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261. How did CHIPRA quality demonstration States employ learning collaboratives to improve children's health quality? Evaluation Highlight #13 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - practices compared with 5.44 for comparison practices). … Comparison Practices Figure 2. … and comparison practices. … with Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form scores for comparison practices (8 practices at T1, 9 practices … at T2, 10 practices at T3). 14.

262. EvidenceNOW Supplement in Annals of Family Medicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/evaluation/publications/supplement.html
     August 01, 2018 - and cholesterol goal than practices with more than one clinician. … Quality of cardiovascular disease care in small urban practices. … care practices’ use of quality improvement strategies at baseline. … During the practices’ first year participating in EvidenceNOW, nearly one in two practices experienced … 3 of those practices enrolling into EvidenceNOW compared to 1 in 20 practices without a prior relationship

263. Vt-Spotlight (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.pdf
     July 01, 2015 - enhanced payments based on the practices’ PCMH recognition scores. … • Helped practices obtain PCMH recognition. … Community health teams working with pediatric practices and care coordinators within the practices … • Helped practices use electronic data to improve care. … The electronic registry was most useful for practices without EHRs.

264. Spotlight on Vermont | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.html
     July 01, 2015 - enhanced payments based on the practices’ PCMH recognition scores. … Helped practices obtain PCMH recognition. … Community health teams working with pediatric practices and care coordinators within the practices told … Helped practices use electronic data to improve care. … The electronic registry was most useful for practices without EHRs.

265. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation.docx
     June 02, 2025 - · How will you put the new practices into operation? · How can you help staff learn new practices? … · How will you pilot test the new practices? … Here are the opportunities for best practices or redesigned best practices to be incorporated at this … list of best practices on Tool 4A. … How can you help staff learn new practices?

266. Multimethod Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Programs for Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/fetters.html
     October 01, 2015 - This project involved 2,432 primary care practices of varying structure and size. … Practices included adult and pediatric populations, and 60% were solo practices. … Approximately 70% of Michigan's primary care practices, 36 physician organizations, 7,618 physicians, … Practices enrolled in the program worked to implement a PCMH model defined by BCBSM that encompassed … Practices that were already struggling to address competing demands and small practices that were not

267. Multimethod Evaluation of Physician Group Incentive Programs for PCMH Transformation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-fetters.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Practices enrolled in the program worked to implement a PCMH model defined by BCBSM that encompassed … To aid practices in implementing the PCMH model, subject matter expert teams composed of physicians … Number and Type of Practices This project involved 2,432 primary care practices of varying structure … Practices included adult and pediatric populations, and 60% were solo practices. … Practices that were already struggling to address competing demands and small practices that were not

268. Bridging Community-based Continence Promotion and Primary Care (WI-INTUIT) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow-wi-intuit.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Practices participate in an online learning community to share information and build connections. … Characteristics of the Primary Care Systems and Patients Served Thirty-eight practices that provide … health centers, tribal clinics, and independent practices). … • Tailoring research questions and approach to practices’ context. … • Remuneration of primary care practices for research participation.

269. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/011-blood-culture-webinar-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship ICU & Non-ICU AHRQ Safety … and Stewardship Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotic Stewardship Blood Culture Stewardship These … practices don’t fit into any one of the four key strategic areas but underpin all of them.  … Blood culture sampling practices among internal medicine inpatients. … Effectiveness of practices to reduce blood culture contamination: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices

270. Appendix A. Key Characteristics of Estimating Costs Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/app-a.html
     July 01, 2015 - Out of 76 practices participating in the program, 25 (33%) achieved 2008 NCQA PCMH recognition; 22 practices … PCMH practices. … centers Practices participated in a 3-year demonstration project, which engaged primary care practices … The extent of PCMH transformation varied across practices. … care practices The six participating practices were already providing or considering whether to offer

271. Appendix A. Key Characteristics of Estimating Costs Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/characteristics.html
     February 01, 2017 - Out of 76 practices participating in the program, 25 (33%) achieved 2008 NCQA PCMH recognition; 22 practices … PCMH practices. … centers Practices participated in a 3-year demonstration project, which engaged primary care practices … The extent of PCMH transformation varied across practices. … care practices The six participating practices were already providing or considering whether to offer

272. About Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/index.html
     April 01, 2021 - Primary care practices also need to know how to collect and analyze their own data to make sure they’ … Learn how external quality improvement support helps primary care practices improve the way they work … The EvidenceNOW Model recognizes that small- and medium-sized primary care practices, which represent … Linking hundreds of practices to regional health information exchanges. … and how to assist practices in using this research to deliver better care to their patients.

273. AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules: Additional Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/modules/resources.html
     July 01, 2022 - Practices can have their own personalities. … care practices’ capacity to make changes needed to implement heart health evidence. … Tables, Graphs, Dashboards, & Reports: Data Visualization Best Practices  (PDF, 711 KB) offers best practices … Practices Excel spreadsheet to create run charts to track their progress in QI. … skills taught in the module Helping Practices Scale Improvements.

274. AHRQ EvidenceNOW: Building State Capacity: Interim Evaluation Report I (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/en-bsc-interim-report-1.pdf
     January 31, 2024 - THHN is using an existing population health data network to recruit practices and provide data to practices … for practices; or their offer of a sizable incentive to practices; or a combination thereof. … Practice goal 60 50 60 75 Practices recruited 32** 30* 47** 78** *Michigan’s practices-recruited … • The HHOI leveraged the existing CardiOH network of practices and providers to recruit practices … , and means of communicating among practices; examples of relationships built among practices because

275. Gap Analysis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - analysis is to provide project teams with a format in which to do the following: • Compare the best practices … • Determine the “gaps” between your organization’s practices and the identified best practices. … • Select the best practices you will implement in your organization. … The best practice elements defined in the Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (Tool … In Column 2, document your organization’s practices and describe how they differ from each best practice

276. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Virginia Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-va.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - Increase practices’ capacity to integrate new PCOR findings on an ongoing basis. 3. … can find and share announcements, ideas, insights, and promising practices. … Update Virginia recruited 240 practices, 208 of which are still active. … It currently has collected data on the ABCS measures from 124 practices. … that practices could run their own data reports.

277. Spotlight on Alaska -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-alaska-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - the facilitators also helped the practices to implement quality improvement (QI) activities. … Two practices built developmental screening templates into their EHRs. … and at the State level as well.2 The State— • Helped practices report quality measures. … • Encouraged practices to improve measure performance. … unable to connect participating practices to other clinicians through the HIE.

278. Module 18: Assessing Practice Readiness for Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-18-assessing-readiness.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - " for spread Practice Facilitation Low functional practices Survival level practices Practices … that want to engage in improvement Practices that do not Module 18. … Focus on practices that are most likely to benefit from facilitation. … undertaking improvement work and as a source of “best practices” to spread. … The two remaining levels, functioning practices and low-functioning practices, are most likely to benefit

279. Spotlight on Oregon -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-oregon-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Oregon helped child-serving practices to enhance medical home features Oregon hired facilitators to … The facilitators worked individually with practices to guide QI activities. … Through a learning collaborative, the State also educated practices on the PCMH model and provided … Several practices reported that the staff responsible for care coordination had large caseloads. … • Practices hoped to maintain new care coordination and caregiver engagement strategies.

280. TO (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d5_combo_gapanalysis.docx
     June 02, 2025 - gap analysis is to provide project teams with a format in which to do the following: Compare the best practices … Determine the “gaps” between your organization’s practices and the identified best practices. … Select the best practices you will implement in your organization. Who are the target audiences? … An assessment of the barriers that need to be addressed before successful implementation of best practices … The best practice elements defined in the Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (Tool