National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
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Tools and Resources
This section includes tools and resources that AHRQ developed, in collaboration with experts in primary care, to advance primary care research and improve the quality and safety of primary care. These tools and resources help researchers and evaluators to design and evaluate primary care research, decision makers to implement practices for primary care transformation, and clinicians to enhance the delivery of primary care by improving care teams, care processes, and achieving best practices.
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1 to 15 of 15 Tools and Resources DisplayedThe 3d edition of this toolkit offers evidence-based guidance to help healthcare providers make health information easier to understand and act on, make healthcare easier to navigate, and increase support for patients of all health literacy levels.
Research Initiative: Health Literacy
Type: Toolkit
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The Care Coordination Quality Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC) is a survey of adult patients’ experiences with care coordination in primary care settings.
Research Initiative: Care Coordination
Type: Survey
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This HHS-developed how-to guide helps create health Web sites and Web content for the millions of Americans with limited literacy skills and limited experience using the Web. It can be used by web designers, web content specialists, and other public health communication professionals.
Research Initiative: Health Literacy
Type: Handbook/Guidebook
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This survey helps health care providers better understand the kind of organizational environment that supports positive patient experience, and provides strategies to improve the patient experience.
Research Initiative: Quality Improvement
Type: Survey
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This paper offers a conceptual model and specific strategies to help primary care practices successfully transition to patient-centered team-based care.
Research Initiative: Care Coordination
Type: White Paper
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This guide informs developers of feedback reports about evidence-based strategies to consider when developing or refining a feedback reporting system. This guide is appropriate for many audiences, including medical groups, health plans, payers, professional societies, regional quality improvement collaboratives, and dissemination and implementation campaigns.
Research Initiative: Disseminating Evidence
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This guide presents practical steps for designing an evaluation of a primary care intervention from planning to implementation,
Research Initiative: Care Coordination
Type: Handbook/Guidebook
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Primary care practice facilitation training programs.
Research Initiative: Practice Facilitation
Type: Case Study
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This update of the 2011 Care Coordination Measures Atlas presents many new measures emphasizing primary care. Twenty-six new EHR-based measures are identified that can help professionals meet Medicaid and Medicare EHR Incentive Programs criteria.
Research Initiative: Care Coordination
Type: Atlas
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This Quick-Start Guide describes the dissemination, planning, and implementation process for practice-based research networks.
Research Initiative: Health IT and Digital Health
Type: Handbook/Guidebook
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This resource integrates primary care practices and community-based resources to better manage obesity.
Research Initiative: Care Management
Type: Resource
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This toolkit has been developed for primary care practices to manage obesity.
Research Initiative: Care Management
Type: Toolkit
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This resources links primary care patients with obesity to local resources for better management of their obesity.
Research Initiative: Care Management
Type: Resource
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This resource links primary care patients to local resources to better manage obesity.
Research Initiative: Care Management
Type: Resource
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This paper describes the evidence we have so far on the effects of precursors to the medical home model on key outcomes, and how to improve studies in the future.
Research Initiative: Care Coordination
Type: White Paper
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