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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 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedIke B, Baldwin LM, Sutton S
Staff and clinician work-life perceptions after implementing systems-based improvements to opioid management.
The authors assessed the impact of implementing the Six Building Blocks on the work-life of primary care providers and staff. Six rural and rural-serving primary care organizations implemented the Six Building Blocks, with assistance from practice facilitators, clinical experts, and informatics specialists. The authors found that clinicians and staff reported improvement in their work-life after implementing the Six Building Blocks Program to improve opioid medication management and recommended further research on patient experiences specific to practice redesign programs.
AHRQ-funded; HS023750.
Citation: Ike B, Baldwin LM, Sutton S .
Staff and clinician work-life perceptions after implementing systems-based improvements to opioid management.
J Am Board Fam Med 2019 Sep-Oct;32(5):715-23. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.190027.
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Keywords: Opioids, Pain, Chronic Conditions, Primary Care: Models of Care, Primary Care, Care Management, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Quality Improvement, Medication, Provider, Clinician-Patient Communication
Hall TL, Knierim KE, Nease DE
Primary care practices' implementation of patient-team partnership: findings from EvidenceNOW Southwest.
The authors reported on practice characteristics associated with greater patient-team partnership scores. Using EvidenceNOW Southwest data, they found that practices can improve efforts to partner with patients to assess social needs, gather meaningful input on practice improvement and patient experience, and offer resource connections. These findings supplement recent evidence that patient registries and evidence-based guidelines may effectively prevent and manage cardiovascular disease.
AHRQ-funded; HS023904.
Citation: Hall TL, Knierim KE, Nease DE .
Primary care practices' implementation of patient-team partnership: findings from EvidenceNOW Southwest.
J Am Board Fam Med 2019 Jul-Aug;32(4):490-504. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.180361..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Clinician-Patient Communication, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Patient and Family Engagement, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Fisher KA, Smith KM, Gallagher TH
We want to know: patient comfort speaking up about breakdowns in care and patient experience.
The purpose of this study was to assess patient comfort speaking up about problems during hospitalisation and to identify patients at increased risk of having a problem and not feeling comfortable speaking up. The investigators suggest that creating conditions for patients to be comfortable speaking up may result in service recovery opportunities and improved patient experience. They assert that such efforts should consider the impact of health literacy and mental health on patient engagement in patient-safety activities.
AHRQ-funded; HS024596; HS022757.
Citation: Fisher KA, Smith KM, Gallagher TH .
We want to know: patient comfort speaking up about breakdowns in care and patient experience.
BMJ Qual Saf 2019 Mar;28(3):190-97. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008159..
Keywords: Clinician-Patient Communication, Hospitalization, Patient Experience, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Grob R, Schlesinger M, Barre LR
What words convey: the potential for patient narratives to inform quality improvement.
This article explored the potential of systematically elicited narratives about experiences with outpatient care to enrich quality improvement. The authors concluded that attention to patient experience and rigorously elicited narratives hold substantial promise for improving quality and patients' experiences with care by making concrete what went wrong or right in domains covered by existing surveys, and by expanding our view of what aspects of care matter to patients as articulated in their own words and thus how care can be made more patient-centered.
AHRQ-funded; HS016978; HS016980; HS021858.
Citation: Grob R, Schlesinger M, Barre LR .
What words convey: the potential for patient narratives to inform quality improvement.
Milbank Q 2019 Mar;97(1):176-227. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12374..
Keywords: Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Clinician-Patient Communication, Patient Experience, Quality Improvement