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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r18hs017831-mertens-annual-summary-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - (Achieved)
2012 Activities: Recruitment for SurvivorLink was a major focus of the year. … Impact and Findings: The project team conducted focus groups and semi-structured interviews with
providers … The focus groups indicated that
providers wanted a system that allows efficient access to patient health … Additionally, the study staff learned from the focus groups that most parents were
not familiar with … Based on the focus group findings, the patient-parent portal was designed with special attention to security
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/secure_architecture_for_exchanging_health_information__safehealth__2009_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Functional requirements for the HIE are based on findings from focus groups, stakeholder interviews, … Specific Aims:
• Conduct pre-implementation focus groups with patients and physicians. … Patient focus groups revealed that patients overwhelmingly thought the benefit of HIE outweighed
any … Physician focus groups revealed concerns about information overload and liability, but
overall, they … The physician focus groups yielded unexpected findings, including
some distrust of secure e-mail.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/supports-clinicians-work
January 01, 2018 - Through focus groups and a survey of providers, Dr. … Kroth recommended efforts to reduce information overload and changing policy so that notes focus on documenting … E-triage improved identification of low-risk patients, allowing providers to focus their time and attention
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Levett_051711comp.pdf
May 25, 2011 - satisfaction
Requires continuous improvement
Quality Management Systems
ISO 9001
Customer Focus … Mutually Beneficial Supplier
Relationships
National Baldrige Award
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Focus … on Customers,
Markets
Measurement, Analysis &
Knowledge Management
Staff Focus
Process Management … Performance Results
QMS:
ISO 9001
+
Baldrige
Organizational
Performance
Staff
Focus
Process … Strategic
Planning
Measurement,
Analysis,
Knowledge
Management
Patient,
Customer,
Market
Focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-health-care-quality-through-health-information-technology-it-people/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - The first phase of the project will gather input through focus groups and health care provider interviews … Focus groups of adults with ID and their caregivers will review the proposed interface design and discuss … providers. ( Ongoing )
2010 Activities: During the first phase of the project, the team conducted focus … Preliminary content analysis of the focus group notes was conducted in November 2010 and used to construct
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtualized-homes-tools-better-discharge-planning
January 01, 2023 - Once implementation, integration, and display of the house data was validated, clinician stakeholder focus … Focus groups reacted positively to the tool and its potential usefulness for planning and preparing patients … Name: Virtualized Homes: Tools for Better Discharge Planning Document Type: Report Research Method: Focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/usability/using-qualitative-studies-improve
module of a widely deployed web-based EMR, we conducted two qualitative studies that included multiple focus … Qualitative research can help focus attention on user tasks and goals and identify patterns of care that
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-centered-medical-home-information-model/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Small working and focus groups consisting of patients, medical office staff, and providers will also … stakeholder input on development of the PCMH information model. ( Ongoing )
Convene working groups and focus … technical reports to describe the PCMH information model. ( Upcoming )
2010 Activities: The primary focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/feasibility-touch-screen-computer-based-breastfeeding-educational-support/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Examine factors that affect the decision to continue breastfeeding in Hispanic rural women using focus … Joshi and his team have conducted focus group discussions with Hispanic women living in rural areas to … The project team is incorporating findings from the focus groups in the content development of the PEMT
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pathways-quality-through-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - engage in activities such as asking for public comments through a request for information and holding focus … Results are being used to frame and develop questions for six stakeholder focus group sessions in 2013 … Five focus groups will be stakeholder-specific to include no more than nine participants representing
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digital.ahrq.gov/events/national-web-conference-quality-metrics-and-measurement
January 01, 2023 - He will focus on quality indicators, identified by the Institute of Medicine, for areas of improvement … With a focus on diabetes, Dr.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/tolar-m
January 01, 2023 - EMR systems are primarily designed to support clinical tasks, and data entry practices of clinicians focus … PRECONDITIONS: Specific areas of focus have to be chosen for secondary data use, and initiatives have … secondary use of data from EMRs is a complex process which can be seen as a shift in paradigms from a focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/developing-and-evaluating-online-education-improve-older-adults-health/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - The project team conducted focus groups to identify older adults’ preferences for online learning about … Specific Aims:
Convene focus groups to identify older adults’ preferences for online learning about … Informed by the focus groups, the goal of the Your health online Web site was to present interactive, … Impact and Findings: The focus group questions focused on Web sites used for health searches, topics
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-health-record-linked-decision-support-communicating-genomic-data
January 01, 2023 - Researchers conducted focus groups with stakeholders from two personalized medicine programs at the University … Decision Support for Communicating Genomic Data Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Focus … Decision Support for Communicating Genomic Data Document Type: Conference Proceeding Research Method: Focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/empowering-cancer-patients-through-innovations-information-technology-based
January 01, 2023 - Researchers also conducted patient, family, and clinician focus groups to assess the usability of the … A static mockup of the application was designed to display to focus group participants with the goal … Information Technology-Based Reporting of Precision Medicine Document Type: Report Research Method: Focus
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/emergency-community-implementing-social-needs-assessment-and-referral/citation/secondary
January 01, 2024 - AJPM Focus. 2024 Jan 10;3(2):100189. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2024.100189.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-meaningful-access-internet-health-information-older-adults/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - A series of focus groups involving older adult users and clinicians who work with older adults and underserved … Findings from the focus groups informed additional refinements to the tools. … Subsequently, an initial usability assessment was conducted by holding a series of focus groups with … Preliminary Impact and Findings: Findings from the focus groups conducted as part of the usercentered
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_2900600127_jack_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Research staff conducted focus groups to solicit participants’ recommendations to maximize the target … Data will be reported in publications and will focus on: 1) system usage from
the pilot; 2) risk assessment … results; and 3) qualitative work, including focus groups and pre-testing interviews. … Impact and Findings: Focus group findings provided key insights into the VPA. … Across
all eight focus groups, participants confirmed that they use Facebook and that the system should
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_020316_garfield_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Focus groups have been conducted to collect qualitative data from primary users of
the service—parents … A prototype will be developed and subsequent focus groups
will provide additional feedback and assessment … Focus groups have been conducted with three groups of stakeholders: 1) mothers and fathers of VLBW
infants … The data collected from the focus groups are
currently being transcribed, coded, and analyzed.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/minimizing-stress-maximizing-success-physicians-use-health-information
January 01, 2023 - Researchers conducted focus groups with 41 physicians at three institutions using three different EHRs … The results of the focus groups then informed the development of a survey that was administered to 450 … Success of Physician's Use of Health Information Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Focus