National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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Product
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) (1)
- Effective Health Care Program (1)
- Evidence-based Practice Center Program (EPC) (1)
- Evidence Report (1)
- Health IT Demo Projects (1)
- Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit (1)
- Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices Cooperative Grants (1)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) (1)
- Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (1)
- National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) (1)
- Patient Safety Organization (PSO) (1)
- Prevention TaskForce app (formerly Electronic Preventive Services Sector/ePSS) (1)
- Project ECHO (2)
- Publications (1)
- Research (4)
- TeamSTEPPS® (1)
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (3)
Topics
- Access to Care (3)
- Behavioral Health (1)
- Children/Adolescents (1)
- Chronic Conditions (1)
- Clinician-Patient Communication (1)
- Community-Based Practice (3)
- COVID-19 (1)
- Data (1)
- Depression (1)
- Diabetes (1)
- Disparities (3)
- Education: Curriculum (1)
- Emergency Department (1)
- Healthcare Costs (1)
- Health Literacy (1)
- Kidney Disease and Health (1)
- Medicaid (2)
- Medication (2)
- Opioids (1)
- Outcomes (5)
- Patient-Centered Healthcare (1)
- Patient and Family Engagement (1)
- Patient Experience (2)
- Patient Safety (3)
- Patient Safety Organizations (1)
- Pressure Ulcers (1)
- Prevention (6)
- Quality of Care (5)
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities (1)
- Rural Health (3)
- Screening (2)
- (-) Primary Care (13)
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 13 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: 2022-03
AHRQ Product(s): Evidence-based Practice Center Program (EPC), Evidence Report
Topic(s): COVID-19, Depression, Diabetes, Kidney Disease and Health, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention, Primary Care, Quality of Care
Geographic Location: National
Country: United States of America
Implementer: American College of Physicians
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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: 2021-05
AHRQ Product(s): Project ECHO, Research
Topic(s): Access to Care, Community-Based Practice, Emergency Department, Medicaid, Medication, Opioids, Outcomes, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Rural Health, Screening
Geographic Location: Pennsylvania
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Lehigh Valley Health Network
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2019-01
AHRQ Product(s): Prevention TaskForce app (formerly Electronic Preventive Services Sector/ePSS), U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Topic(s): Education: Curriculum, Outcomes, Prevention, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Screening
Geographic Location: District of Columbia
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-12
AHRQ Product(s): Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Topic(s): Data, Healthcare Costs, Primary Care
Geographic Location: Massachusetts
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Harvard Medical School
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-06
AHRQ Product(s): Research
Topic(s): Primary Care, Prevention
Geographic Location: California, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington
Country: United States of America
Implementer: American Cancer Society
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2015-40
AHRQ Product(s): Effective Health Care Program, National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Topic(s): Primary Care, Behavioral Health
Geographic Location: Georgia
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Georgia Southern University
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2015-31
AHRQ Product(s): Publications
Topic(s): Children/Adolescents, Prevention, Primary Care
Geographic Location: Texas
Country: United States of America
Implementer: University of Texas Medical Branch
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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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