National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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Tools and Resources
This section includes tools and resources that ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµdeveloped, in collaboration with experts in primary care, to advance primary care research and improve the quality and safety of primary care. These tools and resources help researchers and evaluators to design and evaluate primary care research, decision makers to implement practices for primary care transformation, and clinicians to enhance the delivery of primary care by improving care teams, care processes, and achieving best practices.
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1 to 8 of 8 Tools and Resources DisplayedThe CDS Connect Project is a program of grants and contracts aimed at helping healthcare providers move patient-centered outcomes research evidence into practice through clinical decisionmaking.
Research Initiative: Practice Facilitation
Type: Program
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The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS) surveys assess patient experience with healthcare services delivered in primary care and various other settings and for specific conditions.
Research Initiative: Quality Improvement
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
This research examines the integration of health information technology (IT) into primary care. It includes a variety of electronic methods that are used to manage information about people's health and health care, for both individual patients and groups of patients. The use of health IT can improve the quality of care, even as it makes health care more cost effective.
Research Initiative: Health IT and Digital Health
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
The ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµDigital Healthcare Research Program has funded the development of tools to assist in planning for, implementing, and evaluating digital healthcare resources.
Research Initiative: Health IT and Digital Health
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
The ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµAcademy offers numerous tools and resources to help integrate behavioral health and primary care, including playbooks, measures, and lexicons.
Research Initiative: Practice Facilitation
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
Prevention TaskForce is a free app for clinicians to search and browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on the Web, on a PDA, or on a mobile device, to bring recommendations, clinical considerations, and selected practice tools to the point of care.
Research Initiative: Care Management
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
A comprehensive resource and guide for organizations that produce and disseminate reports to consumers on the quality of care provided by health care organizations (e.g., hospitals, health plans, medical groups, nursing homes) and individual physicians.
Research Initiative: Quality Improvement
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing
State-specific healthcare quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State.
Research Initiative: Quality Improvement
Type: Program
Publication Date: Ongoing