National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
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EvidenceNOW: Tools and Resources
The Agency for Healthcare and Quality (AHRQ) offers practical, research-based tools and other resources to help a variety of health care origanizations, provider, and others make care safer in all health care settings. AHRQ's evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. Improving health care quality by increasing the capacity of small primary care practices to implement the best clinical evidence is our aim. These tools and resources can be searched by the key drivers and the change strategies of the EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram.
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101 to 104 of 104 Tools and Resources DisplayedThis issue brief provides a description of workflow analysis; explores the stages of workflow analysis, process mapping, and process redesign; and discusses the role of care teams in the workflow mapping process.
This presentation explains how primary care practices can use workflow analysis for quality improvement (QI) in all office systems—such as scheduling, patient flow, and billing. It provides step-by-step guidance and a systems assessment tool.
This one-page workflow chart and decision aid helps primary care practice staff collect and track data so clinicians can determine patients’ risk of cardiovascular events such as a heart attack or stroke.
This worksheet helps primary care practices plan a quality improvement (QI) Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, outlining the QI goals, and how the practice will try to reach them. It also provides space for actual outcomes and analysis of next steps.