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In the Spirit of Patient Safety Awareness Week, AHRQ Sharpens Its Focus on Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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March 01, 2023 - Blog posts from AHRQ leaders In the Spirit of Patient Safety Awareness Week, AHRQ Sharpens Its Focus … Last month, AHRQ issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity that signaled the Agency’s focus on improving … 2023 Internet Citation: In the Spirit of Patient Safety Awareness Week, AHRQ Sharpens Its Focus … https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/focus-diagnostic-safety.html

Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts To Improve Patient Experience (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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February 01, 2020 - Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process Section 5: Determining Where To Focus … CAHPS Announcements Contact CAHPS Section 5: Determining Where To Focus … Gather Input from Stakeholders References Download Section 5: Determining Where To Focus Efforts … to Your Members or Patients Another method you can use to help determine what specific issues to focus … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/index.html

Defining a Quality Report's Audience for Promotional Purposes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2018 - Everything you do in designing your report should focus on what it will take to make your report relevant … At the outset, however, it is useful to focus on a clear target. … Those with the Most Need One option is to focus on the individuals who are most in need of your comparative … For example, if you are rating hospitals, you might choose to focus on the people who use hospitals most … If you want to focus on older people as an audience, keep in mind that older Americans are less likely

Elements of an Evaluation Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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January 01, 2023 - However, even if you are well along in your efforts, and have not been able to focus on evaluation yet … Focus Groups In a focus group, a small group of individuals spends 1 to 2 hours in a guided discussion … What's needed for focus groups? … Focus group firms often rent their facilities for this purpose. … Focus group firms can provide this service. A method to analyze the results of all your groups.

Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - Obtain documents to review prior to conducting the gap analysis Conduct the Gap Analysis focus … In-person, facilitated focus groups with key stakeholders focused on CANDOR practices. … This will necessitate convening multiple focus groups over the course of 1–3 days. … Discussion about who should participate in each gap analysis focus group should occur early (at least … Other preparation for the meeting includes the following: Prior to conducting the focus group, set

3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2021 - Summary Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Study Methods Breadth & Focus … Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR Health Services … Agency HSR/PCR Portfolios and Research Focus Areas The breadth and scope of federally funded HSR and … Over time, HHS agencies and the VHA have developed portfolios of HSR and PCR around particular focus … Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR.

Clarifying Objectives When Promoting a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2018 - very clear about what you are trying to achieve, and the messages of your promotional campaign have to focus … For example: Report title: Use the title to convey the report’s focus, particularly the kind of health … Here are the important behaviors for a promotional campaign to focus on: Accessing the report. … You need to focus on one audience for each promotional effort (although your messages should be consistent

Equity Focus Recommended in Development and Use of Algorithms in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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October 01, 2023 - Newsroom Blog Newsletter AHRQ News Now Events Equity Focus … Today's Headlines: Equity Focus Recommended in Development and Use of Algorithms in Healthcare . … Equity Focus Recommended in Development and Use of Algorithms in Healthcare A new commentary published … The authors conclude that increasing the diversity of clinical trial populations, broadening the focus … reviewed October 2023 Page originally created October 2023 Internet Citation: Equity Focus

Gap Analysis Facilitator's Guide: Appendix D | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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August 01, 2022 - Analysis process relies heavily on key informant interviews and perspectives, which often take place in a focus … Recently you participated in a Gap Analysis Focus Group, and we would like to give you the opportunity … information to share with us about your experiences related to the topics covered in the Gap Analysis Focus

Reading on Evaluation Recommended | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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May 01, 2019 - Focus Groups Kreuger RA, Casey MA. Focus groups: a practical guide for applied research. 3rd ed. … Focus groups as qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications; 1998. … The focus group kit: volumes 1–6 (Based set of paperbacks).

Settings: Finding the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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January 01, 2023 - Here are some examples of segments you may want to focus on: [1] People who are not seriously ill, … difficult to reach, largely because people who are extremely ill may not have the energy and ability to focus … To reach low-income women and children, for example, you can focus on organizations like schools and

Development of the CAHPS Health Information Technology Item Set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2022 - Focus groups. The CAHPS team conducted focus groups with health IT users. … The goals of the focus group sessions were to explore: What health care functions are important to … Based on the expert meeting, literature review, and focus groups, the grantees developed an inventory

The PCORTF Mission, Vision, and Goal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s definition of equitable care includes a deliberate focus on understanding and addressing factors … It shifts the focus from a reactive disease-oriented medical care system to one that prioritizes disease … safe, affordable, evidence-based, integrated, coordinated, team-based, patient-centered care with a focus

Policy Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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October 01, 2014 - Evaluation of the Academy for Managed Care Pharmacy Format for Formulary Submissions Deliberative Focus … Top of Page Deliberative Focus Groups: Citizen Input to Health Policy Principal Investigator: Marthe … The investigators will develop materials for informing citizen members of focus groups concerning the … They will convene a citizens' focus group and explore members' ability, interest, and comfort with providing … process improvements in a future, more comprehensive investigation of the performance of citizens' focus

Health Services and Primary Care Research Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2021 - Research Questions focused on these 5 areas of HSR and PCR research among Federal agencies: Breadth and focus … across HHS agencies is mostly complementary and not duplicative, with distinct missions and areas of focus … AHRQ maintains a unique focus on system-based outcomes (e.g., include making healthcare safer, higher … With distinct missions and focus areas, HHS agencies play unique roles in PCR funding.

Welcome Guide for Administrators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2023 - this guidance, five major emphases are reflected in the current version of the curriculum: Patient Focus … Examples, teaching approaches, and other resources in the curriculum are designed to reinforce this focus … Instructors are provided with guidance that will help them focus on the tools most relevant to the settings … How To Approach the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 Curriculum Approaches to the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 curriculum focus on … And if your organization needs to focus on specific tools when implementing TeamSTEPPS, the instructor

Results of ARRA-Funded CER Dissemination Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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December 01, 2014 - Focus Groups Slide 33. Focus Groups Slide 34. Consumer Focus Group Findings Slide 35. … Clinician Focus Group Findings Slide 36. Business Leader Findings Slide 37. … Focus Groups: Consumer. Clinician. Business. Leader/Purchaser. Summary. … Return to Contents Slide 33: Focus Groups Focus groups were conducted with the following stakeholder … Return to Contents Slide 35: Clinician Focus Group Findings While clinicians rely on several

Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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July 01, 2021 - Summary Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Study Methods Breadth & Focus … , which highlight the importance of PCR, including its ability to touch the lives of all Americans, focus … These agencies have developed research portfolios of HSR and PCR around focus areas that address the … The portfolios of other agencies tend to focus on specific health care settings or other populations … Recommendations The findings above document the distinct focus areas of federal agency HSR and PCR

Development of the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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April 01, 2020 - Focus groups. … literature reviews, expert interviews, and public comments from the FRN, the team developed protocols for focus … Incorporating focus group findings with prior research, the team identified key dimensions of pediatric

2020 AHRQ Research Summit on Transforming Care for People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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November 01, 2021 - Health University of California, Los Angeles Physician Policy Researcher The RAND Corporation Focus … Persons With Multiple Chronic Conditions Small Group Discussion: Identifying Key Research Gaps Focus … Healthcare Research and Quality Small Group Discussion: Digging Deeper into Proposed Research Topics Focus … Small Group Discussion: Focus: During this final small group discussion, participants will review the

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