AHRQ Innovations Exchange

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

June 06, 2012 Issue
Health Care Policy Innovations

This issue includes

Innovations:

• Insurer Stimulates Provider Participation in Quality Improvement Collaborations
• State Agency Promotes Integrated Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
• State Initiative Supports Development of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

QualityTools:

• Designing an Exchange: A Toolkit for State Policymakers
• Patient Safety Toolbox for States

Next issue: Support Following Unexpected Clinical Events


Spotlight On...

New Inclusion Criteria The Innovations Exchange now includes health care policy innovations in addition to health care service delivery innovations. View the new inclusion criteria for health care policy innovations.

New Expert CommentaryAntimicrobial Stewardship Remains Key Challenge for U.S. Hospitals by Diane Jacobsen, MPH, CPHQ, Institute for Healthcare Improvement 

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

Articles & Guides

Access resources for problem-solving and innovation adoption.

	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 J. Berman, RN of the John A. Hartford Foundation
	The Transformation of Health and Health Care Delivery A Conversation with Barbara Spurrier, Administrative Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation