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321. Final Progress Report: (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/friese-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Patient toxicity rates varied across practices. … health systems, freestanding practices, private solo or group practice practices, and variations therein … Objective safety measures were not available across all practices. … Despite a large sample of practices and patients, all participating practices belonged to a statewide … to the data obtained across all 29 practices.

322. How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight02.html
     May 01, 2013 - by asking them to complete forms that would not be directly helpful to the practices. … geographic location, but selected practices do not necessarily reflect the mix of practices in each … in these States or child-serving practices more generally.[ 11 ] Twenty-five intervention practices … program, many practices have substantial room to improve. … option for collecting information on medical homeness for child-serving practices.

323. Evaluation Highlight No. 2, May 2013. How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight02.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - and geographic location, but selected practices do not necessarily reflect the mix of practices in … in these States or child-serving practices more generally.11 Twenty-five intervention practices … The median score of 53.6 indicates that half of all practices scored below this level. … demonstration program, many practices have substantial room to improve. … option for collecting information on medical homeness for child-serving practices

324. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - North Carolina Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-nc.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - Many practices have shown significant improvements, regardless of which measures the practices chose … • 65 practices reported data at baseline and for at least 2 intervention quarters. … • Prescribing for statins is up by 50 percent across participating 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.

325. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwp4.html
     August 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions Conclusions Previous Page … Next Page Table of Contents High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions … Definitions of High-Performance Work Practices Final Report: Executive Summary (continued … We observed a wide range of employee engagement practices (e.g., communication of CLABSI goals, keeping … Combined, these practices emphasized the importance of, and the organizations' commitment to, reducing

326. Spotlight on Idaho -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-idaho-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Child-serving practices strengthened their medical home features Idaho helped three child-serving practices … Idaho— • Provided technical assistance to three practices. … The care coordinators were embedded within the practices. … • Introduced family partners in practices. … • Spread the learning collaborative model to four additional rural practices.

327. Spotlight on Illinois -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-illinois-state-snapshot.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - practices with a menu of technical assistance (TA) options that they could choose to use. … The State also trained the 15 practices in the PCMH asthma learning collaborative, other practices, … paid for subscriptions for five practices that signed up to use it. … Practices also reported improved Medical Home Index (MHI) mean scores. … • Developed a toolkit to help practices become recognized as a PCMH.

328. Module 1: Script and Slides (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview-facnotes.docx
     May 01, 2017 - Module 1: Script and Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices for Sustainability … Many participating ASCs have demonstrated improvements in safety practices. … These practices and others will be the focus of the modules in this series. … of standard safety practices. … The IHI team found an enthusiastic response to these practices.

329. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 25: The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Principles and Recognition Processes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-25-pcmh-principles.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - How can a practice facilitator help practices determine which recognition program is most suitable? … Several major programs offer PCMH recognition or accreditation for medical practices. … Practices use evidence-based medicine and decision support tools to guide shared decisionmaking and … Practices use data-driven QI methodologies to continuously monitor performance in a variety of care … Other models • Administrative support to help practices transform.

330. Perspectives on Implementing Quality Improvement Collaboratives Effectively: Qualitative Findings from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/perspectives-quality-improvement-collaboratives.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Participating practices usually specialized in pediatrics or family medicine and included private practices … well, so practices could avoid re­ peating others’ mistakes. … Just as practices liked learning from other practices, in­ dividuals liked learning from other individuals … who held similar roles in other practices. … stipends were offered—by other practices (FL, MA, ME, UT, VT).

331. Draft Interview Protocol: HH4M Interviews With Cooperative Members Round 1 of 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/115-michigan-hh4m-coop-1st-round-interview-protocol.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - leadership, and culture (inner context) and the Michigan primary care service environment and best practices … How, if at all, do you think the work of the HH4M Cooperative will influence participating practices … Practices attitudes toward evidence-based practice? b. Practice culture broadly? c. … How, if at all, do you think the work of the HH4M Cooperative will influence participating practices … Do you think the Cooperative is on track to positively affect staffing practices?

332. II. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolkit2.html
     April 01, 2018 - References 1.a-1 Information Packet for Participating Practices 2.a-1 Preintervention Survey of Clinicians … Has strong relationships with its affiliated primary care practices. … on behalf of and in conjunction with those practices. … Intervention and Assessment Steps for the Central Entity: Recruit practices. … than of control practices being screened during the observation period.

333. Supplements to Evaluation Highlight No. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight02.html
     May 01, 2013 - and the MHI-RSF in comparison practices. … MHI-RSF versus MHI Scores At baseline, 33 practices shared data on the full MHI and 71 practices on the … MHI-RSF; counts include both intervention and comparison practices. … Despite these efforts, the practices selected in a particular State may not reflect the mix of practices … Moreover, some States have a very small number of demonstration practices.

334. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/key_drivers_descriptions.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - In very small practices, the QI Team may encompass the entire staff. … Larger practices may have more than one person serve as Data Coordinators. … No one team size or structure will work for all practices. … In other cases, practices will need to provide additional training. … Some practices obtain feedback by administering brief surveys.

335. Module 8—Injection Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/module-8-injection-safety.html
     May 01, 2022 - Injection Safety This module provides an overview of injection safety, along with a review of recommended practices … and the consequences of failure to follow safe injection practices. … module, participants will be able to: 1. define injection safety, 2. describe recommended safe injection practices … and the harms that can result from failing to follow them, 3. incorporate safe injection practices into … the infection prevention and control program, and 4. specify how to respond if unsafe injection practices

336. The Impact of Consolidation and Ownership on Primary Care - Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/consolidation-ownership-slides.pdf
     April 03, 2025 - Kessler, “Vertical Integration: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Is Associated With Higher … Measure changes in provider behavior associated with PE acquisitions of primary care practices Aim … Match beneficiaries of PCPs in PE-acquired practices to controls whose PCPs are not in PE practices … NPIs, practice type) ► Follow practices over study period to build longitudinal cohort of affiliated … ● Survey practices every 4 years - current practice characteristics, capacity, scope of work, and

337. AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase1_update (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase.pdf
     December 01, 2018 - AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase1_update What Could Practices Do with Their EHRs before EvidenceNOW? … Cooperatives assessed practices’ electronic health record (EHR) and data capabilities, which are shown … Nearly all participating practices used EHRs, and a large number of EHR vendors were represented within … Practices received EHR support from a variety of organizations, and their ability to share data varied … Cooperatives worked with practices to provide health IT support as part of the five quality improvement

338. HERO: New Mexico's Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/impact-profile-nm.pdf
     April 01, 2015 - Kaufman’s team adapted the model to reach small primary care practices, including those in rural areas … Based on the needs assessment, HEROs worked with the primary care practices in their regions to assist … Program Impacts  34 small primary care practices throughout New Mexico participated in the project … Half of the enrolled practices were private practices, one quarter were Federally Qualified Health Centers …  In their practice coaching roles, HEROs provided information and advice to practices about the

339. HERO: New Mexico’s Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/impactgrants/impact-profile-nm.html
     April 01, 2015 - Kaufman's team adapted the model to reach small primary care practices, including those in rural areas … Outreach by physicians was found to be the most successful method for recruiting individual practices … Program Impacts 34 small primary care practices throughout New Mexico participated in the project … Half of the enrolled practices were private practices, one quarter were Federally Qualified Health Centers … needed, [which] were easy for us to access but of which the practices were unaware.

340. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 2: Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-2-pf-as-a-resource.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Practices with little existing capacity for improvement will require more. … • Document exemplars and best practices and share with program, facilitation community, and practices … Settings range from small, private practices to large multispecialty group practices, from urban to … practices to adopt evidence-based guidelines. … The practices were randomly assigned to self-directed or facilitated change conditions.