Wednesday, May 2, 2012
New CAHPS Podcast in Quality Improvement Series
New CAHPS Podcast: A Breakthrough Approach to Improving Communication with PatientsThe eighth podcast in a series focused on quality improvement features Wendy Leebov, president and CEO of Leebov Golde & Associates. In this podcast, Wendy discusses specific communication strategies that health professionals can use to significantly enhance patients' experience with care and, over time, improve scores on patient experience surveys. Access this podcast (20:09 minutes) on the CAHPS Web site at https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/News-and-Events/Podcasts.aspx. Check out the other podcasts in this series:Practical Strategies for Gathering Feedback Directly from Patients (Audio): Susan Edgman-Levitan, executive director of the Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-principal investigator on the Yale CAHPS Team, discusses the importance of getting patient feedback and various methods for collecting that feedback to help you better understand and improve your CAHPS scores. Identifying Areas to Improve (Audio): Donna Farley, senior health policy analyst at RAND and co-lead of the RAND CAHPS Team, discusses how to identify specific areas to improve within your health care organization and how to develop an effective plan to accomplish your quality improvement goals. Advancing Quality Through Teamwork at Multiple Level (Audio): Marjie Harbrecht, CEO of HealthTeamWorks, discusses the benefits of expanding teamwork to include patients and families, health care practices, and medical neighborhoods. The Role of Human Resources Staff in Improvement Efforts (Video): Wendy Leebov, president and CEO of Leebov Golde & Associates, discusses the key roles that human resources staff can play in advancing quality improvement in health care organizations. The Role of Leadership in Improvement Efforts (Audio): Gregg Meyer, formerly the senior vice president of Massachusetts General Hospital and Physicians Organization and director of the Edward P. Lawrence Center for Quality and Safety, discusses the importance of leadership to support quality improvement efforts. Creating an Improvement Culture (Video): Patrick Jordan, chief operating officer of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, discusses the importance of having a positive organizational culture to support the hospital's commitment to improving patients' experiences with care. The Case for Improving Patient Experience (Audio): Dr. Larry Morrissey, medical director of quality improvement at the Stillwater Medical Group, discusses the value of and business case for improving patient experience. |
Friday, April 13, 2012
Register Now for April 25 HCUP Data Users' Workshop
Few Spots Remain. Registration Closes April 16. AHRQ Offers Instructor-led HCUP Training Course for Data Users Register for the HCUP Data Users' Workshop (in person at AHRQ) HCUP Data Users' Workshop Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 9 am – 4:00 pm ET The full-day course, sponsored by AHRQ, focuses on the use of HCUP databases and software tools for health services research. The workshop is oriented toward intermediate-level data users or people already familiar with HCUP. (Familiarity can be gained by taking the Online HCUP Overview Course.) At the workshop, computers will be provided and instructor-led programming examples will be presented in SAS. There will be a specific focus on conducting revisit analyses using HCUP. HCUP staff experts will be available for questions. Registration information is available on the HCUP User Support Website. Registration closes April 16 or when capacity is reached. There is no charge to attend. The workshop takes place at the AHRQ Conference Center in Rockville, MD. For questions about the workshop, please contact HCUP User Support at hcup@ahrq.gov. |
Monday, April 2, 2012
April 11th Webinar on the Use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve Quality Measurement
HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar April 11 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET to illustrate how new methods of analyzing free text data stored in electronic health records (EHRs) can impact quality measurement. Participants will learn about the principles of NLP design and implementation; how NLP is used to operationalize the assessment of quality measurement in asthma care and how NLP is used in monitoring intensification of treatment for patients with diabetes. Panelists: Brian Hazlehurst, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Alexander Turchin, M.D., M.S., Director of Informatics Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital How to obtain CME/CNE Credit: Participants will earn 1.5 contact credit hours for their participation if they attended the entire Web conference. To register: 1. Go to: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=991599064 2. Select "Register." For assistance: Contact Jennifer Webb at jrwebb@rti.org or (919) 541-6746. |
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
NIH Radio Update
NIH Radio Update for today: You are subscribed to NIH Radio Audio Reports for National Institutes of Health (NIH). This information has recently been updated and is now available at http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/radio.htm. 03/27/2012 10:30 AM EDT Researchers have found that blocked activity of learning and memory genes is an early, and potentially treatable event in Alzheimer's disease." 03/22/2012 09:52 AM EDT An NIH-funded study in rats suggests there may be an easy, available treatment for a common condition in women of childbearing age." |
NIH News Release Update
NIH News Release Update: You are subscribed to New Releases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This information has recently been updated and is now available at http://www.nih.gov/news/. 03/27/2012 02:32 PM EDT 03/27/2012 09:12 AM EDT 03/27/2012 10:57 AM EDT |
Effective Health Care Program Update: Two New Final Reports Are Now Available
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care (EHC) Program is pleased to announce that the following have been posted to the EHC Program Web site: Final Reports
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Monday, March 26, 2012
New Podcast in TalkingQuality
New Podcast in TalkingQualityThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announces a new TalkingQuality podcast: Tips on Making Quality Reports User-Centered. In this podcast, Jeanne McGee from McGee and Evers Consulting shares advice from a comprehensive guide she developed for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on plain language writing, graphic design, and using feedback from readers. Access this podcast on the TalkingQuality Web site at https://www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/content/resources/Podcasts_and_Webinar.aspx. Check out other podcasts:
Comments or questions: Please contact us at talkingquality@ahrq.gov. Visit TalkingQuality at https://www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/. |
Friday, March 23, 2012
UPDATE -- AHRQ Research Activities Online Newsletter
AHRQ is working to improve and redesign its website. User feedback is a key element driving enhancements to AHRQ.gov and we are looking to you for help. One of our first tasks is to improve the organization of site information. This will set the foundation for many additional changes. You can help us by participating in a "card sort" exercise to help us better understand how information should be categorized and organized on AHRQ.gov. The card sort is very intuitive and should take only 15 or 20 minutes; no web design expertise is needed. Please consider helping us out by choosing the most appropriate link from the two below. The card sort will be available for the next two weeks and will close on April 6, 2012. |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Matte article: What you should know about Salmonella if you keep backyard poultry
Peep, chirp, quack!
What you should know about Salmonella if you keep backyard poultry
It’s not unusual to see soft and cute baby poultry put on display in agricultural feed stores, especially during the spring. But most people do not realize that live poultry (chicks, chickens, ducks, ducklings, geese, turkeys) can be a source of human Salmonella infections, especially for children. >>Learn more
2011 CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Results Now Available
CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey: Comparative Results The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has posted new comparative results for the CAHPS Clinician & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey on the Online Reporting System maintained by the CAHPS Database: https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cahpsidb/default.aspx Comparative results are presented for both the 12-month Adult and Visit Adult versions of the CG-CAHPS Survey. Key features of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Online Reporting System include:
The CAHPS Database is the national repository for data from selected CAHPS surveys. It is sponsored and funded by AHRQ and administered by Westat. For further information on the CAHPS Database, please visit our Web site at http://cahps.ahrq.gov/CAHPS-Database.aspx. Please do not hesitate to contact the CAHPS Database by phone 888-808-7108 or email NCBD1@ahrq.gov if you have any questions or concerns. The CAHPS Database |
Monday, March 19, 2012
NIH Research Matters for March 19, 2012 organ transplants without lifelong drugs, surprises in the gorilla genome, and nanocomplexes used to label cells for MRI tracking
The March 19, 2012, NIH Research Matters is now available. In this week's edition:
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New CAHPS Podcast in Quality Improvement Series
New CAHPS Podcast: Identifying Areas to ImproveThe sixth podcast in a series focused on quality improvement features Donna Farley, Senior Health Policy Analyst and Co-lead, RAND CAHPS Team. Dr. Farley discusses how to identify specific areas to improve within your health care organization and how to develop an effective plan to accomplish your quality improvement goals. Access this podcast (13:15) on the CAHPS Web site at https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/News-and-Events/Podcasts.aspx. Check out the other podcasts in this series:Advancing Quality Through Teamwork at Multiple Level (Audio): Marjie Harbrecht, CEO of HealthTeamWorks, discusses the benefits of expanding teamwork to include patients and families, health care practices, and medical neighborhoods. The Role of Human Resources Staff in Improvement Efforts (Video): Wendy Leebov, President and CEO of Leebov Golde & Associates, discusses the key roles that human resources staff can play in advancing quality improvement in health care organizations. The Role of Leadership in Improvement Efforts (Audio): Gregg Meyer, Senior Vice President of Massachusetts General Hospital and Physicians Organization and Director of the Edward P. Lawrence Center for Quality and Safety, discusses the importance of leadership to support quality improvement efforts. Creating an Improvement Culture (Video): Patrick Jordan from Newton-Wellesley Hospital discusses the importance of having a positive organizational culture to support the hospital's commitment to improving patients' experiences with care. The Case for Improving Patient Experience (Audio): Larry Morrissey from the Stillwater Medical Group discusses the value of and business case for improving patient experience. |
NGC Update Service: March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012New This WeekGuideline Synthesis
Guideline SummariesBritish Committee for Standards in Haematology
European Association of Urology
National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health National Heart Foundation of Australia
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
AnnouncementsHealth Awareness Topics - March 2012
NGC SpotlightVisit the revised Hospital-Acquired Conditions page for evidence-based resources available on the NGC Web site to assist users in the prevention of the CMS-identified hospital-acquired conditions. G-I-N North America WebinarG-I-N North America is offering a free Webinar on March 29, 2012 at 1 pm (Pacific)/4 pm (Eastern) on the topic: AHRQ and NGC Approach to Addressing the IOM Standards: Implications for the North American Guideline Development Community. Vivian Coates, Project Director of the National Guideline Clearinghouse/National Quality Measures Clearinghouse and Vice President of ECRI Institute, and Jean Slutsky, Director of the Center for Outcomes and Evidence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will discuss their phased approach to the IOM Standards for Trustworthy Guidelines. They are also interested in feedback from members of the North American guideline community on how to best meet their needs as end users of the NGC. For more information contact: gladys.i.tom@kp.org, 1-510-414-7760, or 1-925-980-5951. Conference NewsThe Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) Conference 2012, will be held August 22-25, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Registration is now open. NGC's Sister Resources
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NQMC Update Service: March 19, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Patient Safety Update - Now Available: Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Hospital Readmissions Program
Now Available: Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Hospital Readmissions Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched a resource program for PSOs that wish to assist hospitals in reducing unnecessary readmissions. This program is in response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which designates PSOs as an entity that can help hospitals with high readmission rates improve their performance, and calls for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support PSOs in this work.
To obtain additional information about this program, including the provisions in the ACA legislation and available readmissions resources, please go to: http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/readmin/readmin.htm
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