2006 National Healthcare Disparities Report AHRQ 07-0012
2006 National Reports on Quality and Disparities Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, December 2006. Reports focus on quality of and disparities in health care in America overall and for AHRQ's priority populations. 204 pp., finds that increasing disparities were especially prevalent in management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and asthma.
2006 National Healthcare Quality Report AHRQ 07-0013
2006 National Reports on Quality and Disparities Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, December 2006. Reports focus on quality of and disparities in health care in America overall and for AHRQ's priority populations. 114 pp., finds that measures of the quality of hospital care are improving faster than those for ambulatory and nursing home/home health care.
2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report AHRQ 08-0041
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2008, 244 pp, This report finds that although some of the biggest disparities in quality remain, progress has been made in reducing disparities in several areas, such as dialysis, hospital admissions for perforated appendix, and childhood vaccinations. This year, the NHDR also reports on the biggest disparities in quality documented over the years where there has not been improvement, such as new AIDS cases.
2007 National Healthcare Quality Report AHRQ 08-0040
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 2008, 136 pp, This report finds that health care quality continues to improve, but the rate of improvement has slowed. In addition, variations in the quality of health care across the Nation are decreasing but not for all measures. The safety of health care also has improved since 2000, but more needs to be done.
2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report AHRQ 09-0002
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2009. 290 pp. Report focuses on quality of care and disparities in health care in America, overall and for AHRQ's priority populations. Finds that although some of the biggest disparities in quality remain, progress has been made in reducing disparities in several areas, such as dialysis, hospital admissions for perforated appendix, and childhood vaccinations. This year, the NHDR also reports on the biggest disparities in quality documented over the years where there has not been improvement, such as new AIDS cases.
2008 National Healthcare Quality Report AHRQ 09-0001
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 2009. 153 pp. Report focuses on quality of care and disparities in health care in America, overall and for AHRQ's priority populations. Finds that health care quality continues to improve, but the rate of improvement has slowed. In addition, variations in the quality of health care across the Nation are decreasing but not for all measures. The safety of health care also has worsened, and more needs to be done.
Best Practice Implementation: Lessons learned from 20 Partnerships AHRQ 08-R038
P. Sharek, C. Mullican, A. Lavanderos, et al., Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 33(12 Suppl):December 2007, 16-26. Identifies the most important perceived barriers to implementation witnessed in the 20 multiyear AHRQ Partnerships for Quality projects and describes successful and unsuccessful strategies reported by these partnerships to overcome the most significant of these barriers.
Board Engagement in Quality: Findings of a Survey of Hospital and System Leaders AHRQ 08-R057
H. Jiang, C. Lockee, K. Bass, et al., Journal of Healthcare Management, 53(2):March/April 2008, 121-135. Presents and discusses the results of a survey of hospital and system leaders that was conducted in the first half of 2006 with 562 respondents to determine leadership involvement in quality improvement planning and activities.
Building the Path to High-Quality Care AHRQ 09-R090
C. Clancy, Health Services Research, 44(1):February 2009, 1-4. Editorial focuses on the challenges inherent in transitioning from the current, highly fragmented health care system to one that is evidence based and patient focused. (AHRQ 09-R090)
Can Incentives To Improve Quality Reduce Disparities? AHRQ 10-R051
K. Ho, E. Moy, C. Clancy, Health Services Research, February 2010; 45(1):1-5. Editorial discusses the ability of quality improvement efforts to reduce disparities in care associated with race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other factors.
Chasing Zero: Can Reality Meet the Rhetoric? AHRQ 10-R031
C. Denham, P. Angood, D. Berwick, et al., Journal of Patient Safety, 5(4):216-222. Presents opinion interviews from leaders who spoke at a 2008 national leadership meeting on hospital-acquired infections.
Design of the Physical Environment for Changing Healthcare Needs AHRQ 08-R027
C. Clancy, S. Isaacson, K. Henriksen, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1(1):Fall 2007, 10-11. Discusses the role of the physical environment - including light, noise, air quality, toxic exposures, temperature, humidity, and so on - in health care organizations and how improvements in the physical environment might lead to improvements in quality of care.
