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Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies

AHRQ's Impact Case Studies Program catalogues the impact the Agency's research and resources have on outcomes, quality, cost, use, and access. They demonstrate how AHRQ-funded research, tools, and products are actually being used by Federal and State Government; individual practices, clinics, and hospitals; insurance companies; professional associations; and schools of public health and medicine.

Managed by the Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer (OCKT), the program objective is to track the impact of AHRQ research and resources and explain that impact in ways policymakers and others can both understand and appreciate. This use of an AHRQ product generally results in one of the following:

Change in a clinical practice.
Change in a policy.
Change in patient outcomes.

Knowledge Transfer Case Studies (identified by the initials "KT") describe results of activities under AHRQ's Knowledge Transfer and Implementation contract program, which is intended to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of AHRQ's evidence-based products, tools, and research findings into the health care system.

Highlights

Ten New Case Studies (May 2012)

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Portfolios

AHRQ's impact case studies are categorized by the Agency's research portfolios:

Comparative Effectiveness
   Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Uses Evidence Report in Rural Hospitals—New!
   Ohio Medicaid Uses AHRQ Evidence Report to Guide Policy Decision for Women and Infants—New!
Cross-Agency Communications
Health Information Technology
Patient Safety
   Nebraska Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)—New!
   New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)—New!
   New York Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)—New!
   Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Implements Triage System to Improve Care—New!
Prevention/Care Management
   Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program—New!
Value
   Arkansas Department of Health Launches Public Health Care Reporting Web Site After Participating in MONAHRQ® Learning Network—New!
   Maine Health Data Organization Launches Public Health Care Reporting Web Site After Participating in MONAHRQ® Learning Network—New!
   Utah Department of Health Uses MONAHRQ® to Create Online Report—New!

Current as of May 2012

Internet Citation:

Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies. May 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/casestudies/index.html