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  1. Success Stories | The Academy

    integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/expert-insight/success-stories
    February 01, 2024 - Case Studies of Health Information Technology for Behavioral Health Integration Health IT tools … Cherokee Health Systems Cherokee Health Systems 's website Cherokee Health Systems is … Read More Read Less Cherokee Health Systems is both a community mental health center (CMHC) and a … Behavioral Health Consultants in the Primary Care Team At Cherokee, behavioral health consultants ( … the ability to have the iPad read the screening forms to the patient to provide an extra tool for low literacy

  2. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #7: Cherokee Health Systems (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_7.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Why Cherokee Health Systems? … Cherokee Health Systems is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a Community Mental Health … ▌pg. 3 At Cherokee Health Systems, behavioral health consultants (BHCs) work as core members of … These staff were taught about primary care, health literacy, and social needs issues to be an extension … Why Cherokee Health Systems?

  3. Advances in Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances/index.html
    July 01, 2022 - jointly by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Department of Defense (DoD)-Health … Priorities for Patient Care Differed Among Health Care Providers (   PDF , 155 KB) Bradley Evanoff … Hazlet, Ryan Hansen, Kerry Kelly, Stephanie Te, Carolyn Wong Language, Literacy, and Communication … Hogan Safe Practices for Better Health Care (   PDF , 191 KB) Kenneth W. Kizer, Laura N. … Layde Medical Team Training Programs in Health Care (   PDF , 243 KB) David P.

  4. WebM&M: Case Studies | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm-case-studies
    March 25, 2025 - Structured Hand-offs (64) Provider-Patient Communication (97) Health … Literacy Improvement (11) Informed Consent (15) Culture of Safety … Transparency and Accountability (3) Clinical Area Allied Health … Nephrology (12) Pulmonology (18) Rheumatology (1) Mental Health … Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (1) Primary Care (45) Public Health

  5. Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Engaging in Challenging Conversations about Screening (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/research/engaging-challenging-full.pdf
    May 01, 2024 - literacy of specific populations.38, 39 Experts advocated for tailoring decision aids and interventions … literacy. … Evaluation of a mammography decision aid for women 75 and older at risk for lower health literacy in … Addressing Health Literacy in Patient Decision Aids: An Update from the International Patient Decision … ” OR AB “preventive health” OR TI “Community Health Center” OR AB “Community Health Center” OR TI “

  6. The Role of the National Quality Forum (NQF) in the Quest for Transparency in U.S. Hospitals' Patient Safety Performance | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-national-quality-forum-nqf-quest-transparency-us-hospitals-patient-safety
    April 01, 2010 - literacy. … NQF endorses 30 universal health care safe practices. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2003;60:1078-1079. … and health care. … We lack critical supports like electronic health records and personal health records. … Department of Health and Human Services.

  7. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: An evidence-based prevention resource for nurse practitioners (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/epbnursep.pdf
    November 01, 2007 - Department of Health and Human Services. … Task Force members include physicians, nurses, health psychologists, and other health and methodology … care, lack of community and family support for healthy living habits, and inadequate health literacy … and public health. … Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. (2008).

  8. FRN 30: Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illnesses and Complex Care Needs: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/case-management-future_research.pdf
    June 01, 2015 - Policy 5 3 60% Office of Health Insurance Programs New York State Department of Health; Oregon Health … • Determine the impact of patient literacy (or the case manager’s ability to address patient literacy … Healthcare Authority; Health insurances CZ; Health Insurances UVIT; City of Nijmegen. … effectiveness of CM. 3.56 22% (2) 67% (6) 11% (1) 52 Studies to determine the impact of patient literacy … (or the case manager’s ability to address patient literacy) on effectiveness of CM. 3.44 22% (2

  9. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
    September 22, 2014 - literacy to the outcomes for KQ3 • Adding frailty and comorbidity as examples of important factors … improved clinician skills for appropriate antibiotic use (e.g., communication appropriate for patients’ literacy … National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. … Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services.

  10. Improving Care Transitions for Complex Patients through Decision Support - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017795-eisenstein-final-report-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - literacy among much of the population that limits their healthcare decision-making capacity.19 This … Health Ctr. … Health Ctr. … Health Ctr. … Low health literacy: the impact on chronic illness management.

  11. An Interactive Preventive Health Record (IPHR) to Promote Patient-Centered Preventive Care - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017046-krist-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Advances in health information technology, more specifically patient personal health records (PHRs) … , nor does it represent a typical American population with respect to Internet access and computer literacy … literacy. 17 Discussion Conclusions. … their health. … The Kaiser Permanente model of online health care. Health Aff (Millwood).

  12. Final Progress Report: The Institute for the Design of Environments Aligned for Patient Safety (IDEA4PS) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mcalearney-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - literacy. … Patients who were older, married, employed, and in good mental health and who had health care coverage … Identifying the Role of Inpatient Portals to Support Health Literacy: Perspectives from Patients and … Second Annual IPE Symposium: Building Bridges to Interprofessional Health Care, College of Health Sciences … Virtual Health Care Symposium. 88.

  13. Strategy 2: Communicating for Improve Quality (Tool 6)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_6_Pres_TX_508.pptx
    July 23, 2010 - : Be a Partner in Your Care Tool 2: Tips for Being a Partner in Your Care Tool 3: Get to Know Your Health … This partnership is important, because health care quality and safety have a direct effect on patients … the potential to improve health outcomes. … Get to Know Your Health Care Team: Describes members of the health care team and what they do On the … Literacy with 2 examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

  14. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights: Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hit-hie-2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Overview … Research has shown that health information technology (HIT)i and health information exchange (HIE)ii … , “Setting a Quality Improvement Research Agenda To Leverage Health IT/Health Information Management … Terminology to match hospitalized patient and family health literacy and shared understanding 2. … The investigators assessed the usability and e-health literacy needs for platform adoption and usage

  15. PUTTING THE PATIENT BACK IN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE MARCH 30, 2011 (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/patient-centered-care-transcript-033011.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - health record system and its integrated personal health record system called My Health Online. … in management or health. … face some barriers, at least generally speaking, and these would include areas such as low computer literacy … sector health providers. … So we had people undergo basically a digital literacy screener at the end of the intervention, and

  16. Resource List - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
    April 01, 2023 - improve their communication with older adults by focusing on health literacy issues. … The primer also identifies known risk factors for ADEs, including health literacy, patient characteristics … Shining a Light: Safer Health Care Through Transparency Composite Measures 3 and 4. … Making Your Printed Health Materials Senior Friendly 16. … Older Adults: Designing Health Information To Meet Their Needs 22.

  17. Health Information Technology Enhanced Family Health History Documentation & Management in Primary Care - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018644-haas-final-report-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Health Information Technology Enhanced Family Health History Documentation & Management in Primary Care … The purpose of this project was to develop an electronic health record (EHR)-linked family health history … estimates based on relevant epidemiologic studies.12,13 The YHS report is appropriate for an 8th-grade literacy … to improve health. … An assessment of health hazard/health risk appraisal. Am J Public Health 1982 Apr;72(4):347-52.

  18. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions - Toolbox (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/medread-tools.pdf
    July 28, 2016 - Clinical and Behavioral Health Providers Yes No Community health centers, federally qualified health … coverage, utilities, pending eviction  Recent or repeated incarceration or detention LANGUAGE OR LITERACY … ISSUES  Low literacy, low numeracy  Low health literacy—diagnoses, medications, care plan  Low … health conditions. †  6. … Specifically seek out: Medicaid health homes; behavioral health homes; community behavioral health

  19. Module 5: Resident and Family Engagement: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/mod5-facguide.html
    March 01, 2017 - Collaboration Residents, families, providers, and health care leaders collaborate in policy and program … Slide 15: Get to Know Your Health Care Team Tool Say: Establishing trust and a relationship is … AHRQ developed a tool to help residents and family members get to know the health care team. … literacy levels, or health complications like dementia or loss of hearing. … Slide 37: Tools For staff, facilities, residents and families Get to know your Health Care

  20. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/measuring-blood-pressure_research-protocol.pdf
    April 11, 2011 - countries and 80 percent in developing countries.2 Within the United States, data from the National Health … afflicted, the burden of its complications, and economic implications, high BP remains a major public health … o Not: adherence to SMBP monitoring o Health care–process measures such health care encounters (visits … status, depression, anxiety • Other factors such as language requirements or literacy Outcome: … Divergent and conflicted opinions are common and perceived as health scientific discourse that results
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