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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/videos/pclandscape.html
September 01, 2021 - Teams of practice facilitators and quality improvement specialists provided practice improvement support
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/index.html
June 09, 2025 - Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)
Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/julie_brown-slides.pdf
September 01, 2015 - (PCMH2)
In the last 6 months…
Did you see a specialist for a particular health problem? … often did the provider named in Question 1 seem informed and
up-to-date about the care you got from specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/beyond/million-hearts/index.html
November 01, 2022 - working with cardiac rehabilitation (CR) professionals, public health professionals, quality improvement specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2019_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2019 - about what to do if care is needed on evenings,
weekends, or holidays 28% 72% 214,718
Patient saw a specialist … Items
Never + Sometimes Usually Always
N
Provider seemed informed and up-to-date about care from
specialist … Response Options
• Yes
• No
Coordination of Care
Specialists are doctors like surgeons, heart doctors … In the last 6 months,
did you see a specialist for a particular health problem? … often did the provider named in Question 1 seem informed
and up-to-date about the care you got from specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - My name is Sarah Dalton, and I am a Program Specialist at the Health Research and Educational Trust. … held numerous clinical positions including Head Nurse for Surgery and Trauma ICU and Clinical Nurse Specialist … She went on to lead several state and national initiatives as a performance improvement specialist in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/Patient_and_Family_Engagement_in_the_ED_transcript.docx
July 07, 2015 - My name is Sarah Dalton, and I am a Program Specialist at the Health Research and Educational Trust. … held numerous clinical positions including Head Nurse for Surgery and Trauma ICU and Clinical Nurse Specialist … She went on to lead several state and national initiatives as a performance improvement specialist in
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/r36.html
November 01, 2023 - Please immediately notify the Grant Specialist assigned to your grant to inform AHRQ of your plans to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-quickstart-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - When they’ve sought
other care (specialist, hospital)?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/152-cusp-tip-sheet-engaging-physicians.docx
October 01, 2024 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) team members, perhaps the nurse manager or the clinical nurse specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_2_ComTipsBroch_508.docx
June 02, 2025 - questions about cost, insurance, or billing during your hospital stay, contact our [insert billing specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_2_ComTipsBroch_508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - questions about cost, insurance, or billing
during your hospital stay, contact our [insert
billing specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/lee_hargraves-slides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - and 12-month:
• Time with provider,
• Phone for routine/urgent care,
• Medical questions,
• Specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_2-team-structure.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Examples include:
Outpatient
Specialist Consultants
Inpatient
Specialist Consultants, NICU, Gynecologic … Pharmacists
Patient safety officers
Quality improvement staff
Ancillary staff
Infection prevention specialists … Patient safety officers,
Chief quality officers,
Ancillary or support staff, and
Infectious disease specialists … However, input from other unit or hospital specialists is needed.
12
Management Engagement Strategies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_2-team-structure-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Examples include:
• Outpatient
• Specialist Consultants
Inpatient
• Specialist Consultants, NICU … Ancillary staff midwife, family medicine,
pediatricians, anesthesiologist, NICU) • Infection prevention specialists … safety officers,
• Chief quality officers,
• Ancillary or support staff, and
• Infectious disease specialists … However, input from other unit or hospital
specialists is needed.
18
Management Engagement Strategies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_2-team-structure.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Examples include:
Outpatient
Specialist Consultants
Inpatient
Specialist Consultants, NICU, Gynecologic … Pharmacists
Patient safety officers
Quality improvement staff
Ancillary staff
Infection prevention specialists … Patient safety officers,
Chief quality officers,
Ancillary or support staff, and
Infectious disease specialists … However, input from other unit or hospital specialists is needed.
12
Management Engagement Strategies
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_2-team-structure-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Examples include:
• Outpatient
• Specialist Consultants
Inpatient
• Specialist Consultants, NICU … Patient safety officers
• Quality improvement staff
• Ancillary staff
• Infection prevention specialists … safety officers,
• Chief quality officers,
• Ancillary or support staff, and
• Infectious disease specialists … However, input from other unit or hospital
specialists is needed.
18
19
Hospital AIM
Team
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
April 01, 2017 - England Journal of Medicine article showed
that patient care was equally good whether provided by
specialists … Since the initial program, Project ECHO has spread:
• Geographically—With 77 specialist hubs in 33 … receiving remote training and expert consultation on
delivering medication-assisted treatment from specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ncstateataglance.pdf
March 01, 2012 - The
State’s 14 Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) networks will use quality improvement specialists … The State will hire four quality improvement specialists who will
provide on‐site technical assistance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-berry.pdf
April 01, 2015 - in a majority of practices coordinated patient care by regularly sharing clinical
information with specialists … and by speaking with patients about the results of their visits to
specialists