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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 9 of 9 Research Studies DisplayedAdler-Milstein J, Embi PJ, Middleton B
Crossing the health IT chasm: considerations and policy recommendations to overcome current challenges and enable value-based care.
There is a chasm between the current health IT ecosystem and the health IT ecosystem. In this paper, the authors identify a set of focal goals and associated near-term achievable actions that are critical to pursue in order to enable the health IT ecosystem to meet the acute needs of modern health care delivery. These ideas emerged from discussions that occurred during the 2015 American Medical Informatics Association Policy Invitational Meeting.
AHRQ-funded; HS023969.
Citation: Adler-Milstein J, Embi PJ, Middleton B .
Crossing the health IT chasm: considerations and policy recommendations to overcome current challenges and enable value-based care.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2017 Sep 1;24(5):1036-43. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx017.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement, Policy, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Balbale SN, Locatelli SM, LaVela SL
Through their eyes: lessons learned using participatory methods in health care quality improvement projects.
The authors examined participatory methods to demonstrate how these methods can be adopted for quality improvement (QI) projects in health care. They concluded that using participatory methods is a valuable strategy to harness participant engagement and drive improvements that address individual needs.
AHRQ-funded; HS000084.
Citation: Balbale SN, Locatelli SM, LaVela SL .
Through their eyes: lessons learned using participatory methods in health care quality improvement projects.
Qual Health Res 2016 Aug;26(10):1382-92. doi: 10.1177/1049732315618386.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Quality of Care, Patient and Family Engagement, Quality Improvement
Khan A, Rogers JE, Forster CS
Communication and shared understanding between parents and resident-physicians at night.
The researchers studied communication breakdowns evidenced by lack of shared understanding between parents and night-team residents about the reason for admission and care plan. After conducting a prospective cohort study of 286 parents and 37 night-team senior residents, they found that parents and residents reported that they shared an understanding with one another about care plans in 86.0percent and 73.1 percent of cases, respectively.
AHRQ-funded; HS022986; HS000063.
Citation: Khan A, Rogers JE, Forster CS .
Communication and shared understanding between parents and resident-physicians at night.
Hosp Pediatr 2016 Jun;6(6):319-29. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2015-0224.
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Keywords: Care Coordination, Healthcare Delivery, Communication, Patient and Family Engagement, Clinician-Patient Communication
Rocque GB, Partridge EE, Pisu M
The Patient Care Connect Program: transforming health care through lay navigation.
In this article, the authors described the Patient Care Connect Program's development, infrastructure, selection and training of lay navigators, and program operations.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009; HS013852.
Citation: Rocque GB, Partridge EE, Pisu M .
The Patient Care Connect Program: transforming health care through lay navigation.
J Oncol Pract 2016 Jun;12(6):e633-42. doi: 10.1200/jop.2015.008896.
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Keywords: Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Healthcare Delivery
Mazor KM, Smith KM, Fisher KA
Speak up! Addressing the paradox plaguing patient-centered care.
The authors discuss the patient-centered care paradox in which patients' perceptions of care rarely translate into improvements. Instead of placing the burden on patieents to voice their concerns, the authors recommended that health care systems and providers create an environment in which patients and family members feel safe raising concerns. The authors also addressed the issue that health care institutions cannot respond in real time even when patients do express a concern. They concluded by offering suggestions on how to improve this paradox.
AHRQ-funded; HS022757.
Citation: Mazor KM, Smith KM, Fisher KA .
Speak up! Addressing the paradox plaguing patient-centered care.
Ann Intern Med 2016 May 3;164(9):618-9. doi: 10.7326/m15-2416.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Quality Improvement
Lavallee DC, Chenok KE, Love RM
Incorporating patient-reported outcomes into health care to engage patients and enhance care.
The authors examine the opportunities for using patient-reported outcomes to enhance care delivery and outcomes as health care information needs and technology platforms change. They highlight emerging practices in which patient-reported outcomes provide value to patients and clinicians and improve care delivery. Finally, they examine present and future challenges to maximizing the use of patient-reported outcomes in the clinic.
AHRQ-funded; HS022789.
Citation: Lavallee DC, Chenok KE, Love RM .
Incorporating patient-reported outcomes into health care to engage patients and enhance care.
Health Aff 2016 Apr;35(4):575-82. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1362.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Shared Decision Making, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Patient and Family Engagement, Quality Improvement
Stults CD, McCuistion MH, Frosch DL
Shared medical appointments: a promising innovation to improve patient engagement and ease the primary care provider shortage.
The authors examined the patient's perspective on participation in shared medical appointments (SMAs). They conducted five focus groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. They concluded that SMAs improve access, engagement with physicians and other patients, and knowledge of patients' health, as well as also helping to ease the workload for primary care physicians.
AHRQ-funded; HS019167.
Citation: Stults CD, McCuistion MH, Frosch DL .
Shared medical appointments: a promising innovation to improve patient engagement and ease the primary care provider shortage.
Popul Health Manag 2016 Feb;19(1):11-6. doi: 10.1089/pop.2015.0008.
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Keywords: Patient and Family Engagement, Primary Care, Healthcare Delivery
Brach C
AHRQ Author: Brach C
A daughter's frustration with the dearth of patient- and family-centered care.
This article is a first-person account of a hospitalization that describes the lack of patient and family inclusion in decision-making, failure to use plain language and other health literacy strategies, and disregard for patient and family preferences. The author concludes that if the health care system is going to shift from paternalistic to patient- and family-centered, providers must be trained in how to communicate and partner with patients and families. The author references resources to help hospitals make systematic changes to hard wire health literate and patient- and family-centered care.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Brach C .
A daughter's frustration with the dearth of patient- and family-centered care.
Patient Exp J 2014 Apr 1;1(1):43-47.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Shared Decision Making, Health Literacy, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare
Brach C, Dreyer BP, Schillinger D
AHRQ Author: Brach C
Physicians' roles in creating health literate organizations: a call to action.
Physicians are being called on to deliver patient-centered care, reduce medical errors, and generally increase health care quality and health outcomes, all while containing costs. Fully engaging patients in prevention, decision-making and self-management activities is critical to achieving these aims. The authors of this paper concluded that being health literate must be a new way of delivering care rather than an add-on. For national health literacy goals to be met, health care organizations must ingrain health literacy into their routines.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Brach C, Dreyer BP, Schillinger D .
Physicians' roles in creating health literate organizations: a call to action.
J Gen Intern Med 2014 Feb;29(2):273-5. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2619-6.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Shared Decision Making, Health Literacy, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare