EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of patient-centered outcomes research findings into primary care. AHRQ has awarded seven implementation grants that use a variety of interventions to help small and medium-sized primary care practices build… Read more »
Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness Research Network: Developing and Evaluating Methods for Record Linkage and Reducing Bias in Patient Registries
To overcome the limitations of single databases, data from sources such as administrative claims can be linked securely and confidentially with data from patient registries. Registry linkage can facilitate exposure and control group identification, improve measurement of risk factors and outcomes, or allow researchers to monitor events without contacting participants directly.
NHSC Site Self-Assessment of Recruitment and Retention Needs Project
Coordinate activities and timelines with the Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service (BCRS) to finalize tasks for the self-assessment study
Transforming Primary Care Practice in North Carolina
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model involves complete primary care practice redesign with the ultimate goal to improve the quality of patient care and reduce cost. Detailed information on the best methods of practice transformation is needed to help the growing number of practices as they plan to go through this process. The overall objective… Read more »
Technical Support for Health Costs and Access Disparities in Appalachia
UNC-CH Sheps staff will construct a county level database for the Appalachian region using publicly available and proprietary data sources and use these data to develop indices of health care needs and capacity.
Improving Performance in Practice Phase V
Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) is a national effort to improve the quality of care provide by primary care practices for patients with diabetes and asthma and then spreading to other conditions.
Improving Performance in Practice Phase V
Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) is a national effort to improve the quality of care provide by primary care practices for patients with diabetes and asthma and then spreading to other conditions.
North Carolina Healthcare Quality Alliance Contract
The North Carolina Healthcare Quality Alliance (NCHQA) is a collaboration of leaders in the delivery of healthcare in North Carolina.
Developing a Health Literacy Universal Precautions Tool Kit
This project proposes to develop such an approach by compiling the best, evidence-based tools that are in the public domain or made available by copyright holders, and by developing tools to fill gaps where no practice-appropriate tools exist, thereby creating a Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit.