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21. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
    September 01, 2021 - The project seeks to coordinate cardiovascular risk reduction efforts across the state to create efficiency … , synergy and reduce duplicative efforts, with a particular focus on Alabama’s most underserved areas … changes in hypertension control and rates of tobacco screening and counseling/referral for cessation efforts … things that excites me most about this project is that it provides an opportunity to leverage ongoing efforts

22. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
    www.cahps.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.

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

24. Research Administration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.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

25. AHRQ Expands Its Repertoire to Eliminate Diagnostic Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.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

26. How the CHIPRA quality demonstration elevated children on State health policy agendas (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight04.pdf
    September 08, 2015 - Key messages from these States include: • States have aligned their efforts with—and used their CHIPRA … to integrate behavioral and physical health, and 4) quality measurement and improvement efforts. … Findings Participating States employed a range of strategies in their efforts to maximize the impact … Some demonstration States also chose to link their efforts to existing health IT initiatives funded … These efforts can help broaden support for demonstration activities, as well as provide a mechanism

27. EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
    March 01, 2021 - practice assessment to determine the practice's culture, recent, or ongoing practice transformation efforts … materials Additional coaching to incorporate patient engagement activities into practice transformation efforts … patient and family advisory councils and other activities, to ensure that practices' quality improvement efforts … The qualitative data collection efforts are robust and involve practice facilitator field notes, a quarterly … Community Health [Annual Family Medicine Weekend, U of Oregon Health Services Center, 2016] Collective Efforts

28. Vanquishing Healthcare Disparities by Advancing Healthcare Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.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

29. Maryland State at a Glance (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/mdstateataglance.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - challenges who are enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP and to support its partner States in their individual efforts … Maryland’s activities continue to be integrated into the State’s ongoing system of care transformation efforts … from Maryland to address a wide range of questions about the implementation and outcomes of their efforts … including:  How did the multi‐State learning collaborative enhance Maryland’s efforts to expand its …  To what extent did Maryland’s efforts to expand the CME model improve quality of care for youth with

30. Illinois State at a Glance (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ilstateataglance.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - The State also will aim to ensure that ongoing health information exchange (HIE) and health IT efforts … Health Care Quality Illinois will collaborate with ongoing, statewide HIE and health IT development efforts … to ensure that statewide efforts address children’s health issues and support EHR adoption and broader … from Illinois to address a wide range of questions about the implementation and outcomes of their efforts …  To what extent were Illinois’s efforts to promote adoption of the medical home successful and did

31. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
    December 01, 2017 - List barriers to incorporating SSI data into your quality improvement efforts. … Data from your local clinical setting should drive quality improvement efforts and your sustainability … Ask: Did your efforts make a difference? Did you reduce surgical site infections? … When you include process measures with outcome data, it makes sense of your efforts. … Data that clinicians find meaningful will drive your quality improvement efforts.

32. Section 2: Why Improve Patient Experience? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/index.html
    February 01, 2020 - Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts … Examples of prominent forces driving improvement efforts among health plans include the following: … Examples of forces driving improvement efforts among medical groups and physician practices include … included the measurement, reporting, and improvement of patient experience with primary care in their efforts … AF4Q program concluded in 2015, many of these collaborative organizations are continuing their survey efforts

33. Spotlight on West Virginia -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-west-virginia-state-snapshot.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … CHIPRA quality demonstration staff helped practices use the quality reports to target their QI efforts … from the State’s HIE, but a delay in the development of the HIE prompted the State to redirect its efforts … Continuing Efforts in West Virginia After West Virginia’s CHIPRA quality demonstration grant ended in … payment for both care coordination and PCMH recognition would make it difficult to sustain these efforts

34. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-031121.pdf
    July 22, 2021 - (2) provide agency updates related to diagnosis improvement research, as well as COVID-19 response efforts … address team function that includes diagnostic safety, as part of HRSA quality improvement education efforts … Critical Care Response Teams have played a key role in educational efforts for medical staff. 3

35. Improving Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/index.html
    October 01, 2023 - The Role of Leadership in Improvement Efforts  ( 13:31 ). … Center for Quality and Safety, discusses the importance of leadership to support quality improvement efforts … The Role of Human Resources Staff in Improvement Efforts (Presentation)  ( 18:33 ). … Melinda Karp, formerly a Director of Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), discusses efforts

36. Second Annual CMS Quality Conference: Improving Care and Proving It! (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/cmsqualconf0615.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - statewide after grant – Showing how to do it, or how to do it better: improving results of earlier efforts … : what these projects are building on – Related, ongoing projects: many interactions with other efforts … with seven Category C states (IL, MA, ME, NC, OR, SC, WV) and one Category B state (PA)  Major efforts … by states to provide files  Essential to assess outcomes, impacts of state efforts to assist future

37. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.docx
    April 05, 2013 - Implementing the Guide is similar to other quality improvement efforts in that it takes time to initiate … improvement, getting commitment from leadership, selecting Guide strategies to implement, and evaluating efforts … Step 1: Identify opportunities for patient and family engagement efforts at your hospital Step 2: Get … .6–8 Other hospital leaders, such as unit managers, ensure that engagement efforts occur daily. … Evaluating patient and family engagement efforts and attributing the results of engagement efforts can

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

39. AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201509.html
    January 01, 2018 - Home News Newsroom Impact Case Studies AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts … Case Studies Blog Newsletter Events AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts … January 2018 Page originally created May 2015 Internet Citation: AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts

40. Spotlight on Florida -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstraiton Grant Program (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-florida-state-snapshot.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … These efforts helped Florida to identify areas for quality improvement, but the time and resources … Information-sharing efforts were also hindered by Federal changes in requirements which stipulated … The hospitals reported that its efforts helped clarify the role of staff before deliveries, raised … • The State’s efforts to encourage the use of direct, secure email messaging were impeded both by