Evaluation of a Learning Collaborative's Process and Effectiveness to Reduce Health Care Disparities Among Minority Populations, Table I.1

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Evaluation of a Learning Collaborative's Process and Effectiveness to Reduce Health Care Disparities Among Minority Populations

Table I.1. Data Collection Plan

Type of Data	Persons to be Interviewed	Time Frame
Firm Interviews
Initial Firm Contact and Background	Lead firm contact	August 2005
Organizational Structure vis-à-vis Collaborative	Lead firm contact	December 2005-February 2006
Collaborative Goals	CEO and other key executives	December 2005-February 2006
Views on Disparities Across Units of the Firm	Key department heads	December 2005-February 2006
Experience with Geocoding	Lead firm contact, quality improvement head, geocoding data contact	December 2005-February 2006
Localized Pilot Intervention (Including Module on Data for this Intervention)	Lead firm contact, local point persons (local plans)	August-October 2006
Collaborative's Contribution to Quality Improvement	Pilot staff, lead contact	August-October 2006
Collaborative's Influence on Corporate Commitment to Disparities	Lead firm contact, executive most closely associated with Collaborative	August-October 2006
Communications Objectives	Communications staff from each firm	August-October 2006
Overall Assessment of the Collaborative	Lead firm contact, executive most closely associated with Collaborative	August-October 2006
Interview Modules for Other Organizations (non-Firms) in Collaborative
Support Organization Feedback	Support organizations (RAND, CHCS, and IHI)	July 2005, April 2006, Fall 2006
Sponsor Organization Feedback	Sponsor organizations (AHRQ and RWJF)	July 2005, Fall 2006
Communications Objectives	GMMB, sponsor organizations, and support organizations	August-October 2006
Other Tools*
Network Analysis Feedback Form	Firms, sponsor organizations, and support organizations	December 2005-February 2006
Disparities Data Worksheet	Firms (appropriate person to be determined by lead firm contact)	Planned for December 2005 but later dropped

*We originally planned to field a second round of the network analysis feedback form in summer 2006. This was dropped after firms expressed concern about the burden of time required to respond to requests from the organizations supporting the Collaborative. The evaluation also originally included a request to develop a survey form AHRQ could use a year after the Collaborative ended to assess the sustainability of the Collaborative, which was dropped because the Collaborative continued and because of the difficulty in capturing progress through a closed-ended instrument.

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