- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) provides numerous tools for improving practice, including information about plan-do-study-act (PDSA) methods.
- AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Web site provides extensive guidance on workflow assessments for implementing information technology. Many of the online tools and guidance are perfectly applicable to thinking through workflows and mapping office processes. Look for the "workflow tools" link.
- AHRQ also sponsored the development of an office efficiency decision guide:
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data & Analytics
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Program
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Tools
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Health Assessments in Primary Care
Appendix 9: Tools for Making Changes in Your Practice
Table of Contents
- Health Assessments in Primary Care
- Introduction
- Section 1. How Ready is Your Practice to Implement a New Health Assessment?
- Section 2. How Does Your Practice Choose an Assessment?
- Section 3. How Do You Work Health Assessments into Your Office Workflow?
- Section 4. How Do You Use the Health Assessment Information You Collect?
- Section 5. How Do You Activate and Engage Patients in Using Their Health Assessment Information?
- Section 6. How Does Your Practice Sustain Health Assessments?
- Appendixes
- Appendix 1: Background on Health Assessments in Primary Care
- Appendix 2: Health Assessment Case Study
- Appendix 3: Health Assessments for Adults
- Appendix 4: Adult Health Assessment Sample Questions
- Appendix 5: Assessments for Children
- Appendix 6: Assessments for Adolescents
- Appendix 7: Health Assessments for Seniors
- Appendix 8: Crosswalk of Health Assessments Related to Incentive and Quality Programs
- Appendix 9: Tools for Making Changes in Your Practice
- Appendix 10: Health Assessment Information for Patients
- Appendix 11: Patient Feedback Survey Example
- References
Publication: 13-0061-EF
Page last reviewed July 2022
Page originally created September 2013
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