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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedKranz AM, Ryan J, Mahmud A, AM, Ryan J, Mahmud A
Association of primary and specialty care integration on physician communication and cancer screening in safety-net clinics.
Lack of cancer screenings are more common in community health centers (CHCs) which provide primary care to disadvantaged populations due to difficulty accessing specialty care for their patients. This study’s objective was to describe CHCs use to integrate care with specialists and examine whether strongly integrated CHCs have higher rates of screening colorectal and cervical cancers. A 2017 survey of CHCs in 12 states and the District of Columbia was used to estimate the association between a composite measure of CHC/specialist integration and cancer screening rates and 4 measures of CHC/specialist communication using multivariate regression models. More integrated CHCs had higher screening rates of colorectal and cervical cancer and had significantly higher rates of knowing that specialist visits happened, knowing visit outcomes, receiving information after visits, and timely receipt of information.
AHRQ-funded; HS024067.
Citation: Kranz AM, Ryan J, Mahmud A, AM, Ryan J, Mahmud A .
Association of primary and specialty care integration on physician communication and cancer screening in safety-net clinics.
Prev Chronic Dis 2020 Oct 29;17:E134. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.200025..
Keywords: Cancer, Screening, Communication, Prevention, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Healthcare Delivery
Chou AF, Homco JB, Nagykaldi Z
Disseminating, implementing, and evaluating patient-centered outcomes to improve cardiovascular care using a stepped-wedge design: healthy hearts for Oklahoma.
The Healthy Hearts for Oklahoma (H2O) Study proposes to build a quality improvement (QI) infrastructure by (1) constructing a sustainable Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Collaborative (OPHIC) to support dissemination and implementation (D&I) of QI methods; and (2) providing QI support in primary care practices to better manage patients at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. H2O has 263 small primary care practices across Oklahoma that receive the bundled QI intervention to improve ABCS (aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation) performance. The infrastructure established as a result of this funding will help reach medically underserved Oklahomans, particularly among rural and tribal populations.
AHRQ-funded; HS023919.
Citation: Chou AF, Homco JB, Nagykaldi Z .
Disseminating, implementing, and evaluating patient-centered outcomes to improve cardiovascular care using a stepped-wedge design: healthy hearts for Oklahoma.
BMC Health Serv Res 2018 Jun 4;18(1):404. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3189-4.
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Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Communication, Heart Disease and Health, Healthcare Delivery, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Primary Care, Prevention, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Meyers D, Miller T, Genevro J
AHRQ Author: Meyers D, Miller T, Genevro J, Zhan C, De La Mare J, Fournier A, Bennett H, McNellis RJ
EvidenceNOW: Balancing primary care implementation and implementation research.
In 2015, AHRQ invested in the largest primary care research project in its history. EvidenceNOW is a $112 million effort to disseminate and implement patient-centered outcomes research evidence in more than 1,500 primary care practices and to study how quality-improvement support can build the capacity of primary care practices to understand and apply evidence. EvidenceNOW comprises 7 implementation research grants, each funded to provide external quality-improvement support to primary care practices to implement evidence-based cardiovascular care and to conduct rigorous internal evaluations of their work.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Meyers D, Miller T, Genevro J .
EvidenceNOW: Balancing primary care implementation and implementation research.
Ann Fam Med 2018 Apr;16(Suppl 1):S5-s11. doi: 10.1370/afm.2196.
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Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Communication, Evidence-Based Practice, Heart Disease and Health, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Prevention, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Implementation