50. AHRQ Meeting: Challenge and Promise of Delivery System Research. Feb. 16-17, 2011
Director's Update

- 75 Participants: ARRA CER [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Comparative Effectiveness Research] Delivery System grantees, other grantees, stakeholders, experts discuss white papers:
- Gaps in Research Topics & Concepts
- Needed Research Designs, Methods, & Measures
- Spread Strategies
- Steps for Researchers—Most need leadership by funders:
- Use more mixed methods (Needed: support by journal reviewers & study sections)
- Examine diverse contexts for improvements
- Model change over longer time periods (3+ yrs)
- Apply common evaluation frameworks for similar initiatives (e.g., P4P [Pay for Performance], reporting, PCMH [Patient Centered Medical Home])
- Test valuable improvements in additional settings (gradual scale up)
- Develop measures for readiness, change contexts, culture
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