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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 6 of 6 Research Studies DisplayedNembhard IM, Morrow CT, Bradley EH
Implementing role-changing versus time-changing innovations in health care: differences in helpfulness of staff improvement teams, management, and network for learning.
This paper examined the hypothesis that the degree to which access to groups that can alter organizational learning depends on innovation type. Team representativeness and network membership were positively associated with implementing role-changing practices; while senior management engagement was positively associated with implementing time-changing practices. The authors concluded that these findings advance implementation science by explaining mixed results across past studies, that the nature of change for workers alters potential facilitators' effects on implementation.
AHRQ-funded; HS018987.
Citation: Nembhard IM, Morrow CT, Bradley EH .
Implementing role-changing versus time-changing innovations in health care: differences in helpfulness of staff improvement teams, management, and network for learning.
Med Care Res Rev 2015 Dec;72(6):707-35. doi: 10.1177/1077558715592315.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Quality Improvement, Organizational Change, Teams, Quality of Care, Learning Health Systems, Implementation
Balasubramanian BA, Fernald D, Dickinson LM
REACH of interventions integrating primary care and behavioral health.
This study reports REACH (the extent to which an intervention or program was delivered to the identified target population) of interventions integrating primary care and behavioral health implemented by real-world practices. Practices that implemented systematic protocols to identify patients needing integrated care had a significantly higher screening REACH compared with practices that used clinicians' discretion.
AHRQ-funded; HS022981.
Citation: Balasubramanian BA, Fernald D, Dickinson LM .
REACH of interventions integrating primary care and behavioral health.
J Am Board Fam Med 2015 Sep-Oct;28 Suppl 1:S73-85. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.S1.150055.
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Keywords: Behavioral Health, Healthcare Delivery, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Primary Care, Community-Based Practice, Implementation, Community-Based Practice, Implementation
Fontaine P, Whitebird R, Solberg LI
Minnesota's early experience with medical home implementation: viewpoints from the front lines.
This study aimed to identify the facilitators and barriers encountered by nine diverse primary care practices selected from the first 80 to achieve patient-centered medical home (PCMH) certification in Minnesota. It found that facilitators to achieve PCMH certification included a requirement for patient involvement, which pushed practices to create patient-centered innovations, and new reimbursement models based on quality indicators for a population.
AHRQ-funded; HS019161.
Citation: Fontaine P, Whitebird R, Solberg LI .
Minnesota's early experience with medical home implementation: viewpoints from the front lines.
J Gen Intern Med 2015 Jul;30(7):899-906. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-3136-y..
Keywords: Patient-Centered Healthcare, Primary Care, Implementation, Organizational Change, Healthcare Delivery, Practice Improvement, Health Services Research (HSR)
Proctor E, Luke D, Calhoun A
Sustainability of evidence-based healthcare: research agenda, methodological advances, and infrastructure support.
This project identifies the challenges associated with sustainability research and generates recommendations for accelerating and strengthening this work. Its recommendations fell into three domains: (1) pursue high priority research questions as a unified agenda on sustainability; (2) advance methods for sustainability research; (3) advance infrastructure to support sustainability research.
AHRQ-funded; HS020775.
Citation: Proctor E, Luke D, Calhoun A .
Sustainability of evidence-based healthcare: research agenda, methodological advances, and infrastructure support.
Implement Sci 2015 Jun 11;10:88. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0274-5..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Implementation, Research Methodologies
Weiss SM, Tobin JN, Lopez M
Translating an evidence-based behavioral intervention for women living with HIV into clinical practice: the SMART/EST Women's Program.
The researchers explored the pathways to effectively transfer promising research accomplishments into effective and sustainable service programs within the health care delivery system. Their study confirmed (a) the translatability of the Stress Management And Relaxation Training/Emotional Supportive Therapy (SMART/EST) Women's Program, from academic to community health center settings in two geographic regions with high HIV prevalence among women, (b) the ability of local staff to successfully achieve program fidelity and clinical outcomes, and (c) the sustainability the program beyond the auspices of research support, through supportive community health center leadership securing continued program funding.
AHRQ-funded; HS021667.
Citation: Weiss SM, Tobin JN, Lopez M .
Translating an evidence-based behavioral intervention for women living with HIV into clinical practice: the SMART/EST Women's Program.
Int J Behav Med 2015 Jun;22(3):415-24. doi: 10.1007/s12529-014-9399-1.
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Keywords: Behavioral Health, Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Implementation
Birken SA, Lee SY, Weiner BJ
From strategy to action: how top managers' support increases middle managers' commitment to innovation implementation in health care organizations.
The researchers surveyed and interviewed middle managers implementing an innovation intended to reduce health disparities in 120 U.S. health centers to assess whether top managers’ support directly influences middle managers’ commitment. Their results suggest that top managers increase middle managers’ commitment by directly conveying to middle managers that innovation implementation is an organizational priority, as well as by several other means.
AHRQ-funded; HS019107; HS013635.
Citation: Birken SA, Lee SY, Weiner BJ .
From strategy to action: how top managers' support increases middle managers' commitment to innovation implementation in health care organizations.
Health Care Manage Rev 2015 Apr-Jun;40(2):159-68. doi: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000018..
Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Implementation, Organizational Change