AHRQ Innovations Exchange ► July 03, 2012 Issue

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange Focuses on Clinical-Community Linkages to Improve Chronic Disease Care

                               

The July 3 issue of AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange features two profiles of partnerships between clinical practices and community organizations that leverage health provider teams and lay health advisors to improve the management of chronic diseases. One profile describes a public-private initiative that worked with community health teams to improve the delivery of preventive, health maintenance, and chronic care services in Vermont. The pilot program included incentive payments to providers who met National Committee for Quality Assurance-determined care standards, access to an insurer-funded team of community-based health providers, health information incorporated into a Web-based clinical tracking system, and interfaces with other State care coordination initiatives. Over a 4-year period, the pilot program experienced a 6 percent decrease in inpatient admissions and a 10 percent decrease in emergency department visits among participating practices. Select to read more profiles related to clinical-community linkages, including innovations and tools, on the Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site, which contains more than 700 searchable innovations and 1,500 QualityTools.

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

July 03, 2012 Issue
Clinical-Community Linkages to Improve Chronic Disease Care  

This issue includes

Innovations:

• Community Partnership Uses Lay Health Advisers to Reduce Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Improve Health
• Statewide Program Supports Medical Homes Through Multidisciplinary Teams

QualityTools:

• Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP): Resources for Professionals
• Missouri's Sustainability Toolkit: Self-Management Education Programs for People With Chronic Conditions

Next issue: Reducing Disparities Through Peer Support

Events & Podcasts

The AHRQ 2012 Annual Conference "Moving Ahead: Leveraging Knowledge and Action to Improve Health Care Quality," will be held September 9-11, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information and to register go to http://meetings.capconcorp.com/ahrq/.

Articles & Guides
Access resources for problem-solving and innovation adoption.

	Innovation in Clinical and Community Relationships Post-Katrina A Conversation With Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH
	Moving an Innovative Depression Care Model from Research to Practice A Conversation With IMPACT Implementation Center Director Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
	Spreading Innovations to Enhance Care for Older Adults An Interview With Amy Berman, RN of the John A. Hartford Foundation

Learn & Network Get advice and ideas from experts and practitioners. Participate in discussions and learning networks.

• Taking Innovations to Scale
• Community Care Coordination at a Glance
• Honing Cultural and Linguistic Competence
• Linking Clinical Practices and Community Organizations for Prevention 
• Paths to Healthy Weight

Past Issues

Clinical Event Support

Health Care Policy Innovations

Coordinating Community Care

Pediatric Asthma Care

Healthy Diet

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