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www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/primary-care/pcp-costs/valko-costs.html
May 01, 2015 - Some of the practices have achieved NCQA recognition twice. … All practices had 10 or fewer providers. … with all the participating practices. … Three of 11 practices successfully completed the tool. … The six practices incurred a range of direct and indirect costs.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-why.html
May 01, 2014 - Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity
Why Was This Guide … Previous Page Next Page
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Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based … Punch Card
Managing and treating obesity is particularly challenging for primary care practices … potential for improving eating and physical activity behaviors by effectively linking primary care practices … Over a 2-year period we worked with eight primary care practices and community-based health coalitions
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/index.html
February 01, 2024 - How do we implement best practices in our organization?
5. … How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices?
7. … 3.1 What bundle of best practices do we use?
… 3.7 Checklist for best practices
4. How do we implement best practices in our organization?
… 4.4 Checklist for implementing best practices
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary3.html
September 01, 2015 - Intensive one-on-one support (such as technical assistance or practice facilitation) to help practices … With encouragement from the State, practices used a self-administered assessment of medical homeness … Seventeen of the 21 practices hired new care coordinators to accomplish these tasks. … Practices highly valued the new care coordination staff and functions. … a high value on learning from other practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreen4a.html
April 01, 2018 - the control practices dropped out. … To recruit these practices, LVHN study staff needed to contact 43 practices, for a successful recruitment … to the practices as intended. … for all practices. … , large practices, and suburban practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/northwest.html
March 01, 2021 - to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices … The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … Reach
Number of Participating Practices: 209
Location
45 percent urban
18 percent rural … This support enhances the practices' capacity to use new PCOR findings to change their care practices … Healthy Hearts Northwest has, however, provided a 'North Star' for many practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/oklahoma.html
March 01, 2021 - The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … Lessons learned from high performing practices will be disseminated to all practices to help them improve … Assuring financial security is the most important goal for most practices. … *Clinician-owned practices account for 86 of the total 226 participating practices in the Oklahoma Cooperative … - and system-owned practices than Oklahoma City.
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/ccre-roadmap-apc.html
July 01, 2013 - delivery of clinical preventive services, the project team identified several examples of relevant current practices … Exchange ( https://innovations.ahrq.gov/scale-up-and-spread/building-relationships-between-clinical-practices-and-community-improve-care … It was not within the scope of this project to identify a comprehensive list of current practices or … One group of medical practices adopted an electronic system that prompts clinicians to initiate behavioral … Another program, adopted by fifteen primary care practices in three different communities, used four
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
March 01, 2021 - The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … The practices represent a mix of small solo or group practices, community health centers, and nearly … a third are multispecialty practices. … As of June 2017, 190 practices had reported at least one ABCS measure. … Practices are randomized at the county level within New Mexico and Colorado.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-coordination/pcmh/faq.html
August 01, 2022 - health quality improvement agency, AHRQ does not provide guidance or direct support to help individual practices … Although the National Resource Center is oriented toward pediatric practices, much of the information … applies across all types of primary care practices.
… How do I identify primary care practices in my state/area that are PCMHs? … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) does not maintain a list or database of practices
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/nyc.html
March 01, 2021 - to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices … The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … Telephone and email exchanges with practices as needed
Update
The New York City Cooperative … is working with practices through two organizations. … "Working in these very small practices, we are seeing how much they are part of their communities.
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/practice-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Practice Improvement
AHRQ has tools and resources that can help hospitals, ambulatory care practices … across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and safety practices … Post-Vaccination Practices Series
Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention … in Nursing Homes (PDF, 1 MB)
Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being … Among Nursing Home Staff (PDF, 1 MB)
Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/north-carolina.html
March 01, 2021 - Many practices have shown significant improvements, regardless of which measures the practices chose … Prescribing for statins is up by 50 percent across participating practices. … as well as baseline practice member surveys from 86 percent of the final enrolled practices. … All practices are now submitting at least two ABCS measures and more than 90 percent of practices have … Over 90 percent of practices have access to CVD risk stratification tools.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/seek-evidence.html
November 01, 2018 - Because of their commitment to delivering the best possible care, both solo practices and large groups … Practices should proudly inform their patients that the care they provide is evidence-based. … In addition to being aware of new robust clinical evidence, practices should also be on the lookout for … Practices benefit when patients and families know that when clinicians make recommendations for care, … In addition, practices may select organizational evidence (e.g., use of standing orders, expanded role
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/opioids-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 10. Harms Due to Opioids
Harms Due to Opioids 10-1
10. … Given the importance of harms due to opioids, we identified potential patient safety practices (PSPs … The candidate safety practices were discussed with
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ … Making Healthcare Safer III: A Critical Analysis of Existing and Emerging Patient Safety Practices … Increased
access to SUD,
but outpatient
practices
believed had
inadequate
access.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/national.html
March 01, 2021 - to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices … The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … What were practices' experiences with the support they received? … What changes did practices make? … Why were practices able to make changes in their quality and capacity, or why not?
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/methods/measures.html
August 01, 2018 - New York City
All practices start as a control prior to block randomization. … Randomization of practices occurs in four waves every 3 months. … All practices receive coaching. … Practices will be stratified by State to control for context. … close; the two practices in each pair are in different waves of the study.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/reid.html
October 01, 2015 - Institution: Group Health Cooperative
AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019129
Number and Type of Practices … This project included 26 practices in an integrated (nonprofit, consumer-governed) health system with … To facilitate spread across the practices, the redesign was segmented into four practice change and four … , and standardized management practices to be used by clinic leaders (including root cause analysis, … Utilization
Compared with what would be expected with no PCMH implementation, practices undergoing
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/implement-qi.html
November 01, 2018 - Evidence into Practice Procedures
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Evidence is always evolving, so practices … Practices serious about incorporating new evidence will dedicate resources to a QI Team that can drive … Small practices can start simply, using common sense and a can-do attitude to get the process going. … Practices that are part of larger systems may have more QI resources to draw on and likely will need … In very small practices, the QI Team may encompass the entire staff.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/quality-improvement-research.html
September 01, 2023 - numerous supportive quality improvement (QI) projects to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices … in primary care, but recruiting physician practices to join these projects is challenging, costly, and … We aimed to identify factors leading primary care practices to decline participation in QI projects, … challenges and general time constraints, exacerbated by the pandemic, are compromising primary care practices