Environmental Scan: Health Risk Appraisals in Primary Care Final report of environmental scan and expert panel meeting to learn more about how health risk assessments are being used in primary care and to identify the research gaps related to HA utilization and outcomes. In 2008, AHRQ commissioned an environmental scan and an expert panel meeting to learn more about how health risk assessments (HAs) are being used in primary care and to identify the research gaps related to HA utilization and outcomes. This is the final report.Select to access Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Grants focused on Health Risk Assessment in Primary Care Settings. ContentsExecutive SummaryIntroduction: The Use of Health Risk Appraisals in Primary Care Purpose Organization of this ReportMethodologyEnvironmental Scan MethodologyInclusion and ExclusionKey Informant InterviewsList of Key InformantsExpert Panel MeetingFindings by Research Topic Topic 1: How HAs are currently being used in primary care settings Scan Summary Meeting Summary Conclusions Topic 2: How HAs might be used more effectively to improve the delivery of preventive services in primary care settings Scan Summary Meeting Summary Conclusions Topic 3: How information derived from the use of HAs in other settings, such as worksite health promotion programs, is, or is not, shared with primary care providers Scan Summary Meeting Summary Conclusions Topic 4: How HAs are being used (in any setting) to provide care to individuals that integrates preventive services and care management for chronic conditions Scan Summary Meeting Summary Conclusions Topic 5: Strategies that might improve the delivery and coordination of clinical preventive services when HAs are used, regardless of setting Scan Summary Meeting Summary Conclusions Topic 6: What are the gaps in knowledge and evidence regarding the use of HAs and how do HAs affect the delivery of effective preventive and care management services? Scan Summary Meeting Summary ConclusionsSummary of Conclusions and Recommendations Priority Areas for Research; Health IT Implications Recommendations to AHRQAppendix: Literature Cited and Reviewed Literature Cited Other Literature ReviewedThis report was produced under a contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with Econometrica, Inc. (Contract No. HHSA290200710069T). Current as of August 2010 Internet Citation: Environmental Scan: Health Risk Appraisals in Primary Care. August 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan/index.html