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81. Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/donahue.html
    August 01, 2018 - Health Information Technology Patient-Centered Care Quality & Safety Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Practice coaches used the Key Driver Implementation Scale (KDIS) … Challenges to Transformation The average opportunity cost for practices undertaking 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.

82. EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

83. Vanquishing Healthcare Disparities by Advancing Healthcare Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

84. Illinois State at a Glance (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

85. Maryland State at a Glance (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

86. PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-pa.html
    April 01, 2015 - PA SPREAD had its origins in the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative and efforts to improve diabetes … Dissemination Efforts to Partner States Stakeholder meetings were held with the partner States: New … New Jersey was at the beginning of the process of implementing practice transformation efforts, New York … These efforts culminated in a State Innovation Model grant submission in New York. … Second, recruiting practices was difficult because of competing efforts within Pennsylvania.

87. Section 2: Why Improve Patient Experience? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

88. Spotlight on West Virginia -- 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-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

89. PA SPREAD: Pennsylvania Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-pa.pdf
    April 01, 2015 - Pennsylvania AHRQ’s IMPaCT grants were designed to support State-level primary care improvement efforts … PA SPREAD had its origins in the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative and efforts to improve diabetes … Dissemination Efforts to Partner States Stakeholder meetings were held with the partner States: New … These efforts culminated in a State Innovation Model grant submission in New York. … Second, recruiting practices was difficult because of competing efforts within Pennsylvania.

90. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

91. Resident and Family Engagement Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/engage-checklist.html
    March 01, 2017 - medical director, etc.) and any staff who provide care or services can use this tool to guide their efforts … Review each task to plan, implement, and enhance resident engagement efforts. … to this list any activities already underway to support engagement of residents and family in safety efforts … Engage Residents and Family Responsible Party Notes   Assign a leader to oversee the facility’s efforts … Focus on safety efforts, behaviors, and skills.      

92. Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home in CareOregon Clinics (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-meenan.pdf
    April 01, 2015 - for Health Research–Kaiser Permanente AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019146 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Care • Coordinated Care • Patient-Centered Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … communication between organizational leadership and frontline staff is essential for transformation efforts … No. 15-0038-7-EF April 2015 Overview of Transformation Efforts Results of Transformation Efforts

93. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/intro.html
    October 01, 2015 - 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

94. Conclusion and Future Directions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/backgroundrpt/conclusion.html
    April 01, 2017 - Future efforts can provide useful information and tools for using APCD in health care measurement. … Aside from measure analyses, the continued efforts to improve documentation will provide a record of … Benchmarking efforts will provide more context for data users and valuable public data. … With ongoing efforts, APCDs remain the most comprehensive source of data for monitoring population health

95. Develop and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship Activities in Your Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/index.html
    October 01, 2022 - For information on how the materials below can be integrated into your practice’s efforts to improve … titled “Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice” and “Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts … Communication Between Members of the Practice Around Antibiotic Decisions Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts

96. Is Your Organization Ready for TeamSTEPPS™? (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/curriculum/teamstepps-3-readiness-form.pdf
    August 01, 2005 - 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

97. Is Your Organization Ready for TeamSTEPPS™? (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/readiness/tsreadiness.pdf
    August 01, 2005 - Attempting to manage multiple change efforts at one time may degrade your institution’s ability and … 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

98. Primary Care Transformation in a NCQA Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-tai-seale.pdf
    April 01, 2015 - Medical Foundation Research Institute AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019167 Overview of Transformation Efforts … Its primary care transformation efforts included: 1) enhancements to patient access and outreach (including … Information Technology • Patient-Centered Care • Quality & Safety Results of Transformation Efforts … Committee for Quality Assurance Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home Overview of Transformation Efforts … Results of Transformation Efforts Key Impacts of Transformation Challenges to Transformation Lessons

99. Improving Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

100. Action Planning for the SOPS Surveys-Overview (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/02-brady-sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
     February 05, 2019 - as a central body to galvanize stakeholders and act as a focal point to prioritize patient safety efforts … such as leadership and culture • AHRQ’s SOPS Program and Action Planning Tool aligns with these efforts