Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook. AHRQ 05-0046-2
N. Gilboy, P. Tanabe, D. Travers, et al., May 2005, 82 pp. Manual covers all details of the Emergency Severity Index: a five-level emergency department triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups from most urgent to least urgent on the basis of acuity and resource needs.
Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium. AHRQ 09-R016
K. Coleman, B. Austin, C. Brach, E. Wagner, Health Affairs, 28(1):January-February 2009, 75-85. Examines the evidence on the effectiveness of the chronic care model in improving outpatient care for people with chronic illnesses.
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation AHRQ 08-0011
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2007, 50 pp. Presents a number of key considerations for developers and purchasers of patient self-management support programs, as well as evaluation measures used in research and by existing programs.
Preventable Hospitalizations: A Window Into Primary and Preventive Care, 2000. AHRQ 04-0056
D. Kruzikas, H. Jiang, D. Remus, et al., HCUP Fact Book No. 5, September 2004, 52 pp. Presents information on preventable hospitalizations for select chronic and acute conditions, as well as for one birth outcome. Evaluates time trends between 1994 and 2000, variations across regions of the United States, and hospitalizations among priority populations. Provides detailed statistics for each condition.
Primary Care: Too Important to Fail AHRQ 09-R037
D. Meyers, C. Clancy, Annals of Internal Medicine 150(4):February 2009, 272-273. Discusses the functions of primary care in America?s health care system and offers some suggestions to assist primary care practices in meeting the challenges of increasing demands and expectations alongside increasing attrition in the current workforce and diminishing economic margins.
Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient Centered Medical Home AHRQ 11-0013
Decisionmaker Brief. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2011, 6 pp. Addresses how the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records will help support some aspects of the patient-centered medical home model and discusses Federal health reform legislation, including the HITECH Act, and policy options that could ensure support for the transformation of primary care.
Substance Abuse Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Role of Patient-Provider Discussions AHRQ 08-R066
P. Korthuis, J. Josephs, J. Fleishman, et al., Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, March 2008, online. Examines factors associated with use of substance abuse treatment, including patient-provider discussions of substance use issues, based on a survey of 951 HIV-infected adults receiving care at 14 HIV Research Network primary care sites.