AHRQ Innovations Exchange ► July 18, 2012 Issue

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

July 18, 2012 Issue
Reducing Disparities Through Peer Support This issue includes

Innovations:

• Required Education Class Prior to Medical Assessment Leads to More Kidney Transplant Patients Completing Evaluation
• Telephone-Based Peer Mentoring Improves Diabetes Control in African-American Veterans

QualityTools:

• Building Blocks to Peer Program Success: A Toolkit for Developing HIV Peer Programs
• Cultural Competency in Mental Health Peer-Run Programs and Self-Help Groups: A Tool to Assess and Enhance Your Services

Next issue: Sepsis Prevention

 

Spotlight On...

Expert Commentary: Peer Mentoring is a Culturally Competent Strategy to Improve Diabetes Self-Management Among African-American Men
by Concepcion James, MA, Manager, Reducing Health Disparities, Contra Costa Health Services

 

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, please visit 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 To Improve Care Paths to Healthy Weight