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121. TAKEHeart | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/index.html
     Beyond TAKEheart Learn about other efforts focused on increasing CR participation … These documents describe lessons learned, key findings, and recommendations for future similar efforts … Workgroup Evaluation Slide Presentation Beyond TAKEheart Learn about other efforts

122. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/index.html
     July 01, 2015 - 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

123. Conclusions and Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/conclusions-and-implications.html
     March 01, 2017 - way to achieve these goals. 48 Findings from the TPC grants show that primary care transformation efforts … initiative, which focuses on measuring the direct and indirect expenses of primary care transformation efforts … the 14 TPC grants reported that patients were involved in the design of primary care transformation efforts … needed to identify how to successfully incorporate the patient perspective into primary care redesign efforts … Policy efforts to determine how to best support the transformation of small, independent practices and

124. Conclusions and Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/conclusions.html
     October 01, 2015 - way to achieve these goals. 48 Findings from the TPC grants show that primary care transformation efforts … initiative, which focuses on measuring the direct and indirect expenses of primary care transformation efforts … the 14 TPC grants reported that patients were involved in the design of primary care transformation efforts … needed to identify how to successfully incorporate the patient perspective into primary care redesign efforts … Policy efforts to determine how to best support the transformation of small, independent practices and

125. Timing Promotion of a Quality Report for Maximum Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

126. Multimethod Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Programs for PCMH Transformation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-fetters.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019147 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Information Technology • Patient-Centered Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … tap organizational/corporate resources were the most affected by limited funding for transformation efforts … Additionally, the PCMH transformation efforts led to improvements in the process and quality of patient … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons

127. Qi-Strategies-Practices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/qi-strategies-practices.pdf
     March 01, 2015 - This can help the facilitator figure out where to focus initial change efforts. … Any efforts to gain buy-in should be tailored to this specific audience. … These expectations include QI efforts and practice redesign. … One challenge for gaining and maintaining buy-in for QI efforts is the proliferation of various efforts …  Maintain practice buy-in for meaningful and sustained engagement in QI efforts.

128. Prologue: Culture and Redesign for Improved Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Prologue_Battles_Vol2.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - of the organization at both the macro and micro levels will limit the effectiveness of improvement efforts … Targeting improvement efforts on specific clinical processes as a change strategy seems to be an effective … have shown us a powerful way for reinforcing and sustaining patient safety and quality improvement efforts … can and do share success stories and improvement strategies—as well as stories about unsuccessful efforts—so

129. Understanding the Transformation Experiences of Small Practices With NCQA Medical Home Recognition (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-scholle.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Health Partners Research Foundation AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019162 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Almost 70 percent of surveyed practices involved front-line staff in improvement efforts, but only 15 … Supporting patient self-management was a key focus area for transformation efforts across practices. … Services • Quality & Safety • Health Information Technology Results of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons

130. 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

131. 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

132. Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/rev-finalreport.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - 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.

133. Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.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.

134. 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

135. North Carolina’s CaroMont Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201601.html
     January 01, 2018 - "After focused efforts in 2010, CAUTIs dropped to 31 events in 96,299 patient days and rose slightly … the CAUTI rate and the catheter utilization rate have seen a steady decline since focused improvement efforts … updates for about a year to management staff about their unit's catheter use to support CAUTI prevention efforts … Efforts are also made to raise general awareness about the need to remove catheters as soon as possible … All the team efforts to improve patient safety—the daily rounding, emails, huddles, nurse-driven protocol

136. Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

137. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-synthesis-report.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - The transformation efforts studied by the TPC grants varied considerably in terms of the size, type, … Contextual factors play an important role in the success of transformation efforts. … Our team also described key outcomes of the primary care transformation efforts across the studies, … Approaches to Transformation The practice transformation efforts studied by the TPC investigators … Practices also used plan-do-study-act (or plan-do- check-act) cycles for quality improvement efforts.

138. 5. Dissemination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen5.html
     April 01, 2018 - End users: The intended targets of our dissemination efforts; those whom we will target to adopt and … Content Our dissemination efforts have two components: a SATIS-PHI/CRC intervention implementation … toolkit and material and efforts beyond the toolkit. … In particular, as part of our efforts beyond the toolkit, we will disseminate our analytical findings … They are the principal target of our dissemination efforts beyond the toolkit.

139. Final Progress Report: Conference: Physician-Level Interventions: What Works to Improve Quality of Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/wolfson-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - On the private side, these interventions include efforts to collect and report physician-level clinical … data and patient experiences, incentive programs (including pay for reporting/performance), and efforts … areas as well, and the Affordable Care Act expanded more upon existing federal physician-directed efforts … Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic, and efforts to shape physicians’ choices through financial … At the same time, he and other commenters supported moving forward with efforts to promote organized

140. Transforming Primary Care Practice: Lessons From the New Orleans Safety Net (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-rittenhouse.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - University of California, San Francisco AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019139 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Services • Comprehensive Care • Coordinated Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … Additionally, medical school– affiliated clinics had to balance transformation efforts with their mission … were observed in these areas when clinics were no longer eligible for bonus payments for redesign efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons