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21. AHRQ STATE HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORKSHOP: (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/diabsumm.doc
    June 02, 2025 - including State health departments, Medicaid officials, benefit managers for State employees, and staff specialists … Understanding the foundation of quality improvement (staff specialists) 3. … Interpreting State estimates of diabetes quality (staff specialists) 4. … Developing a strategy for quality improvement (staff specialists) 6.

22. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39446/psn-pdf
    May 25, 2010 - Worries and concerns experienced by nurse specialists during inter-hospital transports of critically … Worries and concerns experienced by nurse specialists during inter-hospital transports of critically … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/worries-and-concerns-experienced-nurse-specialists-during-inter-hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/worries-and-concerns-experienced-nurse-specialists-during-inter-hospital-transports … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/worries-and-concerns-experienced-nurse-specialists-during-inter-hospital-transports

23. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Rapid Referral Programs (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6e.pdf
    July 07, 2017 - Specialist referrals are a serious problem for some health plan members. … In particular, they are not communicating well with the specialists, the health plans, or their patients … Resolving the gatekeeper conundrum: What patients value in primary care and referrals to specialists …  Improving the flow of information among the PCP, the specialist, and the patient. … While specialists may get fewer referrals, the benefits to them are more obvious: more effective care

24. Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist Care for Children on Medicaid: Technical Specifications (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0237-technicalspecs.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist Care for Children on Medicaid: Technical … Specifications Appendix – Measure Specification Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist … Medicaid populations and report the percentage of parents who responded “Usually” or “Always” to the specialist … Calculation This measure requires survey data on parent perceptions of specialist availability for … 1) demonstrates that a particular State publicly reports the results of the individual question on specialist

25. L.A.’s poorest patients endure long delays to see medical specialists. Some die waiting. | PSNet
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    August 05, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article L.A.’s poorest patients endure long delays to see medical specialists … Citation Text: L.A.’s poorest patients endure long delays to see medical specialists. … Citation Citation Text: L.A.’s poorest patients endure long delays to see medical specialists

26. Diabetes Care Quality Improvement Workbook and Resource Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/diabsumm.html
    October 01, 2014 - including State health departments, Medicaid officials, benefit managers for State employees, and staff specialists … Understanding the foundation of quality improvement (staff specialists). … Interpreting State estimates of diabetes quality (staff specialists). … Developing a strategy for quality improvement (staff specialists).

27. Miyasaka K et al. 1997 "Interactive communication in high-technology home care: videophones for pediatric ventilatory care." | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/miyasaka-k-et-al-1997
    January 01, 1997 - [ISDN] 64, 320 × 200 resolutions, 10 to 12 frames per second), which would provide respiratory care specialists … The system seemed to be useful in effectively using the time of specialists and in relieving the anxieties … The videophone system using ISDN 64 can now be considered a practical and effective tool to recruit specialist … The system seemed to be useful in effectively utilizing specialists' time and in relieving the anxieties … (group I consisted of seven and group II consisted of three patients), six pediatric intensive care specialists

28. Reporting of CAHPS Data Regarding Availability of Specialist Care for Children on Medicaid (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-237-fullreport.pdf
    October 01, 2019 - • Version 4.0: In the last 6 months, how often was it easy to get appointments for your child with specialists … • Many States and regions have variable geographic distribution and shortages of specialists (Mayer … Seeing Specialists: Roles of parents and providers unclear. National Poll on Children’s Health. … Available at: http://mottnpch.org/reports-surveys/seeing- specialists-roles-parents-providers-unclear … /reports-surveys/seeing-specialists-roles-parents-providers-unclear https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid

29. Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - Top-Performing Medical Practices Mercy Hospital Fore River Campus Portland, Maine 23 Breast Care Specialists … Percentiles CG-CAHPS Composite/Rating 2012 National 90th Percentile 2012 Maine Breast Cancer Specialists … 2013 National 90th Percentile 2013 Maine Breast Cancer Specialists Access to Care & Information … 32 Mercy Hospital Fore River Campus Portland, Maine Breast Care Specialists of Maine OUR TEAM

30. Professionalising patient safety? Findings from a mixed-methods formative evaluation of the patient safety specialist role in the English National Health Service. | PSNet
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    August 28, 2024 - Findings from a mixed-methods formative evaluation of the patient safety specialist role in the English … Findings from a mixed-methods formative evaluation of the patient safety specialist role in the English … Dedicated patient safety specialists support organizational safety systems and safety culture. … In this study, current patient safety specialists participated in interviews and/or responded to a survey … Findings from a mixed-methods formative evaluation of the patient safety specialist role in the English

31. Spotlight on North Carolina -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - QI specialists helped practices develop QI teams, identify QI activities, and improve targeted care … When the State determined that some QI specialists needed additional QI skills to be most effective … North Carolina also established a workgroup, consisting of QI specialists, champions for children’s … Demonstration staff believe that collaboration between the QI specialists and practices contributed … children and to start using QI specialists to improve care for adults

32. VA Provides Specialty Care in Local Offices Across the Country | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2013 - to affect thousands of veterans and has already engaged several hundred primary care clinicians and specialist … provide good care locally when appropriate so patients don't have to travel to receive care from a specialist … The centers cover additional conditions that primary care providers have often referred to specialists … Many rural clinicians seek collaboration and specialist input because they are located in areas with … few specialists.

33. Appendix: Profiles of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States’ Stakeholder Engagement Initiatives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2019 - Georgia: Engaging Stakeholders To Develop Curricula for Caregiver and Youth Peer Specialists Georgia … is building a statewide network of certified peer specialists (CPS) who have “lived experience” in the … existing initiatives within the DBHDD, are currently working with care management entities as peer specialists … A family and youth peer specialist coordinator, who is also a parent of a child with experience in the … Coalition members include primary care and specialist providers, families and consumer advocacy organization

34. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39331/psn-pdf
    March 03, 2010 - Meta-analysis: effect of interactive communication between collaborating primary care physicians and specialists … Meta-analysis: effect of interactive communication between collaborating primary care physicians and specialists … meta-analysis found that interactive communication between collaborating primary care providers and specialists

35. Access to Outpatient Specialty Care for Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/access-outpatient-speciality.html
    August 01, 2021 - Additional Specialists Identified Through Alternate Source (PDF, 44 KB) Section 6, Table 9. … Codes Used in Validity Testing (XLSX, 1.4 MB) Appendix B: Examination of Credentials for Identified Specialists

36. Access to Pediatric Voice Therapy: A Telehealth Solution | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - disorders need therapy that requires specialized clinical skills optimally delivered by experienced voice specialists … However, individuals with those skills are in short supply, and trained voice specialists at public schools … Limited access to voice specialists is further exacerbated in rural and underserved areas of the country … , where there are even fewer specialists.

37. McBride MR et al. 2004 "Harnessing technology and collaboration for an online ethnogeriatric educational resource." | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/mcbride-mr-et-al-2004
    January 01, 2004 - sampling generated survey data from 96 respondents, consisting of general practitioners (24%), pediatric specialists … (20%), and geriatric specialists (18%). … snowball sample yielded 96 survey respondents (24 percent general practitioners, 20 percent pediatric specialists … , and 18 percent geriatric specialists).

38. Use of Electronic Referral System to Improve the Outpatient Primary Care-Specialty Care Interface | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - With eReferral, specialists review requests in order to clarify them, recommend additional evaluation … referrals, ensures that appropriate diagnostic testing has been completed prior to patients being seen by specialists … Specialists reported a significant improvement in their ability to identify the question posed by referrals … The use of specialist reviewer was considered a major benefit by specialists themselves and was seen

39. STATISTICAL BRIEF #482: Specialist Need and Access among Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012
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    November 01, 2015 - were more likely to report less access to specialists than non-Hispanic blacks or non-Hispanic whites … Many adults with chronic conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes, need to see specialists more … Age Age is correlated with perceived need for and access to specialists (figure 1). … Questions about adults' need for and access to specialists are asked annually in the MEPS adult SAQ. … The questions asked: Specialists are doctors like surgeons, heart doctors, allergy doctors, skin doctors

40. STATISTICAL BRIEF #274: Variations in Perceived Need and Access to Specialist Care among Adults in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st274/stat274.shtml
    December 01, 2009 - Introduction Specialists are doctors who have completed advanced education and clinical training in … In 2006, more than half of the physicians in the United States were specialists, such as allergists, … Definitions Needing specialist care and access to specialists The 2007 Self-Administered Questionnaire … and access to specialists are: 1. … Specialists are doctors like surgeons, heart doctors, skin doctors, and others who specialize in one