AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Linking Clinical Practices and Community Organizations to Improve Care

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Linking Clinical Practices and Community Organizations to Improve Care

 

 




Linking Clinical Practices and Community Organizations to Improve Care

Background and Introduction
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has established a goal of improving care along the continuum from primary prevention to chronic care management. This includes health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, and the diagnosis and treatment of chronic illnesses. The Agency seeks to explore how partnerships among primary care and medical specialty providers, the community, and public health organizations are developed, strengthened, and sustained to improve care and meet the needs of patients and families.
Innovations Exchange Resources
This special Innovations Exchange page was created to facilitate the ongoing collaborative work of interested stakeholders and Summit participants. New Innovation Profiles and QualityTools were developed based on the case studies of promising linkages presented at the 2008 Summit and 2010 Summit. The Innovations Exchange Web site offers additional innovations and tools that promote healthy behavior through services delivered in clinical, public health, and community-based organizations.

Recent Innovation Profiles

• Community Partnership Uses Lay Health Advisers to Reduce Chronic Disease Risk Factors, Leading to Improvements in Lifestyle and Health in Low-Income African Americans
• Statewide Program Supports Medical Homes through Multidisciplinary Teams, Easy Access to Information, and Incentives, Leading to Lower Costs and Better Care

Join the Discussion

The Clinical-Community Linkages Forum was created to facilitate direct communication between clinical practices and community organizations.

• Introduce Yourself
  
  Welcome to the Community Forum. We would like to know who you are and what you are interested in. ...
• Evaluation of linkages
  
  Have you evaluated the linkages you implemented and if so, what methods did you use?...
• Overcoming barriers to linkages
  
  What barriers have you encountered to implementing linkages and how did you overcome them?...
• Implementation successes
  
  What successes have you had implementing linkages between clinical practices and community and public health organizations?...
• Planning and designing linkages
  
  What has your experience been with planning and design linkages?...

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