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Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies


AHRQ's Impact Case Studies Program catalogues the impact the Agency's research and resources have on outcomes, quality, cost, use, and access. They demonstrate how AHRQ-funded research, tools, and products are actually being used by Federal and State Government; individual practices, clinics, and hospitals; insurance companies; professional associations; and schools of public health and medicine.

Managed by the Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer (OCKT), the program objective is to track the impact of AHRQ research and resources and explain that impact in ways policymakers and others can both understand and appreciate. This use of an AHRQ product generally results in one of the following:

  1. Change in a clinical practice.
  2. Change in a policy.
  3. Change in patient outcomes.

Knowledge Transfer Case Studies (identified by the initials "KT") describe results of activities under AHRQ's Knowledge Transfer and Implementation contract program, which is intended to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of AHRQ's evidence-based products, tools, and research findings into the health care system.


Highlights

Seven New Case Studies (August 2012)

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Portfolios

AHRQ's impact case studies are categorized by the Agency's research portfolios:

 Comparative Effectiveness
     Puerto Rican Diabetes Association Uses AHRQ's Effective Health Care SummaryNew!
 Cross-Agency Communications
 Health Information Technology
 Patient Safety
     Capital Health Influenced by AHRQ's Project RED in Creating Tool for PatientsNew!
     South Dakota State University Integrates TeamSTEPPS® Into College of Nursing CurriculumNew!
 Prevention/Care Management
     American Academy of Physician Assistants Recommends AHRQ's Health Literacy Universal Precautions ToolkitNew!
     Area Agency on Aging of the Permian Basin Uses AHRQ's Video for Men's Health OutreachNew!
 Value
     GE Uses MEPS Data to Help Consumers Understand Costs of Chronic ConditionsNew!
     Rhode Island Policymakers Link to AHRQ's State Snapshots on Quality Reporting Web SiteNew!

Current as of August 2012


Internet Citation:

Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies. August 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/casestudies/index.html


 

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