Week 12 LVT
- 1. AHRQ (AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY) & PCORI (PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE) Aspect of Outcomes Research
- 2. OUTCOME RESEARCH DEFINITION Examine the end result of health services on individuals and is intended to provide scientific evidence relating to decisions made by all who participate in health care (Schmitdt & Brown, 2015).
- 3. ABOUT AHRQ (AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY) Invests in research and evidence to make health care safer and improve quality Evidence-based tools and resources are used to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. Creates materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals to help them improve care for their patients Generates measures and data used to track and improve performance and evaluate progress of the U.S. health system. (AHRQ, 2018)
- 4. AHQR POSITIVE OUTCOME RESEARCH Opioids Increase evidence base on this topic with data and research, and provides strategy to combat the opioids crisis Patient and family engagement Offers tools and research to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners. Ambulatory Care Provide resources and tools improve the safety and quality of ambulatory care. Antimicrobial Stewardship coordinated programs within a health care setting that promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials, thereby improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance, and decreasing the spread of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms. (AHRQ, 2018)
- 5. AHQR POSITIVE OUTCOME RESEARCH Care Coordination Coordination among health care providers improves outcomes for everyone by decreasing medication errors, unnecessary or repetitive diagnostic tests, unnecessary emergency room visits, and preventable hospital admissions and readmissions Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Provides tools, research, and resources related to reducing CAUTI. Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Provides tools, research, and resources related to reducing CLABSI. Diagnostic Error AHRQ is funding research to better understand how these errors happen and what can be done to prevent them. (AHRQ, 2018)
- 6. AHQR POSITIVE OUTCOME RESEARCH Falls Prevention Offers tools, training, and research on preventing falls. Hospital Readmissions Offers tools, data, and research to help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions. Quality Offers information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, information on quality measurement projects, and resources on quality. Health Literacy AHRQ's health literacy resources help health care professionals and delivery organizations make information easier to understand and systems easier to navigate. (AHRQ, 2018)
- 7. AHQR WASTEFUL RESEARCH All Payer Claims This AHRQ project was undertaken to advance the use of all payer claims database (APCD) data for transparency efforts within and among States. For States to use their APCD data to compare price and performance of providers within their States and across States, measures for use with these data need to be developed and refined, and the data need to be standardized. Disparities AHRQ has reports, chart books, and data on health care disparities. Surveys on patient safety culture Through its Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS™) Program, AHRQ develops and maintains surveys, toolkits, and databases for hospitals, medical offices, nursing homes, community pharmacies, and ambulatory surgery centers; provides technical assistance and education; and promotes the use of the surveys for patient safety culture improvement. (AHRQ, 2018)
- 8. ABOUT PCORI (PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE) Establishes to fund research that can help patients and those who care for them make better informed decisions about the healthcare choices they face everyday, guided by those who will use that information. Began funding research in 2012, and growing numbers of the studies are now producing important results that are being published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at scientific meetings. Seek to fund useful research likely to change practice and improve patient outcomes. Focus on sharing those results with the public. Work to influence research funded by others to become more useful to patients and other healthcare decision makers. (PCORI, 2018)
- 9. PCORI POSITIVE OUTCOME RESEARCH Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Diabetes Kidney Disease Mental and Behavioral Health Multiple Chronic Conditions Multiple Sclerosis Obesity Pain Care and Opioids Share decision Making Telehealth (PCORI, 2018)
- 10. PCORI POSITIVE OUTCOME RESEARCH To address these problems, PCORI has funded clinical effectiveness research studies and related projects to help patients and those who care for them make better informed decisions about their options for preventing, diagnosing, and treatment for these problems. (PCORI, 2018)
- 11. PCORI WASTEFUL RESEARCH Rare Disease A rare disease is a condition that affects fever than 200,000 people. Collectively, however, rare diseases affect about 25 millions people in the U.S. Funded 29 comparative clinical effectiveness research studies to help patients and those who care for them make better informed decisions about their options for treating rare diseases. (PCORI, 2018)
- 12. REFERENCES AHRQ (2018). Featured Topics. Retrieve from: https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/index.html PCORI (2018). Research Topics. Retrieve from: https://www.pcori.org/research- results/research-topics Schmidt, N. A., Brown, J. M., (2015). Evidence Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.