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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/5s
January 01, 2023 - 5S
Also Known As
Sort, Straighten, Scrub, Standardize, and Sustain
Description
This tool is used to improve performance within an organization. It demonstrates the five steps for organizing a workplace: sort, straighten, scrub, standardize, and sustain. Implementing this tool can provide n…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/asthmacarewithhit_081011comp.pdf
July 01, 2011 - the requirements for this modification of the contract, the team
realized that the mechanism for keeping … engage in this activity, the Health IT Asthma Project team began investigating an alternative
method of keeping … conclusion that the only viable
business model capable of maintaining the application over time, and thus keeping
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/workflow
January 01, 2023 - What is workflow?
Read the frequently asked questions on workflow.
What is workflow?
Workflow is the sequence of physical and mental tasks performed by various people within and between work environments. It can occur at several levels (one person, between people, across organization…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/verbal-protocol-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Verbal Protocol Analysis
Acronym
VPA
Description
A verbal protocol analysis (VPA) is a think-aloud method of eliciting cognitive and physical process descriptions from a user. The descriptions are of processes that are performed by the user to complete a specific task.
Uses
To gain c…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/force-field-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Force-Field Analysis
Description
A force-field analysis identifies the forces that either aid in or are detrimental to arriving at a desired outcome. A scenario plays out as a balance between two forces: one attempting to alter the current state and the other attempting to keep it the same. When these…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/hit-aging-adults-slides-071717.pdf
July 17, 2017 - A National Web Conference on the Use of Health IT to Improve Care Planning and Communication With Aging Adults - Slides
1
A National Web Conference on
the Use of Health IT to Improve
Care Planning and Communication
With Aging Adults
Presented by:
David H. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Charles Safran, M.D., M.S., FACMI
Kevi…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/privacy-and-security-project/california
January 01, 2023 - California
Team Description Interoperable health information exchange is fundamental in transforming our health system to address the critical issues of consumer involvement, cost, quality, and access. This initiative is important to our organizations and the organizations represented on o…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/program-background
January 01, 2020 - Program Background
What We Do
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of America's healthcare system. AHRQ invests in evidence-generating research and translates research findings into practice to achiev…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/adult-depression-qas-06152022.pdf
June 15, 2022 - AHRQ Webinar on Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Depression Through Digital Healthcare: Q&As
AHRQ Webinar on Improv…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/cccn-online-publication-education.pdf
June 16, 2021 - CCCN: Online Publication and Education: User Needs Survey (CCCN POC)
Community Chronic Care Network (CCCN)
Online Publication and Education: User Needs Survey
Pajaro Valley Community Health, Watsonville CA
This is a questionnaire designed to be completed by clinical staff in an
ambulatory setting. The tool includ…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/problem
January 01, 2023 - Problem Solving
Use Case
Description
A use case is a set of instructions that an individual in a process completes to go through one single step in that process. It describes what the user does to interact with a system.
5W2H
Description
5W2H is…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023865-lee-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - As adolescents adopt new
technologies (i.e., insulin pumps and CGMs), many families stop keeping written … not really connecting, ‘I eat
this, I feel this way,’ and like, that’s why I would like him to start keeping … spikes in blood glucose, but since he
prefers to disconnect, they have discussed other options for keeping
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/tool-3.1-flyer-english-large.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Toolset for E-Prescribing Implementation in Independent Pharmacies: Tool 3.1 - Pharmacy Flyer (English, Large Print)
Ask Your
Doctor for an
Electronic
Prescription
What is an electronic prescription?
Instead of writing your prescription on a piece of paper, your doctor will use
a computer system to send the pre…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/tool-3.1-flyer-english.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Toolset for E-Prescribing Implementation in Independent Pharmacies: Tool 3.1 - Pharmacy Flyer (English)
Ask Your
Doctor for an
Electronic
Prescription
What is an electronic prescription?
Instead of writing your prescription on a piece of paper,
your doctor will use a computer system to send the
prescription dir…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/PCC_Adams_Q3_Smoking_Assessment_Script_06_23_08.pdf
June 16, 2021 - SMOKING (PRE-VISIT CALL, ASSESSMENT)
SMOKING (PRE-VISIT CALL, ASSESSMENT)
NEED TO CREATE THESE VARIABLES:
Variable indicating that parent is a smoker.
Variable recording that they've set goal to call quit line.
Line # Desc Age Group PHP Text
Smoke Q 01 SmokeIntro ALL
PHP, PHP
+ C
The next set of q…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Finance%20and%20Quantitative%20Decision%20Making.pdf
September 21, 2009 - Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas of Research Workshop - Finance and Quantitative Decision Making
Finance and Quantitative
Decision Making
Brian Denton, PhD
Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems
Engineering
North Carolina State University
AHRQ/NSF Workshop, Washingto…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/workflowtoolkit/WhyCareAboutWorkflow.ppt
January 01, 2010 - How Do I Evaluate Workflow?
Why care about workflow when planning, implementing, and using health IT?
Answer #1:
To avoid pain and suffering
Many clinics have implemented health IT only to find that they did not anticipate how much health IT can change clinical and administrative workflows.
The unanticipate…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/opening-window-depression
January 01, 2023 - Opening a Window to Depression
Theme:
Engaging and Empowering Patients and Caregivers
Subtheme:
Using Digital Healthcare Tools in Chronic Disease Self-Management
Many people with depression who do not have upcoming medical appointments go undiagnosed. An online questionnaire can help get t…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/E-PrescribingPhysicianTool10.1a.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Tool 10.1a: Patient Flyer (English) for E-Prescribing Implementation Toolset
To our patients:
We are now using an electronic prescribing system which will allow our
office to send prescriptions directly to your pharmacy.
What is electronic prescribing?
Instead of writing your prescription on a piece of paper, your…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/E-PrescribingPhysicianTool10.1b.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Tool 10.1b: Patient Flyer (English, Large Print) for E-Prescribing Implementation Toolset
What is electronic prescribing?
Instead of writing your prescription on a piece of paper,
your doctor will use a computer system to send the
prescription directly to your pharmacy.
How does it work?
Electronic prescriptions a…