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141. Why Was This Guide Developed? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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 Table of Contents 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

142. Videos Tell the Story of EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/index.html
     September 01, 2021 - Cooperatives worked with more than 5,000 clinicians at over 1,500 small- and medium-sized primary care practices … fragmented health care system, using a model of external support to often resource-strapped primary care practices … control, c holesterol management, and s moking screening and cessation counseling) for participating practices … Results also showed that this approach improved the capacity of primary care practices to improve quality … using external support is already being expanded to address other health problems facing primary care practices

143. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs4/index.html
     May 01, 2025 - Making Healthcare Safer IV A Continuous Updating of Patient Safety Harms and Practices Making … Healthcare Safer reports I, II, and III have shown a positive impact of patient safety practices on … This  review  will serve as a baseline for the evidence of harms and patient safety practices to prevent … A technical expert panel (TEP) was convened to prioritize which topics and patient safety practices, … A set of  tables  compares the patient safety practices among the reports.

144. Implementing Near-Miss Reporting and Improvement Tracking in Primary Care Practices: Lessons Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Results Near-Miss Event Reporting by Practices The practices were all largely successful in reporting … the practices reached the minimum per month threshold. … Although our sample practices were diverse in type, size, and location, the practices were more representative … of early-adopter practices. … services, but these practices are not necessarily representative of “average” practices in the region

145. EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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.

146. Appendix C: Examples of Current State of Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

147. EvidenceNOW: New York City Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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.

148. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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.

149. How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices
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     June 02, 2025 - How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates … Measuring pressure injury prevention practices. … Measuring pressure injury prevention practices may tell you how to improve care. … Are key practices to reduce pressure injuries being used consistently? … 35 Which Prevention Practices Should Be Measured?

150. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Closing Slides (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Closing Slides Questions & Answers 57 Submitting Questions … Please complete the webcast evaluation 59 https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/index.html Best Practices for

151. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Ginsberg Slides (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Ginsberg Slides Why Survey Methods Research is Important … Health and Human Services that supports evidence-based practices, and develops tools to measure progress … • Evidence-based practices are only as good as the data on which they are based, so important to … 10 This Webcast Can Help You: • Understand best practices in survey data collection related to SOPS … • Help plan for submitting data to AHRQ SOPS voluntary databases 11 Best Practices for Web-based

152. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Intro Slides (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/1-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-intro.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Intro Slides Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys … Westat 4 Agenda • Overview of AHRQ’s perspective on the importance of survey methods • Best practices … designing and administering web-based SOPS surveys • Provide examples and useful tips • Q&A 5 Best Practices

153. National Evaluation Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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?

154. PCMH FAQ and Contact Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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

155. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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

156. Key Driver 1: Seek, Select, and Customize the Best Evidence for Use by the Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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

157. Key Driver 2: Implement a Data-driven Quality Improvement Process to Integrate Evidence into Practice Procedures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/implement-qi.html
     November 01, 2018 - Evidence into Practice Procedures Print this page to PDF 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.

158. AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/delivery-primary-care.html
     November 01, 2022 - challenges of COVID-19 underscored the vital role played by the Nation’s vast network of primary care practices—and … Even before the pandemic, primary care practices were struggling with a healthcare landscape of practice … Deborah Cohen and others, revealed that, overall, primary care practices participating in EvidenceNOW … But given the scope of the initiative—we enlisted 1,500 small- to medium-sized primary care practices … EvidenceNOW Tools for Change is a collection of over 100 tools for primary care practices, practice

159. Declining Participation in Primary Care Quality Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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

160. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health’s Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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