation Efforts Results of … Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons Learned

118. Florida State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/flstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - The State will ensure that ongoing statewide health information exchange (HIE) and health IT efforts … Health Care Quality Florida will collaborate with ongoing statewide HIE and health IT development efforts … to ensure that these efforts address children’s health issues and support efforts for electronic health … information from Florida to address a wide range of questions about the implementation and outcomes of their efforts …  To what extent were Florida’s efforts to enhance medical homes successful in improving the quality

119. 127-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/127-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Helps CUSP Facilitator and their teams develop strategies for successful patient safety improvement efforts … areas in need of performance improvement and work to engage other providers to participate in change efforts … · How can I ensure accountability to support the CUSP team to excel in improvement efforts? … need of performance improvement, prioritize safety initiatives, identify resources for improvement efforts … hinder CUSP work. · Help the team understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts

120. 147-Cusp-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/147-cusp-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     June 02, 2025 - Helps CUSP Facilitator and their teams develop strategies for successful patient safety improvement efforts … areas in need of performance improvement and work to engage other providers to participate in change efforts … · How can I ensure accountability to support the CUSP team to excel in improvement efforts? … need of performance improvement, prioritize safety initiatives, identify resources for improvement efforts … hinder CUSP work. · Help the team understand the organization’s strategic goals and to align their efforts