AHRQ Innovations Exchange

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

December 05, 2012 IssueUsing Information Systems To Promote Prevention

This issue includes

Innovations:

• Electronic Standing Orders Allow Nonphysicians to Address Preventive Care Gaps
• Software System Facilitates Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
• Interactive Preventive Health Records Help Identify Needed Preventive Services

QualityTools:

• AMA Weigh What Matters
• An Interactive Preventive Care Record: A Handbook for Using Patient-Centered Personal Health Records to Promote Prevention
• Pediatric Rules and Reminders

Next issue: Addressing Disparities in Low-Income Minority Children

Spotlight On...

New Back Story
A Next-Generation Personal Health Record System Enhances Preventive Care

New Web Site Virtual Tour VideosLearn more about how to make the most of the site. This video series demonstrates how to browse topics, refine your searches, comment on and submit innovations, and share information via social media and other channels.

Articles & Guides

Access resources for problem-solving and innovation adoption.

Antimicrobial Resistance Still Poses a Public Health Threat: A Conversation With Edward J. Septimus, MD, FIDSA, FACP, FSHEA, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center

Challenges Facing Rural Health Care: A Conversation With Brock Slabach, Senior Vice President for Member Services at the National Rural Health Association

 

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
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• Paths to Healthy Weight