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  1. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-tympanostomy_research.pdf
    June 01, 2017 - Department of Health and Human Services 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 www.ahrq.gov … Department of Health and Human Services. … the quality of health care services. … information to help improve health care quality. … source Inclusion criteria Age range (y) Number of assessments/ followup duration (weeks) language or literacy

  2. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/kGvn_HBPEEdfu2rs38VN8_
    March 11, 2025 - with, or referred from health care. … care improve health outcomes? … Does identifying food insecurity in health care im- prove health outcomes? … literacy or language barriers may struggle to understand the pur- pose and importance of food insecurity … Meanings and misunderstandings: a social determinants of health lexicon for health care systems.

  3. Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Implementation Handbook) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
    January 28, 2011 - Qual Saf Health Care 2009;18(6):424–8. … care and promotes patient and family advocacy in their health care environment. … process • Ask patients and families to assist in adapting patient information materials to meet the literacy … Patients, families, health care practitioners, and health care leaders collaborate in policy and program … data • A high-level overview of implementation methodology • Training to strengthen numerical literacy

  4. eHealth Activity among African American and White Cancer Survivors - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022955-thompson-final-report-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - For example, interventions developed to increase digital skills and literacy among survivors and strategies … Digital Health, 6, 1-7. … In: http://www.markle.org/health/health- networked-life. … Health Interview Survey. … Accessed. 21 http://www.markle.org/health/health-networked-life http://www.markle.org/health/health-networked-life

  5. Final Progress Report: Building an Ambulatory Patient Safety Learning Laboratory for Diverse Populations: The San Francisco Ambulatory Safety CEnter for iNnovaTion (ASCENT) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sarkar3-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Services, and Jail Health. … Health literacy, vulnerable patients, and health information technology use: where do we go from here … Connecting the Dots: Health Information Technology Expansion and Health Disparities. … Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care [Internet]. … Am J Health-Syst Pharm AJHP Off J Am Soc Health-Syst Pharm. 2018 Aug 15;75(16):1227–1238.

  6. Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: Action Plan to Collect and Use Social Determinants of Health Data in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/TPC%20Patient%20Preferences%20Workflow%20Lifeflow_8.15.2.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - of health, and other patient-specific information. … literacy or limited experience using technology. … Qual Health Res. 2020;30(10):1596-1604. doi:10.1177/1049732320921835 8 Minnesota Department of Health … J Adolesc Health. 2018;62(1):29-35. … Patients’ attitudes towards sharing their health information.

  7. Disposition of Comments for Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-200-comments-post-acs.pdf
    November 14, 2017 - Comments to Research Review The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program encourages the public to participate … National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, London; 2009). … " was coined by McGuire et al in their 2013 article "Depression screening: utility of the patient health … care” interventions do not meet the conventional definition of collaborative care in which a mental health … instruments but give additional information to inform readers about feasibility (e.g., response format, literacy

  8. 11th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2021-uspstf-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health has been dedicated to improving … literacy barriers … and Health Disparities is to lead scientific research to improve minority health, reduce health … Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health … NYU Langone Health.

  9. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - Those reports are sent to various experts with clinical, health systems, health administration, and/or … interventions, and public health and health promotion activities. … reflects clinical practice, clinical research, health care delivery, health business, health technology … systems, health business, health administration, health policy). … It would eliminate some of the barriers—especially low socioeconomic status, language, and literacy

  10. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression_hi_impact.pdf
    October 01, 2014 - interventions, and public health and health promotion activities. … reflects clinical practice, clinical research, health care delivery, health business, health technology … systems, health business, health administration, health policy). … where resources are traditionally less available; and (3) soldiers with “low economic status, low literacy … Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health; 14 p.

  11. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report #208 Part 5 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_disposition-comments.pdf
    July 26, 2012 - don’t always lead to better health. … change to health care providers, but is this realistic given that many individuals get their health … services, public health, and quality improvement" (p. 109, lines 37-43). … Peer Reviewer 6 Discussion I think it would be a good idea to mention the issue of health literacy in … The Effective Health Care Program of AHRQ develops methods for reviews.

  12. Identifying Key Areas for Delivery System Research (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/casalino/paper/casalino_idkeydsr.pdf
    February 01, 2014 - Department of Health and Human Services. … Compare the effectiveness of literacy-sensitive disease management programs and usual care in reducing … disparities in children and adults with low literacy and chronic disease (e.g., heart disease). … records, and personal health records—for increasing health professionals’ compliance with evidence-based … health care needs. 24.

  13. Identifying Key Areas for Delivery System Research (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/casalino_idkeydsr.pdf
    February 01, 2014 - Department of Health and Human Services. … Compare the effectiveness of literacy-sensitive disease management programs and usual care in reducing … disparities in children and adults with low literacy and chronic disease (e.g., heart disease). … records, and personal health records—for increasing health professionals’ compliance with evidence-based … health care needs. 24.

  14. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
    June 30, 2025 - Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services. … more patient safety threats than did home health providers. … It is theorized the observed difficulties in navigation were problems of technology literacy. … Publications: 3 Charles Phillips Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health

  15. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - interventions, and public health and health promotion activities. … reflects clinical practice, clinical research, health care delivery, health business, health technology … systems, health business, health administration, health policy). … Hispanics) or poor followup in established glaucoma or glaucoma suspicion (low economic status and low literacy … Thus, this may even out the disparity for low economic status/low literacy patients.

  16. Final Progress Report: Safety in the Home Healthcare Sector: A Pilot Study (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/gershon-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - It was simple to use; HHCPs with limited English language literacy were able to use it to conduct visual … Health Care. … The health-housing relationship: what do we know? Rev Environ Health. 2000;15:109-134. 54. … Personal safety, violence, and home health. Public Health Nurs. 2000;17(1):43- 52. 89. … Safety concerns affecting delivery of home health care. Public Health Nurs.

  17. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - problem and a leading cause of hospitalization and health care costs in the United States. … Effective Health Care Effective Health Care Program 2 uncontrolled hypertension are the two highest … readmission rates or other key outcomes differ by sex, racial or ethnic minority status, disease severity, literacy … Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 July 1;31(7):1623-32. PMID: 22722702. 20. … The care span: the importance of transitional care in achieving health reform.

  18. Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopausal-symptoms-protocol-final.pdf
    October 15, 2024 - literacy, and a variety of other factors.23, 24 For example, choice of therapies may be limited by … health Across the Nation (SWAN). … National Academies of Sciences E, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Sciences … Department of Health and Human Services. XV. … Care"/ 123852 42 exp Insurance Coverage/ 20457 43 health services accessibility/ or health

  19. Improving the Management of Menopausal Symptoms in Perimenopausal and Early Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/menopausal-symptoms-protocol.pdf
    October 15, 2024 - literacy, and a variety of other factors.23, 24 For example, choice of therapies may be limited by … health Across the Nation (SWAN). … National Academies of Sciences E, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Sciences … Department of Health and Human Services. XIV. … Care"/ 123852 42 exp Insurance Coverage/ 20457 43 health services accessibility/ or health

  20. Final Progress Report: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/schnipper-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - services at five US hospitals that varied in terms of size, location, academic affiliation, and use of health … This led to a separate analysis of the effect of health information technology (HIT) on outcomes. … literacy-sensitive discharge medication education, (2) risk-stratifying patients, and (3) providing … We are now working with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) on a 1-day workshop … BMC health services research. 2013;13:230. 3. Society of Hospital Medicine.
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