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141. Implementation and Impact of Medicare’s Voluntary Ambulatory Care Quality Reporting Program (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/dowdstudysnapshot.pdf
     November 01, 2015 - ■ Support improvement efforts targeted at vulnerable subpopulations: Not surprisingly, voluntary … Program sponsors should make special efforts to provide actionable feedback reports and other easy-to-use … tools that support improvement efforts targeted at these subpopulations.

142. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Southwest Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-southwest.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - practice assessment to determine the practice’s culture, recent, or ongoing practice transformation efforts … • Additional coaching to incorporate patient engagement activities into practice transformation efforts … 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 … in adopting new models of advanced primary care, and to build a workforce to align and coordinate efforts

143. System Redesign Responses to Challenges in Safety-Net Systems (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/systemredesignsafetynet/systemredesign.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - Strategic system redesign involves systemwide efforts to change an organization in ways that align … All sites are working to engage staff throughout the organization in improvement efforts. … It remains to be seen how well these approaches help spread and sustain improvement efforts. … across departments might reduce redundancy and enrich cross- organizational efforts. … based on largely manual data collection and reporting efforts.

144. AHRQ’s Unique Effort to Advance Care for People Living with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/long-covid-care-network.html
     March 01, 2024 - To coordinate efforts across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and all of the federal … We will provide updates on our efforts and share innovations with the broader healthcare and patient

145. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/exh1.html
     October 01, 2015 - Drawbacks/Challenges: Claims data do not necessarily reflect costs of primary care transformation efforts … incurred by clinics Changes in cost trends can be caused by factors other than PCMH transformation efforts … Pre-established rapport with clinics providing data Web-based data collection tools for data collection efforts

146. Exhibit 1. Methodological Options for Estimating the Costs of Transforming Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/methodology-options.html
     February 01, 2017 - Drawbacks/Challenges: Claims data do not necessarily reflect costs of primary care transformation efforts … incurred by clinics Changes in cost trends can be caused by factors other than PCMH transformation efforts … Pre-established rapport with clinics providing data Web-based data collection tools for data collection efforts

147. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health’s Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/reid.html
     October 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Care Coordinated Care Health IT Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts National Committee for Quality Assurance Level 3 PCMH recognition … Leadership focused transformation efforts on process improvement, and improved team functioning (including … shared goals, mutual respect, and within-team communication) was expected to occur naturally from these efforts

148. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
     October 01, 2015 - Health Information Technology Patient-Centered Care Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Differences in transformation efforts were assessed by ranking the … medical assistants and nurse care managers), EHR systems, time for education and quality improvement efforts

149. Fallpxtool6A (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool6a.docx
     January 01, 2007 - tool can be used to identify sustainability issues in planning and implementing your fall prevention efforts … this tool to ensure you have appropriate resources and strategies in place to sustain fall prevention efforts

150. TeamSTEPPS® for Office-Based Care - Readiness Assessment (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/officebasedcare/handouts/readiness.pdf
     August 01, 2005 - stronger teamwork and safety culture an appropriate strategy to address the needs or quality improvement efforts … right time to initiate a culture change (i.e., it will not compete with other quality improvement efforts … A lack of urgency and a vague rationale are two of the most common derailers of change efforts. … Sometimes leaders fail to sponsor efforts effectively because they simply do not know how to sponsor … already be occurring within the practice and determine how TeamSTEPPS can fit into and reinforce those efforts

151. National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/chipra-final-report_0.pdf
     February 21, 2016 - Colorado and New Mexico collaborated on efforts to enhance PCMH features of 22 SBHCs. … We developed an implementation guide that described and built on their efforts. … Still other States pursued promising ideas by building on previous efforts. … ) could not be practically implemented and therefore shifted funds to other grant efforts. … Nonetheless, our efforts to do so led to three positive developments.

152. Vermont State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/vtstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 -                                                                                         improvement efforts … information from Vermont to address a wide range of questions about the implementation and outcomes of its efforts …  To what extent did Vermont’s efforts to build on its existing Blueprint succeed in improving the

153. 3. Observations About the Structure of the Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section3.html
     October 01, 2015 - were limited in the scope of certain projects because grant funding was spread thin across so many efforts … Still other States pursued promising ideas by building on previous efforts. … The abundance of projects allowed many efforts to move forward simultaneously in the demonstration States … Efforts to transform the delivery system are unlikely to be successful unless new payment models emerge … ) could not be practically implemented and therefore shifted funds to other grant efforts.

154. A Study of the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons From a New York State Community Health Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/calman.html
     October 01, 2015 - Coordinated Care Health IT Patient-Centered Care Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Some PCMH elements, including decision supports, the patient portal … These findings are consistent with the health centers' efforts to target high-risk patients with enhanced … These findings are also consistent with the health centers' efforts to target high-risk patients with

155. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Why Improve Patient Experience? (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/cahps-section-2-why-improve-patient-experience.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - Determining Where to Focus Efforts to Improve Patient Experience 6. … Examples of prominent forces driving improvement efforts among health plans include the following: … May 2017 2-2 Examples of forces driving improvement efforts among medical groups and physician practices … 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

156. Clarifying Objectives When Promoting a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/clarify.html
     November 01, 2018 - This page discusses three goals that your promotional efforts need to accomplish: Increase the knowledge … So you have to keep the last three “use” behaviors in mind as you design your promotional efforts.

157. Spotlight on Idaho -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-idaho-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective … Practices had access to a Web-based platform to report on progress of QI efforts, and clinicians were … professional associations, private payers, and local health care systems—invested in using measurement-based efforts … “Families say they are really appreciative of my efforts and the fact that I offered to do care coordination … Continuing Efforts in Idaho After Idaho’s quality demonstration ended in February 2016— • Idaho expected

158. Appendix A: Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appa.html
     July 01, 2018 - a hospitalist may lead efforts on the floors or wards. … Prior and Ongoing Efforts Does your institution have any ongoing method or past efforts to improve … What barriers, successes, and lessons learned did you gain from these efforts? … Are there groups that seem most likely to obstruct improvement efforts, or to champion them? … Better measures are required to assess institutional performance and to inform improvement efforts.

159. Opioids and Substance Use Disorders: What's New | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/opioids/whats-new/index.html
     November 01, 2023 - Opioids and Substance Use Disorders: What's New AHRQ's latest news on its efforts … April 2023   Opioids Newsroom AHRQ's blog posts, infographics, and announcements on its latest efforts

160. Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/4_zoe_vecchio_and_sandra_schultz.pdf
     February 11, 2015 - the gaps 53 Data Trend during Shadowing Intervention 54 Ongoing CAHPS Patient Experience efforts … Physician Engagement - Diagram Data Trend During Shadowing Intervention Ongoing CAHPS Patient Experience Efforts