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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-actions.html
August 01, 2024 - disseminated to improve communication between the care teams of public hospitals and the radiology specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patient-role3.html
September 01, 2024 - when to expect results, and what those results mean; and providing aid in scheduling and followup of specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/managing-urinary-incontinence-slides.pdf
October 14, 2022 - Veterans through participation in a mobile health
application +/- telehealth consult with a continence specialist … intervention resulting in diminished disease burden and improved
quality of life
• Decreased utilization of specialists … Provider Impact
• Providers receive UI education and individualized coaching from an
incontinence specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter3.html
December 01, 2017 - nurse practitioners; ECM visits by nutritionists, nurse educators, case managers, and clinical pharmacy specialists … education, h
nutrition education,
clinical pharmacy (i.e., visits conducted by clinical pharmacy specialists … related to medication management, to a focused disease management program provided by clinical pharmacy specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar8_pu_sustainingpractices.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Your Quality
Improvement (QI) Specialists will follow up with you
after this webinar to address them … Please
refer any questions you have to your QI
Specialists.
33
Resources
• Berlowitz D, VanDeusen
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kline_32.pdf
March 03, 2008 - Collaborate with nurse leader, clinical nurse specialist, or nursing
supervisor to determine the need … Assist with ambulation as needed.
5
educator, and clinical nurse
specialist were also
involved … The nurse leader and clinical nurse specialist on the unit review every patient fall according to
the
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
March 01, 2013 - to make appointments due to lack of access to transportation or availability of appropriate doctors/specialists … one-third of the patients who left the hospital in need of more care (e.g., lab tests or a referral to a specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool1.html
March 01, 2013 - to make appointments due to lack of access to transportation or availability of appropriate doctors/specialists … one-third of the patients who left the hospital in need of more care (e.g., lab tests or a referral to a specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/DxSftyRpt-Updated-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - 176 16%
Physician (M.D. or D.O.) 110 10%
Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist … the highest average percent positive (87 percent) was: “Providers in this
office talk directly with specialists … (Item DXC4, NA/DK/MI = 43%) 56
Providers in this office talk directly with
specialists/radiologists … (Item DXC4) 52% 69% 48% 53% 63% 50%
Providers in this office talk directly with specialists/radiologists … (Item DXC4) 71% 48% 56%
Providers in this office talk directly with specialists/radiologists/pathologists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2016_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Response Options
Yes
No
Coordination of Care
PCMH2
Specialists are doctors like surgeons … In the last 6 months, did you see a specialist for a particular
health problem? … Response Options
Yes
No
Care Coordination
PCMH2
Specialists are doctors like surgeons, … In the last 6 months, did your child see a specialist for a
particular health problem? … the provider named in Question 1
seem informed and up-to-date about the care your child got from
specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-236-section-6-tables-4-9.pdf
February 01, 2012 - Number of Additional Specialists Identified Through Alternate Source
Additional Physician Identified
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/project-echo/videos.html
April 01, 2021 - Arora describes how Project ECHO facilitates the creation of personalized treatment plans by marrying specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/model/profiles/mcmanus.html
March 01, 2021 - approach Chris believes is becoming rare in a health care landscape that frequently sends patients to specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-236-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Provider Identification Identify specialists using provider taxonomy codes linked to provider NPI
(National
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/hret-preinterventionasst.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - Call
0
37 My facility conducts followup calls with patients after a known appointment with a specialist … Phone Call
0
b Assessing patient's health status
c Checking medications
d Checking in after a specialist … incorporate elements from the following:
• Appointment Aide section “My Health Care Team”
0
b Specialists
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2017_cg_cahps_chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Response Options
• Yes
• No
Coordination of Care
PCMH2
Specialists are doctors like surgeons … 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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/lessons_from_top-performing_medical_practices_CG-CAHPS_transcript.pdf
October 01, 2014 - , Family Medicine, Meriter DeForest-Windsor Clinic, DeForest, WI
Julie Susi, Manager, Breast Care Specialists … CAHPS Database site, and links to both the Meriter DeForest
Clinic site and the Maine Breast Cancer Specialist … Susi, Slide 24
Breast Care Specialists of Maine, we are a two-surgeon practice. … Susi, Slide 26
As you can see from this slide, Breast Care Specialists of Maine has maintained over … Yee, from the Meriter DeForest Clinic in Wisconsin, Julie Susi, from Breast Care
Specialists of Maine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Teamwork_in_QI_2012_02_01_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2012 - outside of the practices into the entire medical neighborhood to
coordinate care, so that includes specialists … So that’s going to really need to engage others: specialists, hospitals, as we were talking about before … But then expanding
that team to include either community resources or specialists, hospitals, where
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.doc
June 02, 2025 - clinical laboratory’s medical contact (e.g., a microbiologist, epidemiologist, or infection-control specialist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/1_dale_shaller_intro.pdf
October 22, 2014 - Family Medicine, Meriter
DeForest-Windsor Clinic, DeForest, WI
• Julie Susi, Manager, Breast Care Specialists