National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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Product
- Aprende a Vivir (1)
- CAHPS (1)
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) (1)
- Effective Health Care Program (4)
- EXCEED (1)
- HCUP-Kids' Inpatient Database (1)
- HCUP-Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2)
- HCUP-Prevention Quality Indicators (1)
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (3)
- Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit (5)
- Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices Cooperative Grants (1)
- Medicaid Medical Directors Learning Network (1)
- Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (1)
- National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Report (QR/DR) (4)
- Patient Safety Organization (PSO) (1)
- Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool (1)
- Project ECHO (1)
- Quality Diagnostic Tools for States (1)
- Research (11)
- Staying Active and Healthy With Blood Thinners (1)
- TeamSTEPPS® (1)
Topics
- Access to Care (4)
- Behavioral Health (2)
- Children/Adolescents (3)
- Chronic Conditions (5)
- Clinician-Patient Communication (1)
- Community-Based Practice (2)
- Diabetes (3)
- Education: Curriculum (2)
- Education: Patient and Caregiver (1)
- Elderly (3)
- Guidelines (1)
- Health Information Technology (HIT) (1)
- Health Literacy (14)
- Heart Disease and Health (1)
- Long-Term Care (1)
- Medicaid (2)
- Medication (3)
- Outcomes (4)
- Patient-Centered Healthcare (1)
- Patient and Family Engagement (1)
- Patient Experience (2)
- Patient Safety (6)
- Patient Safety Organizations (1)
- Policy (2)
- Prevention (6)
- Primary Care (3)
- Quality of Care (4)
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities (3)
- Rural Health (3)
- Women (3)
- (-) Disparities (32)
Impact Case Studies
AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded tools by State and Federal policy makers, health systems, clinicians, academicians, and other professionals.
Tell us how you're using our research or tools using these AHRQ Impact Case Studies criteria or contact us at ImpactCaseStudies@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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1-10 of 32 Case Studies Found
Impact Case Study Identifier: 2023-04
AHRQ Product(s): Project ECHO, Research, Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices Cooperative Grants, Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Topic(s): Access to Care, Community-Based Practice, Disparities, Medicaid, Medication, Outcomes, Patient Experience, Primary Care, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Quality of Care, Rural Health
Geographic Location: New Mexico
Country: United States of America
Implementer: State of New Mexico
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2022-01
AHRQ Product(s): Patient Safety Organization (PSO), TeamSTEPPS®
Topic(s): Access to Care, Chronic Conditions, Clinician-Patient Communication, Community-Based Practice, Disparities, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Prevention, Primary Care, Patient Safety Organizations, Quality of Care, Rural Health
Geographic Location: Maine
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Maine Developmental Disabilities Council; Maine Primary Care Association PSO; ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2015-05
AHRQ Product(s): National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Report (QR/DR)
Topic(s): Education: Curriculum, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Prevention, Disparities
Geographic Location: Arizona
Country: United States of America
Implementer: College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2014-22
AHRQ Product(s): Staying Active and Healthy With Blood Thinners
Topic(s): Patient Safety, Medication, Disparities
Geographic Location: California
Country: United States of America
Implementer: The Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN)
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2014-21
AHRQ Product(s): Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Patient Safety, Primary Care, Disparities
Geographic Location: Arkansas
Country: United States of America
Implementer: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2014-06
AHRQ Product(s): National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Report (QR/DR)
Topic(s): Education: Curriculum, Disparities
Geographic Location: New York
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Hunter College
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2014-05
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Patient Safety, Disparities
Geographic Location: Pennsylvania
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Aligning Forces for Quality–South Central Pennsylvania
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2014-04
AHRQ Product(s): Aprende a Vivir
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Chronic Conditions, Elderly, Disparities
Geographic Location: New York
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Casa Boricua Senior Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: CP3-13-12
AHRQ Product(s): Research
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Prevention, Prevention, Disparities
Geographic Location: National
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: OEREP-13-02
AHRQ Product(s): Effective Health Care Program
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Elderly, Disparities, Diabetes, Chronic Conditions
Geographic Location: Texas
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Office of Minority Health National Promotores Program
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