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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-gabbay.pdf
April 01, 2015 - University Hershey Medical Center
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019150
Overview of Transformation Efforts … Health Information Technology
• Patient-Centered Care
• Quality & Safety
Results of Transformation Efforts … Differences in transformation efforts were assessed by ranking the practices based on their
improvement … medical assistants and nurse care
managers), EHR systems, time for education and quality improvement efforts … No. 15-00389-9-EF
April 2015
Overview of Transformation Efforts
Results of Transformation Efforts
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-calman.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Institution: The Institute for Family Health
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019076
Overview of Transformation Efforts … Coordinated Care
• Health IT
• Patient-Centered Care
• Quality & Safety
Results of Transformation Efforts … 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 … Results of Transformation Efforts
Key Impacts of Transformation
Utilization:
Health Outcomes:
Quality
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-reid.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Institution: Group Health Cooperative
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019129
Overview of Transformation Efforts … Comprehensive Care
• Coordinated Care
• Health IT
• Quality & Safety
Results of Transformation Efforts … 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 … Results of Transformation Efforts
Key Impacts of Transformation
Challenges to Transformation
Lessons
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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.
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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.
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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.
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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
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www.talkingquality.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